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<blockquote data-quote="Satdude" data-source="post: 92097" data-attributes="member: 175600"><p>Satellite news 07.02.05</p><p></p><p>News</p><p></p><p>Teachers TV launches on Sky this week</p><p></p><p>New educational channel Teachers TV will launch on Sky Digital and several other digital TV platforms on Tuesday (February 8). Funded by the Department for Education and Skills but editorially independent, the free-to-air channel will be aimed at helping busy teachers with programmes that share ideas and experiences. Teachers TV will be availale on Sky Digital channel 686, NTL channel 803 and Telewest channel 47.</p><p></p><p></p><p>New mature content TV channel starts on Sky Digital</p><p></p><p>A new TV channel aimed at mature content viewers is to launch on Sky Digital this week. Called mature content Network, the entertainment channel will launch on Sky channel 688 and give mature content and both bi-male and females the chance to communicate with each other.</p><p></p><p>Sky's subscriber numbers rise again</p><p></p><p>Sky has reaped the benefit of its major marketing campaign by adding 192,000 subscribers in the second quarter, ahead of the 150,000 expected by analysts. This compares with 193,000 subscribers in the same period a year ago. Total subscribers have now reached 7.6m which keeps the broadcaster on track for its target of reaching 8m subscribers by the end of 2005. Churn was 9.5%, which is down marginally on the previous quarter. Overall sales rose almost 10 per cent to £1.05bn compared with £916m in the same period last year and average revenue per subscriber reached £386. Pre-tax profit for the second quarter came in at £103m, compared with £77m in the same quarter last year. For the first half of the year, revenues were up 10% to £1.945bn and pre-tax profits rose 22% to £250m. Sky+ households increased by 168,000 to 642,000 while Sky multi-room households jumped by 116,000 to 473,000. </p><p></p><p>South African channel ceases transmissions</p><p></p><p>South African entertainment channel NSAT has stopped transmissions on Sky Digital channel 837 amid reports that it had been suffering financial problems. NSAT had hoped to become a subscription channel and begin 24-hour broadcasts later this year but the latest problems mean now looks unlikely. </p><p></p><p>Sound TV announces February launch date</p><p></p><p>Entertainment channel 'Great British Television' is finally set to launch on Sky Digital this month under a new name. The channel, backed by big names such as Chris Tarrant, comedian Jethro and entertainer Richard Digance, will be called Sound TV and will go on air on Saturday February 26 at 7pm. It has previously had to delay its two previous launch dates. A short promotional trailer about the channel's programmes is airing from 4pm to midnight daily on Information TV on Sky Digital channel 588, which will become the home of Sound TV. The channel's Web site is here. </p><p></p><p>Microsoft set to enter our living rooms</p><p></p><p>Microsoft boss Bill Gates has said he believes his company will clinch enough TV deals that it will play as significant a role in living rooms across the world as offices. He sees a time when set-top boxes will snap into a network of digital products – centred on the PC – that distribute video, music and photos around the house. He declined to predict specific revenues but said Microsoft will recoup the $500 million+ it has spent on TV software over the past decade. "It will absolutely pay back those early years," he said. Gates has already committed to another $1bn of spending on entertainment products. He is confident that consumers will want IPTV. "People care about the TV viewing experience. If you can really make it better, it has a really profound impact," he says. </p><p></p><p>Huge audience for Sky football clash</p><p></p><p>The top-of-the-table Premiership clash between Arsenal and Manchester United last Tuesday attracted more than 3 million viewers to Sky Sports 1. The figures even beat the ratings of several terrestrial channels. </p><p></p><p>Sit-Up TV in running for new Freeview channel</p><p></p><p>TV shopping broadcaster Sit-Up TV has put in a bid to launch a movie channel in Crown Castle’s vacant Freeview slot. Other bidders are reported to include Five, Disney, Universal and Turner. ITV and Channel 4 are considered to be the strongest contenders for the 18-hour slot, with rumoured bids of between £5m and £7m. The winner will be decided by the end of this month before the station goes live on April 1. </p><p></p><p>Record numbers of interactive ads in January</p><p></p><p>January 2005 saw the highest