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From: "George Wood" 
Channel 80 was Flemeno and is now 60's Oldies
Channel 86 was Hawaiian Music and is now Soul
Channel 88 was South African and is now Beach Party
Starsat Radio has launched a second channel. Starsat Techno Radio can
be found in ADR on the 6.66 MHz subcarrier of Astra transponder 33
(ZDF). Starsat Radio itself is now only on 6.30 MHz. (James Robinson)
BBC--BBC World Service radio has closed on 7.38 MHz on EBN on Hot
Bird. The rest of the EBN BBC radio channels will close on December 1,
including the ADR stereo feed. The audio subcarriers on BBC World will
close on January 1. (James Robinson) This is to provide bandwidth for
a new digital control system for BBC relay stations and
rebroadcasters. (Simon Spanswick) The BBC radio Astra relays continue.
WEATHER--The owner of the Weather Channel, Landmark, has acquired 50
percent of Pelmorex, which owns the rival Weather Network. The deal
will lead to the Weather Channel becoming Britain's sole TV weather
channel from this Spring onwards, as the Weather Network will be
closing. ("What Satellite TV")
INTELSAT--Travel TV will cease its analog braoadcasts on Intelsat 601
on January 1, 1997. They are being replaced with digital transmissions
that began on Astra transponder 71 on November 1. (Richard Karlsson,
"Aftonbladet", "What Satellite TV", and James Robinson)
Kindernet will cease on Intelsat 601 on December 1. (James Robinson)
Deutsche Welle TV is on Intelsat 707 on 3.911 GHz in MPEG-2. ("SATCO
DX Chart Update")
Dubai's EDTV is now on Intelsat-K on 12.725 GHz. ("SATCO DX Chart
Update")
EUTELSAT--The Kopernikus verison of the Franco-German cultural channel
Arte has begun on Eutelsat II-F1. German sound is on 7.02 MHz, and
French is on 7.20 MHz. (Richard Karlsson, "Aftonbladet")
The Polish radio station RMF FM stopped broadcasts on Astra
transponder 15 (MTV) on October 31, and has moved to the Polsat
transponder on 11.428 GHz on Hot Bird. RMF FM has a home page at:
http://www.rmf.pl
Thaiwave is back on Eutelsat II-F3 on 11.163 GHz. (Richard Karlsson,
"Aftonbladet" and "SATCO DX Chart Update")
If you've wondered about the strange screen seen on Eutelsat II-F4 (7
degrees East) on 11.428 GHz, this is from a BASYS news computer
system. This satellite is used by the EBU for sound in sync relays.
The BASYS screen was replaced by an "EBU Moscow" screen Monday
afternoon. It would be interesting to know who is putting their BASYS
system on satellite.
TELECOM--France 3 is to begin broadcasts on the new Telcom 2B
satellite on 12.732 GHz. (Richard Karlsson, "Aftonbladet")
GALS--Here are new channels on GALS 1/2 (36 degrees East) (all SECAM):
11.766 GHz NTV+ Sport
11.835     NTV+ Music
11.919     NTV+ Mir Kino (World of Cinema)
12.166     NTV+ Nashe Kino (Our Cinema)
("SATCO DX CHart Update")
MIDDLE EAST:
ARABSAT--Here are some new channels on Arabsat 2A:
Oman TV on 4.410 GHz
KTS (Kuwait) on 4.167 GHz
ESC has moved from 3.802 to 3.741 GHz
Nile TV International is back on 3.802 GHz 
TV de Mauretainie, CNN International, Abu Dhabi TV and KTS have ceased
on Arabsat 1C. ("SATCO DX Satellite Chart Update")
QATAR--Qatar's first satellite channel went on the air on November 1.
Al Jazeera (the Arabic word for "island") will transmit for almost 6
hours a day. It is being operated by the private Qatar Satellite
Channel Corporation, and features political, economic, and sports
events as well as talk shows and entertainment. It is broadcasting on
Eutelsat II-F3 11.080 GHz and Arabsat 2A 12.521 GHz. (Reuters and
"SATCO DX Chart Update")
ISRAEL--Israeli tax officials raided a hi-tech firm owned by Rupert
Murdoch on October 20, confiscating files and computer data to gather
evidence in a USD 150 million tax evasion case. Israeli Radio says 70
tax agents raided a factory in Haifa and offices in Jerusalem. The
radio says the Murdoch company News Datacom Research Ltd (NDR)
developed sophisticated technology what was created locally and
smuggled abroad without reporting the transactions to the tax
authorities. NDR has issued a statement rejected the charges as being
"without merit". A spokeswoman for the Income Tax Authority has denied
reports the authority has petitioned the Jerusalem District Court to
detain Murdoch if he were to enter Israel. (AP and Reuters)
ASIA/PACIFC:
INTELSAT--Vijay TV was briefly on Intelsat 704, 4.168 GHz. ("SATCO DX
Chart Update")
EXPRESS--Russia's Express 6 has started transmitting at 80 degrees
East. Strong signals have been monitored around the Arabian peninsuala
on 3.725, 3.830, 4.025, 4.075, and 4.128 GHz. ("SATCO DX Chart
Update")
PALAPA--TV Shopping Network has started on Palapa C2 on 3.880 GHz.
