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Satellite news from Moscow, 25.05.1997




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óÐÕÔÎÉËÏ×ÙÅ ÎÏ×ÏÓÔÉ ÉÚ íÏÓË×Ù, 25.05.1997
Satellite news from Moscow, 25.05.1997
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úÁÇÏÌÏ×ËÉ / Headlines:
óåîóáãéñ ÷åëá - òôò-ôåìåóåôø îá NOKIA D-BOX,
éìé ìï÷éôå äáöå DSS îá üôïô óáíùê D-BOX  !!!/
THE CENTURY SENSATION - RTR-TELESET RECEPTION IS POSSIBLE WITH THE D-BOX,
OR WATCH DSS WITH THE D-BOX !!!
HISPASAT × íÏÓË×Å, ÉÌÉ ËÁËÏÊ Õ ÎÁÓ ÓÁÍÙÊ ÚÁÐÁÄÎÙÊ ÓÐÕÔÎÉË ? /
HISPASAT in Moscow, or which satellite is the most western one for us ?
Thor 2 ÚÁÐÕÝÅÎ ! / Thor 2 launched !
VIVA Plus - ÓÌÕÈ ÉÌÉ ÆÁËÔ ? / VIVA Plus - a rumor or a fact ?
ãÉÆÒÏ×ÏÊ Echostar - ÒÁÄÏ×ÁÔØÓÑ ÒÁÎÏ×ÁÔÏ / Digital Echostar - don't hurry to
be glad
çÄÅ ÂÅÒÅÔ ×ÉÄÅÏËÌÉÐÙ îô÷ ðÌÁÓ ? / Where does NTV Plus take the musicvideos?
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óåîóáãéñ ÷åëá - òôò-ôåìåóåôø îá NOKIA D-BOX,
éìé ìï÷éôå äáöå DSS îá üôïô óáíùê D-BOX  !!!/
THE CENTURY SENSATION - RTR-TELESET RECEPTION IS POSSIBLE WITH THE D-BOX,
OR WATCH DSS WITH THE D-BOX !!!
***
ñ ÕÖÅ ÚÁËÁÎÞÉ×ÁÌ ÜÔÏÔ ×ÙÐÕÓË É ÈÏÔÅÌ ÂÙÌÏ ÕÖÅ ÏÔÐÒÁ×ÌÑÔØ, 
ÎÏ ÎÅÄÏÄÅÌÁÎÎÏÊ ÏÓÔÁÌÁÓØ ÏÄÎÁ ÓÔÁÒÁÑ ÓÔÁÔØÑ (ËÏÔÏÒÁÑ ÃÅÌÉËÏÍ ×ÙÊÄÅÔ ×
ÓÌÅÄÕÁÝÅÍ sat-moscow) - Ï ÚÁÇÁÄËÁÈ ÓÐÕÔÎÉËÁ Intelsat 604,
ÞÔÏ × ÐÏÚÉÃÉÉ 60 ×ÏÓÔÏË. õÖÅ ÄÁ×ÎÏ, × ÁÍÅÒÉËÁÎÓËÏÍ ÃÉÆÒÏ×ÏÍ ÓÔÁÎÄÁÒÔÅ DSS
ÐÅÒÅÄÁ×ÁÌÉÓØ ÏÔÔÕÄÁ ËÁÎÁÌÙ íåôåïò-ëÉÎÏ É òôò. ðÅÒ×ÏÎÁÞÁÌØÎÏ,
ÍÏÊ D-box Ó ÚÁÄÁÞÅÊ ÎÅ ÓÐÒÁ×ÌÑÌÓÑ, ÎÏ ËÁË ÏËÁÚÁÌÏÓØ - ÄÅÌÏ ÂÙÌÏ ÓÏ×ÓÅÍ ×
ÍÁÌÏÍ-ÎÅ È×ÁÔÁÌÏ ÓÉÇÎÁÌÁ. éÍÅÎÎÏ ÐÏÜÔÏÍÕ × QPSK Search ÏÄÎÏ ÉÚ HEX-ÞÉÓÅÌ 
symbolrate ÂÙÌÏ ÒÁ×ÎÏ 00. åÓÌÉ ÜÔÁ ×ÅÒÓÉÑ ÄÅÊÓÔ×ÉÔÅÌØÎÁ ÐÏÄÔ×ÅÒÄÉÔÓÑ,
ÔÏ ÜÔÏ ÂÕÄÅÔ ÒÅ×ÏÌÁÃÉÅÊ - ÐÒÉÅÍ DSS-ÓÉÇÎÁÌÁ ÎÁ DVB-ÒÅÓÉ×ÅÒ !!!
îÏ ×ÏÚÍÏÖÎÁ É ÂÏÌÅÅ ÐÒÏÚÁÉÞÎÁÑ ×ÅÒÓÉÑ - ÐÁËÅÔ òôò-ôÅÌÅÓÅÔØ ÍÏÇ ÐÒÏÓÔÏ
ÐÅÒÅËÌÁÞÉÔØÓÑ × DVB, ËÁË É ÐÌÁÎÉÒÏ×ÁÌÏÓØ, ÎÏ ÐÌÁÎÉÒÏ×ÁÌÏÓØ ÜÔÏ ÔÏÌØËÏ ×
ÉÁÎÅ. éÔÁË, ÍÅÎØÛÅ ÔÅÏÒÉÉ, ÐÅÒÅÊÄÅÍ Ë ÔÅÈÎÉÞÅÓËÉÍ ÄÅÔÁÌÑÍ. 
ôÏÞÎÏ ÎÁÃÅÌÉ× ÁÎÔÅÎÎÕ ÎÁ Intelsat 604, Ñ ×ÏÛÅÌ × ËÒÁÓÎÏÅ ÍÅÎÁ É
ÚÁÐÒÏÇÒÁÍÍÉÒÏ×ÁÌ ÓÔ×ÏÌ 11.135 V. ÷ÏÛÅÌ × QPSK Status Menu, ÎÁÖÁÌ ÐÁÒÕ 
ÒÁÚ OK, É ÎÅ ÐÏ×ÅÒÉÌ Ó×ÏÉÍ ÇÌÁÚÁÍ - ÎÁ ÐÅÒÅÄÎÅÊ ÐÁÎÅÌÉ Ë×ÁÄÒÁÔ,
× ÍÅÎÁ ÞÉÓÌÁ 1B 7E 11, ÎÁ ÜËÒÁÎÅ ÔÅÌÅ×ÉÚÏÒÁ - ÉÄÅÁÌØÎÁÑ ÃÉÆÒÏ×ÁÑ ËÁÒÔÉÎËÁ
ËÁÎÁÌÁ òôò Ó ÐÒÏÓÔÏ ÐÏÔÒÑÓÁÁÝÉÍ ÓÔÅÒÅÏÚ×ÕËÏÍ (ÏÃÅÎÉÔØ ÜÔÏ ÍÏÖÎÏ ÂÙÌÏ
ÐÏ ÐÅÒÅÄÁ×Á×ÛÅÍÕÓÑ × ÔÏÔ ÍÏÍÅÎÔ ×ÉÄÅÏËÌÉÐÕ). ôÅÐÅÒØ ÏËÁÚÁÌÏÓØ ÓÏ×ÓÅÍ
ÎÅÓÌÏÖÎÏ ×ÙÞÉÓÌÉÔØ ÐÁÒÁÍÅÔÒÙ. þÁÓÔÏÔÁ 11.135 V, SR 27492, FEC 5/6.
