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    Default German Bundesliga to stay free-to-air

    Germany’s soccer Bundesliga will remain on free-to-air TV, Tom Bender, managing director of federal soccer league Deutsche Fußball-Liga (DFL) confirmed to newspaper portal DerWesten.de.

    The mixture of free-to-air and pay-TV has been tried and tested over previous years, he said, and DFL doesn’t want to give that up. “DFL could have given the Bundesliga almost completely over to pay-TV in 2005, but decided against it and relinquished around €150 million. We do profit from our extensive TV presence and with almost €500 million income from sponsoring we are the number 1 in Europe,” said Bender.

    With its planned TV channel, which was licensed in September, DFL does not want to compete with ‘current events’ Bundesliga coverage offered by other channels, stressed Bender. “This channel is only about the past,” he said, adding that DFL had built up the largest digital soccer archive in the world over past years. “By the end of 2010 there will be 40,000 hours of digitalised soccer. It’s clear that we have to think about ways in which to use that, such as a digital channel. It would be a sensible addition to current programmes.”

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    Default BBC is hitting road blocks

    The BBC is currently up against something of an avalanche of critical press. The newspapers have made hay on the publication of some senior executives’ salaries and perks, while seemingly every BBC plan to expand online activity (Kangaroo, and now Canvas) is being stymied, and the current Tory opposition political party promising further mayhem should it be elected next summer.

    However, it has just won a small victory in that the British government, due to outline its planned legislation for the remaining 6 months or so of this administration on Wednesday, has modified plans to use some of the BBC licence fee to improve local TV news coverage. A measure will be introduced in the parliamentary Queen’s Speech to fund local news, but a decision will not be made until 2012, thereby seemingly kicking the idea into the very long grass.

    On Sunday, the London ‘Sunday Times’ published a long-form interview with Jeremy Hunt, the shadow (opposition) culture secretary, who would be managing the broadcasting and media portfolio in a new Conservative government, and it could not have made good reading at the BBC.

    The BBC is already having to face the problems of having 37 senior managers earning more (and frequently much more) than the Prime Minister. Hunt told the newspaper that the BBC’s bureaucratic waste had become an absolute nightmare, and that it was “obscene” for the BBC to be demanding an uplift to its mandatory licence fee.

    The BBC’s licence fee is up for re-examination in 2012. The broadcaster received a £68m rise this year, despite inflation being zero. “If we win the next election we will have to have discussions with the BBC about the appropriate level,” he told the newspaper. “We think in the current climate it would be very hard to argue for any increase in the licence fee.”

    The likelihood that the BBC’s wings will be clipped is a possibility. The same might apply to its Project Canvas, which the BBC has said is a ‘game changer’ as regards online activity. Canvas would also have other UK network broadcasters involved as well as British Telecom, but is hitting major objections from pay-TV operators. There’s no guarantee that the BBC’s governors (the BBC Trust) will approve the scheme.

    Last Friday BBC future media boss Erik Huggers demonstrated Canvas, showcasing how users would have the ability to watch highlights instantly, send clips to friends, monitor what is being said on Twitter, access archives at the touch of a button and use commercial third-party applications and services.

    Huggers said: “Unless we succeed in getting Canvas through, that whole market will be fragmented - you would have multiple ways of achieving the same thing.” If Canvas fails, he stated, broadcasters would shoulder additional costs of reformatting new devices: “There could be a horizontal level playing field for everyone and I think that’s worth fighting for.”

    However, the appeal of a Canvas-type proposition – at least in the UK – is summed up by Screen Digest in a recent report on the topic, which said that 3.5m UK homes could be tapping into such a system by 2014.

    Dan Cryan, Senior Analyst at Screen Digest says: “The BBC’s track record of building markets with Freeview and the iPlayer has been a well-documented success. There is every reason to think that if a Canvas-type proposition is approved, with the full promotional impetus of the BBC behind it, it will reach at least 3.5m homes by 2014.

    “Such a platform is both a threat and an opportunity to pay-TV operators. On the one hand giving them wider distribution potential for their content bouquets, and on the other hand giving content owners a potential route to bypass the operators and go direct to the consumer.”

    “A Canvas-type proposition will offer an alternative, neutrally-branded distribution platform offering linear TV channels, video on demand and web-based applications. Ultimately, it will rival IPTV, cable and satellite and will be separate from the existing Freeview, Freesat and BT Vision offerings,” says Screen Digest.

