Sat-UK #82: I HATE LONG GOODBYES

from: owner-sat-uk@tags1.dn.net
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 10:29:35 +0100
Report from the Sat-UK mailing list:
Report #82
- MED-TV IS BACK!
- SKY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SET BACK
- MORE LOVELY MUSIC
july 25th 1997
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And now the news:


---------- MED-TV BACK
Med-TV is back on 10,972 V on Eutelsat II-F2! Apparently, all attempts
by the Turkish government to block the channel have been abandonned.

---------- SKY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Sky National Geographic has been put back to a September launch. The
channel will share transponder 44 with Galavision. Sky NG will broadcast
from 7pm until 1am every night, with Galavision broadcasting from 6am to
11am - what's gonna happen in-between?!

---------- MORE MUSIC: CHANNEL V
Rupert Murdoch's Asian musical channel, Channel V, is set to make a step
into the UK satellite scene, probably on Astra, in analogue. The channel
is currently a hit in his ISkyB venture. One wonders, with all these new
channels, where they're gonna put them - hopefully no more transponder
47 ventures!

---------- THE WEIRDEST TESTCARD
I urge all of you who can to take a look at Telecom 2B transponder 10 -
there's the craziest testcard there! It's a bouncing ball with black and
white lines all over it!

---------- SHORT BREAK
Unfortunately, I shall be taking another short break from Sat-UK
reports. As before, all will be revised at the end of my trip. I shall
be back on August 4th.


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