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TELE-satellit
EUROPE'S SATELLITE MAGAZINE
International Satellite Broadcasting News
Number 72, Week ending 8 October 1995
By Martyn Williams
News Desk : Internet martyn@twics.com  or CompuServe 100025,1637
(c) TELE-satellit Magazine


TELECOM 95 - HUGHES ANNOUNCES NEW SATELLITE
  GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (TS) -- Hughes Space and Communications Co. used 
the Telecom 95 expo in Geneva last week to announce a new satellite. 
The new satellite, the HS-702, was announced to the world last 
Wednesday at a news conference attended by TELE-satellit.
  The first HS 702 will be Galaxy X, a multiple-payload spacecraft 
that will provide expanded broadcast and data services in the United 
States and Caribbean for HCI. Satellite builder HSC and owner/operator 
HCI are both business units of Hughes Electronics Corp. of Los 
Angeles.
  The satellite is a body-stabilized spacecraft that offers customers 
nearly twice the capacity and more than double the power of the most 
sophisticated commercial spacecraft now in operation. Capable of 
generating up to 15 kilowatts of payload power, the HS 702 is a 
significant advance over the 48 transponders and 3- to 8-kilowatt 
power range available from other manufacturers say Hughes.
  Eight years ago, Hughes introduced its first body-stabilized 
satellite model, the HS 601. That model quickly became the world's 
best seller, with orders totaling 56 to date.
  The HS 702 is a low-risk evolution of the HS 601 series, keeping the 
best features, yet offering unprecedented flexibility in payload 
configuration. "We went directly to our customers and asked them what 
they wanted in a communications satellite," said Donald L. Cromer, 
president of HSC, which manufactures the spacecraft in its integrated 
satellite factory near Los Angeles.
  "The HS 702 design was driven by our customers. It promises a fast 
build schedule on a common bus, extremely high power for multiple 
payloads at competitive prices -- and the reliability for which Hughes 
is famous," he said.
  The simple, modular bus design allows the HS 702 to move quickly 
through assembly for shorter cycle times. The common bus -- the basic 
structure with propulsion and thermal systems -- connects with the 
customized electronics payload using only four bolts and six 
electrical connectors. The bus is adaptable to a variety of payloads. 
The design also allows for faster, parallel bus and payload 
processing.
  To provide its high power, the HS 702 will use gallium arsenide 
rather than silicon solar cells. It will offer 11 kilowatts, with 
future growth to 15 kilowatts planned. Currently, HS 601 models using 
silicon cells generate 4-5 kilowatts, and the 601HP versions under 
construction are in the 6- to 8-kilowatt range.
  The HS 702 will be compatible with the world's major intermediate- 
and heavy-lift launch vehicles. The satellites will use an advanced 
xenon ion propulsion system (XIPS) for stationkeeping, thus saving 
hundreds of pounds as compared with conventional chemical systems.
  This weight savings translates to either lower launch costs or 
greater payload capacity. The HS 702 can accommodate a payload 
weighing as much as 2,200 pounds. Customers can order payloads in 
multiple frequency ranges, or even join with other customers to share 
the satellite and therefore reduce their individual costs.


GE LAUNCHES EURO SATELLITE SERVICE
  PRINCETON, USA (TS) -- GE Capital Satellites- Europe, a division of 
GE Capital Satellites International, Inc., announced that it is 
offering satellite communications services on the new Sirius 2 Ku-band 
satellite, which will be launched to the 5 degree East orbital slot in 
1997. 
  GE Capital Satellites-Europe was originally announced in June and 
established to provide point-to-multipoint satellite transmission for 
video programmers and other satellite users seeking to reach audiences 
throughout Europe.
  GE's pan-European satellite service via Sirius 2 will feature two 
available transmission coverage beams: a Europe-wide beam and a 
European North/Central beam, both delivering an EIRP of 50dBW at the 
edge of the primary service area.
  "Our new European service will increase the number of video choices 
for European consumers, while providing an effective satellite 
distribution channel for video programmers," said George Monaster, 
vice president of international marketing at GE American 
Communications, Inc. (GE Americom), the parent of GE Capital 
Satellites International, Inc. "Our GE European service offers both 
the power and coverage video programmers need to expand their services 
throughout Europe," he said. "We will also offer the value and quality 
service that being a GE company enables us to provide our customers," 
he added.
  GE Capital Satellites and Nordiska Satellitaktiebolaget (NSAB) of 
Sweden announced in June that they will share capacity on the 
32-transponder Sirius 2 satellite, which will replace NSAB's Tele-X. 
Aerospatiale of France will build the new satellite for NSAB.


