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CONTENTS Letter from Editor
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Reason to go Digital
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Global Flash News
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Dual Tuner Satellite...
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Why is digital TV better...
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Catalog of Earth Satellite
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Direct TV has technology..
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Pakistani Channels Guide
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Sat Mart
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Pakistani Channels Guide
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Drake (Test Report)
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Use of LNB for Satellite
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The New Direction of...
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Use of LNB for Satellite
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Jiuzoh (Test Report)
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Maximizing Satellite
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Satellite TV for Smart...
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Maximizing Satellite
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AB IP Box (Test Report)
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Cable in india TV
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Satellite Television Revo...
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Around the Satellite World
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Cabsat 2011
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Trouble Shooter
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Enjoy Extreme Sports...
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Search Satellite
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Enjoy Extreme Sports...
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The Price of free to air
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Triax
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Directional Chart
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Master Codes
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Directional Chart
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Master Codes
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World Direct-to-home
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Technology Breakdown...
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Digital Chart
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LETTER FROM EDITOR Dear Readers, The DTH pay TV services have nearly 60 operating platforms all over the world. Compared to the growth rate in the number of subscribers, the growth rate in the revenue generated from the Direct-toHome pay TV services depicts an increasing trend. The reason attributed for the growth in the annual average revenue per user (ARPU) is the increase in prices of these services, as well as value additions to the services being offered. DTH satellite TV subscribers worldwide, are projected to be over 133 million in 2010, as stated in a recent report published by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. World DTH satellite TV services market is projected to grow at compounded annual rate of over 9.6 per cent. DTH satellite TV subscribers in Europe account for nearly 50 per cent of the total subscribers globally. However, as the North American and West European markets mature, focus is seemingly shifting towards developing markets such as Asia-Pacific and East European countries. Asia-Pacific represents the fastest growing market for DTH satellite TV services, registering a CAGR of nearly 23 per cent. The Middle East has a substantial satellite communications sector based on regional satellites and DTH broadcasting. Its development reflects economic modernization. The market consists of a core Arabic-speaking sector surrounded by a periphery of Iran, Turkey, Cyprus and Israel. Indeed, Turkey has developed as a regional satellite communications node. In North Africa there is considerable overspill of satellite broadcasting from Europe. The core demand for DTH is from free-to-air television. The Middle East follows the German model. Arab consumers are used to having some 5560 free-to-air Arabic language services, often available through cheap analogue DTH receivers. They have proved unwilling consumers for pay-TV even where disposable incomes are high.
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AMOS-5 SATELLITE CO VENEZUELA BARS CABLE, SATELLITE CHANNELS SPACECOM SIGNS AFRICA DEAL
Venezuelan regulators have ordered cable and satellite operators to stop carrying one of the country’s best known broadcasters, RCTV International, along with five other stations, alleging that the broadcasters violated a requirement to air President Hugo Chávez’s speeches. The Committee to Protect Journalists urged Venezuelan authorities today to allow all of the stations to resume operations immediately. On orders from the National Telecommunication Commission (CONATEL), cable and satellite providers stopped transmitting RCTV International and five other stations shortly after midnight, local press reports said. The action against RCTV and the other stations—Ritmo Son, Momentum, America TV, American Network, and TV Chile—was taken after the stations chose not to air a speech by Chávez. The next day, during his weekly radio and TV program “Aló Presidente,” Chávez said, “We applied the law. If they don’t follow it, they won’t be allowed back on the air.”
Spacecom Satellite Communications Ltd. (TASE:SCC) has signed a deal to provide satellite communications services in Africa. The services will be provided via its Amos5 satellite. The 6-year deal begins from the start of the commercial operation of the satellite in 2011. Spacecom expects total revenue from the deal to reach $47 million.
The Amos 5 communications satellite is scheduled for launch in 2011 and to operate for 15 years on an orbit that will provide coverage of Africa and parts of Europe and the Middle East. Until the Amos 5 is ready, Spacecom will provide services via the Amos 5i satellite, whose services it purchased for $45 million in September 2009. MARCH
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POLSAT MULLS PAY-TV SOLUTION FOR DTT
Polsat owner Zygmunt Solorz-Zak has said that pay-TV may be the only way to fund the deployment of set-top boxes on Polish DTT. In an interview, Solorz-Zak said he believed 2011 would be the year when Poland’s much-delayed DTT platform finally launched, but that it would only be a complement to satellite. “If the state will not pay extra for the set-top boxes you have to find the funding for an alternative. It may be the introduction of pay-TV channels.” Solorz-Zak pointed out that the MPEG-4 technology chosen for the Polish DTT system meant that the cost of receivers would be more than is the case for satellite receivers. “Today, we produce top boxes for satellite, but if there is such a demand, we can also produce others.” Declining to comment on whether he would be interested in bidding for 2.6 GHz mobile spectrum, Solorz-Zak said he would rather not invest in mobile TV, given the availability of standard DTT content on some handsets.
GLOBAL FLASH NEWS that is now fully operating at the 36 degrees East position. This new agreement extends to 2025 a relationship between the two companies that began in 2000 with the positioning of Eutelsat's W4 satellite at 36 degrees East to support MultiChoice's DStv platform which now reaches into more than 800,000 homes in sub-Saharan Africa.
DTT FOR 12M ITALIANS POSTPONED UNTIL SEPT
The launch of DTT in Italy’s Lombardy and Eastern Piedmont regions will be delayed from April to September. The Government aims to avoid the replication of the
problems that occurred in Lazio last November. In view of the regional elections in March and the World Cup in South Africa the risk was too great that over 12 million Italians in the country’s most populous regions would be left "in the dark". Meanwhile, many local TV channels in Lazio and Rome are at risk of closure. The combined effect of the economic crisis and
MULTICHOICE AFRICA EXPANDS EUTELSAT AGREEMENT Eutelsat Communications has confirmed the signature of a contract with MultiChoice Africa, the pioneer in multi-channel pay-TV across sub-Saharan Africa. MultiChoice has signed for a total 20 Ku-band transponders for 15 years on Eutelsat's new W7 satellite
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the transition to DTT has put small broadcasters on their knees. The Analogue Switch Off has been taking place without clear rules on the positioning of the channels in the digital multiplexes, offering a privileged line-up for RAI and Mediaset and poor visibility for the others. The figures confirm this: RAI in particular, but also Mediaset, have seen a dramatic increase of viewers, while local channels have experienced a drop of around 10 per cent in audience.
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GERMANY DESIGNING SATELLITE FOR COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIP The German Aerospace Center, DLR, is midway through design studies of a telecommunications research satellite to include advanced Ka-band broadcast technologies as part of a partnership with a commercial satellite operator, according to DLR officials. The satellite, called Heinrich Hertz, would use the Small Geo satellite platform being developed by OHB Technology of Bremen, Germany, plus a payload developed by Tesat-Spacecom of Backnang and other gear from Astrium
GLOBAL FLASH NEWS Zhelesnogorsk for 18 months. “Besides, the cooperation includes the usage of satellite image ’s data provided by the space agency to fulfill Telkom’s needs in planning, operating, maintaining and marketing,” said Rinaldi.
