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SATCO DX 970901




Since so much news happened today, 1 September, you will as an
exception get a copy of the "Daily SATCO DX Update" mail that is
sent out to the regular contributors to SATCO DX Satellite Chart.

Next weekly update summary is scheduled for 7 September.


--- Headlines:
* Vijay TV left Intelsat 704
* NEPC TV left Intelsat 703
* Sky Sports 2 now 24h on Astra 1C: 11,171 H
* Granada Talk TV ceased
* BBC Prime left Intelsat 707: 11,133 V
* Sky Entertainment line-up
* Sky News & National Geographic Channel line-up
* Canal + has replaced FilmNet 1 Nordic on Thor 1/2
  Canal + Sverige/Danmark/Norge/Gul in D2-MAC & MPEG-2
  Canal + Finland only in MPEG-2
* CNN International left Thor 1
* "Sky Nordic" promo channel on Thor 1
* LCI left Telecom 2B
* Ariane launch updates


--- Intelsat 704 at 66E:  http://www.satcodx.com/i704.html
Vijay TV has left 4,180 R, is now only on Thaicom 3: 3,616 V
(H Room)


--- Intelsat 703 at 57E:  http://www.satcodx.com/i703.html
NEPC TV has again left 4,060 L.
(Y KKB, H Room)


--- Astra 1B:  http://www.satcodx.com/astra1b.html
CCE - Christian Channel Europe on 11,568 V (tp 24) is now
transmitting 05-12 CET.
(J Robinson, E Gillin)


--- Astra 1C:  http://www.satcodx.com/astra1c.html
Sky Sports 2 is now transmitting 24h on 11,171 H (tp 47), and
CCE - Christian Channel Europe, Sky Travel, Sky Soap, The History
Channel and Sci-Fi Channel have all ceased or left this tp.
(B Sundberg, J Robinson, D Sedghi)


--- Astra 1D:  http://www.satcodx.com/astra1d.html
Granada Talk TV on 10,862 H (to 59) has ceased, currently replaced
by Sky Promo Channel in clear.
(J Robinson, D Sedghi)


--- Astra 1E:  http://www.satcodx.com/astra1e.html
Cinemania 2 has been renamed to Cinemania Azul.
(J Puig)


--- Astra 1F:  http://www.satcodx.com/astra1f.html
NBC Europe has started on 12,285 V (CSD tp), MPEG-2/clear,
internal number: 75.
(J Puig, C Cartier)


--- Hot Bird 2:  http://www.satcodx.com/hb2.html
New names for some Telepiu channels:
Telepiu 1 -> Telepiu bianco (=white)
Telepiu 2 -> Telepiu nero (=black)
There are now Telepiu promos instead of former Telepiu 3.
EuroSport has ceased on 11,958 V and two versions of Cine
Cinema are now transmitting.
(L Bertagnolio)


--- Telecom 2C:  http://www.satcodx.com/t2c.html
Cine Cinefil on 12,627 is now in mono and their teletext
service has ceased.
(B Sundberg)


--- Intelsat 707:  http://www.satcodx.com/i707.html
At 10:07 CET, BBC Prime left 11,133 V, D2-MAC and is now
only on 11,679 H.
(K Nilsson 10:14, Anonymous 10:43, D Kessler 11:26,
 P J Olafsen 14:35, D Sedghi 15:35, R Collis 20:03,
 H Viertola 20:40, B Sundberg 20:57, Goran 21:00)

Sky Entertainment will start on 11,667 V on 15 September,
with this line-up: (CET)
02-10: CMT Europe
10-19: Granada Goodlife Channel
19-24: Granada Plus
00-02: Granada Men & Motors
(K Nilsson, R Collis, H Viertola, J Askas)

Comment:
Since DR 2 is on 11,667 V now, does anyone know where DR 2
will be from 15 September?
(several persons)


--- Thor 1:  http://www.satcodx.com/thor1.html
At 07:00 CET, Canal + Sverige (=Sweden) replaced FilmNet 1 Nordic
on 12,092 R, D2-MAC/Eurocrypt M/S2, teletext: CANAL+
Home page at http://www.canalplus.se/
(K Nilsson 07:00, M Kanerfalk 07:06, B Sundberg 07:07,
 D Sedghi 15:35, H Viertola 20:40, J Askas 20:50)

