| Screenshots from January 2004 |
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| 01/01/04: Playlist is a new channel from Italy. It has been launched by Video Italia to be in the clear after Video Italia encrypted itself. On HotBird, 13° east, 12673 V 27500 3/4, and Express 3A, 11° west, 11525 V 3863 2/3. |
03/01/04: Minimax (during the day) and Musicmax (during the night) from Hungary are new and in the clear on Astra, 19° east, 12382 V 27500 3/4, ident: Minimax, provider: UPC Direct. |
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| 03/01/04: italian national broadcaster RAI launched two new channels, RaiUtile and RaiDoc, to celebrate the launch of digital terrestrial television in Italy on the same day of RAI's 50th anniversary. On HotBird, 13° east, 11766 V 27500 2/3. | |
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| 05/01/04: Sat8 infocard, another crappy channel from Italy is coming, aren't you happy? On HotBird, 13° east, 12303 V 27500 3/4. |
05/01/04: testcard from Smart, on Eurasiasat1, 42° east, 11852 V 4444 5/6, ident: SMART, provider: Tadiran Scopus. |
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| 05/01/04: Metro+ is a new music channel from Turkey, on Eurasiasat1, 42° east, 12654 H 22500 5/6. |
05/01/04: Channel Calabria is testing on HellasSat, 39° east, 12687 H 27500 3/4, ident: Test channel. |
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| 06/01/04: Al Iraqiyah and Iraq Media Network testcard, on Arabsat, 26° east, 11100 and 11108 V 3000 3/4, idents: IRAQ MEDIA NETWORK, provider: DATASAT COMMS. |
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| 08/01/04: 24-7 Sex TV is new with a promo on HotBird, 13° east, 12092 H 27500 3/4, ident: 247Sex, provider: TSA. | ||
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| 08/01/04: promo from new porn channel ExtasiTV, on HotBird, 13° east, 12092 H 27500 3/4. |
08/01/04: FMen, men-dedicated service from Fashion TV has stopped and been replaced by Fashion TV with an on-screen announcement regarding FMen. On HotBird, 13° east, 12577 H 27500 3/4, ident: F Men, provider: Globecast. |
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| 08/01/04: unknown promo from France with a lot of technical infos for television broadcasting, is new on HotBird, 13° east, 12577 H 27500 3/4, ident: full-X2, provider: GlobeCast. |
08/01/04: Love TV, hungarian soundtrack, new on Eutelsat W2, 16° east, 12719 H 2820 3/4, ident: TELEPORT LONDON, provider: Tadiran Scopus. |
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| 09/01/04: Star Academy, arabic version, on Arabsat, 26° east, 11785 V 27500 3/4. |
09/01/04: infocard from polish television TVP3, on HotBird, 13° east, 10892 H 27500 3/4. |
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| 09/01/04: a promo in english, german, spanish, italian and french, for new porn channels full-X1 and full-X2, has started on HotBird, 13° east, 12577 H 27500 3/4, idents: full-x1, full-x2, provider: GlobeCast. The channel will start on the 17th of january and it will show this: gays, lesbian, transsexual, bisexual, black,asian, slaves, redheads, sex toys, fat girls, mature, hirsute, anal, gang-bang, blowjobs, solo, amateurs, debutantes, fetish, sadism, discipline, hardcore, sex education, exhibitionism, interviews, erotism. Clich here for short clip. |
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| 10/01/04: tests from TeleGenova from Italy, on Eutelsat W1, 10° east, 11124 H 2170 7/8. Ident: TVGE NEWS-SPORT, provider: Scopus Network Tec |
10/01/04: MantovaSat is transmitting SuperSix, on HotBird, 13° east, 11200 V 27500 5/6. |
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| 12/01/04: Entertainment TV, sort of juke-box for the middle-east, on HellasSat, 39° east, 12688 H 27500 3/4. | 13/01/04: testcard from Al Hurra, on Arabsat, 26° east, 11662 V 27500 3/4. |
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| 13/01/04: Saudi Sport and Al-Ikhbariya are new and regularly on air, on Arabsat, 26° east, 12010 V 18500 3/4. | |
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| 13/01/04: testcard from Globecast Miami, on HotBird, 13° east, 12380 V 27500 3/4. |
13/01/04: TV Bijeljina from Republika Srpska (one of the two "entities" of Bosnia-Herzegovina), is new on Eutelsat W2, 16° east, 12650 V 3255 1/2, ident: BN R.SRPSKA. |
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| 14/01/04: infocard from VTV4, on HotBird, 13° east, 12111 V 27500 3/4. |
