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SHAKE UP ON ASIASAT :
Star drops MTV and sets up own music network
MTV to launch new networks later this year
Hong Kong based broadcaster Star TV have dropped the MTV Asia service from it's
bouquet of services on Asiasat in favour of their own two new music channels. M
TV Asia has been available for two and a half years and the move comes a couple
of weeks after Star TV
dropped the BBC's World Service Asia channel in favour of a mandarin language pa
y movies channel.
The new channels launched on Monday 2 May and are named "The next generation of
music". Star are beaming different versions of the channel on their north and s
outh beams. The north beam, serving China, Hong Kong and South East Asia will b
e in Mandarin whilst the south beam channel, which covers the Indian sub contine
nt will be in a mixture of Hindi and English.
Star have hired all of the ex-MTV VJs for the new services which will eventually
consists of an eight hour music block repeated three times daily.
MTV announced on the same day that they will launch two new networks in the regi
on in late 1994. The networks will serve the Mandarin speaking north Asian mark
et and the English language speaking South Asian market. MTV announced that the
North Asian service will be
encrypted.
SJI expects the new channels to use the Apstar 1 satellite and the Apstar 2 sate
llite when that is launched in 1995. Ted Turner's TNT and Cartoon Network are a
mongst services that have already signed with Apstar and it is expected that the
BBC will use this satellite as a replacement for the dropping of their north be
am service via Asiasat. Apstar 1 will launch in mid 1994.
Other MTV networks include MTV Music Television, MTV Europe, MTV Japan, MTV Lati
no, MTV Brazil, VH-1 and the Nickelodeon / Nick at Nite channels.
Tee-Comm Electronics Inc
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Tee-Comm Electronics Inc. expressed its enthusiasm for the launch
of a 1995 Canadian Direct To Home (DTH) satellite service which was
announced by Cancom, BCE, and WIC . Tee-Comm interprets the
agreement as evidence of the appeal and demand for DTH services
amongst Canadians. Tee-Comm plans to launch its digital Canadian
DTH service in the fall of 1994. Tee-Comm has been and will
continue to be in discussions with this new group and with others
regarding the need for a united and competitive Canadian DTH
industry as it takes on foreign service providers.
"These three companies have recognised what Tee-Comm has been
saying all along -- Canadians want more choice and quality in their
television programming, and that is exactly what we plan to offer
consumers from coast-to-coast -- a digital Canadian DTH service
offering up to 150 channels of basic, premium, and pay-per-view
programming on a 24-inch satellite dish. The Tee-Comm service will
be up-and-running in late 1994, and we welcome the entry of other
Canadian providers into this exciting marketplace starting in 1995,"
said Al Bahnman, Chairman and CEO of Tee-Comm.
Commenting on the implications of yesterday's announcement,
Bahnman said: "Canada's DTH industry is developing along the same
lines as American DTH -- different players bring different strengths
to the table for the benefit of an entire industry. Some companies
specialise in programming, others in distribution, some in
technology. Tee-Comm endorses the position that these companies
have taken in support of open technology standards, which will
ensure that consumers are not restricted in their choice of hardware
and programming. The bottom line is that Tee-Comm and this new
group will be in a strong position to deliver better TV to homes
across Canada. We think that this is exactly why the CRTC has
proposed that Canadian DTH companies be exempt from detailed
regulation -- to allow us to compete with foreign providers on an
equal footing."
Bahnman also remarked on Tee-Comm's unique position: "Tee-Comm
has the digital video technology, we have options on the Telesat
satellite transponders, we are one of North America's largest
manufacturers of satellite receiving equipment, and we already have
a large and growing DTH subscriber base." He added: "Tee-Comm is at
the forefront of the development of digital compression and the
application of MPEG-2 microelectronics technology as AT&T's alpha
tester in Canada. These are the technological building blocks for
our Canadian DTH service, which will deliver an affordable set-top
box to Canadians by the end of the year."
General Dynamics Commercial Launch Services
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General Dynamics Commercial Launch Services Inc. announced it has
signed a contract with the European Telecommunications Satellite
Organisation (EUTELSAT) to provide launch services for the Hot Bird
2 television satellite. Today at EUTELSAT's headquarters in Paris,
Jean Grenier, Director General of EUTELSAT, and Michael R. Wash,
president of General Dynamics Commercial Launch Services Inc.,
formally signed a contract for Atlas IIA launch services.
"We at General Dynamics are very pleased to provide Atlas IIA launch
services for EUTELSAT's newest communications satellite," said Wash.
