Ireland’s FreeSat Starts in Spring 2011, Not On 28 Degrees East

November 4, 2010

Photo by marcoPapale.comIreland’s answer to Freeview – called Saorview – launched across Ireland on October 31. The first-stage service reaches 90 per cent of the population and carries RTÉ One, RTÉ Two, TG4 and RTÉ News Now. There are also several radio channels, and TV3 is expected to join when it haas overcome some commercial [...]

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BBC1 HD Starts Today!

November 3, 2010

Photo by Andy Field (Hubmedia)The new channel will be available on Freesat channel 108, Freeview channel 50, Sky channel 143 and Virgin Media channel 108. The new channel – a simulcast of BBC One – will free up the existing BBC HD channel to showcase more programming from BBC Two, Three and Four. Viewers may [...]

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Inventions that were planned to help failing orbital satellites

October 3, 2010

Photo by Luminis KantoSatellites have a very definite lifetime, being usually designed to last for about 15 years. However, what if the satellite is in perfect shape but has simply run out of fuel at the end of 15 years? The onboard fuel is only needed for station-keeping. The satellite’s existing solar panels give it [...]

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Orange TV Grows

February 28, 2010

Orange TV, part of the huge France Telecom organisation, has announced that its total European digital TV subscriber base has grown by a massive fifty three per cent to 3.217 million during the past year. In France, which is of course the key area for France Telecom, Orange TV performed well, showing an incredible forty [...]

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