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From: 70247.3516@CompuServe.COM (George Wood)
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Subject: SCDX 2199
Date: Tue, 3 May 1994 08:12:50 -0600
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:: MediaScan ::
:: SWEDEN CALLING DXERS ::
:: from Radio Sweden ::
:: Number 2199--May 3, 1993 ::
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Satellite, shortwave and other electronic media news from Radio Sweden.
This week's bulletin was written by George Wood.
Packet Radio BID SCDX2199
All times UTC unless otherwise noted.
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BROADCASTERS IN CYBERSPACE:
More and more broadcasters are going online on the Internet, the global
network of networks, which has something like 40 million users.
SWEDISH RADIO--Sweden has more Internet users per capita than any other
country in the world, and media here are going online as well. Swedish
Televison has been announcing an Internet address. And Swedish Radio has more
ambitious plans. Kent Berggren of Swedish Radio's Information Technology
Department is reponsible for setting up our network, and we interviewed him
into today's edition of MediaScan.
Swedish Radio's Science Department, recently relocated to Uppsala north of
Stockholm, is now connected the Internet. Initially this is being used to
provide a mailbox for listeners, but ultimately journalists will have access
to research reports on academic databases.
The national pop and rock channel P3 and the classical music channel P2 have
also been connected to Internet, and the other departments are due to follow.
We've received letters from two listeners asking about Radio Sweden's
activities on the Internet. Velleni Giovanni in Italy wants to now if the
Electronic Edition of MediaScan is available on the Net, and Bruce Brolsma,
who seems to be in the United States, although it's hard to tell from his
Internet address, wants to know if there are any plans for Radio Sweden to
make available feature articles or newscasts in digital form for distribution
via the Internet.
First of all, we have an Internet address, which is actually a CompuServe
mailbox which is accecssible from the Internet. That address is:
70247.3516@compuserve.com
The MediaScan bulletins are uploaded to a variety of places twice a month.
There's the HamNet Forum on CompuServe and a similar section on America
Online, the Radio Netherlands/NOS bulletin board and the PICS Online RBBS in
New Jersey. They should also be found on the Shortwave Echo on Fidonet, and
relayed as well on radio amateurs' packet radio bulletin boards.
As far as the Internet is concerned, I'm really not sure all the places where
the bulletins can be found now, but one sure place is the Usenet news group
called rec.radio.shortwave
We have plans to establish ourselves on the Internet in a bigger way, with
access to frequency schedules and perhaps even newscasts. Hopefully we'll be
able to insert files of digital sound from interviews in these online
bulletins. But that's still in the future.
USA--Internet access seems to be everywhere. In the United States, the NBC
Nightly News often ends with an Internet address, which (if I recall
correctly) is:
nightly@rca.ge.com
National Public Radio announces an Internet address for contributions to the
puzzle competitions in the Sunday version of "Weekend Edition":
wesun@clark.net
MTV has established itself on the Internet at MTV.com
Because images and music are being digitalized, the MTV section not only
includes information, you can also download digital recordings of new
releases, and even view video, if you've got the right equipment.
The service has been set up by VJ Adam Curry, who recently announced he was
quiting (apparently the freedom of cyberspace has soured him on working for a
giant company like Viacom). MTV.com is to get a new name. And according to
the February 6, 1994 edition of the "San Francisco Examiner", Adam Curry is
set to become a host on C/NET, the cable network specializing in computers
and video-age information.
Thorsten Koch's "Internet Guide to Shortwave Broadcasters" (see below under
"Publications") lists a number of stations like Radio Sweden who have
mailboxes, such as Radio Netherlands, Monitor Radio, Radio for Peace
International in Costa Rica, Radio Havana Cuba, HCJB in Ecuador, and Radio
Austria International.
The Voice of America is starting to make extensive use of the Internet, with
news and schedules available through what is called a gopher server at:
gopher.voa.gov
Radio Japan is offering similar information at:
gopher.ntt.jp
("Internet Guide to Shortwave Broadcasters")
BBC--Another station which is about to establish itself on the information
super highway in a big way is the British Broadcasting Corporation. Right now
the "Write On" program on World Service announces "...Internet subscribers
can find the BBC address on the shortwave users bulletin board."
But the entire BBC is getting involved in the Internet much more extensively,
by setting up something called the Networking Club. We interviewed the
Networking Club's Project Director Peter Ryding, who told us that the club is
set for launch in early June. It will allow members who join to have access
to a computer bulletin board called "Auntie" (for non-Brits, the BBC is often
referred to affectionately as "Auntie Beeb"), as well as access to the
Internet.
It's being set up as part of BBC Education to introduce and train the British
public in the joys of computer networking. The BBS will carry information
about the BBC, about programs concerned with computers, fact sheets about
many BBC programs, and in the longterm the public will be able to communicate
with program-makers.
Internet users from outside the UK will be able to access information about
the BBC, and will be admitted to Auntie itself if they pay the small monthly
subscription fee.
Initially the service will be text-only, but sound and image files will be
included later.
