Screenshots from May 2004
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01/05/04: gotv, music channel from Austria, starts officially on Astra, 19° east,12692 H 22000 5/6. 01/05/04: Ocko TV, from the Czech republic, is also officially a new free-to-air music channel on Astra,
19° east, 10832 H 22000 5/6.
01/05/04: Spi.Ka TV has started on Astra, 19° east,
12632 H 22000 5/6.
02/05/04: Viasat History channel is currently testing with full schedule on Sirius, 5° east, 12637 H 14465 3/4.
An overlay 'This is a test transmission' is present.
03/05/04: Platform TV from Turkey is testing on HotBird, 13° east, 11938 H 27500 3/4,
ident: Platform TV, provider: DiviCom Customer
03/05/04: feeds for Sky News on Eutelsat W2, 16° east, 12524 H 5632 3/4, ident: Sky News, provider: B Sky B
03/05/04: Eurosport and Eurosport News are temporarily in the clear on their main feed frequency
on HotBird, 13° east, 12558 V 27500 3/4.
03/05/04: some german PPV channels from Kabelvision are temporarily in the clear
on Amos, 4° west, 10842 H 27500 3/4. English and german audio subcarriers.
idents: PPV Film 1, PPV Film 2, PPV Film 3, hotX 1, hotX 2, provider: KABEL!VISION
04/05/04: testcard from italian network Cinquestelle,
on Eutelsat W2, 16° east, 12608 H 27500 2/3,
ident: LINKAGE 2 - SERV 1
Daily transmissions between 2030 and 2230 CET.

 And here's a short clip! 
05/05/04: infocard from Samanyolu TV, on Eurasiasat 1,
42° east, 12133 V 11719 5/6, ident: STV Test
05/05/04: live feeds with no sound from AllMusic have
been noticed on Prima, HotBird, 13° east, 11387 H 27500 2/3.
06/05/04: Alpha ETC Punjabi is new on HotBird,
13° east, 12476 H 27500 3/4,
ident: Test, provider: Belgacom
06/05/04: infocard from new channel Al Anwar,
on Nilesat, 7° west, 12054 V 27500 3/4,
ident: Anwar, provider: NILESAT
07/05/04: infocard from Enex, feed circuit on several frequencies on Eutelsat W2, 16° east.
This image from 12509 H 5632 3/4, ident: ENEX11 LUX-LXB1
provider: +352-421422360 ENE
10/05/04: testcard from Olisat, on HotBird, 13° east,
11303 H 27500 3/4, ident: OLISAT INFO, provider: TELESPAZIO
10/05/04: Tele A, new channel from Campania (Italy),
on HotBird, 13° east, 11096 H 27500 3/4,
ident: Tele A, provider: DiviCom Customer
10/05/04: infocard from german Astro TV, on Astra,
19° east, 12480 V 27500 3/4,
ident: AstroTV, provider: BetaDigital
11/05/04: BT (British Telecom) testcard on Astra, 28° east, 11973 V 27500 2/3, manual tuning with PIDS V2336 A2337 11/05/04: tests from Smart Travel from Turkey,
on Eurasiasat 1, 42° east, 11852 V 4444 5/6.
11/05/04: feeds from NBC Giga, every afternoon
on NSS7, 22° west, 11589 H 6058 3/4, ident: Service 1
11/05/04: infocard from TIVU'+, on Eutelsat W2, 16° east, 12608 H 27500 2/3, ident: LINKAGE 2 - SERV 1
Taken just before 2030 CET, when daily 2-hour transmissions from Cinquestelle starts (see above)
12/05/04: this month's show from Dr.Dish@TV,
on Intelsat 707, 1° west, 11596 H 6110 3/4, ident: TVS06
13/05/04: Kanal 6 from Turkey, on Eurasiasat 1,
42° east, 12685 H 2400 5/6,
ident: T------ S-----, provider: Tadiran Scopus
13/05/04: feeds from US channel KOTV for boxe fans,
2200 CET, on Atlantic Bird 1, 12°.5 west, 12705 H 5700 3/4, ident: Globecast NE Ad-ho, provider: Globecast Northern
14/05/04: testcard from TV Marathon, a temporary channel from Germany. It will start on the 15th of May at 11:00 CET for the longest time spent watching broadcast tv in the Guinness Book of records.
On HotBird, 13° east, 11096 H 27500 3/4,
ident: TV-MARATHON, provider: T-Systems
14/05/04: two cards from Multivision, pay-per-view service of french package TPS, are new on HotBird, 13° east,
10796 V 27500 3/4, idents: MULTIVISION 8, MULTIVISION 9
14/05/04: infocard from Canal Motor from Scandinavia,
on Thor, 1° west, 12399 H 28000 7/8.
14/05/04: infocard from new russian channel TV+,
on HotBird, 13° east, 11938 H 27500 3/4.
16/05/04: TeleMaja, on HotBird, 13° east, 11585 V 27500 3/4.
ident: Majadahonda TV, provider: GCE
16/05/04: infocard from CzechLink, on Eurobird 1,
28°.5 east, 12608 H 27500 3/4, ident: Test TV
16/05/04: JCTV is one of the channels available on the new package from american christian network TBN,
on HotBird, 13° east, 11566 H 27500 3/4.
16/05/04: SexPlus.tv is a new promo for porn channels
Sex.tv and SexGay.tv, on HotBird, 13° east, 12092 H 27500 3/4.
17/05/04: Music Box, new music channel from Italy, on HotBird, 13° east, 12207 H 27500 3/4.
Ident: MUSIC-BOX, provider: PRVDR
Other versions of this channel are available in Israel and Slovakia.
18/05/04: The Musicians Channel, M channel, is testing on
Eurobird 1, 28°.5 east, 11224 H 27500 2/3, ident: 52010
Official start is planned for the 24th of May.

