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This news is provided free of charge to on-line users by TELE-satellit
magazine and TS News Service GB. IT IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. It may not be
reproduced for commercial reasons by any means what so ever. If you wish to
reproduce this news or redistribute it for non commercial use please contact
the email address below.
Der TS Nachrichtendienst ist ein Service fuer die Freunde von TELE-satellit
und TS-TV und ist nur fuer persoenliche infromation freigegeben.
Software problems has meant a delayed and shortened TELE-satellit News this
week for which we apologise. We will be back to regular length next week !
TELE-satellit
EUROPE'S SATELLITE MAGAZINE
International Satellite News
Number 38, Week ending 12 February 1995
By Martyn Williams
News Desk : Internet martyn@euro.demon.co.uk or CompuServe 100025,1637
(c) TELE-satellit Magazine
Major private Lithuanian TV station closes
Saulius Girnius, OMRI,Inc.
The Lithuanian Radio and TV Committee on 8 February discussed use of the TV
channel on which the bankrupt private company LitPoliinter TV had broadcast
until the previous day, RFE/RL's Lithuanian Service reports. LitPoliinter TV
owes 800,000 litai ($200,000) to the state and would need another 1 million
litai as security to regain the right to broadcast. The committee decided to
accept until 8 March offers from companies to use the channel. The applicants
have to present programming schedules and a statement from a commercial bank
guaranteeing their ability to pay necessary expenses. The committee also
decided that the successful applicant will have to reach an agreement to
continue rebroadcasting programs from Russia's Ostankino Television.
Long March debris wiped out entire family
A Chinese newspaper revealed that the burning debris of a failed Long March
rocket wiped out an entire family living near the launch site when it fell to
ground just over two weeks ago.
The rocket remains and fuel killed the farmer, his wife and his four children
who burned to death immediately according to the newspaper report.
Reuters quoted a local newspaper reporter who said he found a "horrific scene
of devastation" when he arrived in the village in China's Shanghai district.
Other residents in the village were quoted as saying that they heard a
deafening explosion and a sheet of fire.
The investigation into the cause of the failure took a bizarre turn this week
as Chinese officials blamed competing satellite operators for possible
sabotage of the Apstar satellite.
CCTV signs with PanAmSat
Chinese Central Television, CCTV, has announced a contract just signed with
PanAmSat for use of their PAS-2 and new PAS-3 satellites to provide coverage
of the entire Asian region. PanAmSat estimates the potential number of users
at around 40 million. CCTV has been broadcasting via PAS-2 since late December
and the contract with PAS-3 will extend coverage of the Indian subcontinent,
Middle east and the western part of Asia.
News Corporation announces profits
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation Limited reported after tax profits before
abnormal items for the six months ended December 31, 1994 of US$500 million,
an increase of 21% compared to the same period a year ago. News Corp owns many
prominent satellite broadcasters around the world. The following are
statements on the status of these businesses taken from the company report :
United States
In the U.S. Television segment, operating results were up 58% year on year due
to substantial gains in the TV Station Group and at Fox Broadcasting (FBC).
Each of the company's eight owned and operated stations showed dramatic
improvements over last year with revenues up over 25% and operating profits up
by over 50%. The stations benefited from the healthy advertising market. But
even more important was the addition of "The NFL on FOX."
"The NFL on FOX" concluded its first season with the January 15, 1995
broadcast of the NFC Championship game between the San Francisco 49'ers and
the Dallas Cowboys. The game generated a spectacular 34.2/57 share, making it
the highest rated non-Super Bowl NFL telecast since January 1982 and the
highest rated program in the history of FOX. For the regular season, "The NFL
on FOX" finished with a 12.1 rating, well ahead of industry expectations.
In primetime ratings FOX was the only network to report gains in all key
demographics during the November '94 Sweeps period. FOX continued to show
strength in its traditional demographic Adults 18-34 ranking ahead of both NBC
and CBS. And FBC has made further inroads into the important Adults 18-49
demographic. For the season to date, FBC is up 12%, the only network to show
growth in this category.
Australia and Pacific Basin
STAR TV, the Company's 63.6% owned, pan-Asian satellite broadcaster, continues
to perform in line with expectations. STAR TV now reaches an estimated 53.7
million homes across Asia, India and the Middle East, an increase of almost
30% since January 1994.
In October, STAR TV launched a second pay movie channel, STAR Movies, serving
the Gulf States, Pakistan and India. Broadcasting in English, this channel
joins a Chinese-language version which was launched in Taiwan and the
Philippines last April.
STAR TV continued to focus on locally oriented programming with the December
launch of a new Hindi-language entertainment channel, EL-TV. In addition, STAR
TV announced plans for two new local language movie channels to be launched in
the coming year: Viva Cinema, a Filipino movie channel; and a yet unnamed
Hindi-language movie service. In sport, STAR TV's Prime Sports channel
delivered more cricket to its Indian viewers and, for the first time, Chinese
league football to its Chinese viewers.
Also during the quarter, STAR TV announced that BMG, EMI Music, Sony Pictures
Entertainment and Warner Music Group would join STAR TV as equity partners in
Channel 1/8V3/8, Asia's leading music television service.
