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Volume 2 Number 19
14 September 1994
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TOP NEWS :
TELSTAR 402 LOST
BY MARTYN WILLIAMS IN LONDON
Telstar 402, the second of AT&T's newest generation of Telstar 4
broadcast video- and data-communications satellites and "one of the
biggest, most powerful, most capable communications satellites ever
built" in the words of operators AT&T, has been lost.
The AT&T Skynet control centre lost communications with the
satellite just 10 minutes after separation from Europe's Ariane
rocket on Friday morning. The launch took place at 0029 UTC Friday
and separation occurred 20 minutes after launch.
The launch went well prompting both AT&T and Ariane to release
statements that commented on the success of the mission. AT&T said
: "The launch went exactly as planned," said Karl Savatiel, vice
president and general manager (acting) of AT&T SKYNET (R) Satellite
Services, the group that manages AT&T's domestic satellite business.
"It is extremely gratifying to watch many years of work come
together in this flawless performance. My congratulations go out to
everyone who contributed to the success of this operation."
Arianespace, also pleased at the launch commented that "Arianespace
today successfully launched the Telstar 402 telecommunications
satellite for a new customer, AT&T."
Unaware of any problems, Arianespace Chairman and CEO Charles Bigot
said: "We would like to express our sincere thanks to AT&T for their
confidence in Arianespace. It is indeed a great honour for us to
add the name of one of the world's most prestigious satellite
operators to our customer list. Furthermore, this is the fourth
launch we have performed in three months, which means that we have
placed six satellites into orbit this summer. We now expect to
sustain a high launch rate, while ensuring the continued high
quality and reliability of our launch services." Immediately on
learning of the problems AT&T Skynet began contingency planning to
ensure uninterrupted coverage for customers scheduled to use the new
satellite and also planning the launch of an existing spare
satellite, to become known as Telstar 402R.
In Paris, Arianespace officials went immediately into conference
emerging to announce that the loss of the satellite was a problem
for AT&T and not Arianespace as the fault occurred after separation
from the launcher.
Details of the problem haven't been released yet although soon after
launch AT&T said that it was clear the satellite would be unusable.
Arianespace later added that the satellite appeared to start
spinning as it passed over Mauritius. Technicians confirmed that
the satellite never made it into the correct orbit apparently as a
result of a loss of helium pressure due to a fault in a valve.
Customers would have been ABC; FOX Broadcasting Company; PBS;
Keystone Communications; Starcom; IDB Communications Group, Inc.;
the states of Louisiana, Georgia and South Carolina and AT&T Tridom.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
A LSI Logic Corporation provider of advanced digital technology for
the cable and satellite television industries, and Dolby
Laboratories, a leader in sound technology, announced an agreement
which enables LSI Logic to design, manufacture and market integrated
circuits (ICs) incorporating Dolby's proprietary AC-3 audio
algorithm. The ICs will be used in digital TV set-top boxes,
bringing theatre-quality sound into the home.
"By adding AC-3 to LSI Logic's extensive product portfolio, LSI
Logic is now able to market dual-mode devices which support both
MUSICAM (the MPEG audio standard) and Dolby's AC-3," said Peng Ang,
vice president of LSI Logic's digital video products group. "The
licensing agreement is further evidence of LSI Logic's core strategy
of offering the most complete IC solutions for the interactive
digital television market. Dolby's AC-3 complements LSI Logic's
full line of products which include MPEG-2 and DigiCipher(R)II
products for audio/video compression/decompression, Reed-Solomon
error correction decoders and 16 VSB decoders," he noted.
Dolby's AC-3 has established a strong reputation in the audio
market since its selection as the audio coding algorithm for the US
High Definition Television (HDTV) standard. AC-3 is also being used
by the motion picture industry for the coding of surround sound for
films. In addition, AC-3 is the audio coding standard of choice for
the US cable industry's dual-mode DigiCipher(R)II/MPEG-2 video
compression standard.
"We are committed to providing access to breakthrough sound
technologies for the film and television industry," said Ed
Schummer, vice president of Licensing at Dolby Laboratories.
