::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: MediaScan :: :: SWEDEN CALLING DXERS :: :: from Radio Sweden :: :: Number 2248--May 21, 1996 :: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Satellite, shortwave and other electronic media news from Radio Sweden. This week's bulletin was written by George Wood. Packet Radio BID SCDX2248 All times UTC unless otherwise noted. -------------------------------------------------------------- LIFE IN THE DIGITAL LANE--Welcome to MediaScan, and the dawn of the Brave New Digital Age here at Radio Sweden. Starting yesterday, all of our production is completely digital. For the last few weeks, many of our stories, and features like MediaScan and Horizon, have been recorded and edited using a new system called RadioMan, developed by Jutel from Finland. But starting yesterday the entire production chain is digital, no more tape recorders, no more analog studios and (much to our regret) no more studio engineers. I recorded today's program sitting in a small glassed-in booth, with a computer screen in front of me, a graphic curve registering my voice as it was recorded by the microphone and mixer board just to my left. When I finished talking, I used the mouse to end the recording, then called up the digital file for the next sound in the program, and edited the two together. Why are we doing this? To save money. As you may recall, last year the Swedish government imposed an 11 percent cut on public service broadcasting, and instead of laying off staff or closing language services, Radio Sweden is saving that money by replacing our studio engineers with computers and self-op production. Hopefully, listeners won't notice any change. If you've listened to BBC World Service recently you have have noticed that programs half way through sometimes inexlicably start again from the beginning, or the sound starts hicupping. These are typical digital problems. Our first digital English broadcast yesterday was broken off after 15 minutes for a program in Swedish on the wrong channel. (This was due to an error-correcting "feature" in RadioMan that we've asked Jutel to remove.) RadioMan also didn't like today's DMX interview, which was recorded in mono. It disappeared from the system between Monday and Tuesday, leaving a mono graphic curve on the screen, but no actual sound for three minutes and 40 seconds. That was fun redoing. And there's always the chance that we'll have a plain old PC crash just before the program starts, or that a jingle will run at double speed. Lots for our listeners to look forward to. All this is digital production, of course. We're still coming to you via shortwave, analog satellite, and FM as usual. So far our only digital transmitters are DAB to Stockholm, and the MPEG services to Asia and Africa via the World Radio Network that we reported last time. And of course our Worldwide Web pages. However, because RadioMan and our other house networks are not connected to each other, starting this week it will no longer be possible to put sound files on our Web pages. I was copying analog tapes directly into my PC. Now all the programming is digital, but there's no way to access anything outside of RadioMan. Our computer gurus are working on a solution to this problem. Our English and Swedish programs continue to be carried in RealAudio by the World Radio Network, and there are still links to this sound on our Web pages. (Although WRN has been having problems with its RealAudio server recently.) Starting May 29, Swedish Radio is introducing RealAudio. While because of the RadioMan problem mentioned above, it will probably be a while before we can apply this at Radio Sweden, the domestic "Eko" newscasts will be available, and we may add links to them from our Web pages. INTERNET--One of Sweden's smaller cable operators is the first in this country, and probably Europe, to provide fast cable access to the Internet. The municipally-owned network in Aengelholm in southern Sweden is offering Internet access to its 7200 subscribers, unlimited Web surfing at 17 times the speed of