Satellite Journal Itl. Volume 2 Number 1 in ASCII
Gary Torrens (Sat Jrn)
International
A Fortnightly News Journal
January 6th 1994
Volume 2 Issue 1
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WORLD RADIO NETWORK LAUNCHES IN NORTH AMERICA
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Listeners in North America now have a chance to listen to
their own version of one of Europe's most original radio stations.
The World Radio Network broadcasts a 24 hour a day service of
English language news and information to listeners via the Astra 1B
satellite. The programmes are taken from the worlds leading public
service broadcasters and relayed, often live, via satellite.
Currently listeners in Europe can enjoy the programmes of
stations such as the BBC World Service, Radio Netherlands, Radio
Australia and NPR in the quality that satellite can deliver. The
World Radio Network started broadcasts via Scola TV on 1 January
although the official launch is later this month. North American
listeners can look forward to these programmes :
WORLD RADIO NETWORK - PROVISIONAL NORTH AMERICAN SERVICE
(all times EST)
0000 KOL Israel
0030 BBC Europe Today
0100 --
0300 Radio Australia
0400 Radio Korea
0500 Radio Moscow International
0530 Radio Netherlands
0630 KOL Israel
0700 Radio France International
0800 RTE Ireland
0900 Radio Korea
1000 YLE Radio Finland
1030 BBC World Service
1100 Radio Australia
1200 Blue Danube Radio, Austria (M-S)
1200 UN Radio Bosnia (Sun)
1230 Radio Netherlands
1255 Transmission break
1530 RTE Ireland
1600 Radio Sweden
1630 BBC Europe Today
1800 RTE Ireland
1900 Radio Moscow International
2000 Radio Sweden
2030 Vatican Radio
2100 YLE Radio Finland
2130 Vatican Radio
2230 Radio Netherlands
2330 Vatican Radio
The North American service is very similar to the European
version. In Europe listeners also have the chance to hear
programmes from National Public Radio like Morning Edition, All
Things Considered and Talk of the Nation. Radio Canada is also
available in Europe. Replacing these for North America are
programmes from Radio Netherlands, Vatican Radio, YLE Radio Finland
and Radio Sweden.
The service is offered free of charge to cable companies in
Europe and is also available on FM via stations in Sweden and
Finland. WRN hopes to expand its network of rebroadcast affiliates
in the future.
Most of the signals are fed into WRN's central London
headquarters via satellite and ISDN lines. The programmes from
Radio Moscow International are being taken off shortwave at present
but they hope to source to the signal from satellite in the near
future. The North American service is sent via a digital circuit to
National Public Radio in Washington where it is routed to the Scola
TV uplink station.
The station slogan is "news from its source" and that is
exactly what it provides along with many high quality documentary
and feature programmes from the world's public broadcasters. The
response to WRN has been very good. They have had many letters and
so have the stations that they carry. If you've never listened to
shortwave or international radio I recommend that you give WRN a try
! It is making international broadcasts available to many who had
never heard them before.
WRN ONE EUROPE can be heard via the Astra 1B satellite, channel 22,
11.538 GHz Vertical, (MTV), subcarrier 7.74 MHz. WRN ONE EUROPE can
be heard in North America via SCOLA, ASC1/23, 6.2 MHz Wide.
(c) Martyn Williams 1994/Satellite Journal Itl 1994
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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GRAFF INCREASES ITS STAKE IN HVC
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Graff Pay-Per-View Inc. has acquired, pursuant to its option,
an additional 26 percent of HVC Ltd., increasing its stake in the
European pay-TV network to 51 percent.
Graff originally acquired 25 percent of HVC in January 1992.
According to Graff Chairman J. Roger Faherty, the agreement with HVC
also grants Graff an option to acquire the remaining 49 percent of
HVC at the end of HVC's current fiscal year ending July 31, 1994
HVC, which runs The Home Video Channel cable-exclusive premium
movie service and The Adult Channel, is the only English-language
subscription-TV network in Great Britain not affiliated with British
Sky Broadcasting. The two channels have a combined subscriber base
in excess of 180,000. According to Faherty, HVC earned net income
of approximately $940,000 on revenues of approximately $6 million
for the fiscal year ended July 31. Current year results indicate
growth in both revenue and income.
