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October 2008 |
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 Orange Cinema Series: all the emotions of the cinema on mobile, PC and TV
From November 13, French film fans will be able to watch the Orange Cinema Series of film channels on TVs, PCs and mobiles. The new offer includes a main “feature film” channel, Orange Cinemax, available in HD and showing top-rank recent films and TV series, and four further channels devoted to family, action, art-house and classics. In line with the “Content Everywhere” strategy propelled by Orange, Orange Cinema Series offers increased flexibility and control to viewers for them to decide how and where they want to watch a programme. Along with traditional broadcasting all programmes are available on demand and can be watched on any screen, at any time.
Orange Cinema Series will offer subscribers more than 1,200 films, 1,000 hours of TV series, 200 documentaries and 300 hours of children’s series each year. Broadcasting the best films and series, Orange’s partnership policy with prestigious studios includes Warner Bros, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, HBO, Gaumont, BAC Films, Wild Side Films and Fidélité Film. All programmes shown on the five channels will be accessible on demand for 30 days after the first broadcast.
Eutelsat's two premium video neighbourhoods serving France, HOT BIRD™ at 13 degrees East and ATLANTIC BIRD™ 3 at 5 degrees West, will both broadcast Orange Cinema Series to ADSL homes not eligible to receive the TV component of Orange's triple play service. A decoder interfacing with the livebox enables the satellite-delivered Orange TV signal to be bundled with Internet access and telephony provided via an ADSL connection.
For more information: www.orangecinemaseries.fr |
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 MTV Networks goes HD
MTV Networks selected Eutelsat’s HOT BIRD™ neighbourhood at 13 degrees East for the launch of its European HD channel, MTVNHD. The English-language, HD music and entertainment channel is developed by MTV Networks International headquarters in Warsaw, Poland.
Offering a mix of music and entertainment programming around the clock, content includes live concerts, festivals, music awards ceremonies, including the iconic MTV Video Music Awards and the MTV Europe Music Awards, as well as video clips. The channel also broadcasts première music shows, such as music charts or thematic video countdowns, programmes from MTV, VH1 and Nickelodeon, as well as the well-known TV series MTV Unplugged and VH1 Storytellers. The premium channel broadcasts in MPEG-4/HD, in 1080i HD with Dolby 5.1 surround sound, and is encrypted in Conax, Cryptoworks and Mediaguard 2.
 For more information: www.mtvnhd.com
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 Roots Global expands Asian channel platform on EUROBIRD™ 9
Roots Global, the new pan-European TV platform for South Asian communities in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa is expanding its offer of channels broadcast from Eutelsat’s EUROBIRD™ 9 satellite. The new platform, managed by Singapore-based Spize TV, has launched with a complete set of channels from ARY Network (Ary Digital, QTV, etc.), Bollywood (B4U Music, B4U Movies) and TEN Sports which includes top international cricket series from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, South Africa, England and the West Indies. The North and South bouquets are already up and running with channel packages gathered from Northern and Southern countries of the Indian Subcontinent and Nepal. A further bouquet with channels from the Far Eastern countries is under development.
In order to offer a broad range of free-to-air channels in addition to Asian content, Roots Global proposes subscribers the installation of a dual-LNB on their satellite dish for reception from EUROBIRD™ 9 and Eutelsat’s HOT BIRD™ satellites which broadcast over 500 free-to-air channels. Ajoy Khandheria, CEO of Roots Global says, “EUROBIRD™ 9 is the ideal location for our new platform. In addition to ensuring us potential for expansion, it enables us to offer our subscribers the chance to enrich their viewing options with the free-to-air channels broadcasting at Eutelsat’s HOT BIRD™ neighbourhood. Dual-feed reception from two of Eutelsat’s key video neighbourhoods is an efficient path for us to build our audience base and deliver homes the choice they expect”.
For more information: www.rootsglobal.com
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 New HDTV channel for Fashion TV Paris
Fashion TV, the global leader of fashion in television and new media, has launched its new high definition channel FTV HD on Eutelsat’s EUROBIRD™ 9 satellite, on RRsat’s platform. Fashion TV has chosen RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. to provide uplink and playout services. The new 24/7 channel, is available free-to-air in full HD 1080i@50 across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Since its launch in 1997, Fashion TV has devoted itself to the latest trends in fashion and audiovisual technology, and has produced more than 20 fashion shows per season live in High Definition in preparation for a full HD service. The channel offers over 500 hours of new programme content every year, 300 new shows and 600 new clips each season.
RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. provides global, comprehensive, content management and distribution services for TV and radio broadcasters, including uplinking, downlinking, turnaround services and end-to-end transmission for television, radio and data channels. Through its proprietary "RRsat Global Network," composed of satellite and fibre transmission capacity and the Internet, RRsat offers high-quality, flexible global distribution services for content providers.
Where to find FTV HD
 EUROBIRD™ 9 at 9° East
Frequency: 11.919 GHz
Polarisation: Vertical
For more information: www.RRsat.com, www.ftv.com
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 TAM TAM TV launches on EUROBIRD™ 9
TAM TAM TV, the Côte d’Ivoire’s first commercial television channel, has started broadcasting on Eutelsat’s EUROBIRD™ 9 satellite in a free-to-air signal available 24/7 to satellite homes throughout Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. The channel has chosen GlobeCast, a global content management and delivery company and a key distribution partner for Eutelsat, for a broadcast solution that combines remote broadcast delivery via the Internet with satellite distribution.