the fastest ordinary telephone modem, for around 45 dollars a month. ("Dagens Nyheter") TV3--A Stockholm court has ruled that the private satellite broadcaster TV3 owes the Swedish Performing Rights Society around 5 million dollars in unpaid royalties. TV3 is expected to appeal. The company stopped paying royalties in 1991 because it objected to the society's system of collecting a straight percentage of advertising revenues. TV3, along with the other commercial broadcasters TV4 and Channel 5, want to use the same system the society applies to public service broadcasting, based on the actual number of viewers. (TT, "Dagens Nyheter", "Svenska Dagbladet") The society has been criticised a number of times for its over-zealousness. A few years ago it tried to collect payments from stores that played music from the radio, music for which the radio stations had already paid the royalties. THREE PLUS--TV3's sister station, Danish TV 6 on TV-Sat 2: 12.054 GHz has merged into 3+ and been replaced by a test card. (Christian Lyngemark) NETHOLD--According to reports, agreements have been signed for Sweden's SVT 1 and 2, Finland's YLE 1 and 2 and PTV 4, Denmark's TV2, and CMT Europe to be included in Nethold's digital package to the Nordic region. (Frank Oestergren, "Aftonbladet") DMX (see below) has also confirmed that it has signed an agreement to be included in the Nethold package. (A call to the office of Swedish Television's head of information reveals that nothing is finalized, but that agreement may be reached at a seminar currently underway.) Nethold has also sealed its first deal with a major studio to screen films on Nethold's soon-to-be-launched digital satellite and cable channels. MGM/United Artists has agreed to licence pay-per-view rights for its film portfolio to Nethold's subsidiary MultiChoice, which is set to launch digital channels in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia this Summer. (Reuters) INTELSAT--Radio Network, the Norwegian station on 7.38 of TV Norge on 11.016 GHz has ceased transmission on Intelsat 707. It is reported that NRK 2 will use the 11.485 GHz transponder of this satellite, starting 31 August 1996. It is also reported that SuperSport will use either 11.535 or 11.667 GHz on this satellite, once again resuming transmissions in D2MAC. (James Robinson) EUROPEAN MEDIA NEWS: INTELSAT--On Intelsat 601, the UK cable channel Carlton Select, formerly known as SelecTV, ceased trasmission in B-MAC on 17 May. It used the 11.135 GHz transponder. Virgin Megastores Radio which used the 7.38 subcarrier of The Travel Channel (11.175 GHz) has ceased transmitting here. Its new whereabouts are as yet unknown. (James Robinson) DMX--In our coverage of the recent Cable and Satellite Show in London we reported on the introduction of digital satellite television to Europe. But there's already digital radio on the Astra satellites, using a system called Astra Digital Radio. Most of the free signals are from German stations. But there's also a subscription service from Digital Music Express, which has been around in the United States for several years. At Cable and Satellite, DMX's Richard Hurd-Wood explained to me how the system works, and you can hear that interview (RadioMan permitting) in today's program. If you've got an Astra dish, all you need to receive Astra Digital Radio is a new receiver, which will probably cost you as much as your present satellite receiver. It might make more sense to wait for the digital satellite TV receivers that are just entering the market, since many of those services will also include DMX. The American cable giant TCI has just increased its ownership of DMX from around 14 to around 45 percent. (Curt Swinehart) ASTRA--Astra's new all-digital 1F satellite has started testing transponder 82, at 12.070 GHz. Over the next 18 months, three more Astra satellites will be launched: Astra 1G - late 1996 Astra 1H - Spring 1997 Astra 2A - Autumn 1997 (to 28.2 degrees East) There are now 8 new orbital slots for Astra, presumedly used by the old Astra 1 series when they are taken out of