"In 1987, EUTELSAT made an early commitment to what at that time was
the new commercial Atlas program, and we are very proud of our long
standing and successful relationship with them. We look forward to
continuing our commitment to EUTELSAT to provide the highest quality
in complete launch services for Hot Bird 2."
EUTELSAT became the first commercial customer to select Atlas launch
services for one of its EUTELSAT II satellites, and the spacecraft
was successfully placed into orbit in 1991 on the first flight of an
Atlas II launch vehicle.
The contract with General Dynamics is for one launch scheduled for
August 1996. Built by General Dynamics Space Systems Division in
San Diego, the Atlas IIA launch vehicle will boost Hot Bird 2 into a
geosychronous transfer orbit from Launch Complex 36 at Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
The launch vehicle will be the Atlas IIA, one of four configurations
that General Dynamics offers for space launch services placing
5,000- to 8,000-pound satellites in geosychronous transfer orbit.
The Atlas IIA provides increased performance over the Atlas II with
an uprated propulsion system in the Centaur upper stage.
Hot Bird 2, built by Matra Marconi Space, will be positioned after
the launch at 13 degrees east where it will join EUTELSAT II-F1 and
Hot Bird 1, which is scheduled for launch later this year. The
satellite's 20 high-power transponders will be used by television
broadcasters for transmissions to direct-to-home, cable and
community services throughout Europe.
With this order, the current backlog for all Atlas launch vehicle
configurations stands at 30, 25 commercial and 5 military.
Telecom Australia
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Australian carrier Telstra (Telecom Australia) demonstrated a new
service to journalists in Sydney on Tuesday. At least, it tried to
demonstrate it. "It worked the last three times we tried it," said
a doleful Telstra executive as the telecommunications giant
attempted to show off its new Satcom-M digital voice-and-fax service
at the event at its Sydney headquarters. Some eight attempts to
dial direct from the demonstration to a gold mining drill team deep
in the heart of Western Australia all ended in failure - three
engaged signals and five long periods of silence. Embarrassed
Telstra executives called the whole thing off but still reassured
the press that a remote worker who antes up with the necessary
AUS$20,000 or so (around US$14,300) for one of the new Satcom-M
briefcase-sized terminals should be able to make the connections
without too much trouble. The system, operating through the
Inmarsat satellite system and a large earth station near Perth,
provides links for outback workers to the public switched network
and cellular mobile phones. Other Telstra satellite services
include Satcom-C (text and data), Satcom-B (digital voice) and
Iterra (multi-circuit voice, fax and data for major users), but the
corporation is expected to have new competition from second carrier
Optus in coming months.
Russia launches another satellite
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The Kosmos-2280 satellite was put into orbit with a Soyuz
booster from the Bailonur cosmodrome on April 28. The orbital
parameters are: Initial period of revolution-- 89 minutes,
Apogee--290 Km, Perigee-- 198 Km, Orbital Inclination-- 70 Degrees.
ISM Information Systems Management
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ISM Information Systems Management (Alberta) Corp., a leader in
information technology management, has announced an agreement with
Florida-based ISD Information Systems Development Inc. for
exclusive outsourcing rights to their CableMaster services in
Canada.
This agreement places ISM (Alberta) in a strategic position to
provide Canada's rapidly evolving cable television industry with the
capability to manage the full range of interactive, cable services
including "pay per view movies" and "home shopping."
"Our new relationship with ISD positions us to support the growing
needs of Canadian Cable Operators," states ISM (Alberta) President
and Chief Executive Officer Philip R. Ladouceur. "The impending
proliferation of discretionary cable services means significant
future business activity for Cable Operators. The CableMaster
service is an extraordinary tool for Cable Operators to ensure
market driven profitable operations and offers a tremendous market
advantage as the industry moves towards providing value-added and
enhanced services."
ISD Information Systems Development Inc. Chief Executive Officer,
Peyton Lake concludes, "We are very pleased with the partnership
agreement and the opportunity it offers to expand the penetration of
CableMaster in the Canadian marketplace. The recent Rogers/Maclean
Hunter transaction in Canada reflects the dynamic changes underway.
ISM (Alberta) has an excellent track record and the Canadian cable
market will be well served by the combination of ISM (Alberta) and
CableMaster."
CableMaster is a subscriber management system which allows the Cable
Operator significant advantages in the areas of itemised customer
statements, special reports, customer interfaces and much more. It
is recognised as the first system that provides multiple bills and
requested receivable options by customer.