HVC's chief executive, Chris Yates, said, "We anticipate that
the affiliation of The Adult Channel with Multichoice (a company
marketing a bouquet of channels using a single Videocrypt smartcard)
will substantially assist the growth of our subscriber base in
Continental Europe, while in the UK, cable operators are
enthusiastic about our plans to develop the cable exclusive Home
Video Channel."
pcKISS NOW AVAILABLE BY SATELLITE
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pcKISS, Deutsche Boerse AG's price information system, will in
the future also be available via satellite, instead of just
terrestrially. Deutsche Boerse AG has signed a contract with
Reuters AG, Frankfurt, and STS GmbH, of Sulzbach/Taunus, covering
cooperation in the marketing of this product. From January 1994
pcKISS will be on offer from Reuters and STS throughout Germany, in
a version whereby data is transmitted via satellite, and will also
be carried over the cable television network of Telekom. pcKISS
delivers all prices form all German exchanges, including from the
IBIS electronic trading system and from the Deutsche Terminboerse
(DTB).
In addition, Reuters will be disseminating selected information
packages of news, currencies and international prices via
"pcKISS-Sat." A drastic reduction in data communications costs for
users is achieved through this new marketing strategy. This product
is the first phase of an integrated total solution which will
eventually link pcKISS- Sat and the Reuter Branch Datafeed (BDF),
which offers ever broader coverage to financial institutions and
their branches. Because of its low cost, the pcKISS-Sat/BDF version
is suitable for use outside the trading area. To receive the data,
a personal computer connected either to a satellite dish or cable
television socket is required, as well as a special decoder, which
is rented from Reuters and STS.
NORTH AMERICAN TV EXPANDS
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The Chinese Communications Channel, a subsidiary of North
American TV (K2 12.112MHz), North America's only Chinese-language
channel has ordered 10,000 Orion decoders from TV/COM International.
The company will use TV/COM's technology in its expansion plans
which will include live daily news, stock quotes, and entertainment
from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan 24 hours a day.
MEREDITH SELLS TWO STATIONS
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Meredith Corp has completed the sale of two television stations to
Granite Broadcasting Corp. NBC affiliate KSEE in Fresno, Calif.
and CBS affiliate WTVH in Syracuse, N.Y., have been sold to Granite
for $32 million. The deal calls for $30 million in cash and $2
million in Granite preferred stock.
MARKEY CONCERNED OVER STAKE IN JONES INTERCABLE
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Massachusetts Democrat Edward Markey, head of the U.S. House
telecommunications subcommittee is concerned about BCE Telecom
International of Canada's plans to acquire a large stake in Jones
Intercable Inc. The BCE Inc unit last month announced it planned to
buy a 30 pct share of Jones.
"I am deeply concerned about the implications of the
transaction," he said in a letter to Jones chairman Edward Jones.
"It raises serious policy issues regarding foreign investment in and
control of the U.S. telecommunications infrastructure."
STAR TV BUYS ZEE TV
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Star Television Ltd has bought a 49.9 percent stake in Hindi
language broadcaster Asia Today Ltd of Bombay. Asia Today is the
broadcaster of the ZEE TV channel, primarily watched in
India, however, it is also available in the United Arab Emirates,
Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. With the addition of ZEE
TV, Star TV's now has two channels broadcasting in an Asian language.
AMERICAN TELECASTING BUYS TVCN
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American Telecasting Inc. through a wholly owned subsidiary,
American Telecasting of Denver Inc. ("ATI") has completed the
acquisition of TV Communications Network's ("TVCN") Denver wireless
operation and related assets. ATI now controls 28 of the 33
channels in the 21st largest television market in the United States
containing 625,000 homes in ATI's service area. In combination with
ATI's other Colorado operations (Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Fort
Collins and Greeley), the Denver acquisition provides ATI with
complete coverage of Colorado's Front Range.
"ATI's Denver acquisition meshes nicely with our long-term
strategy in the Rocky Mountain region," said Brian Gast, president
and chief executive officer. With over 1,400,000 market homes in
this western cluster, the opportunities for a low cost, quality
service cable TV provider will be outstanding," continued Gast.
John Suranyi, formerly head of TCI's cable operations in the
Denver suburban areas, will head ATI's Denver operation. "John's
tremendous management experience and his intimate knowledge of the
Denver market, will allow us to move forward quickly in Denver,"
said Gast.