    “Despite the support of powerful partners, a Canvas-type proposition has a number of obstacles to address; set top boxes will be expensive and the timing may coincide uncomfortably for consumers with the launch of HD Freeview. Potential bandwidth bottlenecks should be tackled by BT’s 21st Century Network and with the backing of the BBC, consumer take-up should be strong.”


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    Default Indonesian satellite’s dramatic rescue

    A Thales-Alenia satellite, built for Indonesia’s Indosat operator, has been rescued from a useless orbit.

    The satellite, Palapa-D1, was launched upon a Chinese Long March 3B rocket on August 31st but the rocket’s third stage failed to operate correctly and the satellite was placed into a useless highly elliptical orbit just 130 miles above the Earth at its nearest, but 13,150 miles at its furthest from the ground.

    Thales Alenia Space immediately re-thought the near-catastrophic dilemma and commenced a bold rescue mission.

    On September 3 the satellite’s on-board thrusters were fired, starting its realigned route to a correct orbit. Bit by bit it achieved a correct transfer orbit, arriving on station (at 113 deg East) later in September.

    Thales Alenia now says that Palapa-D1 has successfully completed its in-orbit testing and is ready for work.

    However, there’s a price to pay for the use of the satellite’s on-board thrusters in terms of fuel used. Instead of its planned 15 years of active life the satellite now has enough fuel for some 10.5 years of work. But this is a huge improvement on what had initially looked like a total loss.

    Palapa-D1 has 35 C-Band transponders and 5 in Ku-Band. It will serve the Pacific region from Asia to Australia.


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    Default Iran’s 5-year TV plan

    Iran has spoken about its plans for TV and the media, which include boosting the number of satellite channels available to viewers.

    The head of the Iranian radio and TV organization, Ezzatollah Zarghami, in a recent broadcast reported on by BBC Monitoring, said in the past Iran’s radio and TV organization has made films about the revolution, historical events and documentaries. He spoke in detail about how programmes are presented to the organization and approved for production. Zarghami said all provinces now have their radio and TV channels, apart from North Khorasan and South Khorasan. He said apart from Semnan Province TV, all other provincial channels are now on satellite. Semnan Provincial TV will also go on satellite in the near future.

    He said the establishment of the international English-language Press TV has been a success. As to movies shown on domestic TV, Zarghami said Iran showed both domestic and foreign films. Around 100 domestic TV films have been shown in the current year.

    He made reference to various documentary films shown on domestic TV channels and stressed the need to increase religious documentary programmes. He also pointed to technical issues, saying that there are 60 digital studios in Iran.

    The head of the Iranian radio and TV organization drew reporters' attention to a five-year plan of the organization, and said that the plan includes increasing in the number of TV channels.


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    Default Intelsat launch delay

    Intelsat’s giant I-14 craft is still standing on its launch pad. It should have launched last Saturday.

    The plan was for the satellite to be orbited from Florida’s Cape Canaveral (from pad 41) on an Atlas V rocket. Now the rocket’s fuel has been drained while an important electrical component on the rocket is switched out.

    The Intelsat satellite is fine. Built by Space Systems/Loral, it is the thirteenth such model to be launched.

    Intelsat-14 is needed on station to replace an aging Intelsat-1R craft that has problems with its solar panels, which are losing efficiency at a faster rate than planned. It is nine years old, and would normally have been expected to last some 15 years.

    There’s a possibility that the launch could be re-scheduled for today (Tuesday).


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    Post Educational TVRM menu Digi TV

    Educational TVRM menu Digi TV

    '' Offer satellite pay-TV Digi TV today, featuring the next program. The Romanian program offer this platform appeared Romanian educational TVRM Educational TV program.

    The station was previously available for DTH satellite viewers to receive free satellite Amos 3 (4°W), Boom TV customers at the same position and in the competitive service at Dolce satellite Hellas Sat 2 (39°E).

    Educational Channel TVRM free program used to position the satellite transponder Intelsat 10-02. The signal station is provided Nagravision conditional access system 2 and Nagra Media Access.