service (as well as for the coming 2A satellite). They are: 24.2 E, 26.2 E, 28.2 E, 31.4 E, 35.5 E, 37.5 E, 41.3 E and 45.5 E. (James Robinson) MURDOCH GOES DIGITAL, COMING SOON--Rupert Murdoch's British Sky Broadcasting has not been in the vanguard developing digital services, preferring European rivals like Nethold, Canal Plus, and others to be the pioneers. Sky didn't even bother to take part in the Cable and Satellite Show. But now BSkyB has announced at least three or four different digital projects. The first, a few months ago, was in co-operation with the former British terrestrial station Granada, and would be called Granada Sky Broadcasting. Then Sky announced a digital project with Germany's Bertelsmann and France's Canal Plus. More recently Sky said it would be working with Hughes to launch a digital satellite to the British DBS position at 31 degrees West, as an alternative to Astra and Eutelsat. The satellite would carry five transponders showing up to 35 digital pau-per-view and near video-on-demand channels. ("What Satellite TV") But, clouding things even more, last Thursday, Sky suddenly announced it had booked half the capacity of the Astra satellite to be launched in the Fall of 1997. This is Astra 2A, due to be positioned away from the other Astra satellites at 28.2 degrees East. Those 14 transponders could carry 150 digital TV channels. (Reuters and James Robinson) Moreover, the "Financial Times" has reported that British Telecom and British Sky Broadcasting are in advanced negotiations to promote digital broadcasting in the UK. The interest of BT is in interactive services, said the newspaper, which would require the use of telephone lines, and that means money to BT, to create a channel back to BSkyB. The venture would launch a digital set-top box that would carry up to 200 channels of TV as well as services like home banking, home shopping, educations programs, and high-speed Internet access. Murdoch's News Corp, which owns BSkyB, recently formed a similar joint venture in the US with MCI, called American Sky Broadcasting, due to offer direct-to-home satellite services, also beginning in the Fall of 1997. ("Tele-satellit" and Curt Swinehart) WAR CRIMES--The International War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague is available across Europe via Satellite. Check Eutelsat II-F3, 16 degrees East, on 11.638 GHz, horizontal between 1000 and 1800 CEST on weekdays. Sound is: Croat, 6.60/7.02/7.56; English 7.20; French 7.38. (Norbert Schlammer via "Tele- satellit") NETHERLANDS--Radio Netherlands is behind Weerondomroep Sommer TV, which will be on the air daily at 18:00-22:00 hrs between June 1 and August 31, in clear PAL, on Astra transponder 53, the (former?) home of the analog version of the Dutch channel SBS-6. (James Robinson) Veronica News Radio 1395 AM is closing down on Astra transponder 51. (James Robinson) QVC--Home shopping channel QVC will break even this year according to the Dow Jones news service quoting president Douglas Briggs. Revenue this year is expected to reach $90 million to USD 95 million and more than USD 120 million next year. With the success of its first international service, the broadcaster is now looking at launching to consumers in Germany and Japan said the report. ("Tele-satellit") EUTELSAT--Eurotica, the pornographic channel on 11.638 GHz after 00:00 hrs CET, is to leave this transponder. It will be replaced by AB Television, for a coming digital package. The same transponder was used for live broadcasts from the Cannes Film Festival, called "TV Festival". The D2-MAC broadcast of Kabel 1, the German general entertainment channe,, is apparently due to end some time during the Summer. It can currently be found at 11.055 GHz. This channel continues in clear PAL on Astra transponder 9. (James Robinson) TV Libya has started on Eutelsat II f3: 11.080 ghZ, PAL, 12-22 CET. (Christian Lyngemark) There is a new line up of radio services on TV Polonia's transponder on Hot Bird: 7.38 MHz - Radio Warsaw International 7.56 MHz - PRT Radio 2 7.74 Mhz - PRT Radio 3 (James Robinson) FRANCE--Cine