RUSSIA WILL LAUNCH TWO SATELLITES
GmbH of Ottobrunn. The project would be the latest demonstration that the German government, which for years had steered clear of satellite telecommunications, intends to maintain a national capability in the sector and to help German industry maintain its telecommunications competitiveness. DLR has been the principal backer of the Small Geo project, one of whose goals is to maintain in Germany a capacity to build commercial telecommunications satellites.
INDONESIA’S LARGEST SATELLITE PRODUCT
Russian space agency will launch two International satellites and a freighter to the International Space Station (ISS), from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a media report said. According to the RIA Novosti, Intelsat 16, CryoSat 2, and Progress M04M would be launched with three different carrier rockets, a space agency spokesman said. The Soyuz-U vehicle will carry a Progress Mo4M to dock with ISS on February 3 at 6:45 a.m. (Moscow time). Intelsat’s communication satellite ‘Intelsat 16’ will be orbited with a Proton-M carrier on February 12 at 3:39 a.m. built by Orbital Sciences Corporation. Later, the European Space Agency’s CryoSat-2 Earth Explorer satellite will be launched with an RS-20 rocket on February 25, it said.
PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, the country’s largest telecommunication company, embraced the National Flight and Space Agency to develop satellite products. The company’s President Director Rinaldi Firmansyah said that one of the cooperation is sending seven people to study in the satellite factory Telkom-3 in Russia, including five Telkom’s officials and two from the space agency. He said that the personnel will study in Russia’s
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CHINA LAUNCHES SATELLITES TATA LAUNCHES PHOTON TV TO BUILD ITS OWN GPS
China has launched the third in a series of 35 satellites, designed to create its own global positioning network by 2020 and catch up to countries with a more established presence in space. The network, known as Beidou or COMPASS, is intended to provide navigation and communication services for users in the Asia-Pacific region by around 2012, and is to cover the globe by 2020, according to the program's newly unveiled official website. China is trying to catch up with the United States and Russia in space, where it already operates satellites for mapping, weather forecasting and state security. Its successful downing of a defunct communications satellite in 2007 raised alarm bells in Western capitals, which are leery of the Chinese military's growing technological abilities. More satellites could give China the ability to track and attack foreign ships at sea, helping it should a war ever breakout over self-ruled Taiwan, military experts have argued.
Tata Teleservices (TTSL) became the first service provider to offer mobile TV on high speed broadband wireless by launching Photon TV, which allows users to access channels on desktops and laptops. Existing subscribers who have the Photon Plus USB card from Tata Teleservices can avail themselves of the service by downloading an application. The pricing is based on a subscription model. It is currently available in three different subscription options - Rs 4 a channel per month; Rs 29 a month for My Combo (a bouquet of 10 channels); and Rs 75 a month for all 40 channels on offer. However, there is a large hidden cost - the subscriber will have to pay for data downloaded as per the subscriber's data plan. Viewing TV consumes about 1.2 MB per each minute! For example, if a subscriber has taken the Photon Super Surf plan for Rs 1,500 a month, they can watch TV for up to 15 GB (enough for about 160 hours of TV viewing a month) without any additional fee. But usage beyond 15 GB will cost 50 paise per MB.
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KabelKiosk, the digital channel platform for cable operators provided by the German subsidiary of Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL), have announced the immediate launch of a new HDTV offer with the addition into the platform of the RTL HD and VOX HD channels of Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland. The addition to KabelKiosk of both channels follows the signature of an agreement between Eutelsat Germany and Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, which was announced in Berlin at Eutelsat Germany’s annual reception on January. With their launch in KabelKiosk, RTL HD and VOX 21st HD will be available for the first time in real HD quality for digital cable networks in Germany. KabelKiosk’s German cable partners will immediately be able to offer this new option to their subscribers via Eutelsat’s EUROBIRD™ 9A satellite.
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CCTV'S INTERNET TV CHANNEL
China Central Television (CCTV) has launched a national internet television station, CNTV.cn, in China. The internet TV channel is positioned as a global, multilingual and multi-terminal platform. It will focus mainly on sports, finance and economy related information.
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WHY IS DIGITAL TV BETTER THAN ANALOG TV?
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o believe this one should watch both of them and feel the difference on their own. The quality of picture and sound are of high quality which gives you ultimate excitement and satisfaction while watching your favorite programs. Digital TV compresses images which help to broadcast multiple channels at a same band width. Whereas Analog which is generally called as SDTV uses magnetic waves to transmit and display pictures and sound which has been traditionally used. The special features available in Digital TV is surround sound, crystal clear pictures, sharper pictures which is all requires for the latest evolution of television the High Definition Television. Compared to the analog the SDTV is significant as it provides more channels from the same station. If you observe the analog broad casting you will find that it is a hassle the capacity to accommodate only a few stations. Where as with digital it contains more information than the analog. If you already have an analog set and wish MARCH
to upgrade it to a digital one its possible by using digital tuner decoder though it will display the high quality pictures as provided by the original digital sets. In today’s market you find digital quality sets are available and the best news is that their prices have decreased. The cable providers always do not supply with digital cables which digital signals. As such cables do not meet the standards when a digital cable is connected to a digital TV it will receive only analog signal, thus eliminating the advantages of a digital television. A solution for this is the digital quality pictures provided by satellite service providers. Digital TV is used for the latest innovation in entertainment the HDTV. Here you get to watch pictures in a wider screen with more clarity than in analog sets. The picture quality and the audio clarity are far better as compared with the analog. If this revolution from analog to digital continues what about consumers who have analog system is a question which ponders the minds of many. For this a transition period has been set up and that is through the year 2006. If necessity requires then that can be extended too.
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THE BOON IN MODERN TECHNOLOGY With the advancement of technologies, satellite television came in to existence. Satellite television is a revolution when compared to terrestrial and cable television, as it received signals from communication satellites in the space. In many places these satellite television supplement its conventional counterparts to get wide range of channels. For years, satellite television is not an acceptable one as it had many disadvantages of fixing a very large satellite in a place and then lining it to the appropriate satellite. It even took months to set it by trail and error method. Bad weather is always a hindrance to this method of broad casting. In the conventional method, the radio wave signals often disrupted and proper broadcasting was not possible as it was not inline with the antenna, which transmits these signals to the surrounding area. To get a perfect signal you should be very close to the broadcasting area. Whereas satellite television, receives the signal from satellite dishes, which is in the geo-synchronous orbit of the space. It orbits in elliptical inclination or in geostationary orbit of 37,000 km above the earth. Earlier in 1980's the Consumer satellite MARCH
television reception was highly were expensive and the dishes used were as large as 12-foot height. It had a motorized, multiple satellites reception. In 1995, easily usable small dish network came in to existence. Now, direct broadcast satellite (DBS) is usage to enable the satellite provider to select programs and broadcasts them to subscribers as a set of packages. It is a digital broadcast, which means transmission happens in Ku frequency range (12 GHz to 14 GHz). Like other Satellite relayed communication, Satellite television uses an antenna, which is mainly located in uplink direction. These are mainly nine to twelve meters in diameter. These large structures are required for accurate and increased signals from satellites. These uplinked dishes placed in such a way that they receive to a particular frequency range from the satellite, which is in the space. Then these satellites in space, retransmits, or resend the signals back to these uplinked dishes in earth in a highly different frequency from the previous one. These kind of receiving the signals are termed as downlink. C-band and Ku -band are used for uplink service. The signal, received from the space, becomes weak.