ISM (Alberta) is an affiliate of ISM Information Systems Management
Corp. and has over 225 employees in offices and processing centres
in Edmonton and Calgary. The agreement with ISD signifies a new and
exciting service offering which will allow ISM (Alberta) to continue
their growth and diversification. Total revenue value of customer
contracts signed by ISM (Alberta) during their first year of
operation exceeded $330 million.
ISD was founded in 1977 as a software development firm with
corporate offices located in Coral Springs, Fla. Their main area of
focus is distribution, and in particular, the cable industry. ISD
is privately held in partnership with Cox Cable Communications and
Bull Worldwide Information Systems. Their cable industry clients
include Cox, Time Warner, Western Communications and a variety of
regional operators throughout the United States and at selected
sites world-wide.
GM Hughes Electronics Corp.
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GM Hughes Electronics Corp. reported first quarter earnings.
Revenues for the period were $3,587.3 million, a 12.8 percent
increase over the $3,181.2 million recorded in 1993's first quarter.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SPACE : Revenues for the quarter were $599.5
million, an increase of 29.7 percent from revenues of $462.1 million
for the same period of 1993. Operating profit in the first quarter
increased to $113.5 million from $25.2 million in the first quarter
of 1993. As a result, the operating profit margin for the first
quarter increased to 18.8 percent from 5.5 percent for the
comparable period in 1993. The increases reflect
earlier-than-expected transponder sales on the Galaxy I-R and Galaxy
IV satellites, as well as reduced construction costs associated with
replacement of the first Galaxy I-R satellite that was destroyed due
to a launch vehicle failure in August 1992. The financial impact of
both events had been expected to occur over the course of the year.
First Quarter Business Highlights: -- A new Galaxy I-R, the first of
16 GMHE-built satellites to be launched during 1994, was boosted
into orbit to replace Galaxy I, the nation's first cable-dedicated
satellite. Galaxy I-R is the 102nd GMHE satellite to be launched.
-- A 10th UHF Follow-On military communications satellite was
ordered by the U.S. Navy. The order amended the existing $1.6
billion UHF Follow-On contract and calls for the launch of the new
satellite by August 1997.
-- Preparations continued for the introduction of DIRECTV(TM), the
nation's first high power direct-to-home satellite television
system, with the announcement of competitively priced programming
packages for the service, the selection of Sears and Circuit City as
national retailers for the programming and equipment, a contract to
launch the second DIRECTV satellite and commencement of testing of
the service.
-- An agreement was signed with China Great Wall Industries for the
launch of Optus B3, a GMHE-built telecommunications satellite for
Australia, and for additional launches through the end of the
decade.
General Instrument Corporation
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General Instrument Corporation announced that Michael M. Ozburn has
been named Director of Industry Affairs. Mr. Ozburn will be based
in Washington, D.C., and will be responsible for working with
customers and industry in addressing issues created by the
deployment of enhanced broadband communications networks. Mr.
Ozburn will also support Quincy Rodgers, Associate General Counsel
and Director of Government Affairs for General Instrument, in
addressing the regulatory and legislative issues for the company.
Before joining General Instrument, Mr. Ozburn was Director of North
America marketing for MCI. During his nine-year tenure with MCI, he
also served as Director of National Account Sales, Director of
Investor Relations, Director of State Regulatory Policy and Director
of External Affairs.
Scientific-Atlanta, Inc
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Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. announced its Broadband Integrated Gateway
(BIG) product line which will select, convert and deliver a wide
variety of industry standard digital video, voice and data
communications signals in advanced telecommunications and cable TV
networks.
The BIG product line serves as an interface between data networks
formats, such as SONET (Synchronous Optical Network), video file
server local area networks (LANs), ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode)
switches, MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) transport layer, cable
satellite distribution networks and other LANs.
"The Broadband Integrated Gateway can accept a broad range of
digital signal inputs and data rates, and provide selectable outputs
in a wide variety of digital or formats on the other end," said
Steve Havey, vice president and general manager of analogue and
digital headend products for Scientific-Atlanta.
Havey noted that while designing and providing the advanced
distribution network for a number of video dialtone projects and
proposals, Scientific-Atlanta developed the integrated translation
capabilities needed to take different data inputs and put them into
multiple standard data transport formats. "The resulting BIG
product line is a flexible and cost-effective method for inputting
this digital data and then converting it back into a combination of
data streams that can be utilised by various distribution and
delivery systems," said Havey.
For example, the BIG interface product can take the OC-3 (Optical
Carrier) standard data transmission format and divide it into five
30 Megabits per second (Mbps) data streams. Each of these 30 Mbit
data streams can then be modulated onto individual cable channels of
6 MHz. These channels can then be delivered over broadband hybrid
fiber and coaxial networks to digital home communications terminals.
