Screenshots from February 2005
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01/02/05: Nickelodeon Espaņa has started on Astra,
19° east, 11739 V 27500 3/4,
id: Nickelodeon ESP, provider: MTV Networks
01/02/05: Tapesh 2 on HotBird, 13° east,
10949 V 27500 3/4.
01/02/05: MBC and MBC2 left the frequency 11785 V and have now been replaced by an infoclip with informations on how to tune to the new frequency.
On Arabsat, 26° east, 11785 V 27500 3/4.
01/02/05: gaynetwork is testing on Eurobird 1, 28° east, 11264 H 22000 2/3, id: 52106
01/02/05: MTV European has been temporarily in the clear on HotBird, 13° east, 11242 V 27500 3/4,
ident: MTV 1, provider: MTV Networks, network: VIACOM MUX 1
 
03/02/05: 'Italiani nel mondo' Channel is a new and once
more absolutely crappy low-quality channel from Italy.
Testcard on HotBird, 13° east, 12673 V 27500 3/4, ident: IMC
Resolution is only 352 x 288 pixels.
03/02/05: ...and here it is another testcard from Italy,
this time Italia.tv Channel, on HotBird, 13° east,
11200 V 27500 5/6, ident: Italia.TV Ch
  
03/02/05: Nickelodeon is new and in the clear on the MTV Networks transponder of Sky Digital, on Astra, 28° east, 11895 V 27500 2/3, ident: MTV Interactive, provider: BSkyB, ServiceID: 7021, VPID: 2359, APID: 2360.
There's only one audio stream, carrying english and hungarian audio, while promos also show russian language.
It is some sort of test transmission with a low resolution of 352 x 288 pixels and a bitrate of only 0.8 Mb/s.
 
05/02/05: RTVE multiplex for the Canary islands (Spain) is in the clear on Hispasat, 30° west, 11675 H 21300 5/6.
Mux includes some testcards and 4 channels:
TVE1 (id: TVE1-CANARIAS), La2 (id: TVE2-CANARIAS),
Antena 3 (id: A3 CANARIAS), TVCanaria (id: TVAC).
06/02/05: testcard from Beur Tv, on HotBird, 13° east,
11137 H 27500 3/4, ident:Beur TV
provider: BT Broadcast Services, network: Hotbird 6
09/02/05: tests from french version of Disney Channel on Astra, 19° east, 11895 V 27500 3/4.
10/02/05: Kanal 10 from Sweden is new on Sirius,
5° east, 11881 H 27500 3/4
11/02/05: testcard from greek telecommunications company OTE, on HotBird, 13° east, 12284 H 27500 3/4,
ident: OTE BARS, provider: OTE, network: TP3 OTE
11/02/05: HD tests from HD Forum on HotBird, 13° east, 11013 H 27500 3/4, ident: TF1 HD
11/02/05: Canale Italia is new on HotBird, 13° east, 11179 H 27500 3/4. 13/02/05: KBS World from Korea is new on HotBird,
13° east, 11623 V 27500 3/4,
ident: KBS WORLD, provider: FT Globecast
14/02/05: RTV International, Teleklub and RTV Nashe Kino temporarily in the clear
on HotBird, 13° east, 11938 H 27500 3/4,
idents: RTVi, RTVi DETSKY MIR / TELECLUB, RTVi NASHE KINO, provider: Stellar DBS, network: NTV International
14/02/05: MTV Espaņa, VH1 European and Nickelodeon Espaņa are temporarily in the clear on Astra, 19° east,
11739 V 27500 3/4, idents: MTV ESP, VH1, Nickelodeon ESP, provider: MTV Networks
15/02/05: Music Box RU is new and in the clear on HotBird, 13° east, 11179 V 27500 3/4,
ident: Music Box, provider: Telespazio
It's the russian version of Music Box, which is now splitted into two separate services:
Music Box TV (green logo) and Music Box RU (blue logo)
21/02/05: starting today, new logo and graphics on MTV Germany, on Astra, 19° east and HotBird, 13° east.
22/02/05: tests from Challenger TV, on HotBird, 13° east, 11304 H 27500 3/4, ident: Challenger Tv, provider: Telespazio
Resolution 352 x 288.
23/02/05: Rabiha is testing on Eutelsat W2, 16° east,
11010 V 13021 2/3 and on HotBird, 13° east,
12149 V 27500 3/4, ident: Arrabiaa
25/02/05: tests from Napoli Mia on HotBird, 13° east,
11304 H 27500 3/4.
25/02/05: RFO Sat has turned into France Ô.
The channel has adopted the same style used by main french channels France 2, France 3, France 5.

  
26/02/05: Space TV has started on a new frequency on Express A1R, 40° east, 11158 V 3333 3/4,
ident: SPACE TV AZERBAIJAN, provider: TANDBERG
26/02/05: tests from slovak channel Moooby TV,
on Thor, 1° west, 11823 H 28000 7/8,
ident: Moooby TV, provider: Telenor
Unusual DVB framesize: 640 x 576.
28/02/05: new promo german channel, 4gay.tv,
on Astra, 19° east, 12460 H 27500 3/4,
ident: 4gay.tv, provider: BetaDigital
full framesize 720 x 576.

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