Commenting on the relationship, he added, "licensing this technology
to LSI Logic will widen the availability of AC-3, since LSI Logic
already supplies digital technology to leading cable and satellite
companies."
Dolby's AC-3 is a perceptual digital audio coding technique that
allows storage or transmission of as many as six audio channels in
less space than is required for only one channel on a CD. First
applied to cinema sound, it has been used to code the multichannel
soundtracks of more than 70 Dolby Stereo Digital feature films, and
is heard in nearly 1,000 cinemas in 34 countries. Other
applications for AC-3, in addition to HDTV, include Direct Broadcast
by Satellite (DBS) systems, and both disc- and tape-based video and
audio formats.
Datum Inc. announced it has received a contract of approximately
$1.0 million from Lockheed Corp. to provide cesium time and
frequency standards equipment for the Milstar military satellite
communications network. The majority of the equipment is expected
to be delivered later in 1994 and early in 1995.
Louis B. Horwitz, chairman and chief executive officer,
commented, "Lockheed's selection of our equipment for this important
project recognises the unique demands of the Milstar network, as
well as Datum's technical contributions since the inception of the
program. We are gratified by Lockheed's confidence in Datum's
ability to support the specialised cesium standard requirements for
the mission control portion of the Milstar network."
Milstar is an all-service telecommunications network of
satellites designed to be impervious to jamming or interception by
an unauthorised or hostile group.
Once situated into orbit, it will provide field commanders with a
unified method of communicating with one another when necessary for
strategic or tactical operations.
Willard Scott, one of television's most well-known personalities,
has been signed to host "Willard Scott's Home and Garden Almanac," a
new weekly half-hour program to premiere on the Home & Garden
Television Network (HGTV), the 24-hour cable network to launch this
fall. The show will take viewers from coast-to-coast to visit
America's greatest and most unusual homes and gardens.
"I am thrilled that 'Willard Scott's Home and Garden Almanac' is
going to be a key element to the line-up of new programs for the
Home & Garden Television Network," stated Scott. "All my life I
have been an avid gardener and do-it-yourself aficionado, and now to
be able to do what I enjoy most in my off-time for this exciting new
network is icing on the cake! I have always been a big fan of the
yearly 'Farmer's Almanac' and with my new series, I will be able to
bring to the Home & Garden Television Network audiences some of the
tips, philosophy and folklore that has fascinated me for years. I
can't wait to get started!"
HGTV was developed three years ago by Scripps Howard
Broadcasting . When it launches in the fourth quarter of 1994, the
network will bring an entirely new concept to cable television
audiences with a programming line-up focusing on gardening, home
improvement, home decorating, hobbies and crafts and consumer
electronics. Network programming will include original programs,
co-productions and acquired programs.
Beta testing of a new interactive television service developed by
Advanced Digital TeleCorp (ADTEC) has been so successful that the
company is now preparing to license the system to television
broadcasting companies and cable operators.
The demonstration phase of this new system, which utilises the
vertical blanking interval of a television signal, is being
conducted in conjunction with WNET, the Public Broadcasting System
(PBS) station in the New York metropolitan area. The two companies
have been working together since August 2 in a live demonstration of
this new, low cost system for delivering information services to
homes and businesses.
Since Beta testing began, these live demonstrations have shown
the versatility of this new system to deliver a medical service,
financial service, a video ordering service, plus news, weather,
sports, and local educational information.
The versatility of the system is such that it can direct any
piece of information or service to a selected group of users, or
even a specific user. It can also deliver an information service
designed for general use or for only those who are subscribers.
The system utilises the vertical blanking interval of a
television signal to deliver the transmission to the Teledata
Recorder (TDR), a smart receiver developed by Advanced Digital
TeleCorp. The TDR, which is about the size of a VCR, uses a chip
developed jointly with ITT Intermetall in Germany. The receiver
unit is hooked up to a television set where a custom remote control
unit provides the user with access to the menu and the various
information screens. It also includes a feature that allows a user
to receive only topics of interest and filter out those of no
interest.