TURNER RESIGNS FROM TCI
By Don Fitzpatrick, Shoptalk
  NEW YORK, USA (SHOPTALK) -- Tele-Communications Inc. announced 
yesterday that, Ted Turner, chairman and president of Turner 
Broadcasting System Inc., has resigned his seat on the TCI's board.  A 
TCI statement said Turner left "due to responsibilities accompanying 
the recently announced Turner-Time Warner proposed merger."


ABN SIGNS FOR PANAMSAT
  HONG KONG (TS) -- Asia Business News, sister channel of Europe's EBN 
and America's Dow Jones Television, has signed for space on PanAmSat's 
new PAS-4 satellite.
  The service, currently available free of charge but to become 
scrambled next year, will be available to all of Asia via the channel.


EDTV SIGNS FOR INTELSAT-K
  BETHESDA, USA (TS) -- Kelly Broadcasting has leased capacity on the 
Intelsat-K satellite to distribute Emirates Dubai Television 
programming to Latin America, Comsat World Systems announced last 
week.
  EDTV will become the first 24-hour Arabic-language satellite 
television service available on the continent as part of the $10.7 
million seven year contract.
  This new service to Latin America adds to Kelly's menu of 
foreign-language program offerings. From its Orange, N.J. facility, 
Kelly distributes Arab, Greek, Irish, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and 
Russianlanguage programming throughout the U.S. to foreign nationals 
who are eager for news from their home country.


NEWS FROM FINLAND
  By Pasi Andersson
  HELSINKI, FINLAND (TS) --
  Kazakstan TV (or Uzbekistan TV) is testing on Intelsat 510 57'E, 
Ku-band. Maybe someone in Central Asia can confirm where it's beamed, 
signal is quite weak here.
  Kinnevik has finally confirmed that they will start satellite 
delivered channel in Finland. They will give more information in 
December, possible channel will start in January/February 1996. It's 
not yet known if they will apply for a terrestial service or start 
only on satellite. 
  PTV-Helsinki Media has applied for a broadcasting licence in 
Finland.
  Russian tv-company Russkoje Video from St.Petersburg has applied for 
a terrestial broadcasting licence in Finland. Currently they have 
cablechannel in St. Petersburg.


DISNEY LAUNCHES IN UK
  LONDON, England (TS) -- Five years after originally being named as a 
member of the Sky Astra line up, The Disney Channel finally launched 
last Sunday.
  The programme replaces Sky Movies Gold for most of the day, until 
22:00, on Astra channel 26 and is only available as a free channel to 
subscribers of both Sky's movie channels.
  Disney has already launched in Taiwan and the UK service makes the 
second international version. It will roll out throughout other Asian 
and European countries soon.
  Next in Sky's plans will be the launch of a new packet of services, 
most of them sharing space on transponder 47, and an accompanying rise 
in subscription prices is also predicted.