äÌÑ ËÁÎÁÌÁ òôò ÐÁÒÁÍÅÔÒÙ ÔÁËÏ×Ù: VPID 4021, APID 4022.
ëÁÎÁÌÁ íåôåïò-ëÉÎÏ Ñ × ÐÁËÅÔÅ ÎÅ ÎÁÛÅÌ, ÏÎ ÌÉÂÏ ËÏÄÉÒÏ×ÁÎ, ÌÉÂÏ ÎÁ 
ÄÁÎÎÙÊ ÍÏÍÅÎÔ ×ÏÏÂÝÅ ÏÔÓÕÔÓÔ×ÕÅÔ.
ðÏÉÓË × ÏÂÙÞÎÏÍ ÍÅÎÁ D-box ÄÁÌ ÔÁËÏÊ ÒÅÚÕÌØÔÁÔ - ÂÙÌ ÚÁÓÅÞÅÎ ÏÄÉÎ ËÁÎÁÌ ÐÏÄ
ÎÁÚ×ÁÎÉÅÍ "Service 1", ËÏÔÏÒÙÊ ×ÙÄÁ×ÁÌ ÎÁ ÄÉÓÐÌÅÅ D-box ÆÒÁÚÕ "No TS".
éÔÁË, ÒÅ×ÏÌÁÃÉÑ × òÏÓÓÉÊÓËÏÍ ÃÉÆÒÏ×ÏÍ ÓÐÕÔÎÉËÏ×ÏÍ ÔÅÌÅ×ÉÄÅÎÉÉ - ÐÁËÅÔ
òôò-ôÅÌÅÓÅÔØ ÆÁËÔÉÞÅÓËÉ ÓÔÁÌ ÎÁÒÏÄÎÙÍ - ÅÇÏ ÍÏÖÎÏ ÔÅÐÅÒØ ÐÒÉÎÉÍÁÔØ ÄÁÖÅ ÎÁ
Nokia D-box ! ÷ ÂÌÉÖÁÊÛÅÅ ×ÒÅÍÑ Ñ ÐÏÓÔÁÒÁÁÓØ ÕÚÎÁÔØ ×ÓÅ ÐÏÄÒÏÂÎÏÓÔÉ É ÓÒÁÚÕ
ÓÏÏÂÝÉÔØ ÷ÁÍ.
***
I was already in process of finishing this issue and was almost ready to
send it out,
but only one old article was left (I will print it entirely in next
sat-moscow) - 
about Intelsat 604 mysteries. Already for a long time from that satellite
RTR-Teleset
digital package in american MPEG-2 DSS was broadcasted. At first, my d-box 
was unable to recieve the signal, but the only problem I think was - less
of signal strength. That is why in QPSK Status Menu one of the HEX-numbers
in SR row was always 00. If this (lack of signal strength) version will be
approved, this will mean that DSS reception is possible with DVB reciever.
It will be a real revolution - one more step to the really universal
digital reciever !!!
But a more simple version is possible - RTR-Teleset could only make their
plans true much earlier - just switch to DVB. 
Well, less words, more technical details. I very exactly pointed my dish to
60 east,
entered the red menue and programmed the transponder 11.135 V for QPSK
Search.
Entered QPSK Status, couple of times pressed OK and ... WAS SHOCKED !
A square indicating a carrier on the front panel, in the menue - digits 1B
7E 11,
on the TV screen - ideally clear digital picture of RTR channel with a 
superb crystal clear stereo sound (this could be felt during a musicvideo).
Now it was quite simple to get the parameters - 11.135 V, SR 27492,
FEC 5/6. For RTR channel VPID is 4021, APID 4022.
I was unable to find METEOR-Kino channel, it can be encrypted, or doesn't
exist at all at the moment.
Usual menu's "Manuelle Kanalsuche" of a d-box allowed to store 1 channel in
it's memory, called "Service 1", which gave "No TS" sign on the front panel
of d-box.
So. The revolution in Russian digital satellite television - RTR-Teleset
really became public - it can be evenly recieved by a Nokia D-box ! In the
nearest time I'll try to get all the information and send it to you !

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HISPASAT × íÏÓË×Å, ÉÌÉ ËÁËÏÊ Õ ÎÁÓ ÓÁÍÙÊ ÚÁÐÁÄÎÙÊ ÓÐÕÔÎÉË ? /
HISPASAT in Moscow, or which satellite is the most western one for us ?
***
÷ ÏÞÅÒÅÄÎÏÊ ÒÁÚ ÕÂÅÄÉ×ÛÉÓØ, ÞÔÏ ËÁÎÔÒÉ-ËÁÎÁÌ CMT ÎÁ ÓÐÕÔÎÉËÅ
Intelsat 601 ÓÔÁÌ pay-tv, Ñ ÒÅÛÉÌ Ä×ÉÇÁÔØ ÁÎÔÅÎÎÕ ÄÁÌØÛÅ ÎÁ ÚÁÐÁÄ,
ÎÁÓËÏÌØËÏ
ÐÏÚ×ÏÌÉÔ ÁËÔÁÁÔÏÒ. ñ ÐÒÁËÔÉÞÅÓËÉ ÎÉ ÎÁ ÞÔÏ ÎÅ ÎÁÄÅÑÌÓÑ, ÚÎÁÑ, ÞÔÏ
ÁËÔÁÁÔÏÒ Õ ÍÅÎÑ ÍÁÌÅÎØËÉÊ, É ÂÌÉÖÁÊÛÉÅ ÓÐÕÔÎÉËÉ Hispasat ÓÌÉÛËÏÍ ÓÌÁÂÙ
ÄÌÑ ÐÒÉÅÍÁ × íÏÓË×Å. îÏ ËÁË ÏËÁÚÁÌÏÓØ, Ñ ÏÛÉÂÁÌÓÑ.