Cinemas has left TDF 1/2: 11,881 GHz. CFI - Canal France Int. is on TDF 1/2: 11,958 GHz as well as 12,034 GHz. (Christian Lyngemark) DIGITAL TV--TV 10 on Eutelsat II f3: 11.015 GHz, MPEG-2, clear. TMF - The Music Factory on Eutelsat II f3: 11.024 GHz, MPEG-2, clear. Wiszla TV on Eutelsat II f3: 11.060 GHz, MPEG-2, clear. Telepiu DStv has moved from Eutelsat II f1: 12.542 GHz to Hot Bird 1: 11.283 GHz. The former transponder is now used for tests and will be used for news channels in the future. (Christian Lyngemark) ASIAN-PACIFIC MEDIA NEWS: ARIANE--On May 16 an Ariane rocket put into orbit Indonesia's Palapa C2 satellite, and Israel's first satellite, called Amos-1. Israel has been using the Intelsat 702 and 707 satellites at 1 degree West to relays its TV signals. Amos is expected to be placed at 1.5 degrees East. Several Arab countries have expressed interest in using the satellite. ("Tele-satellit") INDONESIA PLANS S-BAND USE--Ku and C band may be usual, but they are not the only frequency ranges available for satellite transmissions. This doesn't just apply to experimental transmissions but also to real-life TV. At least in Indonesia, digital TV will be available in the S Band (2.5 - 2.6 GHz) as soon as the planned INDOSTAR 1 will be in service by early 1997. Until then, a few channels -- up to 20 -- will be broadcast on PALAPA C1 (113 degrees East) in the C band. Indovision, as the digital TV package is called, will offer 40 channels on INDOSAT 1, with a view to 100 channels on 1999. Reception equipment (a 28 inch dish is required) will be provided by French producer Thomson, who under its brand name RCA also pioneered as supplier of reception equipment for the US digital package DirecTV. This might not be a bad deal: Indonesia counts 195 million inhabitants and is not only fourth most populous country in the world but right now also the biggest TV market in Asia -- as long as a certain Rupert Murdoch doesn't manage to control Chinese TV, that is. (Peter Klanowski, Sat-ND, via "Tele- satellit") ESPN--Since Wednesday ESPN has been broadcast on PAS-4, 68.5 degrees East, in the B-MAC system on 3.862 GHz, horizontal. ("Tele-satellit") DIGITAL TV--Deutsche Welle digital package on Asiasat 2: 4.000 GHz, MPEG-2. Star TV Asian Region digital package on Asiasat 2: 3.700 GHz, MPEG-2. Star TV digital package on Asiasat 2: 3.740 V and 3.900 GHz, MPEG-2. Galaxy digital packages on Optus B3: 12.377 GHz and 12.438 GHz, MPEG-2. NBC digital package on PAS 2: 4.093 GHz, MPEG-2. (Christian Lyngemark) DIGITAL TV IN PAKISTAN--The digital age is dawning in Pakistan, too. A 36 MHz bandwidth transponder on Asiasat 2 is used to carry the country's first commercial TV service, consisting of eight channels in English language. During the next twelve months, the service will be expanded to 28 channels, including an Urdu language channel starting in July. Shaheen Pay TV already has more than 2,000 subscribers in the Karachi area, each of them paying 3,000 rupees for the reception equipment (including 8 months of free reception.) Up to now, the package consists of BBC World, Discovery Channel, European Sports Network, Star Sports, Asia Business News, MTV-Asia, and TNT/Cartoon Network. Germany's Deutsche Welle TV will be added this month. Shaheen will also set up local programming later in May, but it has already stated that it will keep out of the news business, which stays a state monopoly. Besides, all channels are subject to strict censorship, as the company admits. Islamic fundamentalists in Pakistan have recently criticised "the cultural invasion of Indian media" via satellite, although Indian channels are subject to censorship, too. (Peter Klanowski, Sat-ND, via "Tele-satellit") AUSTRALIA--Australia's Sky Channel says it will begin broadcasting horse racing across Asia via the Asiasat 2 satellite. The new service, which begins Monday 20th, will be subscription based and broadcast for 12 hours per day. ("Tele- satellit") NORTH AMERICAN MEDIA NEWS: GALAXY--A McDonnell Douglas Delta II rocket will launch the Galaxy IX satellite for Hughes