NEWS FROM TS-TSE
  PARIS, FRANCE (TS) -- Jean-Phillipe Donnio regularly updates members 
of the ts-tse mailing list with details of the latest satellite 
movements and launches around the world. To subscribe to the list send 
a message to majordomo@tnet.de with the message "subscribe ts-tse".
  New Satellites
     Telstar 402R has reached its slot at 89 deg East.
  Currently Drifting
     Cosmos 2291 is drifting West. This move is probably caused by the 
recent launch of Cosmos 2319 which was supposed to by a Geizer 
military telecommunication satellite. Cosmos 2291 formerly located at 
80 degrees East, which is also a Geizer satellite, has therefore been 
replaced by Cosmos 2319.
     Cosmos 1961, another Geizer satellite located around 80 deg East 
is also drifting West. This satellite is probably kept on the belt in 
case of.
     Raduga 31 is drifting East
     Raduga 26 is drifting West
     Ekran 19 which was drifting West last 2 weeks has had it's orbit 
corrected and is moving back to it's slot! But why did it moved?
     Intelsat 503 is drifting West


OJ MANIA HITS US TV
  LOS ANGELES, USA (TS) -- The announcement of the verdict in the OJ 
Simposon trial sent TV and radio stations around the world crazy but 
none more so than in the USA. A roundup of news relating to TV and the 
trial is provided by Don Fitzpatrick at Shoptalk,

Announcement Dominated TV
  Even the best trained channel surfer would have had trouble finding 
anything to watch Tuesday.  Except, that is, for the OJ SIMPSON 
VERDICT.
  The Big Three carried it, CNN carried it, MTV, CNBC, ESPN, ESPN2, 
Court TV. If you lived in New York, however, you might have caught a 
French lesson on WNET/Channel 13.  Why did the public station pass on 
the O.J. frenzy?  Because, said a spokeswoman, "It wouldn't be 
appropriate for us to cut into our regular programming when we haven't 
done so all along."

Rating Soar During Verdict
  According to Nielsen Media Research, Tuesday's television ratings 
soared to one of their highest daytime levels ever with 49.9% of the 
nation's 95.9 million TV homes tuning in to watch the O.J. Simpson 
verdict. 
  Normally at that time of the day only 30% of TV households have 
their sets on.  Between the times of 1pm and 1:15pm (EST), an average 
of 41 million households (51 million viewers) tuned in to see Simpson 
set free.
  Television analysts estimated that 150 million people viewed the 
verdict in the O.J. Simpson trial Tuesday making it one of the most 
watched events in the history of television.  "In terms of population, 
JFK's funeral was watched by 93 percent of the population.  The Apollo 
11 landing was watched by 96 percent; the first day of the Gulf War 
was watched by 84.5 percent," said CBS research chief David Poltrak.  
"We believe that some of the coverage will be in the 90 percent range, 
and because of a larger population, we estimate that to be 150 million 
viewers."

The US Pauses For The Verdict
  If you slacked off a little at work on Tuesday, took a 'long' lunch, 
found yourself and several co-workers sneaking in to watch television 
at 9:55am, have no fear, you were not alone.  AT&T Corp.'s nationwide 
network reported a 60 percent drop in traffic from 10 to 10:05am 
compared with a week ago.  
  The Jocks & Jills sports bar in Atlanta hosted a "Waiting for the 
Verdict Party," attracting about 300 business people, many staying at 
the bar for about two hours. PepsiCo Inc.'s beverage headquarters in 
Somers, NY, has only one cable-linked TV set in a conference room-- 
workers began filing in an hour early to get a seat.  
  On Wall Street, traders noticed a sudden lull on the New York Stock 
Exchange as the verdict was read.  At a courthouse in San Jose, Ca., 
Judge LaDoris Cordell halted matters in her courtroom.  "The wheels of 
justice can take a break for 15 minutes," she said.
  A near riot broke out at San Francisco International Airport Tuesday 
morning.  It seems a flight was scheduled to take off at 10:15. The 
airline ticket agent was trying to get passengers on the plane so that 
they could close the doors for an on-time take off.  However, all of 
the passengers were in a nearby gate bar where they were watching 
television and awaiting the verdict to be read.  At any rate, the 
passengers prevailed and the plane left a few minutes late.



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