number of interactive TV ads on Sky ever. A total of 45 iTV campaigns ran on Sky channels, an increase of 40% on the previous high of January 2004. New brands using iTV for the first time included Virgin EMI, which launched a ground-breaking promotional campaign for the new album by The Chemical Brothers. Other first-time iTV advertisers included Hyundai, Grolsch, First Choice, Suzuki Jimny, American Tourism, Optical Express, Freedom Finance, Ebookers and Skoda. </p><p></p><p>MTV criticised for promoting s_x</p><p></p><p>A US TV watchdog has criticised the broadcasting standards of MTV, accusing it of promoting s_x to young viewers. The Parents Television Council (PTC) monitored the channel's output for a week last year and tallied up 3,056 visual references to s_x or nudity, and 2,881 verbal references. </p><p></p><p></p><p>More digital TV news in brief...</p><p></p><p>Entertainment channel Life TV appears to have gone off air on Sky channel 160... Price Drop TV presenter Sarah Hendy is taking a break from the channel to become a co-presenter on a new live late night programme called Destination3 3 which will focus on the latest news, films and music... BBC1's interactive TV show How to Sleep Better was watched by a peak audience of 7 million viewers... Eutelsat's 2F3 satellite has been destroyed after serving at 16 degrees East, 36 degrees East, 21.5 degrees East (replaced by Eutelsat W3) and finally at 22 degrees East... Ofcom has said it issued 162 new licences to broadcast TV channels in 2004, while 21 were revoked. There are now over 310 channels broadcasting in the UK, including time-shifted channels excluding regional variations and PPV channels... As part of its plan to bring HD TV to German viewers, the Premiere TV network has selected Pace to supply MPEG-4 set-top boxes... Al Jazeera, the Arabic satellite news channel, is to be privatised by its owner, the state of Qatar.</p><p></p><p>Living TV to launch new airline docu-soap</p><p></p><p>A new docu-soap which will focus on the lives of flight attendants is to be broadcast on Living TV at the end of March. The as-yet-untitled series will be broadcast every day for two weeks, and there is a possibility of more being screened in the future. The flight attendants all work for Excel Airways and operate out of Gatwick and Manchester airports. The series features the staff not only working on the aircraft but enjoying their time off, giving viewers an insight into the lifestyle of a flight attendant.</p><p></p><p>Regards Satdude. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Satdude, post: 92097, member: 175600"] Satellite news 07.02.05 News Teachers TV launches on Sky this week New educational channel Teachers TV will launch on Sky Digital and several other digital TV platforms on Tuesday (February 8). Funded by the Department for Education and Skills but editorially independent, the free-to-air channel will be aimed at helping busy teachers with programmes that share ideas and experiences. Teachers TV will be availale on Sky Digital channel 686, NTL channel 803 and Telewest channel 47. New mature content TV channel starts on Sky Digital A new TV channel aimed at mature content viewers is to launch on Sky Digital this week. Called mature content Network, the entertainment channel will launch on Sky channel 688 and give mature content and both bi-male and females the chance to communicate with each other. Sky's subscriber numbers rise again Sky has reaped the benefit of its major marketing campaign by adding 192,000 subscribers in the second quarter, ahead of the 150,000 expected by analysts. This compares with 193,000 subscribers in the same period a year ago. Total subscribers have now reached 7.6m which keeps the broadcaster on track for its target of reaching 8m subscribers by the end of 2005. Churn was 9.5%, which is down marginally on the previous quarter. Overall sales rose almost 10 per cent to £1.05bn compared with £916m in the same period last year and average revenue per subscriber reached £386. Pre-tax profit for the second quarter came in at £103m, compared with £77m in the same quarter last year. For the first half of the year, revenues were up 10% to £1.945bn and pre-tax profits rose 22% to £250m. Sky+ households increased by 168,000 to 642,000 while Sky multi-room households jumped by 116,000 to 473,000. South African channel ceases transmissions South African entertainment channel NSAT has stopped transmissions on Sky Digital channel 837 amid reports that it had been suffering financial problems. NSAT had hoped to become a subscription channel and begin 24-hour broadcasts later this year but the latest problems mean now looks unlikely. Sound