Using technology developed by GlobeCast integrated into a PC-compatible content management programme, TAM TAM TV sends its locally-produced programmes via the Internet to GlobeCast’s technical operations centre in Paris. The channel constructs its daily play-list in the Côte d’Ivoire, and uses this application to send and control its delivery via the Internet to GlobeCast’s European satellite distribution server in Paris, where it is uplinked to EUROBIRD™ 9. This end-to-end solution is both cost-effective and portable, allowing TAM TAM TV to supervise and even modify its programming from any Internet connection.
 Where to find TAM TAM TV
EUROBIRD™ 9 at 9° East
Frequency: 11.938 GHz
Polarisation: Horizontal
For more information: www.globecast.com, www.tamtam-tv.com |
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 New on-demand service for NTV-Plus
September saw the launch by the Russian DTH platform NTV-Plus of the country’s first pay-per-view (PPV) service. Kinodrom is a PPV film service with two channels, Kinoreys 1 and Kinoreys 2. Content, which is updated every two weeks, includes the latest premieres and DVD releases in Russia, giving subscribers access to 4-5 new films a month which they can watch at their own convenience. Films can be ordered via the NTV-Plus website or by SMS, and cost 75 rubles (2.10 €). The service is available to all subscribers and the number of channels is to be significantly increased in 2009.
NTV-Plus has also started testing PPV sports programming, with selected matches of the UEFA Champions League. On October 1, more than 3000 NTV-Plus subscribers watched the live football matches Inter Milan v. Werder Bremen and Atletico Madrid v. Olympique Marseille. Following this success, NTV-Plus plans to provide PPV sports programming on an ongoing basis.
Russia's leading pay-TV platform, NTV-Plus uses Eutelsat's W4 satellite to broadcast over 100 Russian and international channels and three HDTV channels to a subscriber base of more than 560,000 homes in Russia and the Ukraine.
For more information: www.ntvplus.ru
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 Action-packed RUSH launches on Eutelsat’s KabelKiosk
KabelKiosk has added VOOM HD Networks’ RUSH, a channel dedicated to extreme sports and adrenaline-filled action, to its mix of television and radio channels for cable operators in continental Europe. Strengthening KabelKiosk's growing distribution throughout Western Europe, the Direct-to-Cable package commercialised by Eutelsat’s German affiliate is marketed to over 250 independent cable networks in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Denmark. The KabelKiosk digital platform offers cable operators over 100 channels in nine languages: English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish and Turkish. Broadcasting round the clock, the extreme sports disciplines shown by RUSH include snowboarding, ski-jumping, surfing, skateboarding and the US NASCAR league. “Joining the KabelKiosk service was a natural progression for us and truly benefits everyone,” said Glenn Oakley, VOOM HD Networks’ Senior Vice President, Global Operations and Business Development.
RUSH transmits in standard definition in the KabelKiosk platform, that currently uses Eutelsat’s ATLANTIC BIRD™ 2 satellite at 8 degrees West. The platform is expected to move in 2009 to Eutelsat's9 degrees East position, already used by TeleColumbus and one of Eutelsat's most rapidly expanding video neighbourhoods.
For more information: www.kabelkiosk.de
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>> S-BAND
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 Solaris Mobile ready to take Europe into a new age of mobile services
Solaris Mobile has submitted a comprehensive S-Band spectrum application for harmonised European mobile services in response to the European Commission’s call for applications for pan-European systems providing mobile satellite services. The successful applicant(s) will be able to provide innovative mobile services, such as mobile TV reception, high-speed data transfers, public safety, disaster recovery and remote medical communications via satellite, anywhere within the 27 Member States of the European Union.
Established earlier this year, Solaris Mobile is a Eutelsat and SES Astra joint venture to develop next generation mobile TV services via satellite. The company will commercialise S-band capacity, a 2 GHz frequency band reserved for the exclusive use of satellite and terrestrial mobile services, on Eutelsat’s W2A satellite to be launched at the beginning of 2009. Solaris Mobile will provide video, radio, data and two-way communications to a variety of handheld and vehicle-mounted mobile devices. Services will be aimed primarily at broadcasters, telco operators, the automotive industry, and data & communication providers.
 For more information: www.solarismobile.com |
>> EVENTS
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 HOT BIRD™ TV AWARDS 2008: one week left to vote for the People’s Choice Award
Thirty-eight satellite TV channels broadcasting in 13 languages have been nominated for this year’s HOT BIRD™ TV Awards. This unique international event organised annually by Eutelsat, with Eurovisioni and Satexpo, rewards programming excellence and innovation by thematic television channels broadcasting by satellite across Europe. This year’s nominations for the 11 thematic categories were selected by an international jury of journalists and media experts who considered a record 131 channels from 17 countries broadcasting through Eutelsat's satellites. Channels were chosen on the basis of creativity, programme originality and production quality.
Following its great success over the last three years, the HOT BIRD™ TV Awards is repeating the People’s Choice Award, given to the channel receiving the most votes from the viewing public. Viewers are invited to vote for their favourite channel via www.hotbirdtvawards.com, www.eutelsat.com and www.lyngsat.com, the most popular website for satellite TV data. Voting for the People’s Choice Award is open until November 6.
The winners of this year’s HOT BIRD™ TV Awards will be announced on November 14 at a gala ceremony in Venice.
 For more information, or to vote for your favourite channel:
www.hotbirdtvawards.com
People's Choice Award
Shortlist of channels for the HOT BIRD™ TV Awards 2008
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