    Technical parameters :
    Intelsat 10-02 (1°W), freq 12.531 GHz, pol V, SR 23340, FEC 3/4, DVB-S/QPSK, CA Nagravision 2 / 3 ''

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    Cool Ballet in 3D

    PARIS, April 14, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In a new display of how 3D is rapidly redefining the viewing experience, Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) is teaming with Russia's General Satellite Corporation and the Mariinsky Theatre for a satellite transmission on 15 April from St. Petersburg of an exceptional sequence of classical ballet performances by leading Russian dancers. The 3D content will be received live in Moscow and Paris and displayed for the first time on Samsung's first generation of Full HD 3D TV sets.

    In an agreement announced today between Eutelsat and General Satellite, up to 500 hours of 3D content produced by General Satellite will further enrich the line up of Eutelsat's All-3D channel. General Satellite is already Russia's leading supplier of HD content for the Platforma HD package broadcast across European parts of Russia via EUROBIRD(TM) 9A.

    The dance sequences in St Petersburg will be filmed in 3D (two video signals and one audio signal), mixed, encoded and uplinked to Eutelsat satellite capacity from an SNG truck at the Mariinsky Theatre. The live signal will be delivered to six Samsung 3D Ready 55" displays via a standard HD set-top-box produced by General Satellite. Viewers will watch the ballet sequences using Samsung Active glasses to show the lifelike depth and colour clarity that is now possible in consumer homes.

    Commenting on the premiere 3DTV transmission, Michel de Rosen Eutelsat CEO said "Coming only three weeks after the remarkable 3D broadcast to cinemas in France of the Six Nations rugby match between France and England, this premiere satellite-delivered 3DTV display will be a new landmark in the rapidly emerging market for transmitting premium 3D content. Eutelsat has been the trailblazing satellite partner in this transformation. Since content will always be king, we are delighted to conclude the agreement for 3D content with General Satellite that will enrich the programming on our unique All-3D channel on EUROBIRD(TM) 9A."

    Andrey Tkachenko, Chairman of General Satellite Corporation added "This live ballet transmission marks a brand new step in General Satellite's European ambitions for 3D, in close technical partnership with Eutelsat. Viewers with the appropriate equipment can now watch high-quality 3D content broadcast by General Satellite and Eutelsat from the EUROBIRDTM 9A satellite."

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    I remember reading about this!!

    I did some research and I found the original news article from General Satellite themselves on their website. It's here: http://www.general-satellite.com/news/1274726026

    That had to be soooo cool, man.
    BTW, has anybody gotten this technology yet for watching movies??

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    PARIS, April 14, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In a new display of how 3D is rapidly redefining the viewing experience, Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) is teaming with Russia's General Satellite Corporation and the Mariinsky Theatre for a satellite transmission on 15 April from St. Petersburg of an exceptional sequence of classical ballet performances by leading Russian dancers. The 3D content will be received live in Moscow and Paris and displayed for the first time on Samsung's first generation of Full HD 3D TV sets.

    In an agreement announced today between Eutelsat and General Satellite, up to 500 hours of 3D content produced by General Satellite will further enrich the line up of Eutelsat's All-3D channel. General Satellite is already Russia's leading supplier of HD content for the Platforma HD package broadcast across European parts of Russia via EUROBIRD(TM) 9A.

    The dance sequences in St Petersburg will be filmed in 3D (two video signals and one audio signal), mixed, encoded and uplinked to Eutelsat satellite capacity from an SNG truck at the Mariinsky Theatre. The live signal will be delivered to six Samsung 3D Ready 55" displays via a standard HD set-top-box produced by General Satellite. Viewers will watch the ballet sequences using Samsung Active glasses to show the lifelike depth and colour clarity that is now possible in consumer homes.

    Commenting on the premiere 3DTV transmission, Michel de Rosen Eutelsat CEO said "Coming only three weeks after the remarkable 3D broadcast to cinemas in France of the Six Nations rugby match between France and England, this premiere satellite-delivered 3DTV display will be a new landmark in the rapidly emerging market for transmitting premium 3D content. Eutelsat has been the trailblazing satellite partner in this transformation. Since content will always be king, we are delighted to conclude the agreement for 3D content with General Satellite that will enrich the programming on our unique All-3D channel on EUROBIRD(TM) 9A."