óÎÁÞÁÌÁ ÐÏÐÒÏÂÏ×ÁÌ ÐÒÏÓÔÁ×ÉÔØ ÞÁÓÔÏÔÕ 12.303 LC. óÕÄÑ ÐÏ ÔÁÂÌÉÃÅ - 
ËÁÎÁÌ Cinemania, ËÏÄÉÒÏ×ÁÎÎÙÊ × Nagravision. îÁ Ó×ÏÅÍ Echostar LT-8700
ÐÒÏÓÔÁ×ÉÌ ÕÒÏ×ÅÎØ LT - 12, É ÎÁÞÁÌ ÍÅÄÌÅÎÎÏ ÐÏ×ÏÒÁÞÉ×ÁÔØ ÔÁÒÅÌËÕ. 
ëÁËÏ×Ï ÖÅ ÂÙÌÏ ÍÏÅ ÕÄÉ×ÌÅÎÉÅ, ËÏÇÄÁ Ñ ÐÏÌÕÞÉÌ ÎÅÐÌÏÈÕÁ ÐÏ ÓÉÌÅ ÓÉÇÎÁÌÁ 
ËÏÄÉÒÏ×ÁÎÎÕÁ ËÁÒÔÉÎËÕ ! úÎÁÞÉÔ, Intelsat 601 × íÏÓË×Å ÎÅ ÐÒÅÄÅÌ ! úÎÁÞÉÔ
ÍÏÖÎÏ ÌÏ×ÉÔØ ÅÝÅ ÂÏÌØÛÅ ËÁÎÁÌÏ×, ÞÔÏ ÄÌÑ DXÅÒ-Á ÇÌÁ×ÎÏÅ ! 
äÅÊÓÔ×ÉÔÅÌØÎÏ, ÓÐÕÔÎÉËÉ × ÐÏÚÉÃÉÉ 30 west ÏËÁÚÁÌÉÓØ ÓÍÏÔÒÉÂÅÌØÎÙ
× íÏÓË×Å. ëÁÎÁÌÙ ÉÄÕÔ Ó ÒÁÚÎÙÍ ËÁÞÅÓÔ×ÏÍ: ÓÉÌØÎÙÅ, ÐÏÓÌÁÂÅÅ É ÓÏ×ÓÅÍ
ÓÌÁÂÙÅ. õÞÉÔÙ×ÁÑ ÏÇÒÁÎÉÞÅÎÉÑ ÍÏÅÇÏ ËÏÎ×ÅÒÔÅÒÁ, Ñ ÔÁË É ÎÅ ÐÏÊÍÁÌ ÎÅËÏÔÏÒÙÅ
ËÁÎÁÌÙ ÉÚ ÓÁÍÏÊ ×ÅÒÈÎÅÊ ÞÁÓÔÉ Telecom-ÄÉÁÐÁÚÏÎÁ.
ðÒÉ×ÅÄÕ ÔÁÂÌÉÃÕ ËÁÎÁÌÏ× Ó ÒÅËÏÍÅÎÄÕÅÍÙÍÉ ÒÁÚÍÅÒÁÍÉ ÔÁÒÅÌËÉ ÄÌÑ
ÐÒÏÓÍÏÔÒÁ × íÏÓË×Å:
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HISPASAT, 30 west                                                          
       
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ëÁÎÁÌ                þÁÓÔÏÔÁ       ðÏÌÑÒÉÚÁÃÉÑ      òÁÚÍÅÒ áÎÔÅÎÎÙ         
        
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Tele Deporte      12.148       ìÅ×ÁÑ ëÒÕÇÏ×ÁÑ            2.0 Í
Canal Clasico     12.223       ìÅ×ÁÑ ëÒÕÇÏ×ÁÑ            2.5 Í
Cinemania          12.298       ìÅ×ÁÑ ëÒÕÇÏ×ÁÑ            1.8 Í
Telesat 5            12.380       ìÅ×ÁÑ ëÒÕÇÏ×ÁÑ            2.5 Í
ôÅÓÔ-ÔÁÂÌÉÃÁ      12.455       ìÅ×ÁÑ ëÒÕÇÏ×ÁÑ            3.0 Í
Antenna 3 (test)  12.589       ÷ÅÒÔÉËÁÌØÎÁÑ              3.5 Í
Tele 5                 12.631       ÷ÅÒÔÉËÁÌØÎÁÑ              3.0 Í

ëÁÎÁÌ Tele 5 ËÏÄÉÒÏ×ÁÎ × Videocrypt, Cinemania × Nagravision, É Ú×ÕË ÎÁ ÎÅÍ
ÂÅÚ ÐÒÏÂÌÅÍ ÒÁÓËÏÄÉÒÏ×ÁÌÓÑ ÄÅËÏÄÅÒÏÍ îô÷ ðÌÁÓ (ËÁË - ÓÍÏÔÒÉÔÅ ÐÒÅÄÙÄÕÝÉÅ
sat-moscow).
ó ÃÉÆÒÏ×ÙÍ ÐÒÉÅÍÏÍ ÄÅÌÁ ÏÂÓÔÏÑÔ ÎÅÓËÏÌØËÏ ÓÌÏÖÎÅÅ. íÎÅ ÎÉÞÅÇÏ ÐÒÉÎÑÔØ
ÎÅ ÕÄÁÌÏÓØ, ÏÄÎÁËÏ d-box ÚÁÍÅÔÉÌ × QPSK Search ÃÉÆÒÏ×ÏÊ ÐÏÔÏË ÎÁ 
12.631 H. óÕÄÑ ÐÏ ÔÁÂÌÉÃÅ, ÔÁÍ ÉÄÅÔ ÐÁËÅÔ Telefonica É ÎÁ ÎÅÇÏ, ÓËÏÒÅÅ
×ÓÅÇÏ, × íÏÓË×Å ÐÏÔÒÅÂÕÅÔÓÑ ÔÁÒÅÌËÁ ÍÅÔÒÁ × 3 ÄÉÁÍÅÔÒÏÍ.
îÏ ×ÓÅ-ÔÁËÉ ÓÁÍÏÅ ÇÌÁ×ÎÏÅ, ÞÔÏ ÜËÓÐÅÒÉÍÅÎÔ ÕÄÁÌÓÑ. ðÅÒ×ÙÊ ÂÒÏÓÏË ÎÁ ÚÁÐÁÄ 
ÏËÏÎÞÉÌÓÑ ÕÓÐÅÛÎÏ. óÌÅÄÕÁÝÁÑ ÃÅÌØ - ÓÐÕÔÎÉË ORION × 37.5 west É
ËÁÎÁÌ M2 (ÓÔÒÏÇÏ-ÍÕÚÙËÁÌØÎÁÑ ×ÅÒÓÉÑ MTV).