American Telecasting will introduce a channel line-up that offers
competitive value for its customers. The foundation package offered
by American Telecasting is called SMART PAK and contains ATI's basic
cable channels, local broadcast networks and Showtime. "Priced at
$24.95 per month, SMART PAK delivers a premium pay channel and
popular basics, with converter and remote control, for what many
traditional cable companies charge for their basic channels," said
Suranyi. American Telecasting's FAMILY PAK includes Showtime,
Disney and basic channels for $30.95 and VALUE PAK (FAMILY PAK plus
HBO) for $41.90.
Channels included in SMART PAK are: Showtime, ESPN, Discovery,
CNN, CNBC, USA, Nickelodeon, WTBS, WGN, Prime Sports Network, The
Family, EWTN, Country Music TV, MTV, Lifetime, WWOR, A&E, plus the
local off-air channels. Provided below are American Telecasting's
monthly rates:
ATI TCI Denver(a) Annual Savings
Expanded Basic $19.95 $23.36 $ 40.92
SMART PAK 24.95 38.25 159.60
FAMILY PAK 30.95 46.17 182.64
VALUE PAK 41.90 51.42 114.24
(a) includes 5 percent franchise fee and, where applicable,
converter and remote.
Wireless cable systems use microwave frequencies to
broadcast cable TV signals throughout an entire metropolitan area.
Customers receive the signal with small grid antennas installed at
the customer's home. "Wireless systems perform the same function of
traditional cable systems yet allow for less expensive and more
reliable operation given the absence of large cable networks,"
explained Gast. "We then can pass the associated cost savings onto
our customers. It is also, with great enthusiasm, that we can
provide cable television service to those in rural areas where
traditional cable TV has not been available."
EVERGREEN COMPLETES DEAL
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Evergreen Media Corporation has completed the acquisition of
WWBZ-FM ("the Blaze") in Chicago. The Company originally agreed to
purchase the station from Major Broadcasting, Inc. in July 1993 for
$29.6 million in cash. Evergreen also announced that it finalized
the sale of its two St. Louis properties, WKBQ-FM an KASP-FM, to
Zimco, Inc. for $7 million.
Scott K. Ginsburg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Evergreen Media Corporation, stated, "With the acquisition of the
Blaze completed, we continue to take advantage of the new duopoly
rules by establishing a greater presence in the nation's top 10
markets. We now own three stations, WMVP-AM, WLUP-FM and WWBZ-FM,
in Chicago, the nation's third highest ranked market by revenues.
Including our San Francisco FM duopoly, we will operate FM duopolies
in the nation's third and fourth largest radio revenue markets."
TURNER BUYS OUT PARTNER
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Turner Broadcasting System has bought out Apollo Investment Fund,
its joint venture partner in Hanna-Barbera.
FX ADDS PROGRAMMING
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FX, the Fox basic cable network, planning to launch this year
has added television programming from four TV producers. This is in
addition to the scheduled seven hours of live, original programming.
The rights to air Hart to Hart, Fantasy Island, Mission Impossible,
Family Affair, Grizzly Adams and Rawhide are some of the shows FX
bought.
BRUNEI PROGRAM AIRS ON PALAPA B2P
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Radio Television Brunei started airing a programme of news and
entertainment on January 1 on Indonesia's Palapa B2P satellite. The
programme block includes current affairs, entertainment, sports and
cookery.
DEUTSCHE BUNDESPOST BUYS INTO SES
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Deutsche Bundespost Telekom will acquire a "representative
stake" of Societe Europeenne des Satellites (SES).SES and Telekom
will form a joint venture to develop digital transmission
technology.
HUGHES TO BUILD TWO SATELLITES FOR JAPAN
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Hughes Space and Communications Co. announced it has contract
to build two communications satellites for Broadcasting Satellite
Systems of Japan. The two HS-376 satellites are slated for delivery
by July 31, 1997 and July 31, 1998.
With this order, Hughes has under construction four HS-376
satellites. (#38 Brazil, #39 APT [Hong Kong],#40/41 B-SAT)
IS IT STILL IN ORBIT?