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DIRECT TV HAS THE
TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU NEED If you've ever thought about signing up for a satellite television programming package with Direct TV, there's never been a better time than the present to do it. That's because Direct TV has hundreds of channels in a variety of programming packages that are all delivered to your home using the best in user friendly satellite television technology. The technology that Direct TV uses is a great measurement of how dedicated it is to making the most out of your television experience. For example, all the programming is in digital television format. Digital television is a revolutionary technology that makes it easy for satellite receiver equipment to remove all but the worst interference form a television signal. The result is an incredibly vivid picture and clear sound that the older analog format, that was used for decade before the invention of digital television, just can't match. Another feature that's included with all Direct TV subscriptions is the on screen programme guide. The on screen programme guide is an interactive television listing that appears on your screen in the form of a table that looks a lot MARCH
like the television listing that you'd find in a local newspaper or scrolling at the bottom of the picture on the TV Guide channel used by a cable television service that still uses an analog TV signal. Like the other forms that television listings can take, the on screen program guide has each of the cells of the table occupied by programs along with information about the plot, who stars in them, the year made, and the MPAA rating when available. It differs from other listings because you can scroll through the table to see what's on other channels or scroll horizontally to see what will be available to watch in the future, up to days in advance in some cases. Once you find the channel with the programming you're looking for, the on screen program guide can take you directly to it. This is a much more efficient and user friendly way than channels surfing to sort through the hundreds of channels provided by Direct TV, and it will even continue to show the picture from the channel that you're currently tuned to in the corner of the screen while the audio continues to come over the TV's speakers.
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TECHNOMATE SINGLE LNB We all know that Technomate is one of the manufacturers of classy digital satellite and terrestrial receiver. Recently, Technomate have decided to expand their products lines with Ku-Band LNB. The choice is really wide: from the single models to octo and even the monoblocks. Are they all as good as the receivers they are supposed to match? Their noise figures (0.2dBand0.1dB) are very promising but we know that only a test with real world signals can prove the value of an LNB. The noise figures printed on TM-1 packages promise very good performance. However, it is not a secret that some manufacturers over specify their products to gain a market advantage over competition. Did Technomate follow this trend? Or perhaps their products are really the state of the art LNBs? We decided to submit them to a really hard test. We took probably the best LNB we had the one that had out performed many other 0.3 dB and 0.2 dB models in our previous tests. At the same time this reference LNB had a high gain (high signal level at the output).
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COMAG SL 90 HDTV PVR HDTV and digital satellite receiver with 1 Common Interface slot, and USB connection for external HDD PVR recording. Supports DiSEqC/USALS. This receiver has 5000 channel storage, DiSEqC 1.0, 1.2, USALS, 800 page Super Fast Teletext, Software updates via Astra 1 or via USB, 4 digit LED front display, Low-power consumption in Standby, 7 day Electronic Programme Guide, 8 favourite channel lists, Channel list editor, 8 multi-function event timers and quick channel with changing last channel recall.
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THE NEW DIRECTION OF TELEVISION Television sure has been on the path to reinventing itself lately. The truly savvy channels know the being cutting edge has to do with more than just offering special features on satellite TV. The brave new world of television 2.0 involves an integration with the internet, and the channels that are going to rise above and beyond the hundreds of other new options that pop up each year know how to play this to their advantage in a way that older channels haven't quite figured out. After all, more and more intellectual and hipster households are begrudgingly deciding to add a television set, making the claim that it's possible to watch smart and intelligent television. This is most definitely the case, but just a few years ago, the only shows that these intellectuals could claim to enjoy were a select few political satires on Comedy Central and of course the odd cerebral HBO series. Now, however, there's a new generation of intelligent young people, ranging from teenage years to their thirties, and this set is unashamed of their television use, but still interested in something smarter that plays to their intelligence. Available on all the major MARCH
providers, from cable to satellite TV, Current TV is changing the way that television works. A young station in its formative years, Current understands the relationship between television and the internet, and thus offers most of its programming for free on its website. However, television is best experienced on a TV set at some point, and Current also knows that many older viewers are not going to sit down and stream a show. So they are managing to pull audience members from all sides of the equation. Current TV is also special for allowing its viewers to partially determine the content. Viewers of the programming and users of the site can actually take place in providing and choosing the programming, and the station bills itself as the first 24-hour network in all of America that is based around content created by viewers. These programs are voted on by users, and then the best of the best finally make it to actual television. Some programs are collaborations between pre-existing entities, like film rating web sites, and the station itself.
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Television certainly has an undeserved reputation for being the tool of the masses. Not only is it elitist and snobby to proclaim, "Oh I don't watch television," when asked about a favorite show at a party, it's simply a lie. The ratings aren't fake, so it's impossible that when millions upon millions of people tune in to watch a season finale, there isn't a smart one in the bunch. But even more than that, most people who act like their high definition television is more of a decoration than a part of daily life can easily be prodded to admit that they like whatever the latest accepted cerebral programming is. Whether it's the sleeper hit of the HBO season or something like "Mad Men," there's always something on that snobbier people begrudgingly admit to liking. It doesn't have to be that way. There's a whole world of television for smart people, and it's possible to spend an afternoon with satellite TV and not see a single show that would slow your mind down. The old reputation that TV is merely the boob tube is truly a thing of the past, and even MARCH
programmers are reaching out to attempt to placate those viewers who keep television as their dirty secret. For starters, channels like History and Discovery have grown by leaps and bounds, with numbers of offshoot channels devoted to single topics like science or World War II. It's possible to watch extensive, multipart documentaries based on best-selling non-fiction books that deal with theories about how societies grew. It might not be the same as a law degree, but a great deal of the programming on The History Channel looks at famous court cases and presents them in a way that part of your homework at law school might actually be to watch something on television and also read a book. So the days of pretending that there's nothing important or worth merit on satellite TV are long gone, and it's just up to people to admit it. But even more than simple television programming, there's an entire world of obscure cinema out there that's only accessible through your HD TV. For example, a number of the independent film channels.
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TELEVISION REVOLUTION Arab League information ministers in February adopted the Arab Satellite Broadcasting Charter, an agreement to impose restrictions on satellite channels, which seemed to be aimed primarily at AlJazeera and its brand of contentious news and political coverage. It also takes aim at sex channels and other 'immoral' acts such as drinking, smoking, and violence. Only Qatar and Lebanon failed to sign the document. Charter impact. The EgyptianSaudi sponsored charter, once approved by national legislatures, will allow governments to suspend or revoke broadcasting licences on very general grounds. This will affect existing stations such Al-Jazeera, Al-Arabiya and Al-Hurra, which allow free-wheeling debates, uncensored call-ins, and live coverage that often transgresses traditional red lines and draconian domestic press laws and penal codes: Saudi Arabia already banned live programmes on state TV earlier this month and Egypt has cracked down on press freedom over the past year, though some lively shows continue. * These two countries are especially hostile to calls for democracy and reform, and it is thus little surprise that they sponsored the charter. Egyptian state-owned Nilesat has recently dropped London-based channel Al-Hewar - the first casualty of the charter. Al-Jazeera impact. A decade ago, AlJazeera sparked the new media revolution MARCH
by challenging the status quo through the development of a public forum where politics, culture, and society could be discussed. It pioneered the creation of a new Arab journalism focused on the people in a region where the political process offers minimal chance for expression. Its journalism practices have seeped into the rest of the sector, from other satellite stations to state-run terrestrial networks, and even into the print media, raising standards and public expectations. Terrestrial state-run stations have suffered accordingly: Government officials must now defend their policies on air while ordinary people have the opportunity to comment on events. Journalists increasingly want to adhere to international norms and be respected as professionals. In view of competition from Al-Jazeera and the other pan-Arab news stations, even state-owned news stations are feeling pressure to adhere to basic journalistic standards. Therefore, in Egypt and Jordan, government stations cover items that would have been taboo in the past in order to maintain their legitimacy.This has challenged the ability of governments in the region to control information. Arab publics have also become accustomed to having real news and routinely turn to Al-Jazeera as their most trusted source, a sore point with Arab governments.