Communications, on Wednesday, May 22, this week from Cape Canaveral. The launch window opens at 8:36 p.m. and closes at 9:37 p.m. EDT. On the Internet's World Wide Web you can follow news at: http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/elv/DOCS/next_up.htm TV coverage is scheduled to be carried on Galaxy 4, transponder 11 from 7:30 PM EDT to 10:30 PM EDT (2330 - 0230 UTC). In the case of a delay to the 23rd, coverage will be on Brasilsat A1, transponder 4. ("Tele-satellit") MURDOCH DOES MANHATTAN--In an attempt to give its 24-hour all-news channel a head-start on the competition, News Corp. is offering cable operators USD 10 per subscriber to carry the service when it debuts in the fall. Fox's offer is highly unusual, as cable operators are commonly the ones to pay program suppliers for channels. With all-news channels expected from NBC and ABC, and an all-business channel from CNN, all the networks will be fighting for scarce channel space. Each is racing to stake claim on channel slots for brand recognition early and trying to keep other competitors off the dial. Even the lure of high payments, however, may not be enough for Fox. Cable giant Tele-Communications Inc. said it hasn't been formally approached by Fox but a spokesman said, "We wouldn't be surprised if they approached us in that vein. We're not so sure news is at the top of the customer list of new services. Rob Stengel, a senior vice president at Continental Cablevision Inc. concurred. "There's not exactly a clamoring of subs for new news channels," he said. ("Wall Street Journal" via "Tele-satellit") USA--The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has established a new personal radio service, called the Family Radio Service. This service was created in response to a petition filed by the Radio Shack Division of Tandy Corporation, requesting that the Commission establish a new radio service aimed at providing the American public an "affordable and convenient" means of direct, short range two-way voice communications among small groups of persons, said FCC spokeswoman Kara Palamaras. The Family Radio Service (FRS) is a short distance, two-way personal radio service that covers approximately a few hundred yards up to a half-mile distance. Its purpose is to provide families, friends and/or associates participating in group outings a way to communicate with members of the group who are out of speaking range or sight but still in the same general area, she said. The FCC rules authorize a user to operate an FCC certified FRS transmitter without a license in places where it regulates communications. The FCC certified FRS unit may be identified by the label placed on it by the manufacturer. The radios transmit on any of the fourteen 462 megahertz (MHz) to 468MHz channels allocated to the Family Radio Service. Information on the Family Radio Service is available via the Internet at the Commission's Web site at: http://www.fcc.gov/wtb/family.html (Curt Swinehart) LATIN AMERICA: ARGENTINA--Argentineans now have the opportunity to subscribe to a direct to home (DTH) TV package, simply abbreviated TDH (which is the Spanish translation.) The package consists of 15 channels on NAHUELSAT I1, the former ANIK C1 on 71.9 degrees West. Just 18,000 subscribers are expected to sign up during 1996, and no more than 138,000 by the year 2000. The reason is simple: The reception equipment, including decoder, costs US$1,000. The monthly fee amounts to US$28. (Peter Klanowski, Sat-ND via "Tele-satellit") NICKELODEON--Viacom Inc. says that its Nickelodeon children's television unit is planning to launch a 24-hour channel in Latin America. The channel would use Spanish and Portuguese-language programs acquired form Toronto-based Nelvana Enterprises Inc. The shows would be transmitted via PanAmSat from Miami. Financial terms have not been disclosed. (AP and "Wall Street Journal" via "Tele-satellit") PUBLICATIONS: INTERNET RADIO GUIDE--Joerg Klingenfuss announces the publication of the INTERNET RADIO GUIDE on 20 JUNE 1996, in time for the world's biggest amateur radio