Screenshots from January 2005
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03/01/05: Two promos from new music channels M6Music Rock and M6Music Black have started on HotBird, 13° east, 10873 H 27500 3/4,
idents: M6 Music Rock - M6 Music Black
Both channels will launch on the 10th of January 2005
as part of french pay-tv package TPS.
Click on logos to watch promo clips.
 
 
03/01/05: new package from Mediaset on HotBird, 13° east, 11345 H 27500 2/3.
The package is used as feed for DTT transmissions in Italy and includes the following channels: Rete4, 24ore.tv,
Class News, Coming Soon Television, BBC World, Boing and 4 infocards from Mediaset Premium,
PPV service launching on the 23rd of January.
All channels are Seca2 encrypted and the infocards are in the clear except for one which is Nagravision.
Provider: EI
07/01/05: new channel, AlWaha on Nilesat, 7° west,
11862 H 27500 3/4, ident: AlWaha, provider: NileSat		 07/01/05: tests from INTV, new on Nilesat, 7° west,
11862 H 27500 3/4, ident: INTV, provider: Showtime
10/01/05: Bio TV, new on HotBird, 13° east, 12303 V 27500 3/4, ident: BIO TV, provider: OIV Zagreb 11/01/05: tests from Technology Channel, on Eurasiasat 1, 42° east, 12664 V 2344 5/6,
ident: TECHNOLOGY CH, provider: NDS
Click HERE for the animation

10/01/05: tests from soon to-be-launched dance music channel from the UK, Fizz, from the same owners of Channel U. The EPG says: "Fizz Sessions: The party starts here. Seven hours of the hottest dance tunes. To vote for your video, call 090 565 80888 or text the video number to 80900 (£1 per call/text).

On Eurobird 1, 28° east, 11264 H 22000 2/3, ident: 52103
11/01/05: 16:9 testcard from Teddington, on Eurobird 1, 11264 H 22000 2/3, ident: Chase-it.tv
11/01/05: promo clip from Astra has started on Astra,
19° east, 11436 V 22000 5/6,
ident: Test, provider: Ses Astra
 And here's the clip 		 11/01/05: logo of music channel The Vault has been reduced to a simple V. Many other channels (even pay-tv) should learn from this example, no junk and shitty on-screen text, just a simple logo.
The Vault is in the clear on Astra, 28° east,
11426 V 27500 2/3.
11/01/05: Eurosport 2 has replaced EurosportNews, on HotBird, 13° east, 12558 V 27500 3/4. 11/01/05: testcard from Centro Produzione Video Firenze, on Eutelsat W2, 16° east, 12608 H 27500 3/4,
ident: CH 5 - Toscana Channel
11/01/05: Seemore is a new pay-tv platform for Croatia and the other countries of the former Yugoslavia. It will officially start on the 15th of January. On HotBird, 13° east, 12520 H 27500 3/4.
Click HERE for details.		 11/01/05: ESA TV will start broadcasting on the
14th of January on Astra, 19° east, 10832 H 22000 5/6,
ident: ESA, provider: Astra
11/01/05: feeds for Canale Italia on Eutelsat W2, 16° east, 12608 H 27500 3/4.
From Milan, ident: CH 6 - Link 6, from Rome: ident: CH 7 - Link 7
11/01/05: new digital multiplex on HotBird, 13° east, 11158 V 27500 3/4. It includes 3 polish channels: Polsat, Polsat2, TV4. Provider: POLSAT
 
14/01/05: MTV Networks package is temporarily in the clear on Astra, 19° east, 11739 V 27500 3/4.
MTV France, MTV España, MTV2 Europe, MTV Hits UK, MTV Base, VH1 European, VH1 Classic European, Nickelodeon NL.
Nickeolodeon España left.
At 17:23 CET they are encrypted again.
14/01/05: Fizz, new music channel, has started playing videos today with the 'Tim Deluxe Finally radio mix'
of Layo & Bushwacka's 'Love Story' in loop.
On Eurobird 1, 28° east, 11264 H 22000 2/3, ident: 52103, provider: BSkyB, video resolution: 544x576, audio bitrate: 128kbps.
 