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Amplifiers in SMATV
NETWORKS
Extra power and capacity is most often an advantage in sports, in your car, in computers and in many other processes. In the handling of signals in TV/radio networks (e.g. SMATV solutions) you do however have to think differently, and this especially applies to the selection of amplifiers and their maximum gain capacity. Unnecessary amplification power adds unnecessary noise and reduces signal quality.
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Carrier-to-Noise (or C/N) ratio is the value used to describe how efficiently the active components in a distribution system preserve signal quality. More specifically, a C/N-ratio is the ratio between meaningful information (TVsignal) and background noise added by the component, and this value (measured in dB) has to be maximized. To optimize signal quality, we need to look at the formula for calculating C/N-ratios and to understand the relationship between the different parameters. Actually the formula is fairly simple and conclusions even more so. As in this example, amplifier gain is typically the one factor causing the largest reduction in C/N-ratio and signal quality. Additionally it is worth noticing that it is not the adjusted gain, but the maximum gain of the amplifier that counts. As an installer or systems designer you only
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have very limited options to minimize the amplifier’s inherent noise and impedance noise. And for reasons outlined below, an output level of more than 95-98 dBµV will start creating other problems when cascading amplifiers. So, the one important factor you can control is the amplifier’s maximum gain. As the above formula shows, signal quality is improved, when you “economize” with power (and costs) and select an amplifier with the gain needed but no unnecessary amplifying capacity. Based on the formula, one can perhaps also draw the conclusion to maximize output level (Uout) and reduce the number of amplifiers needed. This is right in respect to C/N-ratio but an output level above 95-98 dBµV will create new and different problems: Intermodulation. Intermodulation is the result of overdriven signals, and occurs because the amplifier radiates energy on the operating frequency as well as frequencies above and below the same assigned frequency. The result is frequency components generated by the amplifier and visible on various channels throughout the channel raster, typically in the form of undesired shadows or patterns in the TV-picture.
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MASTER CODE
MASTER CODE In Order to solve the software problems of digital receivers, we are here with master codes for your better convenience.
1
Amstrad SilverLine, Cromline
0000, 3472
29
EchoStar
7604,2441,3604
2
Astrovox
8175,1250,1668,1010
30
EchoStar 2200-1200
7604
3
Aztech
1004,1111
31
EchoStar 2110, 3000, 3600
3453
4
Baff
2142
32
Euromax Em5000/7000CI
2142
5
Benjamin
1004,1250
33
EuroStar/ Euro Box
9999-0000
6
Besat
8175
34
FortecStar 5100PLUS
1010,1668,1002,1111
7
Citizen
7604
35
FortecStar Lifetime Ultra 1010,1012,9966,6699,0000
8
Coolsat
0103
36
FortecStar
1002, 1004,2228,2002,2004
9
Daewoo
8503,0500,0600
37
FortecStar 6000
1002
10
Digimaster
2606
38
FortecStar Oneworld
0914
11
Digi Box
8175
39
FortecStar Alpha/Beta
2580
12
Digital Telecom 2000
1004,0786
40
FortecStar 500
7777
13
Digital Telecom 2003/04
2999-1976
41
Galaxy
9949
14
Digital Telecom x100
42
GoldmasterSAT
3453,2606,3141 9247,1600,1700
43
Humax
0000-1234
44
Hyundai
0325,6962,8503,0500,0600
17
2046 ACTIVATE CODE (9339) 1818 Digital Telecom DB9 ACTIVATE CODE (8040) 9876 Digital Telecom X1500 D & X1001 MINI ACTIVATE CODE (PAGE UP) 1250 Digital Telecom X10 ACTIVATE CODE (7799)
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Hyundai1100MCOM
1004
18
Digital Telecom X11
46
Kaon
Left to Right press Red, Green, Blue and Yellow buttons
15 16
3328
19
8989 Digital Telecom BLACK BOX & +1- +2 -911 ACTIVATE CODE (9999)
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Kaon
Press Yellow key, Enter 0000 Press Blue 2 times, Press Green 2 times, Press Red 2 times, Press Menu key.
20
Digital Telecom X400
9876
48
Kaon
Yellow, Blue, Green, Menu
21
Dynavision CI-888, CI-991
1004
49
Kyoto
3453
22
Dynavision Elite CX-9900
9247
50
Lawrence
1250
23
Dynavision Elite F-6600
9247
51
MediacomMFT930I
5347
24
Dynavision CX 777
5518
52
MediacomMFT910I
1250
25
Echolink EL-700 FTA
3327
53
MediacomEXEL
1250
26
Echolink EL-707 FTA
2020
54
MediacomMCIElite
7777
27
Echolink EL-707 FTA Plus
1520
55
MediaStar
2142,8175
28
Echo Set
7176
56
Metabox1-2-3
1004
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MASTER CODE In Order to solve the software problems of digital receivers, we are here with master codes for your better convenience.
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Megastar
2606,3141
86
SonySat-Spider
8989
58
Micro-X MDR-2800 FTA
1004
87
Satcruiser
3742,3472
59
Micro-X MDR-6000 IR
1004
88
Signal
8888,5555,4444
60
Micro-X MDR-6500 IRCI
1004
89
Smart
3472,6934
61
Micro-X MDR-4000 FTA
1250
90
Starsat
1234,1361,2999,1999,9876
62
Natvision
1668,1010
91
Startrack
0786,2480
63
Neosat 9800CI
1631,6805
92
Strong
0235,0325,1361,0735
64
Neosat SX-1600 Plus
1004
93
SuperLazer 20000/1000
2142
65
Neosat SX-9800CI
2580,3842
94
SuperMax
5790
66
Neosat SX-9600
3472, 3842, 8510
95
Taplin
3453
67
Neosat SX-9800I
2142
96
TechnoSat
3724, 2374,7176, 2606,1470, 2441, 3724,1250, 6893, 8766,1497
68
Neosat9800CI(old)
8510
97
Teleman
7176,1973
69
Next Wave
8503
98
Topfield
2606,2999
70
Nokia9800-9860-9600
1234
99
Toshiba
1048
71
Nokia 9200 S
147258
100
Truman TM-150, 100Plus, 160, 155, 7000, Vege
1004
72
Opensky
0786, 1777
101
Truman TM-7000 Plus /Xtream
8191
73
OpenStar
1234
102
Truman TM-100, 200
8175-2958
74
Opentel
0937,3472
103
Vantage
1404
75
Pace
9949
104
Vestel
8277,929526
76
Panasonic
3872,3472,1470,3725,2374 105
Viva
0786
77
Pansat
1668,1010
106
VIP
0282
78
Radix
9815
106
Vortec
2002,7777
79
Samsat
0937
107
Winnersat
0963
80
Samson SSI
9876
108
Wisplus
5030
81
Samsung
0235,7777
109
Wiztech
2020
82
Samsung702
9911
110
Xcruiser 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 750, 725
1250
83
Samsung202SVACI
1631
111
XricaX5
2613
84
SamsungDSR2000
Press Menu Key, Go To System Setup And Go To System Information, Enter 0000.
