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From: "George Wood" 
recommended last month that both services be scrapped, the Foreign
Affairs Department argued that it was in Australia's national
interests to retain them.
The report on the future of the ABC recommended that the Radio
Australia shortwave service and Australian Television be closed to
allow the ABC to concentrate on its domestic responsibilities.
Criticism has come from other quarters as well. The Northern
Territory's International Business Council has urged the government
not to scrap Australian Television. In a letter to Prime Minister John
Howard, the concil says the proposed axing of the service would harm
Australian business interests in Southeast Asia. And Northern
Territory Chief Minister Shane Stone says Australian trade with Asia
and the Pacific will be jeopardized if the ABC international radio and
television services are closed. (AP)
AMERICAS
LAUNCHES--Nahuel 1A and GE-2 were successfully launched with Ariane
V93 on January 30, the heaviest Ariane payload ever. 
Argentina's Nahuel 1A has 18 Ku-band transponders, and will replace
both Nahuelsat C1 and C2.
GE-2 has 24 C-band and 24 Ku-band transponders, and will replace
Satcom K2 at 85 degrees West. ("SATCO DX Chart Update", "Tele-satellit
News" and Reuters)
WBIS--Superstation WBIS from New York City is broadcasting on Galaxy 7
on C-band transponder. It carries Fox Sports. (Robert Smathers)
NBC--NBC is shutting down its Spanish-language cable news network,
Canal de Noticias, amid growing competition and plans to expand the
reach of MSNBC and CNBC to Latin America. Canal de Noticias has not
been profitable since its launch in March, 1993. The network reachs
about 5 million households, most through cable, but also over the air
and through direct satellite systems. About 1.2 million of those homes
are within the United States.
The network has faced growing competition. CBS rcently acquired
TeleNoticias, which reaches more than 10 million homes, and renamed it
CBS TeleNoticias. CNN is planning to launch CNN en Espanal in March.
(AP)
COLUMBIA--The FCC has given permission to Columbia Communications to
construct 2 new satellites. The Pacific relay Columbia POR at 172
degrees East will operate in conventional and extended C-band, as well
as Ku-band frequencies. The Atlantic relay Columbia AOR at 47 degerees
East will opeation in conventional and extended C-band frequencies.
Columbia hopes to have both in service before the end of the century.
("Tele-satellit News")
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