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TELE-satellit
EUROPE'S SATELLITE MAGAZINE
International Satellite Broadcasting News
Number 73, Week ending 15 October 1995
By Martyn Williams
News Desk : Internet martyn@twics.com  or CompuServe 100025,1637
(c) TELE-satellit Magazine


SKY TO LAUNCH SKY SPORTS GOLD
  LONDON, ENGLAND (TS) -- Sky Television, readying a new line up of 
channels, is to launch Sky Sports Gold, TELE-satellit has learned.
  The new channel will run on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights 
from 2200 to 0100 and feature reruns of old sporting events. The 
provisional schedule is :
  Sky Sports Gold
   Wednesday 1 November
     2200  This is Sky Sports Gold
     2230  Bobby Charlton's Football Scrapbook
     0000  Blood, Sweat and Glory
     0030  The World of Jackie Stewart
     0100  Close
   Monday 6 November
     2200  Cricket Hall Of Fame
     2230  Bobby Charlton's Football Scrapbook
     0000  Golf and all its Glory
     0100  Close
   Tuesday 7 November
     2200  World Cup Hall of Fame
     2230  Barry McGuigan's Fight Night
     2330  Superstars
     0030  Gillette World Sport Memories
     0100  Close
   Wednesday 8 Novemeber
     2200  Rugby Hall of Fame
     2230  Bobby Charlton's Football Scrapbook
     0000  Blood, Sweat and Glory
     0030  The World of Jackie Stewart
     0100  Close


LAUNCH DELAY FOR ASTRA 1E
  KOUROU, FRENCH GUIANA (TS) -- A technical problem delayed the launch 
of Ariane flight 79 from French Guiana. The rocket was due to carry 
Astra 1E into orbit on Saturday but a defective interface electronic 
component caused a delay until the middle of this week.
  Astra 1E is an HS 601 body-stabilized satellite, the third in a 
series of six ordered by SES from Hughes. Like the other Astra 
satellites, it will operate at 19.2x East longitude. Astra 1E carries 
18 active, 85-watt Ku-band transponders, allowing SES to choose from 
among 66 transmission frequencies.
  Astra 1E will be the 10th Hughes-built satellite to be launched this 
year, as well as the 24th in the HS 601 product line, and Hughes' 
121st communications satellite. Hughes is the world's leading 
manufacturer of commercial communications satellites, having built 
more than 40 percent of those in operation.
  US readers will be able to watch the launch live on Telstar 302, 
Transponder 4.


ASIASAT 2 LAUNCH DATE SET
  HONG KONG (TS) -- The launch of Asiasat-2 will take place in late 
November or early December this year. The satellite will be used to 
launch Rupert Murdoch's Star TV digital service to viewers in Asia.
  The launch has twice been delayed because of problems with a similar 
satellite and the explosion of a Long March rocket.
  The company looked beyond the forthcoming launch this week when it 
also announced plans for Asiasat-3. That satellite is scheduled to 
lift off in 1997 and occupy a position at 122 degrees East.


DOW JONES, TCI BOOSTS INVESTMENT IN ABN
  HONG KONG (TS) -- Dow Jones and TCI have bought more of Asia 
Business News. The two purchased 10% of the channel owned by 
Singapore's Sim Ventures taking their total share of the broadcaster 
to 98.5%.


YELTSIN APPROVES LIQUIDATION OF OSTANKINO
By Laura Belin, OMRI Inc.
  MOSCOW, RUSSIA (OMRI) -- President Boris Yeltsin has instructed the 
government to liquidate the Ostankino television and radio company, 
Russian media reported on 6 October. 
  Ostankino, the successor to the official central Soviet broadcaster, 
was restructured under a November 1994 presidential decree, when its 
assets were transferred to Russian Public TV (ORT). ORT took over 
Channel 1 broadcasting privileges on 1 April, but Ostankino has 
continued to function as a production company. 
  The radio stations Golos Rossii, Radio 1, Orfei, and Yunost, which 
currently exist under the Ostankino umbrella, will become separate 
state companies once Ostankino is disbanded. Yeltsin's wide-ranging 
decree also approved plans for the partial privatization of Radio 
Mayak, Yunost, Radio 1, and St. Petersburg TV-5, with the state 
retaining at least 51% of the shares. (ORT was partly privatized under 
a similar arrangement.) 
  A government spokesman said that only as joint-stock enterprises 
would the companies achieve real financial independence, ITAR-TASS 
reported.