***

After having again CMT checked to be finally encrypted on 27.5 west,
I decided to move my dish westwards, as far as my actuator will allow.
I had almost no hopes, because I knew that I have a small actuator and
nearest
Hispasat satellites are too weak for reception in Moscow. But this is
actually a mistake.
At first, I tried 12.303 LC frequency. According to a chart - Cinemania
channel,
encrypted in Nagravision. On my Echostar LT 8700 I set the LT level to 12,
and started to slowly move my dish. How surprised I was when I saw quite 
a high-powerfull signal as a screen, encrypted in Nagravision ! This means
that
Intelsat 601 is not the western limit of Moscow's sky ! This means that
it's possible
to recieve more channels, and so to fullfill the main goal of a DXer !
Really, satellites at 30 west are watchable in Moscow. Channels are
recieveable with
different quality: quite strong, half-weak, and weak. According to my
reciever/LNB
limitations, I was unable to get the channels from the "top" of  Hispasat.
Let me write about channels I have recieved and advise you what dish size
to use 
in Moscow to get satisfaction of watching these channels:
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HISPASAT, 30 west                                                          
       
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Channel          Frequency       Polarization                 Dish Size
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Tele Deporte      12.148       LC                                2.0 m
Canal Clasico     12.223       LC                                2.5 m
Cinemania          12.298       LC                                1.8 m
Telesat 5            12.380       LC                                2.5 m
Test-card           12.455       LC                                3.0 m
Antenna 3 (test)  12.589       V                                  3.5 m
Tele 5                 12.631       V                                  3.0m

Tele 5 is encrypted in Videocrypt, Cinemania is encrypted in Nagravision,
and its sound can be easily decoded with an NTV Plus decoder (see previous
issues for details). 
With digital reception it's a bit harder. I was unable to recieve anything,
but my d-box noted a digital activity on 12.631 H when I performed QPSK
search.
According to a chart, there is a Telefonica package and it will most
probably require a 3.0m dish in Moscow. 
But the main thing of all this that experiment was successfull. First jump
to the west gave its results. Next "victim" - ORION bird at 37.5 west and
M2
channel (strictly-musical oriented "relative" of MTV). As soon as I will be
able to
perform the experiment, I will inform you.

Thor 2 ÚÁÐÕÝÅÎ ! / Thor 2 launched !
***
îÕ ÎÁËÏÎÅà ! ðÒÁÚÄÎÉË ÎÁ ÕÌÉÃÅ ÆÁÎÁÔÏ× ÏÄÎÏÇÒÁÄÕÓÎÙÈ ÓÐÕÔÎÉËÏ× !
21 ÍÁÑ × 2:39 ÐÏ ÍÏÓËÏ×ÓËÏÍÕ ×ÒÅÍÅÎÉ Ó ËÏÓÍÏÄÒÏÍÁ ÎÁ ÍÙÓÅ ëÁÎÁ×ÅÒÁÌ
ÒÁËÅÔÏÊ Delta ÂÙÌ ÕÓÐÅÛÎÏ ÚÁÐÕÝÅÎ ÓÐÕÔÎÉË Thor 2. ïÞÅ×ÉÄÃÙ-DXÅÒÙ ÏÔÍÅÞÁÁÔ,
ÞÔÏ ÐÒÑÍÁÑ ÔÒÁÎÓÌÑÃÉÑ ÐÅÒÅÄÁ×ÁÌÁÓØ ÞÅÒÅÚ ÓÐÕÔÎÉË Intelsat 707,
ËÁÒÔÉÎËÁ ÂÙÌÁ × ÏÔËÒÙÔÏÍ PAL ÎÁ ÔÒÁÎÓÐÏÎÄÅÒÅ, ÉÓÐÏÌØÚÕÅÍÏÍ ÏÂÙÞÎÏ
ËÁÎÁÌÏÍ NRK 2. 
óÐÕÔÎÉË ÅÝÅ ÎÅ ÄÏÓÔÉÇ Ó×ÏÅÇÏ ÏËÏÎÞÁÔÅÌØÎÏÇÏ ÏÒÂÉÔÁÌØÎÏÇÏ ÏËÎÁ - 0.8 ÚÁÐÁÄ,
ÎÏ ÓÌÅÄÑÝÁÑ ÓÔÁÎÃÉÑ ëÜÓÔÌ òÏË, óûá ÕÖÅ ÚÁÒÅÇÉÓÔÒÉÒÏ×ÁÌÁ ÐÅÒ×ÙÅ ÓÉÇÎÁÌÙ
ÓÏ ÓÐÕÔÎÉËÁ, ÐÏÄÔ×ÅÒÖÄÁÁÝÉÅ ÅÇÏ ÎÏÒÍÁÌØÎÏÅ ÆÕÎËÃÉÏÎÉÒÏ×ÁÎÉÅ. (ÍÁÔÅÒÉÁÌ
ÉÚ SATCO DX Update Mail).
óÐÉÓÏË ÔÒÁÎÓÐÏÎÄÅÒÏ× Ñ ÕÖÅ ÐÕÂÌÉËÏ×ÁÌ, ÐÏÜÔÏÍÕ ÏÓÔÁÎÏ×ÌÁÓØ
ÌÕÞÛÅ ÎÁ ÐÒÅÄÐÏÌÁÇÁÅÍÙÈ ×ÌÁÄÅÌØÃÁÈ ÔÒÁÎÓÐÏÎÄÅÒÏ× (ÔÏÞÎÙÊ ÓÐÉÓÏË 
×ÓÅ ÅÝÅ ÎÅ ÒÁÚÇÌÁÛÁÅÔÓÑ). ôÏÞÎÏ ÂÕÄÕÔ ×ÅÝÁÔØ Ä×Á ËÁÎÁÌÁ òÕÐÅÒÔÁ íÅÒÄÏËÁ - 
Sky News and Documentaries É Sky Entertainment - ËÏÍÐÉÌÑÃÉÉ BSkyB É GSkyB
ËÁÎÁÌÏ×, ÏÂÙÞÎÏ ×ÅÝÁÁÝÉÈ ÞÅÒÅÚ "áÓÔÒÙ". ïÂÁ ÂÕÄÕÔ × D2-MAC/Eurocrypt
Ó ÉÓÐÏÌØÚÏ×ÁÎÉÅÍ ËÏÄÁ CTV-ÐÁËÅÔÁ. 
÷ÅÓØÍÁ ×ÅÒÏÑÔÎÏ ÐÏÑ×ÌÅÎÉÅ ËÁÎÁÌÁ Sci-Fi (ÔÁËÖÅ × D2-MAC), ËÏÔÏÒÙÊ ÐÏÓÌÅ
Á×ÁÒÉÉ ÔÒÁÎÓÐÏÎÄÅÒÁ ÎÁ TV-Sat 2 ÐÒÏÐÁÌ ÉÚ ÏÄÎÏÇÒÁÄÕÓÎÏÊ ÐÏÚÉÃÉÉ.
