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| 03/12/03: tests from See TV, on Eutelsat W2, 11554 V 28800 7/8, ident: SEE TV, provider: INTERACTIVE. |
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03/12/03: testcard from Canal+, HotBird, 13° east,
10719 V 27500 3/4. |
03/12/03: The Filipino Channel, on Atlantic Bird 3, 5° west,
12711 H 30000 1/2,
ident: TFC-EU, provider: bt. |
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| 04/12/03: 1+1 from the Ukraine, on Amos, 4° west, 11385 H 15750 3/4, ident: 1PLUS1, provider: SCOPUS PROVIDER. |
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04/12/03: infocard from Viasat, on Sirius, 5° east,
11806 H 27500 3/4. |
05/12/03: Sofia Land TV, on Eutelsat W2, 16° east,
11551 V 28800 7/8, ident: Sofia Land, provider: IT |
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05/12/03: Al Jazeera Sports, Arabsat, 26° east,
10971 H 17777 3/4. |
05/12/03: Bahrain TV test on Arabsat, 26° east,
11843 H 27500 3/4. |
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05/12/03: MBC, Arabsat, 26° east, 11843 H 27500 3/4,
ident: MBC Europe. |
05/12/03: Rotana Music on Arabsat, 26° east,
11695 H 2700 3/4. |
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05/12/03: infocard from Kino Polska, new on HotBird,
13° east, 11511 H 27500 3/4. |
05/12/03: infocard from MiniMini, new on HotBird, 13° east,
10719 V 27500 3/4. |
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| 05/12/03: promo from polish digital package Cyfra+, on HotBird, 11511 H 27500 3/4, ident: TEST, provider: CYFRA+ |
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10/12/03: new german package on Astra3, 23.5° east, 11548 V 13022 3/4,
with austrian versions of RTL, RTL2, VOX and Super RTL.
The same channels are also new on Astra1's transponder 91, 12226 H 27500 3/4. |
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10/12/03: Videolook Channel, new on HotBird, 13° east, 11137 H 27500 3/4, ident: Videolook,
and on NSS7, 21.5° west, 11627 H 3000 1/2, ident: I-TOR011 |
11/12/03: Italia 7 Gold is new on Eutelsat W2, 16° east,
11025 H 2894 3/4, ident: TADIRAN SCOPUS. |
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11/12/03: Videopiù Genova testcard, on Eutelsat W1,
10° east, 11128 H 4484 3/4,
ident: VPIU-ITA GE007, provider: Tadiran Scopus. |
11/12/03: Roma Uno, new on HotBird, 13° east,
11137 H 27500 3/4,
and on NSS7, 21.5° west, 11623 H 3000 1/2. |
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12/12/03: La 7 and MTV Italia are new on Atlantic Bird 1, 12.5° west, 12515 V 17360 3/4,
idents: La7 and MTV ITALIA, provider: TVI
13/12/03: new SR/FEC 16200 2/3. |
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| 12/12/03: Viasat Cinema 2, temporarily in the clear on Sirius, 5° east, 12036 H 27500 3/4. |
15/12/03: promo clip for 'The Lord of the Rings' in spanish, on Astra, 19° east, 11156 V 22000 5/6. |
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16/12/03: new channels from latin America on HotBird, 13° east, 11304 H 27500 3/4,
idents: Olisat VV Cont and Olisat Mundovision. 525 lines only. |
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| 16/12/03: f+ and m+ on Amos, 4° west, 11304 H 19540 3/4, idents: f+ roman and m+, provider: AHRt |
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16/12/03: logo from Astra, on Astra2, 28° east,
12480 V 27500 3/4. |
16/12/03: A brand new channel from MTV Networks Europe has been launched today: VH2, only available to Sky Digital subscribers, on Astra2, 28° east,
11895 V 27500 2/3, ident: VH2, provider: BSkyB. |
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17/12/03: new saudi package on Arabsat, 26° east, 12010 V 18500 3/4,
with 4 channels: Saudi TV1, Saudi TV2, Saudi Sports and Saudi News. Provider:KSA-MOI |
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17/12/03: Otto Shop, new on Astra 1, 19° east,
12460 H 27500 3/4, ident: OTTO SHOP, provider: DPC.TV |
17/12/03: Fox Kids Italia is now available 24 hours a day and in the clear. On Eutelsat W2, 16° east,
11083 H 5210 5/6, ident: Elpitel_Roma. |
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17/12/03: Vic Germany and VIC Europe are new on HotBird, 13° east,
12207 H 27500 3/4, idents: VIC-TV DE and VIC-TV EU. |
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| 17/12/03: promo from R.R. Sat, on HotBird, 13° east, 12207 H 27500 3/4. |
17/12/03: channel with ident: IRAQ, on Eutelsat W1, 10° east, 10989 H 3100 3/4, provider: mbc |
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17/12/03: Transponder 9 on HotBird 1, 13° east, (11387 H 27500 2/3) is used by italian broadcaster Mediaset for tests and feeds for DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television). Today Canale 5 and Italia 1 are available. Idents: C5 DTT and I1 DTT.