At 07:00 CET, Canal + Gul (=Yellow) replaced FilmNet 2 Nordic
on 12,015 R, D2-MAC/Eurocrypt M/S2, teletext: CANAL+
This is the common Nordic Canal + channel.
(K Nilsson 07:00, M Kanerfalk 07:06, B Sundberg 07:07,
 D Sedghi 15:35, H Viertola 20:40, J Askas 20.50)

CNN International has left 11,785 R, D2-MAC and is now
only on Intelsat 707: 11,485 H.
(K Nilsson, B Sundberg, R Collis)

At 10:00 CET, "Sky Nordic" promos started on 11,773 R, D2-MAC/clear.
["Sky Nordic" is actually Sky News & National Geographic Channel
 and Sky Entertainment]
(K Nilsson, S Thorgaard, D Reed, R Collis, H Viertola)

Sky News & National Geographic Channel will start on 11,773 R
on 15 September, with this line-up: (CET)
02-18: Sky News
18-20: The Computer Channel
20-02: National Geographic Channel
(B Sundberg, R Collis)


--- Thor 2:  http://www.satcodx.com/thor2.html
Sky News & National Geographic Channel promo has replaced
Fox Kids on 11,229 H, VPID 0204, encrypted in Conax.
(M Kanerfalk, J Robinson, S Heller, Anonymous)

At 07:00 CET, Canal + Danmark (=Denmark) replaced FilmNet 1 Nordic
on 11,261 H, D2-MAC/Eurocrypt M/S2, teletext: CANAL+
(K Nilsson 07:00, M Kanerfalk 07:06, B Sundberg 07:07,
 D Sedghi 15:35, Gustav 17:09)

At 07:00 CET, Canal + Norge (=Norway) replaced FilmNet 1 Nordic
on 11,293 H, D2-MAC/Eurocrypt M/S2, teletext: CANAL+
(K Nilsson 07:00, M Kanerfalk 07:06, B Sundberg 07:07,
 D Sedghi 15:35, Gustav 17:09)

At 07:00 CET, this partly new line-up started on 11,278 V:
0200/    : Canal + Gul
0201/0294: Canal + Sverige
0202/029E: Canal + Finland
0204/02B2: Canal + Norge
0206/02C6: Canal + Danmark
All these channels are in clear!
(M Kanerfalk 07:06, J Robinson 10:07, S Heller 10:12,
 D Kessler 11:26)

NRK Alltid Nyheter has left 11,434 V (MTV Europe tp),
and is now only on 11,485 H (CNN Int. tp).
(Rick)


--- Telecom 2B:  http://www.satcodx.com/t2b.html
CSN promo in PAL has replaced LCI - La Chaine Info on 12,585 H.
(P J Olafsen, D Sedghi, R Collis)


--- Express 2:  http://www.satcodx.com/e2.html
There is a strong test card in PAL on 3,980 R.
(H Room)


--- PAS 3R:  http://www.satcodx.com/pas3r.html
Occasional feeds on 12,730 H.
(H Room)


--- Telstar 5:  http://www.satcodx.com/t5.html
There are occasional feeds on 11,728 V, MPEG-2, channel 100
on the old Alphastar package.
(S Bencid)


--- Launches:  http://www.satcodx.com/launches.shtml
Ariane flight number updates:
V102 - Cikrawatra 1/Sirius 2
V103 - JCSAT 5
V104 - Hot Bird 4/BSAT 1B
(G Bregar)

Hot Bird 4 and BSAT 1B are scheduled to launch on 8 December.
Nilesat 1 is scheduled to be launched early in 1998.
(G Bregar)

PS.
The winner today is K Nilsson!


Best Regards,
Christian Lyngemark                 SATCO DX Satellite Chart
Christian@Lyngemark.com             webmaster@satcodx.com
http://www.lyngemark.com/           http://www.satcodx.com/



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