îÅ ÓÒÁÚÕ, ×ÏÚÍÏÖÎÏ ÞÅÒÅÚ ÎÅËÏÔÏÒÏÅ ×ÒÅÍÑ, ÐÏÑ×ÉÔÓÑ ÏÞÅÎØ ÃÅÎÎÙÊ
ÍÕÚÙËÁÌØÎÙÊ ËÁÎÁÌ TMF Nordic. ðÏËÁ ÎÅ ÑÓÎÏ, × ËÁËÏÍ ÓÔÁÎÄÁÒÔÅ - ÒÁ×ÎÁ
×ÅÒÏÑÔÎÏÓÔØ ËÁË D2-MAC, ÔÁË É MPEG-2, ÏÓÏÂÅÎÎÏ ÕÞÉÔÙ×ÁÑ ÆÁËÔ 
ÐÅÒÅÎÏÓÁ ÃÉÆÒÏ×ÏÇÏ ÐÁËÅÔÁ Nethold (ÉÌÉ ÕÖÅ ÐÒÁ×ÉÌØÎÅÅ ÂÕÄÅÔ ÐÉÓÁÔØ Canal
Plus?) Nordic ÓÏ ÓÐÕÔÎÉËÏ× Astra ÎÁ Thor 2. ëÏÎÅÞÎÏ, ÃÉÆÒÏ×ÏÅ ×ÅÝÁÎÉÅ TMF
ÍÅÎÅÅ ÐÒÅÄÐÏÞÔÉÔÅÌØÎÏ, ÎÏ ÔÏÌØËÏ × ÓÉÌÕ ÔÏÇÏ, ÞÔÏ ËÁÎÁÌ × ÃÉÆÒÅ ÏÂÑÚÁÔÅÌØÎÏ
ÚÁËÏÄÉÒÕÁÔ × Irdeto. 
÷ÏÚÍÏÖÎÏ ÔÁËÖÅ, ÞÔÏ ÐÅÒÅÊÄÕÔ ÎÁ Thor 2 É ÄÒÕÇÉÅ ËÁÎÁÌÙ Ó ÕÖÅ
"ÒÁÚ×ÁÌÉ×ÁÁÝÅÇÏÓÑ" TV-Sat 2, ÎÏ ÎÅÌØÑ Ï ÜÔÏÍ ÇÏ×ÏÒÉÔØ Ó ËÁËÏÊ-ÌÉÂÏ ÄÏÌÅÊ
Õ×ÅÒÅÎÎÏÓÔÉ, ÏÓÏÂÅÎÎÏ ÐÏÓÌÅ ÓÔÒÁÛÎÙÈ ÆÉÎÁÎÓÏ×ÙÈ ÐÒÏÂÌÅÍ TV1000
(ÎÁ TV-Sat 2 ÓÅÊÞÁÓ ×ÅÝÁÅÔ ËÁÎÁÌ TV1000 Cinema).
ðÒÅÄÐÏÌÏÖÉÔÅÌØÎÏ, ÄÏ 2002 ÇÏÄÁ ÏÓÔÁÎÕÔÓÑ ÎÁ ÓÐÕÔÎÉËÅ Thor 1 ËÁÎÁÌÙ,
ÓÅÊÞÁÓ ÎÁÚÙ×ÁÁÝÉÅÓÑ Filmnet 1 É Filmnet 2. îÅÉÚ×ÅÓÔÎÁ ÓÕÄØÂÁ ÔÒÁÎÓÐÏÎÄÅÒÁ,
ÓÅÊÞÁÓ ÚÁÎÉÍÁÅÍÏÇÏ ËÁÎÁÌÏÍ Supersport ÎÁ Intelsat 707. Supersport, ËÁË
ÉÚ×ÅÓÔÎÏ,
ÓËÏÒÏ ÐÒÅËÒÁÔÉÔ Ó×ÏÅ ÓÕÝÅÓÔ×Ï×ÁÎÉÅ, ÐÒÏ ÐÌÁÎÙ Canal Plus, ÄÕÍÁÁ, ÚÎÁÁÔ ÕÖÅ
×ÓÅ. 
ôÒÕÄÎÏ ÓËÁÚÁÔØ É ÐÒÏ ÓÉÌÕ ÓÉÇÎÁÌÁ Thor 2 × íÏÓË×Å. ðÏ ÐÒÅÄÐÏÌÏÖÉÔÅÌØÎÙÍ
ËÁÒÔÁÍ ÐÏËÒÙÔÉÑ ÂÕÄÅÔ ÔÒÅÂÏ×ÁÔØÓÑ ÁÎÔÅÎÎÁ ÄÉÁÍÅÔÒÏÍ ÏËÏÌÏ 1.5Í. òÁÚÕÍÅÅÔÓÑ,
ËÁË ÔÏÌØËÏ ÐÏÑ×ÑÔÓÑ ÐÅÒ×ÙÅ ÔÅÓÔÏ×ÙÅ ÔÒÁÎÓÌÑÃÉÉ × Ku-ÄÉÁÐÁÚÏÎÅ, Ñ
ÐÒÏÉÎÆÏÒÍÉÒÕÁ ÷ÁÓ Ï ÔÏÞÎÏÊ ÓÉÌÅ ÓÉÇÎÁÌÁ. 
***
Finally ! The holiday for all one degree satellites fans ! On may 21th at
02:39 Moscow Time with help of Delta rocked, Thor 2 was launched from Cape
Canaveral.
DXers noted live coverage on Intelsat 707 on transponder regularly used by
NRK2
in D2-MAC/Eurocrypt, but pictures from the launch were in clear PAL.
The satellite didn't reach it's final destination - 0.8 west - yet. But the
Castle Rock tracking station already detected first signals from this bird,
which confirmed Thor 2
to be functioning normally. (Material from SATCO DX Update mail)
I have already published transponder frequency list, so this time I'll
better make some expectations - which channels are going to broadcast on a
brand new satellite.
For sure I can only say only about two channels - Sky News and
Documentaries and
Sky Entertainment - compilations of BSkyB and GSkyB channels from Astra
satellites. Both will be in D2-MAC/Eurocrypt with use of CTV package
encryption code.
Very possible that Sci-Fi channel will appear on Thor 2. This channel
disappeard 
from "one degree" position after the failure of TV-Sat 2 transponder.