exhibition [outside of America] HamRadio '96 in Friedrichshafen. The INTERNET RADIO GUIDE covers all radio-related fields such as amateur radio, aviation, companies, dealers, DX clubs, equipment, geography, geophysical data, intelligence, manufacturers, marine, meteorology, navigation, newsgroups, organisations, publications, radio clubs, radio monitoring, radio propagation, radio stations, satellites, secret services, shortwave reception, solar data, weather services, and the like. For more details see: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Klingenfuss/ or contact: Klingenfuss Publications Hagenloher Str. 14 D-72070 Tuebingen Germany Phone ++49 7071 62830 Fax ++49 7071 600849 E-Mail 101550.514@compuserve.com CYBERSPACE: VOA--The Voice of America has started its Web site at: http://www.voa.gov (Kim Elliott, VOA "Communications World" TIMECAST--Progressive Networks, the creators of RealAudio, have re-organized their listings of RealAudio sites. Timecast has links to live special events as well as to those radio stations broadcasting live in RealAudio. See: http://www.timecast.com VIRGIN RADIO--Virgin Radio, which is broadcasting live over the Internet in RealAudio via Timecast, also has its own Web page at: http://www.virgin.co.uk (Richard Karlsson, "Aftonbladet") JAPAN--Radio Japan, the international shortwave radio service operated by Japan's public broadcaster, NHK, will hold a special event on the Internet from June 1st to 7th, commemorating its 61st anniversary. During that week, Radio Japan will provide the following services on experimental basis: * Audio service of English news and programming. Radio Japan's 4-minute news in English and a program called "Japan Diary" will be available on the Internet via RealAudio player software. The news will be updated three times a day. "Japan Diary" will be updated once a day. RJ will issue a special verification card to anyone who sends in an accurate reception report for this service. (We will issue the card for shortwave reception as well.) * Radio Japan Headline News. Radio Japan's news in English will be condensed and displayed on its homepage. * Radio Japan Staff Page Contest. Radio Japan is now broadcasting in 22 languages. Each language section has its own staff-pages on our World Wide Web site . Radio Japan will welcome anyone who wants to vote for his/her favorite page. All voters will get a colorful picture card as a momento of this event. * Special Program A special radio documentary program in English, tentatively titled "The Internet and International Broadcasting" will be aired on May 31st on Radio Japan's General Service. For details, please contact with us thorugh E-mail:event@intl.nhk.or.jp Radio Japan via Michael Ruttley) The Radio Japan Web pages start at: http://www.nhk.or.jp/rjnet/index.html NHK's pages start at: http://www.nhk.co.jp Japan Satellite Systems, operator of the JCSAT satellites, has opened its home page at: http://www.iijnet.or.jap/JSAT (Kazuma Goto) PANAMSAT--PanAmSat's Web site offers lots of information about their satellite system, including footprints: http://www.panamsat.com/ ("Tele-satellit") EBN--European Business News has launched a home on the World Wide Web. Check out: http://www.ebn.co.uk/ ("Tele-satellit") More Home pages from Christian Lyngemark: EUROPE: TV 10 Gold at http://www.xs4all.nl/~radio10/tv10gold.html TMF - The Music Factory at http://www.tmf.nl/ CNBC Europe at http://www.nbc.com/superchannel/cnbc/cnbc.html Duna TV at http://www.hungary.com/dunatv/, includes DUNA-TEXT MDR Sputnik at http://www.mdr.de/sputnik/index.htm MDR Kultur at http://www.mdr.de/kultur/index.htm MDR Info at http://www.mdr.de/mdr_info/index.htm MDR Life at http://www.mdr.de/life/index.htm Radio Oesterreich (Radio Austria) at http://www.telecom.at/orf/rai/gr/gr_home.htm RTE Radio 1 at http://www.bess.tcd.ie/ireland/rte.htm Petofi Radio at http://www.petofi.enet.hu/, includes live radio AFRICA: SABC 1 at http://www.sabc.co.za/TV/sabc1/index.htm SABC 2 at http://www.sabc.co.za/TV/sabc2/index.htm SABC 3 at http://www.sabc.co.za/TV/sabc3/homepage/index.htm