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The Chinese claim that the satellite carrying the "Mao Cross" is
still in orbit. Officials claim that only a portion of the
satellite landed in the Pacific Ocean.
RFE LOOSES MEDIUM WAVE FREQUENCY
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The Slovak ministry of transport and communications has
cancelled Radio Free Europe's (RFE) rights to broadcast on a Slovak
medium wave frequency by January 31. RFE will switch to a shortwave
frequency on February 1.
U.S. SUPREME COURT WILL HEAR CABLE TV ARGUMENTS
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The long awaited Supreme Court case involving the cable
television industry will be heard Jan. 12. The argument centers on
whether the Congress has the constitutional right to require that all
local broadcast stations be carried on a cable system.
As reported earlier, the high court took original jurisdiction
and combined appeals from the commercial cable industry (Turner
Broadcasting System Inc. et al vs. the Federal Communications
Commission) and religious cable broadcasters (National Interfaith
Cable Coalition vs. the FCC and the United States).
Section 4 of the "Cable Act" requires cable systems with more
than 300 subscribers and more than 12 active usable channels to set
aside up to a third of their channel capacity to local commercial
broadcast stations-"must carry". The cable industry claims that
Section 4 violates their right to free speech provided by the First
Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
CTV (SLOVAKIA) WINS LICENCE
CTV, a Bratislava-based television has been awarded a 12-year
licence to broadcast 12 hours daily. CTV is backed by a consortium
of UK, German and Slovak banks, however, no foreign television firms
are directly involved. The service is scheduled to begin this
autumn.
European Transponder Watch
(c) Martyn Williams 1994
NEW RADIO FOR ASTRA
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The new year should see several new radio stations on the
Astra satellites. As reported in last weeks journal Radio
Vlaanderen International has already begun using the Filmnet Movie
Channel transponder on Astra 1C. Joining Filmnet later in the year
will be Radio Contact, now homeless after Filmnet closed their
Eutelsat2F1 feed at the beginning of December.
New on MTV's channel 22 is Irish Satellite Radio. The
station promises 24 hour a day Irish music and will be the only
service of its kind in the skies above Europe. The station is owned
by Limerick based station Limerick 95. The full service is due to
start in the next three or four weeks according to the station and
until then the local service, Limerick 95, is being relayed on the
satellite channel.
The narrow band radio tests that were on RTL Television have
moved to SAT 1, ch 6, on Astra 1A. Music and commercials are now
heard on 7.70, 7.82, 7.94 and 8.04 MHz subcarriers. This is due to
the new Deutsche Welle services, see next story.
UK Living is to be home to new satellite relays from the UK.
BBC Radios two and three will broadcast on 7.38 and 7.56 MHz with
London's Capital Gold and Capital FM on 7.74 and 7.92 MHz. BBC Radio
2 is an easy listening format and Radio 3 is the BBC's classical
music channel. Capital Gold, available on 1548AM in South East
England, is an "all time great music station" and Capital FM,
London's most popular radio station, is a pop service. These
services should start sometime in January.
NEW RADIO FOR GERMANY
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Germany's new national radio station, Deutschland Radio is
broadcasting on Astra, via 3sat. The Cologne programme (old
Deutschlandfunk) is in stereo on 7.38 and 7.56 MHz. The program
from Berlin (old RIAS, DS Kultur) is on 7.74 and 7.92 MHz. The
start of Deutschlandradio has meant the end of a German radio
institution. RIAS Berlin (Radio In the American Sector) has been
broadcasting for 48 years since 7 February 1947.
DEUTSCHE WELLE SHUFFLES CHANNELS
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Deutsche Welle has moved its services. They now operate on
Astra 1A channel 2, RTL Television and on Eutelsat 2F1 via the DW-TV
transponder. The German language program is now in stereo on Astra
7.38/7.56 and on Eutelsat 7.02/7.20. Programmes in European
languages can be found on the Astra and Eutelsat channels on the
7.74 and 7.92 MHz subcarriers. Additionally, the Asian languages
service is on the Eutelsat channel 8.28 MHz subcarrier.
NEW TELEVISION FOR SPAIN
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Sogecable's two new channels have finally begun broadcasting
after several months of tests on Astra 1C. The new childrens
service is called Mini Max and can be found on channel 36 whilst
Cine Classics, the classic movie channel, is over on channel 40.