Not immediately, maybe after some time, very valueable TMF Nordic music
channel 
will appear. Still not sure if it will broadcast in D2-MAC or MPEG-2,
especially keeping in mind the forthcoming move of Nethold Nordic (or it
will be better to say Canal Plus?) boquet from Astra to Thor 2. Of course,
digital broadcasting of TMF is
less preferrable, because it will be at once digitally encrypted in Irdeto.
Also possible, that other channels from already "dying" TV-Sat 2 bird will
move to Thor 2, but it can't be said for sure, especially after lots of
finance
problems of TV1000 owners (on TV-Sat 2 currently broadcasts TV1000 Cinema).
Possible, that till 2002 Filmnet 1 and Filmnet 2 (how they are currently
called) will stay on Thor 1. Exact contents of channel which will replace
SuperSport on
Intelsat 707, is not yet known. SuperSport will die, I think most of you
already heard about that.
It's quite hard to say about Thor 2 signal strength in Moscow. Most
probably,
a dish size of arround 1.5m will be required. Of course, as soon as first
test-transmissions in Ku-band will take place, I will inform you about them
and their strength.


VIVA Plus - ÓÌÕÈ ÉÌÉ ÆÁËÔ ? / VIVA Plus - a rumor or a fact ?
***
îÅ ÒÁÚ ÕÖÅ ÐÏÑ×ÌÑÌÓÑ ÓÌÕÈ Ï ÔÏÍ, ÞÔÏ "ÍÉÓÔÉÞÅÓËÉÅ" ÔÅÓÔÙ ËÁÎÁÌÁ VIVA 1
× ÃÉÆÒÏ×ÏÍ ×ÉÄÅ ÎÁ Hot Bird 1 ÏÓÅÎØÁ 1997 ÇÏÄÁ ÂÕÄÕÔ ÚÁÍÅÎÅÎÙ ÎÁ ÎÏ×ÙÊ
ËÁÎÁÌ VIVA Plus. ïÆÉÃÉÁÌØÎÏÊ ÉÎÆÏÒÍÁÃÉÉ ÎÁ ÜÔÏÔ ÓÞÅÔ ÎÅ ÐÏÓÔÕÐÁÌÏ,
ÐÏÜÔÏÍÕ Ï ×ÅÒÏÑÔÎÏÓÔÉ ÓÅÇÏ ÆÁËÔÁ ÔÒÕÄÎÏ ÇÏ×ÏÒÉÔØ.
ëÁÎÁÌ VIVA Plus ÐÏ ÓÌÕÈÁÍ ÄÏÌÖÅÎ ÐÒÅÄÓÔÁ×ÌÑÔØ ÉÚ ÓÅÂÑ ËÏÍÐÉÌÑÃÉÁ 
ËÁÎÁÌÏ× VIVA 1 É VIVA 2, ÏÂÑÚÁÔÅÌØÎÏ ÉÄÔÉ × ÛÉÒÏËÏÍ (É ×ÏÏÂÝÅ-ÔÏ,
ÅÄÉÎÓÔ×ÅÎÎÏÍ) ÌÕÞÅ ÓÐÕÔÎÉËÁ Hot Bird 1, ÐÒÅÄÓÔÁ×ÌÑÑ ÉÚ ÓÅÂÑ ÞÔÏ-ÔÏ 
ÔÉÐÁ VIVA International. ëÏÎÅÞÎÏ, ÌÕÞÛÅ, ÞÔÏÂÙ ÔÁË É ÂÙÌÏ, ÐÏÓËÏÌØËÕ
ÆÁÎÁÔÏ× VIVA 1 × íÏÓË×Å ÍÏÖÅÔ ÐÅÒÅÔÁÝÉÔØ ÎÁ Ó×ÏÁ ÓÔÏÒÏÎÕ MMDS-ÐÁËÅÔ
"ëÏÓÍÏÓ-ô÷", Ë ËÏÔÏÒÏÍÕ, ÞÅÓÔÎÏ ÓËÁÚÁÔØ, Ñ ÏÞÅÎØ ÐÌÏÈÏ ÏÔÎÏÛÕÓØ (×
ÏÓÎÏ×ÎÏÍ, ÉÚ-ÚÁ ÌÖÉ×ÏÊ ÒÅËÌÁÍÙ × ÒÁÚÌÉÞÎÙÈ óíé). 
ëÁÒÔÉÎËÁ ÃÉÆÒÏ×ÙÈ ÔÅÓÔÙ ÎÁ Hot Bird 1, 11.371 H, SR 3.998, FEC 3/4, VPID
4456, APID 44BB ÏÓÔÁÅÔÓÑ ÐÏÓÔÏÑÎÎÏÊ ÎÁ ÐÒÏÔÑÖÅÎÉÉ ÕÖÅ ÄÏÌÇÏÇÏ ×ÒÅÍÅÎÉ - 
×ÓÅ ÔÁ ÖÅ ËÁÒÔÉÎËÁ ÏÔ VIVA 1, ÞÁÓÔÉÞÎÏ ÚÁËÒÙÔÁÑ ÐÏÌÏÓÁÍÉ ÔÅÓÔÏ×ÏÊ ÔÁÂÌÉÃÙ.
ôÅÓÔÙ ÔÏ ÕÈÏÄÑÔ Ó ÔÒÁÎÓÐÏÎÄÅÒÁ, ÔÏ ÓÎÏ×Á ÐÏÑ×ÌÑÁÔÓÑ. âÕÄÅÔ ÌÉ ËÁÎÁÌ VIVA
Plus, ÉÌÉ ×ÅÓØ ÓÒÏË ÖÉÚÎÉ Hot Bird 1 ÍÙ ÂÕÄÅÍ ÎÁÓÌÁÖÄÁÔØÓÑ ÔÅÓÔÏ×ÏÊ
"ÄÒÁÚÎÉÌËÏÊ" - ÐÏËÁÖÅÔ ×ÒÅÍÑ.
***
Already for many times you could hear a rumor that "mystic" tests of VIVA 1
in MPEG-2 on Hot Bird 1 this autumn will be replaced by "VIVA Plus".
There was no official information, so it's hard to talk about this fact's
possibility.
Channel VIVA Plus, according to rumors, should be a compilation of VIVA 1
and VIVA 2, exactly use the widebeam (as a matter of fact, the only
possible one) of Hot Bird 1, and to become something like "VIVA
International"
Of course, it should better be this way, because that MMDS-station "Kosmos
TV"
(my attitude to it is very bad mostly because of a lying advertisement) can
take
all VIVA 1 fans as it's clients (it started broadcasting VIVA 1 in it's
most expensive 
package not so long ago).
The picture of digital tests on Hot Bird 1, 11.371 H, SR 3998, FEC 3/4,
VPID 4456, APID 44BB remains the same for already a very long time.
It's the VIVA 1 picture (analogue, transcoded to MPEG-2) overlayed by lines
from testcard. Tests sometimes leave the transponder and sometimes come
back.