14/01/04: tests from Information TV, on Eurobird 1, 28.5° east, 11623 V 27500 2/3, ident: 50841. |
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| 16/01/04: SexView promo, on HotBird, 13° east, 12092 H 27500 3/4. |
16/01/04: tests from Seasat Music, on Hellas Sat, 39° east, 12688 H 27500 3/4. |
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| 16/01/04: Trend Sports, on HotBird, 13° east, 10723 H 29900 3/4, ident: Tamil 02HI, provider: BT-CONVERGENCE 1. | 16/01/04: KTV from India, on HotBird, 13° east, 10949 V 27500 3/4, ident: Sun KTV, provider: Globecast NE. |
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| 16/01/04: Already available on other satellites (Turksat and Eutelsat Sesat), two channels from Azerbaijan, Lider TV and AzTV1 are now also available on HotBird, 13° east, 12149 V 27500 3/4. Idents: LIDER TV AZE and AzTV1. | |
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| 16/01/04: promo from greek package Nova, on HotBird, 13° east, 12169 H 27500 3/4. |
16/01/04: infocard from Jeddah Economic Forum, on Nilesat, 7° west, 11881 H 27500 3/4. |
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| 16/01/04: tests between 1100 and 1700 CET from Fox Kids Germany, on Astra, 19° east, 12148 H 27500 3/4, ident: iFoxKids, provider: BetaDigital. |
17/01/04: infocard from Magazyn+, on HotBird, 13° east, 11283 V 27500 3/4, ident: MAGAZYN+, provider: CYFRA+. |
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| 19/01/04: promo from Hollywood Cinema, on Astra, 19° east, 12148 H 27500 3/4. |
19/01/04: testcard (scrollbars included!) from turkish TV5, on Eurasiasat 1, 42° east, 11846 V 3750 5/6, ident and provider: TV5 |
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| 19/01/04: VIC TV Turkey is new on Eurasiasat 1, 42° east, 12621 V 6161 3/4, idents: VIC-TV TR1 and VIC-TV TR2. | 21/01/04: promo from Digital+, on Hispasat, 30° west, 11931 V 27500 3/4. |
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 | 21/01/04: Turkish national broadcaster TRT has started a package with 5 channels on Türksat, 42° east, 11096 V 27500 3/4. Channels are TRT 1, TRT 2, TRT 3, TRT 4 and TRT International. |
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| 19/01/04: Rotana Music starts a new channel, Rotana Clip, on Arabsat, 26° east, 11623 V 27500 3/4 and 11688 H 3300 3/4. Also available on Nilesat, 7° west, lebanese multiplex, 12130 V 27500 3/4. |
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| 21/01/04: Cadena Local, on Hispasat, 30° west, 11972 V 27500 3/4. |
21/01/04: testcard from TV Maranata Filadelfia, on Hispasat, 30° west, 11972 V 27500 3/4. |
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| 22/01/04: infocard from Hörzu, on Astra, 19° east, 12670 V 22000 5/6, ident: HOERZU DIGITAL |
22/01/04: BundTV from Germany is in the clear on Intelsat 901, 18° west, 11584 H 4266 3/4, ident: Bundestag, provider: Mediagate. |
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| 22/01/04: testcard from Arabic News Broadcasting, on HotBird, 13° east, 10949 V 27500 3/4, ident: test |
22/01/04: promo from GlobeCast, new on HotBird, 13° east, 11585 V 27500 3/4, ident: promoGC, provider: GlobeCast Spain. |
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| 27/01/04: Mediaset is testing its transponder 11387 H 27500 2/3 on HotBird, 13° east, for DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television). Channels available (and idents): Canale 5 (C5 DTT), Italia 1 (I1 DTT), Rete 4 (R4 DTT), Servizio 1 and Servizio 2 (the 'Zone Plate' image above). |
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| 30/01/04: bulgarian package on Eutelsat W2, 16° east, is expanding with new channels, including BBT, Club, TV Evropa and some testcards. 11554 V 28800 7/8. |
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| 30/01/04: tests from greek OTE, on HellasSat, 39° east, 12526 V 27500 3/4, ident: AGRICULTURE. | 30/01/04: Next Channel is still testing with a promo on Thor 2, 1° west, 11247 V 24500 7/8. |
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| 31/01/04: the 'Zone Plate' testcards (see above on the 27/01/04) have been replaced by french LCI (La Chaine Info), encrypted, and Sport Italia in the clear, a new terrestrial and nation-wide available sport channel from Italy. On HotBird, 13° east, 11387 H 27500 2/3. |
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