The Broadband Integrated Gateway measures and will be available in
either 19- or 22-inch EIA (Electronic Industries Association)
standard chassis. Software provides the capability to mix and match
channels through the channel banks and the BIG platform.
One of the benefits of the BIG product line, Havey pointed out, is
its ability to take compressed videos from an MPEG file server and
transform that output into a number of standard data formats. These
MPEG videos can be delivered over any system that utilises these
standard formats.
For instance, several compressed videos could be multiplexed onto a
DS-3 which could then be handed off to any provider of DS-3 service
such as a local telephone company, a long distance provider or a
private carrier. The BIG system could also be used on the other end
to convert the DS-3 transmission back to baseband data outputs for
decoding, storage onto a local file server or modulation onto a
broadband delivery network.
Cost of the Broadband Integrated Gateway depends on the specific
application and the number of boards and amount of control software
required. The product is scheduled to be available in the fall of
this year.
Turner changes name
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Turner's Airport channel has been renamed to CNN Airport Network.
The new logo features the letters CNN and it is hoped this will give
the channel more prominence. CNN Aiport Network is a separate
operation from CNN, however, it does rely on CNN for its news
gathering. CNN Airport Network is currently available in 17
airports in the United States and will be in 23 airports by the end
of the year.
MGM / Baton Broadcasting
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MGM and Canada's Baton Broadcasting Inc. have entered into a major
multiyear output deal for the broadcast rights for all new
theatrical movies produced and distributed by MGM and United Artists
as well as several hundred selected features from the MGM/UA
library. The announcement was made today by John P. Symes,
president, MGM Worldwide Television, Sid Cohen, president, MGM
Domestic Television Distribution, and Joseph J. Garwood, executive
vice president and chief operating officer, Baton Broadcasting Inc.
This represents the first deal of this nature for MGM in Canada
and follows in the footsteps of MGM/UA's recently negotiated deal
with Showtime in the United States. Symes and Cohen credited the
Showtime deal for creating a platform that made the negotiations
with Baton extremely workable.
According to Cohen, "The basic parameters were laid out by vice
president, television sales - Canada, William Wineberg with Baton,
and within 48 hours we settled on the key points in the deal."
Baton will broadcast the MGM/UA product on its owned stations in
Canada and also plans to syndicate the films to stations in other
markets throughout the rest of the country. "This represents a
major step for us," Garwood commented. "With the infusion of new
product, MGM is poised for rapid growth. We feel this will be a
long term, successful alliance."
Symes added, "Baton is an established broadcasting company in
Canada, and we are confident that this initial deal will lead to an
expanded relationship in the future, including co-productions and
the delivery of additional product, such as our slate of Showtime
films."
Baton Broadcasting Inc. is a Toronto-based broadcaster that owns
twenty television stations, eleven affiliated with the CTV Network,
six affiliated with the CBC Network and three independent television
stations.
Coded Communications
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Coded Communications has enhanced the management of its ComViSat
satellite communications subsidiary with the high-level appointment
of William Kinsella as vice president-engineering.
Kinsella has more than 20 years of experience in satellite
communications, including key positions at INTELSAT and GTE
Spacenet, and most recently served as chief operating officer of
Radyne Corp., while also serving as president of Radyne's subsidiary
company, Satellite Digital Systems Corp. (SDSC).
As vice president-engineering with ComViSat, Kinsella will
develop products and systems to serve the growing markets of voice,
data and video satellite communications as well as rural telephony.
While at INTELSAT, Kinsella was responsible for the
development of Intersystem Coordination parameters for the INTELSAT
VII spacecraft and the Land Mass Satellite (LMS), and was also
responsible for the technical management of all GTE Spacenet
satellites.
Eurowatch
What's making news across Europe's skies
By Martyn Williams in London
VOX reprieve until 20 June
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The troubled VOX television network has won a broadcasting reprieve
until 20 June. The channel has until that date to find new backers
and more money or the plug will be pulled. This was the message
given in a joint statement by the state broadcasting commissions of
Hessen, North Rhine Westphalia, Saarland and Bremen. The channel
has managed to continue broadcasting several times despite imminent
closure. The most recent date given was May 1 when they were to
transfer onto an emergency schedule consisting of DCTP programming.
The DCTP group had gained a separate license and so would be able to
continue transmission.
The TV network began in early 1993 with a concept of broadcasting a
mix of news and infotainment to upmarket German households. Despite
the complaints of West German state broadcaster WDR, VOX was given
terrestrial frequencies in that region, giving it vital access to
more viewers and more advertising revenue. If VOX fails now there
will be a fierce battle for it's terrestrial outlets although maybe
the Astra transponder it uses will not be so popular - it was made
free to VOX by it's previous occupier, Lifestyle, closing after
loosing money.