CNN/INTEL--Chip-maker Intel has announced it is forging an alliance with the
Cable News Network to offer a software package that provides a rudimentary
interactive version of CNN's TV news programming over networks of personal
computers. By digitally compressing the TV signal, Intel will solve the
tricky problem of transmitting video and sound over a network. each channel
will take up less than 5% of a typical computer network's bandwidth.
Initially, users will be able to do little more than store TV clips for later
viewing. But eventually they will be able to meld those clips with data from
online information services. ("The Economist")
EUROPEAN MEDIA NEWS:
ASTRA--the German TV channel VOX was still on Astra at 10:00 hrs UTC on
Tuesday, even though some reports said they only had enough money to last
through the end of April.
The Chinese Channel, which uses UK Living's transponder 34 between midnight
and 4:00 AM British time, has chosen to encrypt in Crytovision, rather than
Videocrypt. (James Robinson)
There have been some strange teletext experiments on British Sky
Broadcasting's transponder 47 on Astra, due to become Sky Sports 2, using
page 666. (James Robinson)
British Sky Broadcasting is to lease 40 digital audio subcarriers on Astra to
Digital Music Express for an 86 channel direct-to-home audio service later
this year. ("Satnews" and "In Orbit")
EUTELSAT--From May 1st Super Channel was to carry Dutch and German sound
subcarriers. ("In Orbit") It hasn't happened yet.
Following the delays caused by the Ariane crash in January, Eutelsat is
negotiating with General Dynamics to launch its Hot Bird Plus satellite. (AP)
Hot Bird Plus is to be placed at 13 degrees East, alongside the existing
Eutelsat II-F1 and Eutelsat II-F6, scheduled to be launched by Ariane later
this year.
INTELSAT--There's an audio tone on the 7.38 MHz audio subcarrier on Intelsat
601 on the Parliamentary Channel (11.055 GHz). Another in-store audio
service, from British Home Stores, has begun on the Wire-TV transponder
(11.505 GHz) on 7.38 MHz. (James Robinson)
NETHERLANDS--There's been a major re-organization of Radio Netherlands, the
Dutch World Service (and home of "Media Network"). Broadcasts in Indonesian,
Arabic, Portguese, and French are going off the air. That will leave only
Dutch, English, and Spanish direct broadcasts.
Shortwave broadcasts in Dutch to Western Europe will increase from 3 to 10
hours a day. And there will be 3 hours a day of broadcasts in English to
Western Europe. The changes will result in 70 job cuts, out of a total work
force of 450 worldwide. (AP)
FRANCE--On April 12th, France began transmissions of digital audio
broadcasting to the region around Paris. Unfortunately, there are as yet no
consumer receivers for DAB. (France Inter via BBC Monitoring)
MIDDLE EASTERN MEDIA NEWS:
ORBIT--The Orbit Communications satellite TV and radio network is currently
broadcasting a promotional film about its forthcoming services at 17:00 hrs
UTC daily on the 4080 MHz transponder on the Arabsat-1D satellite at 20
degrees East. Orbit services are uplinked to the satellite from Italy.
According to the film, the 20 channel service will include: Orbit I, Orbit
II, Orbit News (including ABC, CBS, and NBC), Super Movies, BBC Arabic, Orbit
Sports ESPN, Music Now, the Hollywood Channel, the First Egyptian Channel,
the Second Egyptian Channel, the Discovery Channel, the Fun Channel, America
Plus, All News Channel, CNN, C-SPAN, Radio Orbit for Classical Music, Radio
Orbit for Pop Music, Radio BBC in English, and Radio Orbit for Arabic Music.
(BBC Monitoring)
TURKSAT--The second Turksat satellite, Turksat 1-B, is to be launched on July
12th from French Guyana. This follows the loss of Turksat 1-A in the Ariane
crash in January. The new Ariane launch will also carry Brasilsat B.
(Anatolia News Agency via BBC Monitoring)
ASIAN MEDIA NEWS:
CHINA--A massive explosion at China's Xichang space launching center in
Sichuan last month destroyed a USD 25 million weather satellite, and has
dealt a new blow to the country's launch program. The April 2 blast killed at
least one person, injured more than 20, and destroyed a laboratory along with
the first Fengyun 2 geostationary weather satellite. "Newsweek" magazine says
the accident is likely to delay six launches scheduled for later this year.
(Reuters)
MTV AND STAR--A month after dumping BBC World Service Television from one of
its Asiasat channels, apparently to appease the Chinese, Rupert Murdoch's
Star-TV has split with MTV, over revenues. MTV says it will launch English
and Mandarin Chinese music video channels on the Apstar 1 satellite due to be
launched in July, switching later to the more powerful Apstar 2, set to go up
in December. The English channel will be in the clear, the Mandarin Channel
will be by subscription. (Reuters, AP)
NORTH AMERICAN MEDIA NEWS:
BLOCKBUSTER--The planned merger of Blockbuster Video and Viacom looks
increasingly unlikely. There's speculation on Wall Street that telephone
companies or the Walt Disney Company may make a run at the video retailer
instead. (AP)
DIRECTV--DirecTV is to begin offering its direct satellite service in five US
cities by June. Viewers will use a USD 699 satellite system and 18 inch
antenna to pick up 150 channels of programming, although at launch around 75
basic, subscription, and pay-per-view channels are to be offered. Full
national roll-out is slated for September or October of this year. (After the
launch of the DBS-2 satellite.) ("Satnews")
TCI--Tele Communications Inc. says it will deliver its first full-scale
digital television programming service to 20 rural American communities by
early 1995, with up to 300 channels available within a year of launch.
