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Short Wave Paradise BBS, online 24 hours a day ! USA 616-383-4979 TELE SATELLIT EUROPE'S SATELLITE MAGAZINE International Satellite News Number 33, Week ending 8 January 1995 By Martyn Williams News Desk : Internet martyn@euro.demon.co.uk or CompuServe 100025,1637 (c) TELE Satellit Magazine Astra 1D - Where's NBC Super Channel ? Before the new Astra 1D was launched SES were keen to remind viewers that they shouldn't buy any new equipment or upgrade their existing set ups until they are sure of the new services transmitting. It seems that SES, in their enthusiasm, announced NBC Super Channel were launching on January 1st, before NBC actually signed for the transponder ! Despite the issuing of an Astra press release just before Christmas, NBC say that they have not yet signed the contract with Astra. This is the reason that Super is not broadcasting via Astra yet. TS News understands that there are still several small issues that need to be clarified before NBC sign on the dotted line. The channel are close to signing though and the service is still expected to begin within the next two weeks. Teleclub on Astra 1D Peter Klanowski, TS Bureau North Germany Teleclub has moved to a new home on Astra 1D transponder 55. Taking it's place on Astra 1A, tranponder 9, is German station Kabel 1. Kabel 1 was previously available in encrypted D2-Mac on Eutlesat 2 F1. The Swiss radio stations have remaned on Astra 1A after a deal was arranged with Kabel 1. Swiss radio was anxious to keep the radios on the older satellite because they have not yet upgraded all their receiving stations to be Astra 1D compatible. New Slovak channel begins this week Sharon Fisher, OMRI, Inc. On 16 January, a new private Slovak television station, Danubius Cable TV (DCTV), will begin broadcasts on cable and satellite TV. Regular programming is expected to start on 14 February. The station will broadcast to Slovakia and the Czech Republic through cable and a total of 60 countries through satellite, TASR reported on 10 January. DCTV will be the first private Slovak station with the ability to reach a wide audience. Another US customer for Russia Satellite Dealers Association Space Systems/Loral plans to use one of five Russian Proton launches to orbit the first DBS satellite for Tempo DBS. The first FS 1300 is to leave the launch pad in the spring of 1996. If all goes according to plan, it will be followed by a second satellite in the fall. The second bird will ride on a Martin Marietta Atlas rocket. Tempo is a subsidiary of TCI and PrimeStar Partners intends to use the satellites to move into the true high-powered DBS world. This will allow PrimeStar to provide service with an 18 inch antenna. Russian TV balmed for Chechen Crisis Julia Wishnevsky, OMRI, Inc At a news conference on 10 January, Russian Television Chairman Oleg Poptsov said opposing factions within the Russian government are constantly trying to make RTV a propaganda organ. He added that the company would not give up its fight for unbiased reporting. Poptsov fell out of favor with Yeltsin because of the coverage of the Chechen crisis on RTV newscasts. Later on 10 January, Egorov, in a prime-time interview with Ostankino TV's "Vremya," said state television should not be allowed to allocate so much air time to opponents of the Russian intervention in Chechnya. Shortly after, Sergei Filatov, the head of Yeltsin's administration, said on Ostankino TV that "the Chechen developments demonstrate that the Russian state has no state media" and that measures should be taken to improve the situation. He suggested that Ostankino and RTV be merged into abody similar to the State Television and Radio Company--the former Soviet propaganda behemoth. The idea of merging the two companies was proposed by Yeltsin in November but quickly dropped amid a flood of protests. Univision maintains analogue service TS News London and Satellite Dealers Association We reported last week that the Univision network were switching all of their analogue feeds onto MPEG digital feeds. This week we are pleased to announce that the network has recognised dish owners and plans to continue transmitting in analogue, albeit on a pay TV basis. Univision evidentially realized that there was a significant market for their channel and now plan to provide it in the Videocipher RS format. It can currently be seen in the clear on Spacenet 3 Channel 5. It is being offered to the direct-to-home market for $107 dollars per year or $9.95 per month through Superstar Satellite Entertainment. The Univision Network provides Univision and Galavision to 20 affiliated broadcast stations, more than 1,000 cable systems and 320 Galavision affiliates throughout the U.S. They uplink their digital signal to Galaxy 1R from Miami. It is carried on Transponder 2. Univision indicated that they may consider offering Galavision in the future as well. Transponder shortage ! Satellite Dealers Association For the 100 or so new programming services that are planning to launch over the next few years, there is a new problem; the lack of C-Band satellite space. C-Band has gone from a transponder glut a few years ago to a transponder famine. In fact, the glut is partially blamed for the famine. Operators responded to the surplus of transponders by choosing not to replace some satellites. Another cause, according to Walter Morgan of the Communications Center, is that "People got spooked by compression and overreacted. They thought it would shrink the market more than it did." A survey conducted by Arianespace concluded that while the technology is there for digital compression to increase effective bandwidth "a battle is looming over compression standards." SpaceConnection's president Bob Patterson stated,"C-Band will continue to be in great demand for the rest of the decade. The lack of capacity now indicates just how much demand there is." New Products Petra Huether, TS Bureau Munich arcon Titan 199 Germany`s sky vision GmbH will introduce its new "Titan" in spring. Like all their other receivers, the Titan 199 is also made in Germany and it will only be available through authorized trade outlets. With 199 channels, three Scarts, Philips-Sound and 22 kHz switching the new model`s number of features is quite close to the Titan 228. An interface for a quick-programing unit is provided and also four switching modes for he IF line, which allows multifeed reception with eight single or four double LNBs. The receiver is not only available in classic black, but also in green, red and silver. With a customer card, an additional service guarantee is offered during the usual period. If the customer decides to purchase a "199" aerial for his receiver, this is also included in the card`s extended guarantee. Personal Computers CATV Systems Design Not hours, but only minutes will be spent with designing CATV now. That is, if the technician uses "Network-Designer", a WINDOWS 3.X application from Swiss manufacturer Tonatronic Antennenbau. It runs on any system with a 386 processor or higher, 4 MB of RAM and 3MB harddisk space. After entering the net topology and hardware restrictions, the program chooses the electronic componentes and calculates the sockets` level and de-emphasis parameters. The software not only handles standard components, but also the parameters of any amplifier you might use. 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