Because information is transmitted over a television signal, the
information delivery cost is the same for 10,000 users as it is for
1, 000,000 users, thereby making the system very cost-effective.
Most of the time the user will not incur costs, such as connect
time, telephone charges or usage fees, unless a specific database
application is used. The TDR can also be linked to a computer for
downloading information or connected to any computer peripheral,
such as a printer. With a printer attached, it can be used to
deliver coupons to consumers.
One of the many features of the TDR is that it provides support
for multi-lingual services. A service may be delivered in English
or Spanish. The user can specify the language preference for
receiving the service. It can support up to 37 European languages,
plus Russian.
Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI), announced that Your Choice TV will
join its Denver-based pay-per- view (PPV) video-on-demand (VOD)
trial (formerly VCTV), thus pooling the resources of two leaders in
the field of advanced television research and development. Your
Choice TV is a content delivery service that allows viewers to order
and watch popular television programs at their convenience. It
gives the Denver trial its first opportunity to experiment with
popular television programs in the VOD environment. Starting today,
Your Choice TV will provide hundreds of program titles on a 24-title
menu that changes daily.
According to John S. Hendricks, Founder, Chairman and CEO of
Discovery Communications, Inc. (DCI) as well as Founder and
Chairman of Your Choice TV, "The uniqueness of the Your Choice
TV/TCI partnership is that is brings together two committed,
credible research organisations with one common goal -- to learn
what advanced television applications viewers want in their homes.
After two years of research and development, Your Choice TV has
travelled a long way down the path toward the future and gained
critical insight into the emerging marketplace."
John Malone, TCI President and Chief Executive Officer, said,
"The addition of Your Choice TV to TCI's market test of enhanced
pay-per-view and video-on-demand entertainment services is extremely
valuable. The customers participating in this test have an
opportunity to experience firsthand the future of television -- more
choice and more control over what they watch, and when they watch
it."
At a press conference at TCI's Denver trial facility, Nancy
Stover, Senior Vice President of DCI and General Manager of Your
Choice TV, highlighted the unique aspects of the Denver trial.
"This test is Your Choice TV's first opportunity to measure consumer
reaction to our service offered on a video-on-demand basis. For the
first time, consumers can control the start time of a program as
well as pause, stop and re-start the program at their convenience.
Popular television titles have never been tested in this environment
and we are very interested to gauge consumer reaction."
To order a program, a viewer simply tunes their TV set to
channel 99, the Your Choice TV Free Preview Channel, and selects a
program for viewing. Once ordered, the program will immediately
start airing from the beginning of the episode and be available for
unlimited viewing as long as it is on the Your Choice TV menu.
Weekly programs are available for the entire week and daily programs
are available until the next day's episode airs.
PCTV, Inc. announced its new season of television programming,
beginning this week on the Jones Computer Network (JCN) and public
television stations across the nation. The new PCTV shows for JCN
focus on specific types of computer users and segments of the
personal computer market, including: Computers 101 (new user); Home
(multimedia, education and entertainment); Business Computing (SOHO
and corporate users); Users Group (advanced "power users"); and PC
Superstore (computer shoppers). In addition, Computer Chronicles,
the award-winning public television series, is starting an
unprecedented twelfth season covering cutting-edge computer topics
and exciting technology breakthroughs.
PCTV's new season includes a variety of key information
superhighway- related topics, ranging from CD-ROM basics, Hollywood
on a PC, and kids on-line, to mobile computing and free speech in
cyberspace. Each series gives timely information on the latest
technologies, lively product demonstrations and informative
interviews with PC experts.
Four of the PCTV shows on JCN are half-hour editorial programs
which air on a rotating basis Monday through Friday from 9 to 10
p.m. ET. The computer shopping show is a one hour program airing
nightly at 11 p.m. ET.
Computer Chronicles is a half hour show airing weekly at
different times on public television stations across the country.
Stewart Cheifet, President of PCTV, Inc., commented, "The digital
revolution is here. Today nearly a third of all American households
have a PC, and industry analysts predict that by the year 2000 two-
thirds of American households will own PCs, so people need more
information than ever about computing. Now viewers can use their
televisions to discover more about the specific area of computing
which is of interest to them."