112
Zinwell
8888
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TECHNOLOGY BREAKDOWN - SATELLITE TV OR CABLE? It's a difficult choice for consumers in today's world of technology. There's also a new innovation trumping the last thing to come out, and it makes staying on the cutting edge a difficult task for those among us who aren't self-proclaimed tech nerds. Whether it's choosing a laptop, figuring out whether it's worth it to invest in the new hot model of cell pone, or attempting to purchase the best high definition television set, the technology is growing at leaps and bounds, and sometimes figuring things out is completely overwhelming. In addition to all of those new and difficult choices, there are the old standby-by decision that keep getting updated when new technology gives one thing and edge over another. A great example of that sort of technology is television, where the methods have only changed in recent years, but have changed rapidly on a regular basis. It used to be that having tel
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evision meant a single box with a simple analog signal that went out after two in the morning and only brought in a few channels. But things have changed, and it's impossible to even have analog television, now that the United States has decided to make all television digital. That means a lot of people who might not have wanted to upgrade their technology had to get different television sets, and start thinking about things like satellite TV versus cable. So if you're one of those individuals, or are just trying to keep up to date on the trends, which is the better choice? There are a number of factors to consider, but the big point is that one is not better for everyone. Satellite TV is known for having a signal that goes out when it rains more, in the past, but that's actually changed and satellite is often more reliable than cable for uninterrupted service. Cable is classically known as being less expensive, but recently, the opposite has become true. Cable is beginning to charge higher and higher rates, and the customer service for many of the big cable companies has a reputation for being unresponsive and taking forever, even though the companies are usually more optimally located to help than the satellite TV companies are.
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REASONS TO GO DIGITAL
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igital TV is gaining popularity all over. Considering the possibilities this is hardly a surprise. More TV for less money. Better quality, better sound. No more commercials and you get to choose. Everything. Digital TV makes it possible to sit back, relax and do nothing. In other words: the endless search for something to watch is over. Choose your favorite shows and movies and decide when you want to watch them. Use the TV guide to put together your ideal TV night. Watch a movie while taping that documentary or the cliffhanger of the soap opera you've been waiting for. Digital TV tells you when your shows are on, rewatch missed movies or shows and always updates you on the latest movies available. Choose only the programs that matter, choose your own favorites! Usually television is received through an analogue signal. Who doesn't know the stormy nights when all of a sudden the TV breaks down or the show you're watching suddenly turns into a snow show? Or when by accident you put your foot too close to the wire and the screen goes black…annoying. Digital channels are less sensitive than analogue channels so you can forget about that MARCH
annoying static or other technical failure. The analogue signal can hold no more than 30 channels, but digital TV can air no less than 10 channels on 1 analogue channel. So, digital TV makes it possible to watch more than 100 channels. In your living room, in a vacation home or hotel room. Digital bandwidth offers more space for TV and more TV means more enjoyable TV. Without static. Top sounds and super sharp TV. Your own TV on vacation? It happens, since TV's get lighter and smaller every day. But even though you leave your own set at home, your can bring your digital with you. Another perk is the fact that the wires are no longer visible in your room. Just put down the box, and it's installed within ten minutes. User friendly and convenient. Besides the regular channels, digital TV offers a lot of new channels. Foreign channels and lots of theme channels. There's something for everyone. Watching sports live or connect to that other high profile game the rivals are playing, prepare a dinner with friends while watching the cooking channel. See spectaculr destinations on the travel channels. Basically there's almost too much to choose from.
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DUAL TUNER SATELLITE TV RECEIVERS These are specially developed receivers that have two separate tuners in one single unit. By using this receiver you can enjoy two separate television program on two separate television sets. All you need to do is to connect your dual tuner receiver with your existing television sets. In most cases, a normal receiver is can be connected only to single television set. But in this case you can connect two television devices on a single satellite TV receiver. The receivers come with two remote control devices so as to allow the users to have full control over the two separate satellite tuners of their receiver. Just think for a while You being a sports lover would like to watch the latest sporting actions while your wife on the other hand is crazy about movies and lifestyle based programs. In such a case one needs to sacrifice their TV viewing for the sake of their loved ones. So why would you be sacrificing your television viewing where there is a perfect solution. Yes! The perfect solution is a Dual Tuner based satellite TV receiver. By having a dual tuner based receiver you both can watch your favorite television MARCH
program. But for that you need to have more then one television set, say two. Simply connect the receiver on to your existing television sets by following the instructions. You will see that the problem is gone forever. You will be watching your favorite collage football or NBA games while your wife will be watching her favorite program on a different room. Two remotes will be offered to you so that you can control the two separate satellite TV tuners of your receiver. Certain dual tuner receiver models are packed with UHF or Ultra High Frequency remote controls. These remote controls have built-in UHF transmitters and with the help of this you will be able to control your dual tuner receiver from a greater distance. You will still be able to control your receiver even from a different room. The number of feature in this receiver is less and is strong enough to satisfy your basic entertainment needs. But if you are looking for something that is strong enough to offer you more then just entertainment then you must go for the higher end models.
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Just as different seats in a theater provide different perspectives on a performance, different Earth orbits give satellites varying perspectives, each valuable for different reasons. Some seem to hover over a single spot, providing a constant view of one face of the Earth, while others circle the planet, zipping over many different places in a day.
minutes to orbit the Earth at about 705 kilometers up, while a weather satellite at 42,164 kilometers away takes 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds to complete an orbit. At 384,403 kilometers from the center of the Earth, the Moon completes a single orbit in 28
Catalog of Earth Satellite Orbits
There are essentially three types of Earth orbits: high Earth orbit, medium Earth orbit, and low Earth orbit. Many weather and some communications satellites tend to have a high Earth orbit, farthest away from the surface. Satellites that orbit in a medium (mid) Earth orbit include navigation and specialty satellites, designed to monitor a particular region. Most scientific satellites, including NASA’s Earth Observing System fleet, have a low Earth orbit. The height of the orbit, or distance between the satellite and Earth’s surface, determines how quickly the satellite moves around the Earth. An Earthorbiting satellite’s motion is mostly controlled by Earth’s gravity. As satellites get closer to Earth, the pull of gravity gets stronger, and the satellite moves more quickly. NASA’s Aqua satellite, for example, requires about 99 MARCH
days. Changing a satellite’s height will also change its orbital speed. This introduces a strange paradox. If a satellite operator wants to increase the satellite’s orbital speed, he can’t simply fire the thrusters to accelerate the satellite. Doing so would boost the orbit (increase the altitude), which would slow the orbital speed. Instead, he must fire the thrusters in a direction opposite to the satellite’s forward motion, an action that on the ground would slow a moving vehicle. This change will push the satellite into a lower orbit, which will increase its forward velocity. In addition to height, eccentricity and inclination also shape a satellite’s orbit. Eccentricity refers to the shape of the orbit. A satellite with a low eccentricity orbit moves in a near circle around the Earth. An eccentric orbit is elliptical, with the satellite’s distance from Earth changing depending on where it is in its orbit.