 Click for promo clip! 
20/05/04: infocard from Kanal B, from Turkey,
on Eurasiasat 1, 42° east, 11867 V 4444 5/6
20/05/04: testcard from Zona Giochi, on HotBird, 13° east, 12418 V 27500 3/4, ident: Zona Giochi, provider: SkyItalia 20/05/04: infocard from e-tv, on HotBird, 13° east,
12673 V 27500 3/4, ident: E-TV
The channel has moved to a new location on the same frequency with ident: E-TV Tech C.
21/05/04: Ocko, music channel from the Czech republic available on Astra, 19° east since the 1st of May
(see top of this page) is now also available on Astra 3A, 23°.5 east, 12734 V 2220 5/6, ident: OCKO-TV, as it will cease broadcasting its main signal on EuroBird 1, 28°.5 east by the end of june 2004.
21/05/04: Prima by night. Usual test transmissions are replaced by this infocard.
On HotBird, 13° east, 11387 H 27500 2/3.
22/05/04: testcard from ukrainian channel ICTV,
on Amos 2, 10762 H 21750 3/4,
ident: ICTV, provider: SCOPUS PROVIDER
24/05/04: tests from Türkmeneli TV on Eurasiasat 1,
42° east, 11839 V 4444 3/4, ident: TURKMEN
25/05/04: B4U Music in the clear on Astra 2, 28° east,
12032 H 27500 2/3.
Apparently this channel will remain in the clear.
25/05/04: promo on the switch to new smartcards from Viasat on Sirius, 5° east, 11804 H 27500 3/4,
ident: Viasat Xtra 6.
25/05/04: infocard from Defence TV, on HotBird, 13° east, 11303 H 27500 3/4, ident: Defence Tv
The channel will launch on the 2nd of June as a channel devoted to italian armed forces.
27/05/04: National Geographic Channel is temporarily
in the clear on Telstar 12, 15° west, 11124 H 18386 3/4,
ident: NateGeo Poland, provider: digital media cent
English, polish and hungarian audio subcarriers.
28/05/04: an unidentified one-minute long aquarium videoclip is new on HotBird, 13° east, 12539 H 27500 3/4, ident: service name
31/05/04: SexPlus.tv started regular transmissions at midnight with rather weird stuff.
On HotBird, 13° east, 12092 H 27500 3/4.

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