"By targeting segments of the computer marketplace, programming
and advertising can be more synergistic and therefore more
effective," said Crystal Burgos, PCTV's Director of Sales and
Marketing.
PCTV's regular industry analyst, Tim Bajarin, President of
Creative Strategies, said, "The convergence of television and
computers is here. The digital world and the creative world are
one. Hollywood has invaded Silicon Valley and Silicon Valley has
invaded Hollywood. The future of television is computers and the
future of computers is television."
PCTV's New TV Shows Have Something for Everyone
Computers 101 -- Focuses on solving basic computing problems,
including those common to new users. The program
introduces a wide variety of software and hardware
options in an easy-to-follow format.
Home -- Helps home PC users get the most from the
information superhighway as well as shows what's
available on-line. Exciting demonstrations of the
latest multimedia products, home education and game
software.
Business
Computing -- Designed for people who use computers in their
work, either at the office or at home. The program
examines improving productivity, solving business
problems, and getting the maximum use from business
computer systems.
Users Group -- For more experienced users who want to delve into
the latest trends in personal computing. The
show evaluates new technologies and previews
advanced software applications and hardware
upgrades.
PC Superstore -- The first daily direct-response home shopping show
devoted exclusively to personal computing. The one
hour show consists of short segments on computers,
software, and peripherals, during which viewers can
order televised products via an 800 number. All
products sold on the show are fulfilled through
PC Connection and MacConnection, so orders are
shipped overnight, with the highest level of
customer service in the industry.
Computer
Chronicles -- Entering an unprecedented twelfth season, this
nationally broadcast program is the most
influential and prestigious TV series on computing.
During each show host Stewart Cheifet takes an
in-depth look at a specific computer topic through
on-location reports and studio demonstrations.
COMSAT Corporation said a Nevada judge granted its motion to dismiss
litigation brought by stockholders of the former Radiation Systems,
Inc. (RSi). The lawsuits, which were filed in Nevada state court
earlier this year, challenged COMSAT's acquisition of RSi.
COMSAT acquired Sterling, Va.-based RSi in early June after RSi
stockholders approved the merger. COMSAT merged RSi with the COMSAT
Technology Services business unit to form COMSAT RSI.
"This decision should put an end to litigation that we believed
from the beginning was without merit," said Bruce L. Crockett,
president and CEO of COMSAT. "We continue to focus our attention on
building COMSAT RSI into a market leader in the development of
sophisticated wireless communications services for customers
world-wide."
COMSAT RSI designs, manufactures and integrates a range of
systems, subsystems and components for advanced microwave
communication, satellite communication, radar and related
applications, air traffic control, intelligence and scientific
applications; and supplies antenna systems for cellular,
troposcatter, personal, mobile and last-mile wireless markets. Its
operations are located in seven states in the continental U.S. and
in England.
Cable television pioneer and distance education visionary Glenn
R. Jones will be inducted into Broadcasting and Cable Magazine's
Hall of Fame on Nov. 7, 1994. His Jones Computer Network, the
first 24-hour cable channel dedicated to computer hardware, software
and multimedia and interactive technology, will launch Sept. 6.
Classic Sports Network, the new cable service intended to become
television's 24-hour all sports hall of fame has secured commitments
from systems representing nine of the top ten MSOs; key regional
sports networks; and TV!, TCI's preview channel, for its
unprecedented four hour sneak preview. Classic Sports Network
estimates the special will be made available to over 20 million
homes during the telecast window, which begins Sept. 5 and runs to
Sept. 19.
Classic Sports Network is a new cable television service intended
to become television's 24-hour all sports hall of fame, featuring
classic sports events, television series and specials, documentaries
and movies as well as interactive sports and home shopping for
sports merchandise.
SEIKO received permission from the Japanese Ministry of Posts and
Telecommunications (MPT) to conduct a test and demonstration of its
high speed FM subcarrier network system in Kyoto starting in
September.