General Instruments will provide digital set-top boxes for the service.
("Satnews") Presumeably this is a satellite service, although it might be
intended to be sent over telephone lines.
LATIN AMERICAN MEDIA NEWS:
HCJB/TWR--Religious radio broadcasters HCJB in Ecuador and Trans World Radio
have begun three months of satellite tests. During the time TWR plans to put
at least 6 radio stations on the air in Latin America. Tentatively, three
stations will be added each month from July through December, totally 26
stations by the end of 1994. The 24 hour satellite service is known as ALAS,
"America Latina via Satelite", and is the first Christian radio satellite
network to be established in Latin America. (TWR via BBC Monitoring)
A lot of North American shortwave listeners would probably love to have HCJB
on a clear analog audio subcarrier on a North American satellite. They won't
be able to access ALAS.
AFRICAN MEDIA NEWS:
BURUNDI--Radio Burundi was heard again on 6140 khz on April 15th for the
first time since March 27th. (BBC Monitoring)
PUBLICATIONS:
SATELLITE TIMES--The publishers of "Monitoring Times" magazine in the United
States are launching a new magazine for satellite monitoring. Called
"Satellite Times", it should appear in August, and will initially be
bimonthly. It's intended to cover every phase of satellite communications,
including commercial, military, broadcasting, amateur, scientific,
government, and even private satellite systems. There will also be news from
NASA, satellite launch announcements, technical information, product
announcements, and equipment reviews. Most of these topics are international,
and besides a North American TVRO column, there will also be an International
TVRO column.
A charter 6 issue subscription will cost USD 17 in the US, USD 24 in Europe
for surface, USD 26 for air mail. More information from: Satellite Times, Box
98, Brasstown, NC 28902, USA. (Tel. 1-800-438-8155 in the US, international
+1-704-837-9200.)
INTERNET ACCESS--One of the best introductions to the Internet around is "The
Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog" by Ed Krol, available from O'Reilly &
Associates. A good way to keep to date with changes is "Wired" magazine from
San Francisco. And a very user-friendly program to interface with the
complexities of the Internet is called World Wide Web.
Thorsten Koch has sent us his "Internet Guide to Shortwave Broadcasters".
Thorsten writes:
Originally, this is a list I have compiled for the German DX club ADDX e.V.
The intention of this list is to give a directory to the Internet's users who
are in the (especially: shortwave) broadcasting business. There are many
FAQ's in Usenet's rec.radio.shortwave group such as: "How can I email station
...?". I hope that this list will reduce these questions and have compiled a
compilation of many station's addresses.
Also included are some club addresses and specialist's addresses.
This list is not a list of "Undocumented EMails addresses" !
The addresses have been authorized be the owners of the addresses.
I also included some gopher, ftp and Usenet news info, maybe there will be
more infos in future issues.
Thorsten Koch
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Radio Sweden broadcasts in English:
Europe and Africa:
16:15 hrs on 1179 and 6065 kHz
17:30 hrs on 1179, 6065, 9655, and 15390 kHz
20:30 hrs on 1179, 6065 and 9655 kHz
21:30 hrs on 1179 and 6065 kHz, and
22:30 hrs on 1179 and 6065 kHz
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20:30 hrs on 6065 and 9655 kHz
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11:30 hrs on 13775, 15120, and 15240 kHz
23:30 hrs on 11910 kHz and
01:30 hrs on 9695 and 11695 kHz
North America:
12:30 and 13:30 hrs on 15240 and 17870 kHz
02:30 and 03:30 hrs on 6040 and 9850 kHz
South America:
00:30 hrs on 6065 and 9850 kHz
The broadcasts at 16:15, 17:30, 21:30, and 22:30 hrs (and weekends at 20:30)
are also relayed to Europe by satellite:
Astra 1B (19.2 degrees East) transponder 26 (Sky Movies Gold/TV Asia/Adult
Channel) at 11.597 GHz, audio subcarrier at 7.74 MHz,
Tele-X (5 degrees East) (TV4 transponder) at 12.207 GHz, audio subcarrier
7.38 MHz.
Radio Sweden is also relayed to Europe via the World Radio Network on MTV's
transponder 22 on Astra, audio 7.38 MHz, daily at 20:00 hrs UTC.
Radio Sweden can also be heard on WRN's North American service on ASC-1, on
SCOLA's transponder 23, audio 6.20 MHz, daily at 00:00 and 20:00 hrs.
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