Both channels are scrambled using the Syster method. Meanwhile,
December 1st saw the launch of Canal Hollywood on Intelsat K. The
service, in clear PAL, will be digitally compressed when Tele Uno
and GEMS join it on K. Initially the service is aimed at cable
companies although a DTH service is planned in mid 1994 when
domestic decoders are readily available.
WDR OPENS NEW EARTH STATION
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German regional broadcaster WDR has opened a new satellite
earth station in Langenberg. The new station will make possible to
sending of the West 3 television programme and stereo radio
programmes to the Astra 1C satellite direct from WDR studios. West
3 became the first German third programme to broadcast 24 hours, new
years night.
CHINESE ON ASTRA
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Chinese News and Entertainment, CNE, have completed their
move to Astra 1C. The channel was formally available on Eutelsat
2F1 from 0200-0400 CET via NBC Super Channel. They are now
broadcasting at the same time via the Family Channel on Astra 1C.
According to the station, this is in response to many requests from
viewers who wanted to see the service on Astra. They have also
changed the programming format over the past few months. The
channel started as China News Europe and broadcast news in English
and Chinese from the major TV networks in China, Hong Kong and
Taiwan. The accent now has moved to only Chinese language
programming and more entertainment. The stations broadcasting hours
have also been cut from three and a half hours to two hours nightly.
BT NEW YEAR SATELLITE RATES
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British Telecom are advertising special New Year satellite
rates on all of their transponders. Since many of the United
Artists channels left for Astra BT have several spare transponders
on their hands. One is to be taken by Travel 1, see next story, on
Intelsat 601. The special rates are :
Intelsat 601 West spot , 24 hours TV channel
GBP 5 / minute
Eutelsat 2F1 Ad hoc rates for wild feeds
0000-0800 GBP 5 / minute
0800-1000 GBP 10 / minute
1000-2200 GBP 15 / minute
2200-0000 GBP 10 / minute
TRAVEL CHANNEL FOR INTELSAT 601
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The new American owned travel channel, Travel 1, is due to
launch February 1st via Intelsat 601at 27.5W. The service will be
aimed at cable companies and casts doubts on rumours that Travel 1
are to take the daytime hours on Astra channel 24, currently used by
JSTV from 1900-0600 UK. The channel has said that they want an
Astra channel but a slot on Astra 1D, due for a September launch,
now looks more likely. The channel will broadcast from 1200-0000 UK
in English.
TV69 GAINS LICENSE
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Denmark based hard core porn channel TV69 has been granted a
license by the Danish PTT. The license permits broadcasts seven
days a week, scrambled and after 0000 CET. There has been a lot of
UK press coverage recently after newspapers claimed that the channel
planned to broadcast uncensored sex shows live from Thailand into UK
homes ! TV69, anxious to avoid a run in with the UK government
similar to Red Hot TV, said that they respected the UK's desire to
keep this type of programming out of the country and said that they
would not market the channel in the UK. It will, however, provide a
lucrative market for smart card traders selling the cards to the UK.
Penalties connected with this trade will not be as severe as those
dealing with Red Hot TV as TV69 has not been banned from the UK.
The station is likely to use Eutelsat 2F1, channel 22A,
11.146H. First broadcasts are expected in February or March.
47 RETURNS TO ASTRA
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Reports this week suggest that the Sky Sports 2 transponder
on Astra 1C, ch47, has been returned to Astra. This is due to Sky's
delay in launching the service, now due to launch in September when
Astra 1D comes on stream. If the reports are true the channel is
likely to be taken almost immediately. Most likely buyers are NBC
Super Channel, TV Asia or Viva.
ARD ON KOPERNIKUS
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The first programme of ARD has replaced 1 Plus on
Kopernikus.
INDIANS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST SATELLITE TV
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Recent demonstrations in India by social reform groups have
been directed against foreign TV channels beaming in programming via
satellite. The main channels being attacked are Star TV, Zee Tv,
BBC WS and MTV, all of whom broadcast via Asiasat in the Star TV
packet. The reformists object to foreign programming which they say
promotes a sex and violence culture. In late 1993 three people were
killed in Calcutta by teenage children which was prompted, say the
demonstrators, by watching foreign, particularly US, made TV
programmes.
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