SEIKO Corp. and SEIKO Epson Corp. will work in co-operation
with NHK I-Tech, a subsidiary of Japan's largest broadcast
organisation, to transmit paging messages to SEIKO MessageWatches --
a pager and information receiver integrated into a normal-sized
SEIKO wristwatch.
The demonstration and tests are considered a first step toward
the adoption of the SEIKO system as a high speed FM subcarrier
network standard for Japan.
SEIKO will transmit paging messages via the subcarrier
frequencies of FM Kyoto. FM Kyoto's frequency (89.4MHz) will be
monitored and tested by SEIKO for subcarrier compatibility with main
audio signals and other factors.
The SEIKO system, called ACTTIVE, multiplexes information,
including paging messages, into the subcarrier frequencies of FM
radio stations. Messages are received on patented, miniaturised
receiver chip sets -- called ACTT (Advanced Communications and
Timekeeping Technology) -- developed by SEIKO and utilised in the
SEIKO MessageWatch. Because of its small size and extremely low
power consumption (1/10,000 of a full duty cycle), the ACTT chip set
is ideal for incorporation into a host of mass-market products,
including wristwatches, car stereos, clocks, portable computers,
PDAs, home appliances, cellular phones and other low-cost personal
devices.
The SEIKO system has been successfully operated on a test basis
in the U.S. Pacific Northwest for the past two years. There,
approximately 15, 000 customers receive paging messages and other
information services (financial market updates, weather forecasts,
local sports scores, voice/e-mail notifications, winning lottery
numbers and seasonal ski condition reports) on their SEIKO
MessageWatches.
The product retails for as low as U.S. $79.95 with monthly fees
starting at $5.95 per month. It has an average battery life of 18
months with continuous use compared to the average three-to-four
weeks that batteries will last in pagers on the market today.
EUROWATCH
BY MARTYN WILLIAMS
New Financial channel for Europe
London's Financial Times newspaper has reported that Europe is to
get a new financial TV channel. According to the newspaper Flextech
and Dow Jones will launch European Business News via Eutelsat in the
first quarter of 1995. EBN will initially transmit in English for
18 hours a day with a full 24 hours service and additional languages
being added as EBN grows. Alongside the latest European business
news EBN will also source US business news from the Wall Street
Journal TV and Asian news from Singapore based Asian Business News.
An innovative feature of the service would be an additional MPEG 2
digital service transmitted alongside the conventional analogue
channel. The digital channel will be sold to financial specialists
and dealers who will be able to install hardware to view the channel
on their PC's and office computers. Flextech will hold a 30% stake
in EBN with Dow Jones holding the remaining 70% share.
Poland, Ukraine may launch new Eutelsat
Reports from Poland on Tuesday said that Poland and Ukraine were
discussing the possibility of jointly developing and launching a
communications satellite that would cover Europe centred on East
Europe. The satellite, initially aiming for a 1997 launch, would
become part of the Eutelsat system.
EU clears Murdoch VOX stake
News Corporation's 49.9% stake in German channel VOX was cleared by
the European Commission on Wednesday. A statement from the
commission noted "The concentration will not strengthen or create a
dominant position in the European Economic Area or in a substantial
part of it," Meanwhile, in an interview in Handelsblatt, Bertlesmann
has revealed that they have an option to buy the 25.2% stake held by
US brokerage firm Goldman Sachs. Bertlesmann, who holds the
remaining 24.9% share in VOX, said that the option would probably be
exercised in future when German media laws change.
Coming soon to a sky near you ....
London's Evening Standard on Wednesday revealed astonishing plans by
Sky TV to launch a low earth orbiting satellite that would project
the Sky TV logo into the skies above the UK and Northern Europe.
The satellite project is still in a very early stage according to
Sky but would be launched some time next year and last for around 5
days. The full cost of the project is still being investigated but
is believed to be around UKL15 million. According to Sky, the logo
would appear about the same size and intensity of the moon and
would, of course, be weather dependant. Cloudy skies would make
this one of the most costly mistakes in history but clear skies
would guarantee Sky TV a huge amount of world-wide media coverage
taking the name and logo into almost every home on the planet. The
Evening Standard followed up the article with a commentary from the
Media section editor laying out the future and writing "The sky is
full of advertising messages -- for hi-fis, cameras, breakfast
cereals, hamburgers, porn channels..."