Who knows, will we enjoy this "teasing" test-picture the entire lifetime of
Hot Bird 1,
or VIVA Plus will appear, most probably - time will tell.


ãÉÆÒÏ×ÏÊ Echostar - ÒÁÄÏ×ÁÔØÓÑ ÒÁÎÏ×ÁÔÏ / Digital Echostar - don't hurry to
be glad
***
îÁ ÎÅÄÁ×ÎÏ ÏÔÛÕÍÅ×ÛÅÊ ×ÙÓÔÁ×ËÅ "ó×ÑÚØ-üËÓÐÏËÏÍÍ '97" ÎÁ ÓÔÅÎÄÅ 
ËÏÍÐÁÎÉÉ "õÎÉ×ÅÒÓÁÌ" ÂÙÌ ÐÒÅÄÓÔÁ×ÌÅÎ ÎÅËÉÊ "ÎÏ×ÙÊ" ÃÉÆÒÏ×ÏÊ
ÒÅÓÉ×ÅÒ Echostar, ËÏÔÏÒÙÊ Ó ÐÅÒ×ÏÇÏ ×ÚÇÌÑÄÁ ×ÏÏÄÕÛÅ×ÉÌ ËÁË ÌÁÄÅÊ,
ÎÉËÏÇÄÁ ÎÅ ÓÔÁÌËÉ×Á×ÛÉÈÓÑ Ó ÃÉÆÒÏ×ÙÍ ÐÒÉÅÍÏÍ, ÔÁË É ÎÅËÏÔÏÒÙÈ
ÐÒÏÆÅÓÓÉÏÎÁÌÏ×. îÏ ÐÅÒ×ÏÅ ×ÐÅÞÁÔÌÅÎÉÅ ÍÏÇÌÏ ÏËÁÚÁÔØÓÑ ×ÅÓØÍÁ ÏÂÍÁÎÞÉ×ÙÍ.
ó ÐÅÒ×ÏÇÏ ×ÚÇÌÑÄÁ - ÕÎÉ×ÅÒÓÁÌØÎÙÊ ÃÉÆÒÏ×ÏÊ ÐÒÉÅÍÎÉË, Ó ×ÏÚÍÏÖÎÏÓÔØÁ
ÐÒÉÎÉÍÁÔØ ËÁË ×ÓÅ ÎÅËÏÄÉÒÏ×ÁÎÎÙÅ DVB MPEG-2 ËÁÎÁÌÙ, ÔÁË É ÎÅËÏÔÏÒÙÅ 
ËÏÄÉÒÏ×ÁÎÎÙÅ ÐÒÉ ÎÁÌÉÞÉÉ ÐÏÄËÌÁÞÁÅÍÏÇÏ Conditional Access-ÍÏÄÕÌÑ (CAM)
É ËÁÒÔÏÞËÉ. õÄÏÂÎÙÅ ÍÅÎÁ, ÒÕÓÓËÏÑÚÙÞÎÁÑ ÜËÒÁÎÎÁÑ ÇÒÁÆÉËÁ, 
×ÏÚÍÏÖÎÏÓÔØ ××ÏÄÉÔØ PID-ËÏÄÙ ×ÍÅÓÔÅ Ó ÞÁÓÔÏÔÏÊ, Symbol Rate É FEC
× ÏÄÎÏÍ ÍÅÎÁ. îÅÐÌÏÈÏ. óÒÁÚÕ ÐÏÑ×ÉÌÉÓØ ÇÒÏÍËÉÅ ÚÁÑ×ÌÅÎÉÑ ÔÉÐÁ 
"Nokia É × ÐÏÄÍÅÔËÉ ÎÅ ÇÏÄÉÔÓÑ" ÉÔÄ. îÅ ÔÏÒÏÐÉÔÅÓØ, ÇÏÓÐÏÄÁ. 
òÁÚ ÕÖ ÏÎ ÔÁËÏÊ ÕÎÉ×ÅÒÓÁÌØÎÙÊ, ÐÏÞÅÍÕ ×ÓÁ ×ÙÓÔÁ×ËÕ ÏÎ ÐÏËÁÚÙ×ÁÌ ÔÏÌØËÏ
Bloomberg É Telepace, ËÏÔÏÒÙÅ ÎÅ ÔÁË ÕÖ É ÓÌÏÖÎÏ ÏÔËÒÙÔØ ? "õÎÉ×ÅÒÓÁÌ"
ÏÂÅÝÁÌ ÐÒÅÄÏÓÔÁ×ÉÔØ ÐÏÄÒÏÂÎÏÅ ÏÐÉÓÁÎÉÅ ÐÁÒÁÍÅÔÒÏ× ÜÔÏÇÏ ÒÅÓÉ×ÅÒÁ,
ÎÏ ÍÙ ÔÁË ÜÔÏÇÏ É ÎÅ ÄÏÖÄÁÌÉÓØ. òÕÓÓËÁÑ ÜËÒÁÎÎÁÑ ÇÒÁÆÉËÁ ×Ï ÍÎÏÇÉÈ ÍÅÎÁ
ÎÁÐÏÍÉÎÁÅÔ ÒÕÓÓËÉÊ ÔÅËÓÔ × KOI-8, ÞÉÔÁÅÍÙÊ Ó ÐÏÍÏÝØÁ Win1251 ÛÒÉÆÔÁ.
é ÓÁÍÏÅ ÇÌÁ×ÎÏÅ, ÐÏËÁ ÔÏÌØËÏ ÐÏ ÓÌÕÈÁÍ, ÎÏ ÜÔÏ ÓËÏÒÅÅ ×ÓÅÇÏ ÒÅÁÌØÎÏ - 
ÄÁÎÎÙÊ ÒÅÓÉ×ÅÒ ÎÅ ×ÏÓÐÒÏÉÚ×ÏÄÉÔ SCPC-ËÁÎÁÌÙ. ôÁË ÞÔÏ, ÓÐÅÃÉÁÌÉÓÔÙ 
Echostar, ÒÁÂÏÔÁÊÔÅ, ÄÏÄÅÌÙ×ÁÊÔÅ Ó×ÏÅ ÄÅÔÉÝÅ, Á ÍÙ ÐÏËÁ ÐÏÂÁÌÄÅÅÍ ÏÔ
Ô×ÏÒÅÎÉÊ ÆÉÒÍÙ Nokia, ÐÏËÁ ÎÅ ÅÝÅ ÎÅ ÉÍÅÁÝÅÊ ËÏÎËÕÒÅÎÔÏ× ËÁË ÐÒÏÉÚ×ÏÄÉÔÅÌØ
ÕÎÉ×ÅÒÓÁÌØÎÙÈ ÃÉÆÒÏ×ÙÈ ÒÅÓÉ×ÅÒÏ×.