NORTH AMERICA: KPIX at http://www.kpix.com/ KPIX has live transmissions at http://www.kpix.com/bin/watch5/ KNBC at http://www.knbc4la.com/home.html E! Entertainment TV at http://www.eonline.com/welcome.html MuchMusic at http://www.muchmusic-usa.com/ AMC - American Movie Classics at http://www.amctv.com/ Bravo at http://www.bravotv.com/ IFC - Independent Film Channel at http://www.ifctv.com/ The Gold Channel at http://www.thegolfchannel.com/ Spice at http://www.cyberspice.com/ All News Channel at http://www.allnews.com/ Radio Canada International at http://www.cbc.ca/ NEWS IN FRENCH--SAT-ACTUALITES is the name of a new weekly satellite news service produced and written by Lionel Michelland. This service is absolutely FREE and is delivered right into your computer. To get SAT-ACTUALITES just email to this address: majordomo@tags1.dn.net and in the body of your email put: subscribe sat-actualites Within a few minutes you will get a automatic confirmation that your address has been added to mailer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sweden Calling DXers/MediaScan is the world's oldest radio program about international broadcasting. Radio Sweden has presented this round-up of radio news, features, and interviews on Tuesdays since 1948. It's currently broadcast on the first and third Tuesdays of the month. Radio Sweden broadcasts in English: To Europe: 18:30 hrs 1179, 6065, 9655, and 11615 kHz (also Africa/Middle East) 19:30 1179 and 6065 kHz (also Africa/Middle East) 20:30 1179, 6065, 9430, and 9655 kHz (weekends only) 21:30 1179, 6065, 9430, and 9655 kHz (also Africa/Middle East) Asia/Pacific: 12:30 hrs 13740, and 15240 kHz 13:30 hrs 9835 kHz 01:00 hrs 7120 and 9435 kHz North America: 11:30 hrs on 11650 and 15240 kHz 13:30 hrs on 11650 and 15245 kHz 02:30 hrs on 7290 kHz 03:30 hrs on 7115 kHz Latin America: 00:30 hrs on 6065 kHz 01:30 hrs on 7290 kHz The broadcasts at 12:30 and 18:30 hrs are also relayed to Europe by satellite: Astra 1C (19.2 degrees East) transponder 33 (ZDF) at 10.964 GHz, audio subcarrier at 7.38 MHz Tele-X (5 degrees East) via TV5 Nordic at 12.475 GHz, audio subcarrier 7.38 MHz. Radio Sweden is also relayed to Europe via the World Radio Network on VH-1's transponder 22 on Astra, audio 7.38 MHz, daily at 22:00 hrs CET. Radio Sweden can also be heard on WRN's North American service on Galaxy-5, on WTBS's transponder 6, audio 6.8 MHz, daily at 20:30 hrs Eastern time (from April 7 at 21:30 hrs Eastern Daylight Time). Radio Sweden can now be heard via WRN in Africa on Intelsat 707 at 1 degree West, on 3.915 GHz, in digital MPEG-2, on the audio 8 channel, at 01:00 and 22:00 hrs Central African Time. We're also now available through WRN to Asia and the Pacific as part of a European radio package on Asiasat-2 at 100.5 degrees East, transponder 10B at 4 GHz, also in MPEG-2 as part of the DVB audio stream. You can hear us at 06:00 and 09:00 Australian Eastern Time. And the World Radio Network is also carried live via Internet Multicasting using the Streamworks system. Each day's program, recorded at 01:30 hrs UTC daily) is also available from WRN in the RealAudio format. See: http://www.wrn.org Our World Wide Web page is at: http://www.sr.se/rs A multimedia version of this bulletin can be found at: http://www.sr.se/rs/english/media/scdx.htm Sound recordings of interviews from previous programs can be found at: http://www.sr.se/rs/english/media/media2.htm Sound files of Mediascan are archived at: ftp.funet.fi:pub/sounds/RadioSweden/Mediascan. You can also find the programs among the offerings of Internet Talk Radio at various sites, including: ftp://town.hall.org/radio/Mirrors/RadioSweden/MediaScan Contributions can be sent to DX Editor George Wood by fax to +468-667-6283 or by e-mail to: wood@rs.sr.se Reports can also be sent to: Radio Sweden S-105 10 Stockholm Sweden Contributions should be NEWS about electronic media--from shortwave to satellites--and not loggings of information already available from sources such as the "World Radio TV Handbook". 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