DISCOVERY TIE WITH CCTV
  BEIJING, CHINA (TS) -- The Discovery Channel has signed a 
programming exchange agreement with China Central Television, CCTV. 
Under the deal, CCTV will begin broadcasting the Science Discovery 
programme weekly for a year.
  For Discovery, it will get 100 hours of Chinese programming to build 
around a forthcoming China Week feature.
  Whilst the chances of a direct broadcast of Discovery to China is 
far off, it gives the channel a foot in the door of one of the world's 
fastest growing media markets.


PRACTICE RAID ON UNSUSPECTING TV STATION IN SAKHALIN
By Laura Belin, OMRI Inc.
  SAKHALIN, RUSSIA (OMRI) -- Armed local OMON special forces carried 
out a practice raid on the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk television center without 
notifying the station's managers in advance, ITAR-TASS reported on 12 
October. Valerii Belyaev, director of the Sakhalin television and 
radio company, complained that the raid had frightened staff and 
caused material damage to the center. 


PANAMSAT PLANS MORE SATELLITES
  GREENWICH, USA (PANAMSAT) -- As part of its ongoing expansion 
program, PanAmSat Corp. has requested U.S. government approval to 
operate several new international communications satellites that will 
expand its broadcast and telecommunications services throughout the 
Americas by the year 2000.
  PanAmSat has requested approval from the U.S. Federal Communications 
Commission to operate international communications satellites in 
orbital locations in space that traditionally have been used for 
domestic U.S. satellites. The two orbital slots-- 79 degrees West 
Longitude and 103 degrees West Longitude-- will be used to provide 
international communications over the C-band and Ku-band frequencies.
  Fred Landman, PanAmSat's president and chief executive officer, 
said, "Over the past month, PanAmSat has taken several strategic steps 
to assure the long-term growth of its global satellite system. In 
response to growing customer demand, PanAmSat will launch these new 
satellites to achieve total coverage of the Americas and build upon 
its market leadership providing international broadcast and 
telecommunications services around the world."
  In addition to these latest orbital slots, PanAmSat has requested 
FCC approval to operate two new satellites that will provide 
international communications services over the Ka-band frequencies. 
These satellites will be located at 58 degrees West Longitude and 79 
degrees West.
  "PanAmSat will remain in the forefront of international satellite 
communications by pursuing new opportunities in higher frequency 
bands," Landman said. "PanAmSat's planned Ka-band satellites hold the 
prospect of providing future commercial applications for video and 
data communications by the end of the decade."
  PanAmSat Corp. is the first private-sector company to provide global 
and satellite services. The company has over 300 customers worldwide. 
It currently operates three satellites: PAS-1 serving the Atlantic 
Ocean Region; PAS-2 serving the Pacific Ocean Region; and PAS-4 
serving the Indian Ocean Region. Three additional Atlantic Ocean 
Region satellites are under construction, including PAS-3, which is 
scheduled for launch in Dec. 1995. The company also plans in 1997 to 
launch PAS-7 over the Indian Ocean Region and PAS-8 over the Pacific 
Ocean Region.


ORION NETWORK SYSTEMS RECEIVES CONDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION FOR ORION 2
  ROCKVILLE, USA (ORION) -- Orion Satellite Corporation has received 
conditional authorization from the Federal Communications Commission 
(FCC) to construct, launch and operate Orion 2 at 12 degrees West as 
part of its global satellite system. Orion currently operates its 
first international satellite at 37.5 degrees West.
  The Orion 2 satellite design includes high-power, four-fold 
frequency re-use at Ku-band frequencies. Thirty-two transponders will 
provide coverage of the eastern United States, South America, and 
Europe including regions of the former Soviet Union through to the 
Ural mountains, the Middle East and Northern Africa. On-board 
switching will allow the satellite to be reconfigured while in-orbit 
to augment connectivity between beams as customer requirements may 
require over the 13-year expected lifetime of the satellite.
  Orion CEO and President, W. Neil Bauer calls this authorization "the 
next in a series of events planned to build the world's first global 
satellite system specifically created for advanced business 
communications and multimedia distribution. The service areas of Orion 
2 will enable us to reach new and expanding markets in South America 
and Eastern Europe."


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