***
On "Sviaz-Expocomm '97" show, which already became history after it's 5
rocking days, "Universal" company presented some "new" digital DVB MPEG-2
reciever
from Echostar, which at first sight impressed all people (of course related
to satellite world) who always worked with analogue technologies, and some
digital professionals aswell. But first impression can be wrong.
Well, about this first look - an universal digital reciever, able to
process
all free-to-air DVB MPEG-2 channels, and some of encrypted ones with
possibility to attach CAM (Conditional Access Module) and, of course, use a
smartcard. Comfortable menus, russian on-screen graphics (together with a
lot of languages to choose from), possibility to enter PID-codes, SR, FEC,
and all
technical details on one screen in one menu. Not bad. At once loud words
appeard, like "Nokia is not a rival to Echostar anymore!" and so on. Sirs,
don't hurry.
If it is SO universal, why the entire show it only displayed Bloomberg and
TelePace, which are so easy to pickup ? "Universal" promised to give a full
list of
technical parameters of this box, but we waited untill the end of show, and
failed to
get them ! Russian on-screen graphics, softly-to-say, is not complete.
(Only a few
menus, all others look like russian letters put together randomly). And the
main
bad thing - currently it's only a rumor - but most probably it's true - no
chance for  SCPC reception. So, Echostar employers, you'll have to work
hardly a lot to
satisfy us.  And currently we will enjoy the digital "children" of Nokia,
currently
the onlyproducer of really universal digital recievers.


çÄÅ ÂÅÒÅÔ ×ÉÄÅÏËÌÉÐÙ îô÷ ðÌÁÓ ? / Where does NTV Plus take the musicvideos?
***
èÏÔØ É ÎÅ ÈÏÔÅÌ Ñ ÂÏÌØÛÅ ÐÕÂÌÉËÏ×ÁÔØ ÎÅÏÆÉÃÉÁÌØÎÕÁ ÉÎÆÏÒÍÁÃÉÁ ÐÒÏ ÜÔÏÔ
ÐÒÏÅËÔ, ÏÓÏÂÅÎÎÏ ÐÏÓÌÅ "ÎÁÅÚÄÁ"  ôÅÌÅóÐÕÔÎÉËÁ, × ÜÔÏÔ ÒÁÚ ÎÁ×ÅÒÎÏ ÎÅ
ÕÄÅÒÖÕÓØ.
íÏÖÅÔ ÂÙÔØ ÜÔÏ ÏÛÉÂËÁ, ×ÒÅÍÅÎÎÙÅ ÎÅÐÏÌÁÄËÉ Ó Betacam-ÓÉÓÔÅÍÁÍÉ, ÎÏ ÎÁ
ËÁÎÁÌÅ îô÷-ðÌÁÓ-íÕÚÙËÁ, ÐÏ ÍÏÅÍÕ ÍÎÅÎÉÁ, ÎÅËÏÔÏÒÙÅ ×ÉÄÅÏËÌÉÐÙ ÉÇÒÁÁÔÓÑ
Ó VHS (ÉÌÉ × ÌÕÞÛÅÍ ÓÌÕÞÁÅ SVHS) ×ÉÄÅÏËÁÓÓÅÔ. îÁÐÒÉÍÅÒ, La Bouche "Sweet
Dreams". ôÏÌØËÏ ÞÔÏ ÐÒÏÚ×ÕÞÁ×ÛÉÊ × ÜÆÉÒÅ. óÒÁ×ÎÉÌ ËÁÞÅÓÔ×Ï Ó ÄÁ×ÎÏ
ÚÁÐÉÓÁÎÎÏÊ ÎÁ Hi-Fi ×ÉÄÅÏËÁÓÓÅÔÕ Ó MCM Ó×ÏÅÊ ËÏÐÉÅÊ ÜÔÏÇÏ ×ÉÄÅÏËÌÉÐÁ,
ÔÁË ÄÁÖÅ Õ ÍÅÎÑ, ÐÏ-ÍÏÅÍÕ, ÂÙÌÏ ÞÕÔØ ÌÕÞÛÅ. ú×ÕË, ËÏÎÅÞÎÏ, × ÒÁÍËÁÈ
ÕÚÅÎØËÏÊ ÐÏÌÏÓÙ GALS DECODER SYSTER ÂÙÌ ÂÅÚÕÐÒÅÞÎÙÍ. îÏ ËÁÒÔÉÎËÁ ...
÷ ÐÒÉÎÃÉÐÅ, ÂÏÌØÛÅ ÐÒÅÔÅÎÚÉÊ Ë ËÁÎÁÌÕ îô÷-ðÌÁÓ-íÕÚÙËÁ Õ ÍÅÎÑ ÎÅÔ.
÷ÓÅ ÐÒÏÓÔÏ ÐÒÅËÒÁÓÎÏ, ÅÓÌÉ ÐÁËÅÔ ÂÕÄÅÔ ÄÁÌØÛÅ ÒÁÚ×É×ÁÔØÓÑ ÔÁËÉÍÉ ÔÅÍÐÁÍÉ,
ÍÕÚÙËÁÌØÎÙÊ ËÁÎÁÌ ÐÅÒÅÐÌÁÎÅÔ VIVA, ÆÉÌØÍÏ×ÙÊ - HBO, Á ÓÐÏÒÔÉ×ÎÙÊ-ESPN. 
÷ÅÓØÍÁ ÎÅÐÌÏÈÏ. îÏ ÔÏÌØËÏ ÔÁË ÎÅ È×ÁÔÁÅÔ ÃÉÆÒÏ×ÏÇÏ ËÁÞÅÓÔ×Á ...
***
Well, I didn't want to publish unofficial info about the project,
especially after that article in TeleSputnik. But this time I want to
express my
opinion. Maybe it's a mistake, temporal trouble with Betacam equipment, but
I think
that some musicvideos on NTV-Plus-Music are played from VHS (or maybe SVHS)
videocassetes. For example, La Bouche "Sweet Dreams". It was just on air.
I have compared the quality from NTV-Plus-Music and from old Hi-Fi VHS tape
I recorded years ago from MCM - my copy, I think, had better picture
quality. Sound, of course, in limits of GALS DECODER SYSTER, was just cool.
But the picture ... Generally, I have no more claims to NTV-Plus-Music.
Everything is just perfect, even more, if the project will go further in
this way, the music channel will be better then VIVA (it's already very
good - all
actual musicvideos from Europe appear there at once), movie channel will be
better
then HBO and sports channel will kick out all those ESPN and Eurosport.
Very, very good. But I still lack the digital quality so much ...
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