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PAKISTANI CHANNELS DIRECTORY Waseb TV
Asia Sat 3S 105.5oE
4166 H 5700 3/4
Seraiki Channel
TV-One, News One
Asia Sat 3S 105.5oE
4166 H 5700 3/4
Urdu Channel
Aaj News
Asia Sat 3S 105.5oE
PTV Home, News, World Geo News ATV A Lite / A Plus
4161 H 3040 3/4
Urdu News Channel
o
4091 V 13333 3/4
Urdu Channel
o
4180 V 26666 3/4
News Channels
o
4091 V 13333 3/4
Urdu Channel
o
4154 H 5632 3/4
Urdu Channel
o
Asia Sat 3S 105.5 E Asia Sat 3S 105.5 E Asia Sat 3S 105.5 E Asia Sat 3S 105.5 E
PTV National
Asia Sat 3S 105.5 E
4114 V 7000 3/4
Urdu Channel
PTV Global USA
Asia Sat 3S 105.5oE
Hum TV Masala TV Style 360 Madani Channel
4106 V 2894 3/4
Urdu Channel
o
4132 H 9200 3/4
Urdu Channel
o
4132 H 9200 3/4
Cooking Channel
o
4132 H 9200 3/4
Fashion Channel
o
3738 V 2815 3/4
Religious Channel
o
Asia Sat 3S 105.5 E Asia Sat 3S 105.5 E Asia Sat 3S 105.5 E Asia Sat 3S 105.5 E
KTN News
Asia Sat 3S 105.5 E
4084 H 5779 3/4
Sindhi News Channel
KTN / Kashish TV
Asia Sat 3S 105.5oE
Awaz TV DM Digital Global AJK TV ZAM TV
4084 H 5779 3/4
Sindhi Music Channel
o
4176 H 2250 3/4
Sindhi Channel
o
Asia Sat 3S 105.5 E Asia Sat 3S 105.5 E
4071 H 14240 3/4
Urdu Channel
o
3777 V 3333 3/4
Urdu Channel
o
4076 H 2539 3/4
Urdu Channel
Asia Sat 5 100.5 E ChinaStar 1 87.5 E
Starlite TV/ Silver Screen/ Flim World
Thaicom 78.5 E
3960 V 30000 5/6
Movie Channels
Apna Channel
Thaicom 78.5oE
3600 V 26667 3/4
Punjabi Channel
Joo Music
Thaicom 78.5oE
Apna Channel
VTV 4 Filmazia
o
3960 V 30000 3/4
Music Channel
o
3960 V 30000 5/6
Punjabi Channel
o
3600 H 26667 3/4
Educational Channel
Thaicom 78.5 E Thaicom 78.5 E o
Thaicom 78.5 E
3960 V 30000 5/6
Movie Channel Religious Channel
Hadi TV
Thaicom 78.5 E
3431 H 13333 3/4 3452 H 7188 2/3
Good News
Thaicom 78.5oE
3960 V 30000 5/6
Christian Channel
AVT Khyber
Intelsat 7/10 68.5oE
3796 H 7300 3/4
Pushto Channel
Khyber News
Intelsat 7/10 68.5oE
3796 H 7300 3/4
Pushto News Channel
Waqt TV
Intelsat 7/10 68.5oE
4003 H 2964 3/4
Urdu News Channel
Tensport Pak.
Intelsat 7/10 68.5oE
3744 H 20770 3/4
Irdeto-2
CNBC Pak
Intelsat 7/10 68.5oE
3810 H 3312 2/3
News Ch. Decoder
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ARY Digital Asia/ UK Intelsat 7/10 68.5oE
3864 H 19890 3/4
QTV / ARY The Musik Intelsat 7/10 68.5oE
3864 H 19890 3/4
Urdu Channel Islamic Channel Music Channel Urdu Channel
ARY Mid. East ARY News
Intelsat 7/10 68.5oE
Hum TV
Intelsat 7/10 68.5oE
3774 H 3300 2/3
Urdu Channel
Aag TV
Intelsat 7/10 68.5oE
4124 V 19850 3/4
Music Channel Decoder Urdu News Channel
3864 H 19890 3/4
Samaa TV
Intelsat 7/10 68.5oE
4117 H 3333 2/3
Rohi
Intelsat 7/10 68.5oE
4143 H 3306 3/4
Seraiki Channel
Dawn News
Intelsat 7/10 68.5oE
4127 H 3255 3/4
English News Channel
Express News
Intelsat 7/10 68.5oE
4158 H 6510 3/4
Urdu News Channel
Dunya News
Intelsat 7/10 68.5oE
4150 H 6600 3/4
Urdu News Channel
AKS TV
Intelsat 7/10 68.5oE
3808 V 10340 3/4
Pakistani Movie Channel
VSH News
Paksat 38.0 oE
3809 H 2175 3/4
Balochi Channel
Royal News
Paksat 38.0 oE
3897 H 2500 3/4
Urdu Channel
Hadi TV
Paksat 38.0 oE
3893 H 1770 3/4
Religious Channel
Dhoom TV
Paksat 38.0 oE
4157 V 2850 3/4
Urdu News Channel
Sindh TV/Sindh News
Paksat 38.0 oE
3753 V 6500 3/4
Sindhi Channel
Ziaqa TV
Paksat 38.0 oE
3883 H 3000 3/4
Food Channel
N Vibe
Paksat 38.0 oE
3907 V 3255 3/4
Urdu Channel
Kook TV / Apna News
Paksat 38.0 oE
4145 V 6000 3/4
Punjabi News Channel Sindhi Channel
Dharti TV
Paksat 38.0 oE
3735 V 3333 3/4
Mehran TV
Paksat 38.0 oE
3730 V 2890 3/4
Sindhi Channel
Din News
Paksat 38.0 oE
4104 H 3000 3/4
Urdu News Channel
Zam Zam TV
Paksat 38.0 oE
3724 V 3255 3/4
Islamic Channel
City 42 News
Paksat 38.0 oE
3911 V 3100 3/4
Urdu News Channel
PTV Bolan
Paksat 38.0 oE
4035 H 2894 3/4
Balochi Channel
Oye
Paksat 38.0 oE
3864 H 3790 3/4
Music Channel
Punjab TV, Star Asia
Paksat 38.0 oE
3886 H 6200 3/4
Punjabi Channel
Play TV
Paksat 38.0 oE
3945 H 4700 3/4
Music Channel
Haq TV
Paksat 38.0 oE
3951 H 3240 3/4
Islamic Channel
N Vibe
Paksat 38.0 oE
3956 H 3255 3/4
Urdu Channel
ARY Nick/ARY Zauq/ARY M.E.