Many believe that VOX may be saved. The new channel will be
re-programmed and re-named with some observers suggesting RTL
Classics or RTL 3. A drastic re-programming of the service would
provide a problem. The channel had access to terrestrial
frequencies because it was news based and any movement away from
that may loose it the channels.
Swiss Radio International on Eutelsat 2F1
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Swiss Radio International has begun relaying it's international,
multi lingual news and information service on Eutelsat 2F1. The
channel joins a growing number of broadcasters on the TV5 Europe
transponder. The new service, in parallel to their Astra channel,
is available on subcarrier 7.74 MHz. The next channel to join this
group is said to be Radio Flaanderen International from Belgium.
General Dynamics to launch Hot Bird II
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A full launch schedule at Arianespace forced Eutelsat to look
outside Europe for the launch of it's Hot Bird II satellite and
General Dynamics were awarded the contract. The launch will take
place in August 1996 aboard an Atlas 2 rocket. The Hot Bird II
satellite will be co-located with Eutelsat 2F1 and the yet to be
launched Hot Bird at 13 degrees East. Hot Bird II will carry 20
television transponders and further add to Eutelsat's strength as it
battles Astra for viewers and customers.
Ireland win EBU song Grand Prix for record 3rd year
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Ireland won the 39th Eurovision song contest for the 3rd year
running. The contest took place at The Point centre in Dublin on 30
April and was seen by an estimated 300 million viewers across
Europe.
The contest, first staged in Lugano, Switzerland, in 1956 takes
place every year in the home country of the previous years winner.
The staging of the contest placed considerable pressure on the
finances of Ireland's EBU member station RTE. Reassuring the Irish
public, Prime Minister Reynolds said before the event that if
Ireland won again they would re-stage it.
This years broadcast was a milestone event as for the first time in
the history of the contest the judges in the 25 competing nations
were seen by television viewers. The judging occupied 3 Eurovision
transponders on Eutelsat 2F4 with each transponder carrying every
third nation and the broadcast cycling between the transponders.
Only Ireland and the UK didn't use the satellite for the link to The
Point. The broadcast was relayed on two Eurovision circuits leaving
only one available for other EBU use.
The broadcast was carried live by almost all EBU stations.
Cable & Satellite 94 a success, Asian show 50% sold
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Reed Exhibitions, the company responsible for the recent Cable and
Satellite 94 show in London have declared the event the most
successful ever.
Hot on the heels of the news from the London show, Reed have
announced that Cable and Satellite Asia is already 50% sold. The
new show will take place from December 1-3 in Hong Kong and is timed
to exploit the new growth of satellite and cable TV is that region.
NBC Super Channel, Cartoon Network add languages
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NBC Super Channel have added Dutch and German sound to selected
programmes on the service. Dutch can be heard on the 7.02 MHz
subcarrier with German on 7.20 MHz. Currently the language dubbing
is used for a few minutes a day but the channel says the amount of
dubbed programmes will increase throughout the summer.
The channel will add teletext subtitles in these languages later in
the year.
The Cartoon Network has added Spanish audio to some of it's
programmes. The move was easy to do as Turner already broadcasts
the service to Latin America. Spanish can be found on 7.74 MHz.
14 million German households with cable
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Recently released figures show that cable penetration in Germany now
counts 13.9 million households. In the first three months of 1994
an additional 372,000 homes took the service, provided across the
country by Telekom.
The German television market is one of the most developed in Europe
with the most popular networks getting terrestrial coverage as
well.
Bloomberg want European financial network
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Bloomerg business information have announced that they want to
launch a new financial news network in Europe and Asia. The new
channel, scheduled to launch in the US on May 1, should be available
in Europe by late autumn this year. The channel wants to produce
programmes in Europe and not just relay American news and
information across the Atlantic.
BBC's Open University celebrates 25 years
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The Worlds largest learning establishment, The Open University, has
just turned 25 years old. The OU broadcasts it's programmes during
the night and early morning on BBC domestic TV in the UK and also
via BBC Radio.
News in brief ....
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Euronews is available for several hours each morning on France 3
..... Serbian RTS Sat is testing teletext under the title RTSTTX
..... Software has been developed for a PC to decode Sky multi
channels ..... Red Hot TV and TV 69 are both claiming launch dates
at the end of May.
A day to remember ....
May 17 is the UN recognised, International Telecommunications day.
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