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Jul 20 2003

ITV & DSat – the choices

There is growing confusion about the future of some 600,000 homes that receive ITV, C4 and Five via digital satellite through Sky’s ‘free’ service. The issue arises as a result of the BBC’s move to a free and unencrypted service on satellite. The remaining Solus cards are due to expire in the ‘the next few […]

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By Expat • UK Media News • Tags: DSAT, ITV

sky-solus

Jul 16 2003

Solus Cards to be switched off

What will this meen for you, if you do not have a Sky subscription? You will loose ITV, Channel 4 and Five. It’s time for people to protest about the impending switch off of the Solus cards. BSkyB are rubbing their hands, at the thought of all those new subscriptions of £150 per year minimum. […]

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By Expat • UK Media News • Tags: BBC, Channel 4, Five, ITV, Solus Cards

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Jun 20 2003

BBC channels shuffled in Sky line-up

Several BBC radio and TV channels have been shuffled around in the Sky Digital Electronic Programme Guide (EPG). BBC Three can now be found on channel 115, while BBC Four is on channel 116. Meanwhile, BBC Radio 4 Long Wave has moved to channel 911 and BBC 6 Music is on channel 870.

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By Expat • UK Media News • Tags: BBC, Sky Digital

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Jun 13 2003

BBC and BSkyB announce agreement

BSkyB and the BBC today (Friday 13 June 2003) announced a five year agreement which includes the continued allocation to BBC ONE and BBC TWO of channel numbers 101 and 102 on BSkyB’s Electronic Programme Guide (EPG). Therefore the BBC will withdraw its complaint, made in April 2003, to the Independent Television Commission. From 10 […]

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By Expat • UK Media News • Tags: BBC, BBC and BSkyB announce agreement, BSkyB

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Dec 19 2000

Successful Launch of ASTRA 2D

Kourou, French Guiana, Dec. 19, 2000 – ASTRA 2D, a high-power Boeing 376 satellite built for SES of Luxembourg, was successfully launched today on board an Ariane 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Center on the northeastern coast of South America. The satellite was built by Boeing Satellite Systems, Inc., (BSS), a unit of The […]

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By Expat • UK Media News • Tags: 28.2° east, Astra 2D, Boeing 376 satellite, SES

astra2dlaunch

Dec 18 2000

ASTRA 2D Ready For Launch

ASTRA 2D, a Boeing 376 HP spacecraft built for Societe Europeenne des Satellites (SES) of Luxembourg, is scheduled for launch Dec. 19 aboard an Ariane 5. The 43-minute launch window opens at 9:26 p.m. at the launch site (4:26 p.m. PST; 12:26 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20, GMT). ASTRA 2D is the first spin-stabilized satellite ordered […]

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By Expat • UK Media News • Tags: 28.2° east, Astra 2D, Boeing 376 HP, SES

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