("SATCO DX Chart Update")
BBC--BBC Selection made its debut on the Japanese satellite channel
BS- 2 on October 6. The program has a weekly 45 minute slot on the NHK
channel. ("What Satellite TV")
MURDOCH--An English-language satellite channel from Rupert Murdoch's
Star Television will air Hindi programs to India at prime time,
company executives announced on October 17. A key part of Star Plus's
new line- up will be prime-time news bulletins in Hindi and English
focused on India. Gene Swinstead, Star TV's managing director for
India, says the Indianization of Star Plus is part of a strategy by
the channel across Asia to offer more local programming. (Reuters)
Rupert Murdoch's New Zealand news group, Independent Newspapers, said
October 18 it was in talks to buy a substantial shareholding in the
country's largest pay-TV operator, Sky Network TV. Analysts say
Murdoch, via his News Corp, is building another link in a global
satellite pay-TV network. Despite the name, Sky Network TV has no
connection with Murdoch's European operator, British Sky Broadcasting.
(Reuters)
NORTH AMERICA:
FOX NEWS--Rupert Murdoch's new Fox News Network is on Galaxy 7
transponder 20 (4.100 GHz). The Fox Network is on Satcom C1
transponder 19 (4.080 GHz). ("SATCO DX Chart Update")
MORE MURDOCH--Ground has been broken outside Phoenix for the USD 130
million American Sky Broadcasting center, a joint venture between
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and MCI. The satellite uplink center is
part of Murdoch's plan to build a network of digital satellites around
the world. The venture also includes SkyMCI, which will transmit
business data, audio, and text to customers. (AP)
GE-1--New channels on GE-1:
3.800 GHz  Hispano TV
3.820      WNBC-TV New York (NBC)
3.860      SportsChannel Chicago
3.900      WJLA-TV Washington
3.980      SportsChannel New England
4.100      AFRTS (B-MAC)
4.180      WRAL-TV5 Raleigh (CBS)
("SATCO DX Chart Update")
TELSTAR--All regular TV channels on Telstar 302 seem to have ceased.
("SATCO DX Chart Update")
SATCOM--All transmissions on Satcom K2 ceased on October 27. The
satellite is moving from 81 degrees West to 85 degrees West to replace
Satcom K1. ("SATCO DX Chart Update")
GALAXY--ESPNews has started on Galaxy 9 transponder 21 (4.120 GHz).
CBS TV is on Galaxy 7 transponder 13 (3.960 GHz). ("SATCO DX Chart
Update")
CANADA--Responding to a dispute with the United States, Canada said on
October 29 that it plans to develop its own satellite-TV industry
rather than rely on US companies such as TCI to jump-start the
business. The announcement came just hours after the Federal
Communications rejected for a second time a bid by TCI and TelQuest
Ventures to beam TV programs to the United States from two satellites
in Canadian-authoritized orbits. The Canadian satellites would also
have beamed shows to Canadian households via pizza-sized dishes.
Canada's Minister of Industry John Manley plans to invite Canadian
companies to bid for the ownership and operation of two Canadian
satellites. (Reuters)
LATIN AMERICA:
YET MORE MURDOCH--On October 30, NET announced the inaugural launch of
the Sky Entertainment Services satellite direct-to-home service to
Brazil. NET is jointly owned by Organizacoes Globo, Rupert Murdoch's
News Corp, and TCI. Sky will offer 40 channels, expanding to 140 in
1997. Sky has made an initial purchase of 100,000 digital MPEG-2 DVB
receivers from Pace, which will cost around USD 925 each, with an
average monthly subscription fee of around USD 37. Initially the
service uses 4 transponders on the PAS-3 satellite (now owned by rival
Hughes/DirecTV). In the longer term, the PAS-6 satellite, scheduled
for launch by the end of 1006, will devote 12 transponders for the
Brazilian subscribers. (PRNewswire via Pointcast)
SPACE EXPLORATION:
MIR--According to the AMSAT net on 14.282 kHz, Mir is changing its
primary amateur radio operations frequency from 145.550 to 145.200
MHz. The uplink to Mir will be 145.800 MHz. (Keith Stein)
MARS SURVEYER--Live coverage of the launch of NASA's Mars Global
Surveyor will be available on NASA-TV. In the United States this can
be received via Spacenet-2 at 69 degrees West, transponder 5, 3.880
GHz, audio 6.80MHz.
Planned coverage is as follows:
  Tuesday, 5 November
  1430 EST  Pre-launch press conference
  Wednesday, 6 November
  1030 EST  Launch coverage begins
  1211 EST  Mars Global Surveyor Launch
  1430 EST  Post launch press conference
NASA-TV is also available on the Internet via CU-SeeMe video 
conferencing. (Curt Swinehart via "Tele-satellit News")
CYBERSPACE:
NORDISK SATELLITINFORMATION--Jan Johansson's Nordisk
Satellitinformation (mostly in Swedish) can be found at:
http://www.artech.se/~janjo
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