Paksat 38.0 oE
3968 H 11480 3/4
Kids / Urdu Cooking Channel
Value TV
Paksat 38.0 oE
3998 V 2850 3/4
Urdu Channel
Ravi TV
Paksat 38.0 oE
3917 V 3333 3/4
Punjabi Channel
Metro One
Paksat 38.0 oE
4115 H 3333 3/4
Urdu Channel
G Kaboom
Paksat 38.0 oE
4031 H 3248 3/4
Music Channel
MTV Pakistan/Indus Vision
Paksat 38.0 oE
3814 H 4666 3/4
Music Channel
Business Plus
Paksat 38.0 oE
4110 H 3255 3/4
Urdu News Channel
Indus News
Paksat 38.0 oE
4120 H 2850 3/4
Urdu News Channel
Apna News/Kook TV
Paksat 38.0 oE
3785 H 2850 3/4
Punjabi Channel
Oxygene
Paksat 38.0 oE
3797 H 3255 3/4
Urdu Channel
Channel 5
Paksat 38.0 oE
4026 H 3255 3/4
Urdu Channel
Sohni Dharti TV
Paksat 38.0 oE
4149 V 2800 3/4
Agricultural Channel
Sabzbaat Balochistan
Paksat 38.0 oE
3819 V 2222 3/4
Balochi Channel Islamic Channel
Kohenoor TV
Paksat 38.0 oE
4153 V 3333 3/4
PTV Global
EuroBird-1 28.5 oE
11224 V 27500 3/4
Urdu Channel
Aapna Des
EuroBird-1 28.5 oE
11260 V 27500 2/3
Kashmiri Channel Urdu News Channel
ARY News
EuroBird-1 28.5 oE
11390 V 27500 2/3
Geo UK/Aag TV/QTV
EuroBird-1 28.5 oE
11426 V 27500 2/3
Urdu Channels
DM News
EuroBird-1 28.5 oE
11344 H 27500 2/3
Urdu News Channel
ARY Digital M.E
Nilesat 101 7.0 oW
11804 H 27500 3/4
Urdu Channel Decoder
Geo USA
Nilesat 101 7.0 oW
11881 H 27500 3/4
Urdu Channel Decoder
Aaj TV
Nilesat 101 7.0 oW
10930 H 27500 3/4
Urdu News Channel
Dawn News
Nilesat 101 7.0 oW
12303 H 27500 3/4
English News Channel
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Satellite Transmission Efficiency C
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When Considering a
Satellite TV Service Are you tired of your present television situation? Perhaps there never seems to be anything good on television. You may endlessly flip through the cable channels and find very little entertainment. There is an alternative to your present situation. Satellite TV service has a lot to offer. Here are some things to look at.
You may live in a remote area. Regular television may be extremely difficult to receive. There may not be cable television service available. There is another way to get serve. You can also receive high speed Internet It might solve all of your problems. What is your cable reception like? Often times, cable reception can be fuzzy. You may get some channels clear and others will come in distorted or hard to see. This may depend on the quality of the cable reception. Many times it is difficult to
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watch. Many people claim superior reception through satellite. Cable television offers a limited amount of viewing. Satellite receives a large selection of channels from their dishes. You may watch sports and shows from the other side of the world. Often times, with cable, people say that there is nothing on. What they mean is, there is not much worth watching. Price is another huge consideration. Cable television rates seem to continually be rising. Satellite remains inexpensive. Also, the selections that you get for each package, makes it a more attractive offer. These companies are constantly offering special packages with free installation. You may also get movie channels free for several months. Customer service is worth considering. Many people claim excellent customer service with their satellite television providers. Cable television customer service does not get rave reviews. This is a big factor, if you are watching an important program. You may lose reception in the middle of a good show. Here is an example. It is the night of the big game. You are having all of your friends over. You go to a lot of trouble getting the right snacks and drinks. You are also having pizza and hot wings delivered. You buy a new big screen television in celebration of this joyous occasion. The time arrives. Your friends are there. The food is delivered. You are sitting in your favorite chair enjoying the game. All is well with the world. Then all you see is snow. The cable has went out.
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India has over 130 million homes with television sets, of which nearly 71 million have access to cable TV. The overall Cable TV market is growing at a robust 8-10%. The cable TV industry exploded in the early 1990s when the broadcast industry was liberalized, and saw the entry of many foreign players like Rupert Murdoch's Star TV Network in 1991, MTV, and others. The emergence and notification of the HDVSL standard as a home grown Indian digital cable standard is likely to open an era of interactivity on cable networks. Sun TV (India) was launched in 1992 as the first private channel in South India. Today it
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has 20 television channels in the four South Indian languages - Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu. Channels of the Sun TV network are also available outside of India. Recently Sun TV launched a DTH service. The Raj Television Network was started in 1994 and continues to be an important player in the South Indian cable TV provider space. Television in India is a huge industry and has thousands of programmes in all the states of India. The small screen has produced numerous celebrities of their own kind some even attaining national fame. TV soaps are extremely popular with housewives as well as working women.
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SATELLITE BOX How to connect two TV's to one satellite box? I want the same picture on both TV's? (Abbas Rizwi, Karachi) A: The simplest way would be to use the video output for one of the TV's and the RF output for the other one. This requires no extra devices to buy, just a bit of cable. If you want to use the RF output for both, just connect an RF splitter to the RF output of the satellite box, and then one cable from that to each TV.If you want to use the video output from the satellite box (instead of RF), you'll need an appropriate splitter. Depending on what sort of video signal you have (composite, S-VHS, component, or HDMI), you'll need that type of splitter.
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WEAK SIGNALS I change channels on my Q:2When satellite receiver, there is a significant pause with a black screen. Is this
an inherent feature or is there anything that can eliminate that lag time? (Khurshed Alam, Hyderabad) A: This is normal. It takes the receiver some time to properly decode the compressed video signal received from the satellite or digital cable system. You need to wait until the receiver receives at least one key frame in the signal. This delay is unavoidable and an inherent part of the video compression scheme used during transmission.
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missing odd channels on some is Terrestrial Interference (TI) Q:3What Q:5I'm satellites and even channels on and how does it affect my system? What can be done about it? (Sajid Aziz, Lahore) A: TI is anything operating on a microwave transmission which is the same as your satellite receives. Depending on the severity of the TI, your screen may be totally snowy or wavy, or you may see "sparkles" in bright or dark colors on your picture. TI may not
affect every channel. It may only be apparent at certain times of the day. Various types of TI filters are available and may help eliminate the problem.
SATELLITE PROBLEM All of my odd/even channels are Q:4out on every satellite. What causes this? (Faran Iqbal, Peshawar) A: Usually this is caused by the Low Noise Block Downconverter (LNB) not functioning properly. LNB is the component responsible for converting the bulk signal your satellite dish receives and breaking it down into frequencies that are recognizable by your satellite receiver.
other satellites. I've tried adjusting the skew and it does not help. Why? (Sumeer Khan, Quetta) A: There may be a lose wire somewhere between your satellite dish and your satellite receiver. If you have verified that all of the wiring from your dish to your receiver is tightly connected, the servo motor on the dish has most likely malfunctioned.