Equity Investments
BSkyB announced operating profit for the six months of 110.6 million pounds, a
63% increase over the same period last year. Revenues were up almost 50% due
to higher subscriber levels. Almost four million British households now
subscribe to BSkyB with over 70% receiving their signal via direct-to-home
satellite.
On December 8th, BSkyB successfully completed its initial public offering,
selling 20% of its equity at 256p per share. The resulting market value of
4.39 billion pounds immediately made BSkyB one of Britain's top 50 companies.
Sky continue to show a profit
A day after the News Corp figures BSkyB announced profits for the last six
months of 1994 showing the broadcaster is now making ú5 million a week. Pretax
profits were up 46% on greater sales and subscriptions which now top the 4
million mark.
Neue Product
Petra Huether, TELE-satellit Muenchen
Satellites On The Highway
German car manufacturer BMW introduces a GPS-based navigation system for their
new "7" model series of cars. This system is capable of calculating a
vehicle`s location in any instant and everywhere on the planet by making use
of the established net of GPS navigation satellites. A synthesized voice
indicates any change of direction, while a display shows the destination of
your journey and the road you are just using, with the direction of movement
indicated by an arrow. The system even informs you about parking lots, petrol
stations and other useful bits.
Info Fax: +49-89-415566
Frequencies Converted For ASTRA 1D
German manufacturer S&G Kommunikation now offers a full range of ASTRA 1D
converters to dealers and wholesale outlets. These are are conveniently
installed directly at the satellite receiver as a neat and tidy method of
bringing older ASTRA systems up to date. Their FUSU range of converters can be
controlled either via manual switching, use of the magnetic polariser
connector of the receiver, or by relais switching. FUSU 1 is intended for
satellite systems with a 10 GHz LNB and a receiver input range of 950...1750
MHz, while FUSU 2 works with the same receiver, but a 9.75 GHz LNB. They also
offer the FUSU Duo, which allows the reception of all ASTRA satellites
(1....1D) witzh any combination of reveiver and LNB.
Info Fax: +49-6473-3377
TELE-satellit Magazine
This news is from the English language news service of TELE-satellit, a
monthly satellite magazine edited in Munich, Germany. It consists of 132
pages, full colour with tables, charts and news with many off-screen photos of
the satellite channels plus an informative technical section. Subscriptions
are available for DM 120, Europe surface mail; DM 144, Europe airmail and DM
192, ROW airmail. Orders for subscriptions and more information should be sent
to : TELE-satellit Customer Service, Silheimer Str. 6a, D-89278 Nersingen,
Germany, Fax +49-7308-919001
Where to find satellite news :
TELE-satellit News, English :
CompuServe UK Forum (UKFORUM) - Windows Write / ASCII version, library 19
CompuServe European Forum (EURFORUM) - Windows Write version, library 5
CompuServe Deutschland on line (GERLINE) - Windows Write version, library 15
CompuServe Telecommunications Forum (TELECOM) - Windows Write version
fax on demand +49-8282-81003
fax on demand +49-2163-81744
fax on demand +49-7308-919009
NBC Super Channel - NBC Text page 171
alt.satellite.tv.europe newsgroup on Usenet
World Wide Web : http://xan.esrin.esa.it:2602/satellite.html
Fidonet SAT.028
Fidonet SATELLITE.FR
Fidonet RU.SAT
Fidonet SATELLIT_R23.PUB
Maus Net : tv.grp
America On Line - from the "ham radio" area in the General file library.
Anonymous FTP to : ftp.funet.fi /pub/dx/text/satellite/telesatellit
CIX Skyguide/telesat conference
SAT NET BBS network
SweDX BBS, Swedish DX Association. +46-8-53034727 / Fidonet 2:201/339
Short Wave Paradise BBS, online 24 hours a day ! USA 616-383-4979
TELE-satellit News, German :
CompuServe Deutschland on line (GERLINE) - ASCII version, library 15
CompuServe Der Spiegel Forum (SPIEGEL) - ASCII version, library 11
fax on demand +49-8282-81003
fax on demand +49-2163-81744
fax on demand +49-7308-919009
SAT 1 Text - page 513
SAT NET BBS network
Other reliable sources of satellite news :
ò Radio Sweden Mediascan. 1st and 3rd Tuesday, 20 minutes into the English
programme via Astra, Shortwave, Mediumwave 1197 kHz and the World Radio
Network.
Text and audio files of Mediascan can be found in the SCDX directory on
ftp.funet.fi
ò Radio Netherlands Media Network, Thursday, 23 minutes into the English
programme via
shorwave and The World Radio Network
ò World Wide Web users can access TS News and the electronic journals above
and more information via the European satellite home page, URL
http://xan.esrin.esa.it:2602/satellite.html
ò The ProShow. Every Sunday night starting at 9:00 pm EST on the Omega Radio
Network - Galaxy 3, Transponder 17, 5.80 MHz.
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Martyn Williams | Internet : martyn@euro.demon.co.uk
| CI$ : 100025,1637
| Nifty : PXQ00623
| The views above are, of course, my own