14/01/05: One TV promo is new on Eurobird 1, 28° east, 11307 H 27500 2/3, ident: 52220
14/01/05: infocard from Sailing Channel, on HotBird,
13° east, 11200 V 27500 5/6.
The channel is now only available on Sky Italia as a pay-tv channel for just 8 additional euros per month (!).		 15/01/05: tests from Univ TV, on HotBird, 13° east,
11747 V 27500 3/4, ident: Univ Tv, provider: BT
18/01/05: Vectone Tamil and Vectone Urdu have reappeared with two infocards, on HotBird, 13° east, 11221 H 27500 3/4,
id: VECTONE TAMIL, VECTONE URDU, provider: DiviCom Customer
18/01/05: Vectone World is new on Eurobird, 28° east,
11642 V 27500 2/3, id: 50961
18/01/05: Fizz is still testing (see above) on Eurobird 1, 28° east, 11264 H 22000 2/3,
ident: 52103.
Today the logo of Rapture TV was on the screen instead of the Fizz logo.
 
19/01/05: All channels from the MTV package on Astra (19° east, 11739 V 27500 3/4) are again (see above) in the clear
and Nickeoloden España is back with this MTV/VH1 testcard, ident: Nickelodeon ESP, provider: MTV Networks
At 18:04 CET they are encrypted again.
 
19/01/05: Eurotürk is new on Eurasiasat 1, 42° east, 12540 H 3125 5/6, ident: EUROTURK 19/01/05: if you want to call Amanda, just tune in to this
new channel from the UK, Look4Love TV, on Eurobird 1,
28° east, 11623 H 27500 2/3, id: 51038
22/01/05: infocard from New Television, on HotBird,
13° east, 11179 H 27500 3/4.		 22/01/05: infocard from Lifestyle TV, on Astra,
19° east, 12633 H 22000 5/6.
23/01/05: testcard from Sat9, new on HotBird, 13° east,
11200 H 27500 5/6.		 24/01/05: BBC Prime is in the clear on a new frequency on HotBird, 13° east, 12245 H 27500 3/4, ident: BBC Prime, provider: GlobeCast France, network: GCP/HB3N2
24/01/05: Fizz has officially started today, on Eurobird, 28° east, 11264 H 22000 2/3, ident: Fizz
It also has a teletext service. The channel plays dance music videos from 9 o'clock and it really looks like the playlist is the same of Rapture TV, never returned on our screens.
24/01/05: Reality +1 has started on Eurobird, 28° east,
11264 H 22000 2/3, ident: 52102.		 25/01/05: Race World is testing on Astra, 19° east,
12610 V 22000 5/6.
27/01/05: infocard from Fashion TV, on HotBird,
13° east, 10992 V 27500 3/4.		 27/01/05: infocard from Red Light TV, on HotBird,
13° east, 10992 V 27500 3/4.
27/01/05: infocard from CFN/CNBC Italia on HotBird, 13° east, 12073 V 27500 3/4.
The channel is now available in the clear on the new frequency 11900 H 27500 3/4.
28/01/05: the MTV/VH1 testcard (see above) has been replaced by a new testcard
from Nickelodeon España, starting on the 1st of February.
On Astra, 19° east, 11739 V 27500 3/4, ident: Nickelodeon ESP, provider: MTV Networks
29/01/05: promo from Khalifa TV, on HotBird, 13° east,
11938 H 27500 3/4.		 30/01/05: promo from MBC 4, on Arabsat,
26° east, 11642 H 27500 3/4.
31/01/05: two testcards on Astra, 28° east, 11973 V 27500 2/3,
id: DTPCad1, DTPCad2		 31/01/05: the 1st baltic music channel is new on Sirius,
5° east, 11843 H 27500 3/4, id: 1st Baltic Music Channel

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