Australis announces pay TV channel name
At a press conference earlier this week the new Australian pay TV
channel owners, Australis, announced the channel would be called
"Galaxy". Referring to Rupert Murdoch's current TV operations the
network commented "We though Galaxy would certainly be more than one
Star and it is bigger than the Sky," The Galaxy service will offer
24 hour news, movies, sports and entertainment.
Satellite reception in Serbia
Belgrade based Satelitv Video conducted a survey of viewers in
Serbia and came up with the following results, in order :
Satellites available :
Astra 98 %
Eutelsat 51 %
Intelsat 17 %
Kopernikus 14 %
Gorizont 4 %
Telecom 1 %
Other satellites 4 %
Favourite languages were :
English, German, Italian, Russian and French
Favourite teletext services :
RTS Text (Serbia), MTV Text, Eurosport Text, RTL Text (German) and Sky Text
Favourite radio stations :
Sky Radio, Virgin 1215, BBC One FM, Radio 538, Starsat Radio, RTL
Oldiesender, N-Joy Radio, Super Gold, VoA Europe und RTL Rock
Radio.
Favourite TV channels :
Serbian TV, Montenegrian TV, Macedonian TV, Eurosport, MTV Europe,
RTL TV, DSF, PRO 7, SAT.1, RTL 2, TNT, RAI Uno, RTL V, VOX, Sky
News, RAI Due, NBC Super Channel, Italia Uno, ARD, Cartoon Network,
VIVA, Canale 5 und CNN.
Satellite receiver make :
Telemax 19 %
Amstrad 11 %
Radix 11 %
La Sat 6 %
Fuba 5 %
Teletronic 4 %
Pace 4 %
Protek 4 %
Arcon 3 %
Vector 2 %
LNB manufacturer :
Sharp 32 %
Cambridge 28 %
SPC 9 %
Marconi 6 %
Fuba 3 %
Dish size :
1.2m 42 %
1.3m 11 %
90cm 9 %
1.4m 6 %
Dolby surround TV
What TV shows can you watch in Dolby surround ? Here's the list of
current US series that are being made using surround sound :
ABC : NYPD Blue
CBS : Christy, David Copperfield's 15 Years of Magic, Dr. Quinn
Medicine Woman, Late Show with David Letterman, Northern Exposure
FAM : Rin Tin Tin, K-9 Cop, Zorro
FOX : Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place, The Simpsons
HBO : Dream On, Tales from the Crypt
NBC : The Conan O'Brien Show, Law and Order, Mad About You, seaQuest DSV
PBS : Austin City Limits, Nature
TNN : Grand Ole Opry Live, Music City Tonight, Opry Backstage, The
Statler Brothers, Texas Connection
SYNDICATED : The Arsenio Hall Show, Babylon 5, Star Trek: Deep Space
Nine, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Untouchables
Across the belt ...
TV Norge will end it's use of Intelsat 515 on 12 September with TV
2 Norge ending a week later on September 17. The two now use
Intelsat 702 at 1 degree west.
Channel Videodat, the German PC info service, will be transmitted
by VOX from 12 September. This should improve speed on PRO 7's
Express TV service considerably.
Sky will drop the 6.50 MHz audio channel on all services by the end
of the year to make way for digital radio channels.
We welcome your reports and news ! Send them to the email address
at the top of the news.
TS TV moves again !
On the move again ! TS TV will now be using DFS Kopernikus 2 at
28.5 degrees East after RTL took our old position on Eutelsat 2F1.
The next edition will come from the IBC in Amsterdam with show news
plus more !
DFS Kopernikus 2, 28.5 degrees East - 11.625 GHz, Horizontal, 6.60
MHz audio.
30 September at 2100 CET, repeat 2 October at 2100 CET
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