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Skyguide UK - Issue 4 Index
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| Issue 4 - Index - Issue 4 |
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----------------------- Week Ending Sat 3rd April 1993 ------------------------
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Page 1
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* CHRIS MANN JOINS SCOTT CHISHOLM IN THE DOLE QUEUE
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* MUCH MORE MUSIC ON MTV
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* GOLD GOINGS-ON
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* TV AND SATELLITE WEEK REVEALS SOME FIGURES
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Page 2
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* DSF LOSE THEIR LICENCE TO BROADCAST
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* ANOTHER AMERICAN NETWORK COMING TO ASTRA 1C .. MAYBE
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* RED HOT BAN APPROVED BY THE EC
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* AND NOW THE GERMANS WANT TO BAN THE ADULT CHANNEL!
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skyguide/skyguide #12, from bignoise, 2516 chars, Apr 2 17:46 93
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Skyguide Issue 004 Page 1
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--------------------------------- SKYGUIDE UK ---------------------------------
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| Your digest of the latest news in the world of Satellite & Cable Television |
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----------------------- Week Ending Sat 3rd April 1993 ------------------------
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In the event, a few more stories turned up.. More hot news!
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* CHRIS MANN JOINS SCOTT CHISHOLM IN THE DOLE QUEUE
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Christopher Mann has been fired from Sky News for alleged gross misconduct.
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This follows the Wednesday sacking of fellow presenter Scott Chisholm. The two
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were known to be rivals, which on one occasion resulted in Chisholm putting
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Mann in hospital.
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Mann, who has been with Sky News for four years, said that in that time he had
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recieved no warnings, either verbal or written. He has instructed his
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solicitors to sue Sky for damages arising from his dismissal.
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Meanwhile, Selina Scott continues to present Sky World News Tonight on her
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own.
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* MUCH MORE MUSIC ON MTV
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Virgin 1215, the new Independent National pop music radio station, can now be
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found on subcarrier 7.74 of MTV's Astra 1A transponder. (Tp 15)
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The service is distributed to regional transmitters in the UK by satellite,
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and it is said that there was some difficulty receiving their signal from a
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lower-powered satellite, particularly in Scotland when weather was inclement.
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The station is currently broadcasting test transmissions, and will launch for
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real on Friday April 30th, at 12:15pm.
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* GOLD GOINGS-ON
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UK Gold's teletext service is now on air. It is produced for the channel by
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London-based company Intelfax Ltd., who also provide full teletext services
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for Superchannel and MTV, in addition to the "4-Tel" database on Channel 4.
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Meanwhile, it is thought that publishing company Pearson, who own a VAT-sized
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17.5% stake in BSkyB, is preparing to purchase a 58% stake in Thames
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Television from Thorn-EMI. Such a move would give them a controlling interest
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in the company.
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* TV AND SATELLITE WEEK REVEALS SOME FIGURES
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New satellite listings publication TV and Satellite week has unveiled its
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early sales figures. IPC magazines currently print around 700,000 copies of
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the magazine every week, although at the moment circulation has yet to top
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200,000.
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IPC claim this is due to "distribution problems", which are now being attended
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to.
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skyguide/skyguide #13, from bignoise, 2540 chars, Apr 2 17:47 93
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This is a comment to message 10.
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Skyguide Issue 004 Page 2
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* DSF LOSE THEIR LICENCE TO BROADCAST
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German sports channel Deutsche Sports Fernsehen has lost its license to
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broadcast following a ruling by the Bavarian Industrial Tribunal.
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The tribunal was concerned at the influence of a shareholder, Leo Kirch, a man
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with a number of interests in the field of German Broadcasting.
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Nonetheless, DSF is merrily continuing to broadcast, during which time the
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Bavarian media authority intends to appeal against the ruling.
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* ANOTHER AMERICAN NETWORK COMING TO ASTRA 1C .. MAYBE
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It is understood that US Broadcasters Home Box Office will be leasing at least
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one transponder on Astra 1C when it launches late next month.
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HBO's service is likely to run major feature films and seriously rival BSkyB's
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two movie channels.
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* RED HOT BAN APPROVED BY THE EC
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The European Community said this afternoon that the UK Government is not
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breaching the "Television Without Frontiers" directive in its attempts to ban
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Red Hot Television.
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Joao de Crus Pinherio, an EC commissioner, said that it was clear that any
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state could take action against channels that might "seriously impair the
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development of minors".
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Red Hot Television have their day in court to challenge the ban on April 23rd.
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* AND NOW THE GERMANS WANT TO BAN THE ADULT CHANNEL!
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The Heritage department, fresh from their attempts to initiate a ban on non-UK
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broadcaster Red Hot Television have recieved a plea from the German government
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to ban The Adult Channel. Attempts in Germany to ban the channel legally have
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failed.
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Johannes Voeking, German state secretary, wrote to Peter Booke seeking the
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assistance of the UK Government. Following the Adult Channel's link up with
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German erotica publisher VTO, they intend to begin a new season of films in
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the German language. A number of trailers for the films have been already
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aired on The Adult Channel.
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German law dictatates that pornographic broadcasts are illegal, although soft
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porn is permitted at a suitably late hour. The German government is said to be
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concerned that hardcore programming may be uplinked to The Adult Channel from
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the UK. The VTO link-up allows them to sell Adult Channel subscriptions in
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Germany.
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Skyguide is published weekly and is copyright. Not to be redistributed without
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consent. (c) 1993 bignoise@cix.compulink.co.uk
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