And in the meantime terrestrial frequencies formerly used (and since the late 80's) by pay-tv Tele+ (recently turned to Sky), are now used by infocards from Europa TV (which will turn into Sport Italia) and Prima TV (Which will disappear to free space for DTT). |
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17/12/03: Showroom, promo channel from turkish package Digitürk, on Eutelsat W3, 7 ° east, 11645 H 30000 3/4,
ident: SHOWROOM, provider: Digital Platform. |
17/12/03: exotic testcard from Eri Tv from Eritrea,
on Arabsat, 26° east, 11623 V and 11747 V 27500 3/4. |
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17/12/03: Videoitalia, available on HotBird, 13° east, on two different frequencies, 11862 H 27500 3/4 (the Sky Italia frequency, on the left) and 12673 V 27500 3/4 (the 'original' frequency, on the right), started to use different logos for the two feeds, although programming it's exactly the same.
Original feed from the Express 3A satellite at 11° west (11525 V 3863 2/3)
carries the same signal as the 12673 V on HotBird.
18/12/03: On HotBird 12673 V the new ident is now 'Playlist Italia', so maybe a new channel will be launched. |
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19/12/03: testcard from ESA, on Astra, 19° east,
10832 H 22000 5/6. |
19/12/03: infocard from Astra's MHP service, on Astra,
19° east, 10832 H 22000 5/6, ident: HOERZU DIGITAL. |
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19/12/03: TeleMarket and Studio Europa moved from Express 3A to Eutelsat W2, 16° east.
TeleMarket 11010 H 4340 1/2, ident: Telemarket 4/352, provider: TELESPAZIO.
Studio Europa: 11014 H 2500 2/3, ident: 3 Mb 1 Mo 352 Px, provider: TELESPAZIO. |
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19/12/03: Cubavision new on HotBird, 13° east,
11304 H 27500 3/4. |
20/12/03: two infocards from 'Big Brother' Sweden,
on Thor, 1° west, 11215 V 24510 7/8,
idents: BigBroth1 and BigBroth2, provider: Telenor. |
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20/12/03: testcard from Omid-e-Iran, on Telstar 12,
15° west, 12608 H 19279 2/3,
ident: OMID IRAN, provider: DiviCom Customer. |
20/12/03: Amica 9 Telestar, new from Italy on HotBird,
13° east, 11137 H 27500 3/4,
and on NSS 7, 22° west, 11630 H 3000 1/2. |
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20/12/03: Mantova TV (from lombard town Mantua) is new on HotBird, 13° east,
11200 V 27500 5/6 (ident: PUNTO SAT), and 11262 H 27500 3/4.
Mantova TV is also part of national network SuperSix. |
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20/12/03: new multiplex from german WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk) with regional channels broadcasting local news from 1930 to 1958 CET.
On Astra, 19° east, 12422 H 27500 3/4.
Idents: WDR Aachen, WDR Bielefeld, WDR Dortmund,
WDR Düsseldorf, WDR Essen, WDr Münster, WDR Siegen, WDR Wuppertal. Provider: ARD. |
21/12/03: Premiere Direkt promo on Astra, 19° east,
12032 H 27500 3/4. |
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21/12/03: Christmas infocard from Cyfra+, on HotBird,
13° east, 10892 H 27500 3/4, with no ident. |
23/12/03: infocard from Sat8 from Italy, on HotBird,
13° east, 12303 V 27500 3/4. |
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24/12/03: tests from Beni Culturali Channel from Italy,
on HotBird, 13° east, 12520 V 27500 3/4. |