    Andrey Tkachenko, Chairman of General Satellite Corporation added "This live ballet transmission marks a brand new step in General Satellite's European ambitions for 3D, in close technical partnership with Eutelsat. Viewers with the appropriate equipment can now watch high-quality 3D content broadcast by General Satellite and Eutelsat from the EUROBIRDTM 9A satellite."
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    Default Russia's first digital chip for TV

    At the First International Business Conference for the production of microelectronics and nanoelectronics Si-Forum 2011 in the Technopolis Gusev (Kaliningrad region), the General Satellite Corporation, and the RC Module announced the development and manufacture of Russia's first chip for digital TV.
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    Full article is here: http://www.general-satellite.com/news/1300200307
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    Wow, sounds like a huge project. Could be great for the whole region aroud Kaliningrad
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    Sky Sports News HD launches

    January 3, 2012


    Sky Deutschland has launched its news sports news channel. Sky Sports News HD went live on New Year’s Day at 12:00.

    Brian Sullivan, CEO of Sky Deutschland, said: “The launch of Sky Sport News HD is a landmark in the history of Sky. A 24-hour live sport news channel signals something completely new in the German-speaking TV landscape. With the new channel, Sky is once again adding to its unique portfolio of new products and innovations.”

    Sky Sports News HD, with 200 employees including anchors Kate Abdo and Thomas Fleischmann, will air sports news 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

    Sky Sport News HD is available in HD via satellite and through cable networks Kabel BW, Tele Columbus and NetCologne. The channel can also be received in SD via satellite and through all digital cable networks. Sky Sport News HD will be broadcasted unencrypted for the first month to all digital satellite and cable households in Germany and Austria. The channel will be part of the Sky Welt package and is available in Germany and Austria through TV, internet, iPad, iPhone, and soon through Xbox 360 as well as sports bars and hotels.
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    N.DS set to change name to reflect Cisco ownership

    14-06-2012

    '' Technology provider N.DS will get a new name following its take-over by US electronics giant Cisco.

    The N.DS brand will disappear, Yves Padrines, vice president and general manager at N.DS for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, told German industry magazine "Digitalmagazin" at the trade fair ANGA Cable in Cologne.

    By the end of this year, the company will be renamed Cisco Service Provider Video Technology Group, said Padrines. Product brands such as VideoGuard, MediaHighway or Snowflake will keep their names, though.

    N.DS provides conditional access solutions, middleware and other technologies for digital and interactive television to broadcasters including BSkyB, Sky Deutschland and Kabel Deutschland. ''
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    RAI suspends smart card distribution

    July 30, 2012 11.22 Europe/London By Julian Clover

    '' Italian public broadcaster RAI has suspended the distribution of smart cards for its Tivusat service.

    It follows the judgment of the Lazio Regional Administrative Court on July 11 in the wake of a complaint by Sky Italia.

    The action annulled RAI’s contract with Tivusat – in which it is a shareholder – where it was required to promote the Eutelsat-delivered platform.

    Consumers looking for non-subscription access to RAI channels over satellite can now only obtain the card in conjunction with a Tivusat receiver or conditional access module.

    Around 60,000 consumers, out of Tivusat’s 1,524,285 total, acquired their card through RAI. ''
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    CanalSat adds five HD channels


    August 29, 2012 11.08 Europe/London By Robert Briel

    '' The French CanalSat platform is adding five new HD channels to its existing line-up of 36 high def channels. The offer includes two new channels to the French market.

    Djazz.TV HD is a new channel from the Netherlands and is part of the Brava TV group. It claims to be the world’s first 24/7 jazz channel. CanalSat customers can subscribe to the channel as an a la carte option for €4 a month.

    Also new to the platform is Blackbelt TV, for lovers of fighting sports, including Thai boxing and actors such as Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. The channel can be previewed free of charge until November 30, when it becomes part of the Frisson bouquet.

    The remaining three new HD channels are already available in SD on the platform. They are Planète+ HD, Ciné+ Frisson HD and Ciné+ Emotion HD. ''
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    Discovery HD for Sky Deutschland


    October 17, 2012


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    Discovery HD has launched on the Sky Deutschland platform in Germany and Austria as part of the Sky World package.

    The launch will bring HD versions of content including How We Invented the World and Shark Week to Sky Deutschland subscribers.

    The move brings to eight the number of HD services available in the Sky World package. ''
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