TV announces February launch date Entertainment channel 'Great British Television' is finally set to launch on Sky Digital this month under a new name. The channel, backed by big names such as Chris Tarrant, comedian Jethro and entertainer Richard Digance, will be called Sound TV and will go on air on Saturday February 26 at 7pm. It has previously had to delay its two previous launch dates. A short promotional trailer about the channel's programmes is airing from 4pm to midnight daily on Information TV on Sky Digital channel 588, which will become the home of Sound TV. The channel's Web site is here. Microsoft set to enter our living rooms Microsoft boss Bill Gates has said he believes his company will clinch enough TV deals that it will play as significant a role in living rooms across the world as offices. He sees a time when set-top boxes will snap into a network of digital products – centred on the PC – that distribute video, music and photos around the house. He declined to predict specific revenues but said Microsoft will recoup the $500 million+ it has spent on TV software over the past decade. "It will absolutely pay back those early years," he said. Gates has already committed to another $1bn of spending on entertainment products. He is confident that consumers will want IPTV. "People care about the TV viewing experience. If you can really make it better, it has a really profound impact," he says. Huge audience for Sky football clash The top-of-the-table Premiership clash between Arsenal and Manchester United last Tuesday attracted more than 3 million viewers to Sky Sports 1. The figures even beat the ratings of several terrestrial channels. Sit-Up TV in running for new Freeview channel TV shopping broadcaster Sit-Up TV has put in a bid to launch a movie channel in Crown Castle’s vacant Freeview slot. Other bidders are reported to include Five, Disney, Universal and Turner. ITV and Channel 4 are considered to be the strongest contenders for the 18-hour slot, with rumoured bids of between £5m and £7m. The winner will be decided by the end of this month before the station goes live on April 1. Record numbers of interactive ads in January January 2005 saw the highest number of interactive TV ads on Sky ever. A total of 45 iTV campaigns ran on Sky channels, an increase of 40% on the previous high of January 2004. New brands using iTV for the first time included Virgin EMI, which launched a ground-breaking promotional campaign for the new album by The Chemical Brothers. Other first-time iTV advertisers included Hyundai, Grolsch, First Choice, Suzuki Jimny, American Tourism, Optical Express, Freedom Finance, Ebookers and Skoda. MTV criticised for promoting s_x A US TV watchdog has criticised the broadcasting standards of MTV, accusing it of promoting s_x to young viewers. The Parents Television Council (PTC) monitored the channel's output for a week last year and tallied up 3,056 visual references to s_x or nudity, and 2,881 verbal references. More digital TV news in brief... Entertainment channel Life TV appears to have gone off air on Sky channel 160... Price Drop TV presenter Sarah Hendy is taking a break from the channel to become a co-presenter on a new live late night programme called Destination3 3 which will focus on the latest news, films and music... BBC1's interactive TV show How to Sleep Better was watched by a peak audience of 7 million viewers... Eutelsat's 2F3 satellite has been destroyed after serving at 16 degrees East, 36 degrees East, 21.5 degrees East (replaced by Eutelsat W3) and finally at 22 degrees East... Ofcom has said it issued 162 new licences to broadcast TV channels in 2004, while 21 were revoked. There are now over 310 channels broadcasting in the UK, including time-shifted channels excluding regional variations and PPV channels... As part of its plan to bring HD TV to German viewers, the Premiere TV network has selected Pace to supply MPEG-4 set-top boxes... Al Jazeera, the Arabic satellite news channel, is to be privatised by its owner, the state of Qatar. Living TV to launch new airline docu-soap A new docu-soap which will focus on the lives of flight attendants is to be broadcast on Living TV at the end of March. The as-yet-untitled series will be broadcast every day for two weeks, and there is a possibility of more being screened in the future. The flight attendants all work for Excel Airways and operate out of Gatwick and Manchester airports. The series features the staff not only working on the aircraft but enjoying their time off, giving viewers an insight into the lifestyle of a flight attendant. Regards Satdude. :D [/QUOTE]
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