SIGNAL LOSS summer I lost all my channels Q:6 This from noon until about 7 pm. almost every day. I've never had this problem before. ( Anil Peter, via e-mail) A: The LNB on the dish may have become temperature sensitive. Extreme heat or extreme cold may cause all your channels to go out. Check the temperature the next time it goes out and check it again when it comes
back on. If there is a big difference, 90 when it goes out and 70 when it comes back on, the LNB may need to be replaced. MARCH
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of my satellite channels are Q:7 All snowy and tuning east/west does
my satellite channels are Q:10All perfectly clear with good sound
not help like it usually does. What is the problem? (Zafar Ali, via e-mail) A: If the dish outside is not pointing directly at each satellite, then east/west tuning will not help. The dish needs to be realigned or adjusted.
except one. It is fuzzy and has a voice message telling me the channel has been scrambled. Why am I receiving that message when I have paid for the channel? (Kamiz Raza, via e-mail) A: You need to adjust the video fine tune on that particular channel. The procedure varies per receiver.
SIGNAL QUALITY signal quality on my pay Q:8 The channels is 80-100 but the picture still looks fuzzy. Could it be my dish? (Asad Iqbal, Islamabad) Answer: If you have a very high signal quality then the problem is not in the dish
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LNB PROBLEM every satellite all my higher Q:11 On numbered channels are out but the lower ones are perfect. I had the LNB tested and it is fine. Is it tuning? (Amjad
Khan, Lahore) A: This is caused by the tuner inside the receiver malfunctioning.
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JAPANESE SATELLITE TO PROVIDE BROADBAND INTERNET AND DTV IN ASIA Japan may have taken a long time getting into the space race, but they're quickly making up for lost time. Powered by a rocket designed and built in Japan, they've launched a new satellite which they hope will be able to provide digital television (DTV) and high speed internet to remote areas of the country, as well as serving customers in other parts of Southeast Asia. The satellite called Kizuna was developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the National Institute of Information and Communication Technology, and Mitsubishi. It can reportedly transmit data at up to 1.2Gbps (Gigabits per second), including both internet and DTV streams. In addition to the fact that launching a satellite is a relatively quick, if still expensive, way to deploy infrrastructer across a larger area than would be possible with physical cables. For Japan, where earthquakes are a real threat, satellite connections also have the advantage that they will be unaffected in the case of any natural disaster. "The infrastructure on the ground may not withstand a major earthquake, and remote areas may not have any access to optic-fiber networks," one official said. BS satellites were used for Direct-To-Home satellite service in Japan. Japanese satellite MARCH
television, which uses an analog format, started with test broadcasts carried out by the semigovernmental NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) in 1984. It was considered that direct satellite TV reception (DTH) was obtained by a small parabolic antenna from 40 cm to 60 cm in all areas of Japan from the geostationary earth orbit (GEO) of 110 degrees of east longitude. All BS satellites have been of the same basic configuration: 3-axis stabilization of a rectangular spacecraft bus with two elongated solar arrays. After first successful test of satellite broadcasting of TV signal many Japanese producers of consumer electronics began to deliver on local market various consumer home electronic goods equipped by built-in satellite receivers. year after the first CS-class satellites were launched, the BS (Broadcasting Satellite) program was inaugurated with the flight of BSE (Experimental) also known as Yuri. As the name implies, BS satellites are designed for television broadcasting and were initially developed for the Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and for the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK). All BS satellites have been located at 110 degrees E and have been of the same basic configuration: 3-axis stabilization of a rectangular spacecraft bus with two elongated solar arrays.
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Satellite TV is the biggest money maker for the overall satellite industry creating investment, subscriber base and wealth. It rests on the solid revenue footing from a food chain that ranges from the end user paying for subscriptions to networks that collect from advertisers and affiliates like TV stations and cable systems. However, we are witnessing a new business model that provides a free service to end users who only need to buy reception equipment consisting of a dish with a digital settopbox. This is not unlike C-Band backyard dishes of the US from the early 1980s, before HBO began to scramble their signal. Today, Free to Air (FTA) satellite TV is the legitimate successor to the 3-meter backyard dish. It relies on the same digital TV platforms that made DIRECTV, DISH and BSkyB into mega-businesses, but allows viewers to watch the programming without paying programming charges. Markets appeared primarily in Asia, Central Europe, and the Middle East; but, the size and participation in the FTA segment has yet to be appraised in scope and monetary terms. The purpose of this article is to review the nature and appeal of FTA as a first step in rendering it a true business opportunity. Payment for satellite capacity MARCH
comes from the program or network provider, who leases bandwidth and arranges for the uplink. The source of their money depends on the region and content, which can be derived from advertisers, governments, religious groups or other organizations that wish to transmit a message. Nineteen years ago this month, the launch of AsiaSat 1 gave the start for STAR TV, the brainchild of Hong Kong billionaire, Richard Lee. The initial set of analog TV channels gave Asia its first regional broadcast and adopted the FTA model as the means to gain eyeballs. The service achieved quick popularity and, even though not financially rewarding in revenue terms, did make Richard Lee richer through the purchase by Rupert Murdock’s News Corporation in 1992. STAR then moved aggressively to expand and ultimately converted to digital by 1997. AsiaSat and other satellite providers established the vehicle for FTA in India and China, the biggest markets for satellite TV. The Indian model of Cable-Walla, wherein satellite dishes pull down FTA signals and distribute them within a community, has today facilitated over 200 channels of services to Indian households.
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WORLD DIRECT-TO-HOME (DTH) SATELLITE TV SERVICE Europe and North America account for over 80 per cent of the global DTH Satellite TV revenues. However, as the major markets mature, focus is seemingly shifting towards developing markets such as Asia-Pacific and East European countries. Driven by increasing number of subscribers for DTH services, in Asia, Africa, Middle East, Central and Eastern European regions, global market for DTH satellite TV services market is projected to be around US$51.2 billion in 2010 last. The DTH pay TV services have nearly 60 operating platforms all over the world. Compared to the growth rate in the number of subscribers, the growth rate in the revenue generated from the Direct-to-Home pay TV services depicts an increasing trend. The reason attributed for the growth in the annual average revenue per user (ARPU) is the increase in prices of these services, as well as value additions to the services being offered. DTH satellite TV subscribers worldwide, are projected to be over 133 million in 2010, as stated in a recent report published by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. World DTH satellite TV services market is projected to grow at compounded annual rate of over 9.6 per cent. DTH satellite TV subscribers in Europe account for nearly 50 per cent of the total subscribers globally. However, as the North American and West European markets mature, focus is MARCH
seemingly shifting towards developing markets such as Asia-Pacific and East European countries. Asia-Pacific represents the fastest growing market for DTH satellite TV services, registering a CAGR of nearly 23 per cent. Leading global and regional players operating in the industry include APT Satellite Holdings, Astro All Asia Networks, AUSTAR United Communications, BCE Inc., Chaparral Communications, DIRECTV, DREAM Satellite TV, EchoStar Communications, FOXTEL, Intelsat, JSAT Corporation, MEASAT Satellite Systems, Nahuelsat, Norsat International, Pace Micro Technology, Optus Communications, Shaw Communications, Shin Satellite Public (Thaicom), Star Group Limited, Sky Italia, SkyLife, Sky Network Television, SINO Satellite Communications, Satmex and True Visions Public Company Limited. “Direct-To-Home (DTH) Satellite TV Services: A Global Strategic Business Report� published by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., provides a comprehensive review of the recent mergers, acquisitions, market trends, drivers, issues, challenges and competition. Analytics for the period 2000 through 2015 are presented for major geographic markets such as US, Canada, Japan, France, Germany, Italy, the UK, Asia-Pacific and Latin America.
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