The return of NOW Music and MTV Classic channels 2014-01-04 22:26:22 / Mateusz Breszczek The British satellite platform Sky UK has ended broadcasting…

SATELLITE TV NEWS and more – Part 6

The British satellite platform Sky UK has finished broadcasting two music channels that were available over the Christmas period. We are talking about Now Christmas and MTV Xmas stations. Now Christmas was broadcast in the FTA version, and MTV Xmas was encoded in VideoGuard and available exclusively to subscribers of the Sky UK platform.

The NOW Christmas and MTV Xmas channels focused on holiday hits and video clips. NOW Christmas appeared on satellite on November 21, 2013, and MTV Xmas 4 days earlier.

After the hiatus , the stations returned to their original names , NOW Music and MTV Classic , as well as standard themes . NOW Music is a music channel that recently launched in the UK through Universal Music and Sony Music. It is available for Sky UK subscribers (channel 378) and Freesat (channel 512). MTV Classic is the channel of the MTV group, which specializes in the music of the last century.

NOW Music and MTV Classic returned to their old names at the same time on December 28th.

Technical specifications:
Eutelsat 28A (28.5°E)
etc. C1L (11.222 GHz, pol. H, SR: 27500, FEC: 2/3; DVB-S/QPSK)

ID: NOW Music
PID V: 2338 (MPEG-2/SD)
PID A: 2339
PID PCR: 2338
SID: 52010
PID PMT: 259
Provider: BSkyB
Encoding: no

Astra 2A (28.2°E)
etc. 10 (11.895 GHz, pol. V, SR: 27500, FEC: 2/3; DVB-S/QPSK)

ID: MTV CLASSIC
PID V: 2347 (MPEG-2/SD)
PID A: 2345
PID PCR: 2305
SID: 7008
PID TXT: 2348
PID PMT: 265
Provider: BSkyB
Encoding: VideoGuard

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HD+: Sport1 HD on new transponder at 19.2°E

The high definition version of the German sports channel Sport1 (formerly DSF) has started broadcasting on a new transponder on the Astra 2C satellite (19.2°E).
The Sport1 HD appeared on transponder 55 of the Astra 2C satellite (19.2°E) at 10.803 GHz, pol. H, SR 22000, FEC 3/4 (DVB-S2/8PSK), the channel is encoded in Nagra MA and VideoGuard systems for the German satellite platform Sky Deutschland and for the HD+ package. It is currently possible to receive it on the old transponder 57 of the Astra 1KR satellite (19.2°E) at a frequency of 10.832 GHz, pol H, SR: 22000, FEC: 2/3 (DVB-S2/8PSK).

Technical parameters of Sport1 HD at the new frequency:
Astra 2C (19.2°E)
etc. 55 (10.803 GHz, pol. H, SR: 22000, FEC: 3/4; DVB-S2/8PSK)

ID: SPORT1 HD
PID V: 1535 (MPEG-4/HD)
PID A: 1539 (deu, AC3)
PID PCR: 1535
SID: 5505
PID PMT: 101
Provider: BetaDigital
Encoding: Nagra MA, VideoGuard

Early technical parameters of Sport1 HD:
Astra 1KR (19.2°E)
etc. 57 (10.832 GHz, pol. H, SR: 22000, FEC: 2/3; DVB-S2/8PSK)

ID: SPORT1 HD
PID V: 1279 (MPEG-4/HD)
PID A: 1283 (deu, AC3)
PID PCR: 1279
SID: 61204
PID PMT: 100
Provider: BetaDigital
Encoding: Nagra MA, VideoGuard

Sport1 started on April 11, 2010, before that date broadcast under the name DSF in standard uncoded split. An HD version of the channel appeared in September 2010, but was offered as part of pay packages by satellite operators and on cable networks. Sport1 in SD does not encode its signal and is available to all viewers in Europe.

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Football 1 and Football 2 are now together!

Starting from the new year, Football 1 and Football 2 channels will be provided to cable operators as a package, that is, together. And this means that now viewers will be able to enjoy two channels at once at an affordable price.

Alexander Denisov – director of TV channels Football 1 and Football 2:

– It was absolutely important and key for us to provide cable operators with a package of two channels at the most affordable price.

Andrey Malchevsky – Director of the Department of Distribution and Development of the Broadcasting Network:

– The provider pays for a subscriber from twenty hryvnia to fifty hryvnia for two channels per month. We make and shape our policy so that the channels are as accessible as possible. And if we take European and world analogues, then on average channels of such content content as ours cost at least three dollars for subscribers – this is the minimum price for one channel.

The price is affordable, but there is more football: in 2014 our channels will show all the top tournaments. In addition to the already familiar European cups and national championships, viewers will see the matches of the Ukrainian national team in the qualifying for Euro 2016 and the final part of the World Cup.

Even in winter, a real spectacle awaits millions of connoisseurs of the game – Alexander Denisov commented:

– The tournament in Israel, which is called the United Super Bowl, should be the main event of the winter off-season. It is difficult for everyone without Ukrainian football, and the matches of such clubs as Shakhtar and Metalist against Russian clubs are always very interesting. After all, a lot of questions often arise: “Whose football is better?”. This tournament will be broadcast in full by Football 1 and Football 2 channels.

But that's not all the surprises for the Futbol1/Football 2 audience, in the summer both channels will have an HD version, Andrey Malchevsky said:

– 2014 is the start of two more of our channels in high definition, in HD quality. On the eve of the World Cup, Football 1 HD and Football 2 HD will be on air, which will enable our viewers to watch all 64 matches in the highest quality. And football, in principle, deserves to be watched in the highest possible resolution.

And the last innovation – the entire football product from matches with programs to in-house production will now be distributed evenly between Football 1 and Football 2.

But that's not all the surprises for the Futbol1/Football 2 audience, in the summer both channels will have an HD version, Andrey Malchevsky said:
– 2014 is the start of two more of our channels in high definition, in HD quality. On the eve of the World Cup, Football 1 HD and Football 2 HD will be on air, which will enable our viewers to watch all 64 matches in the highest quality. And football, in principle, deserves to be watched in the highest possible resolution.

And the last innovation – the entire football product from matches with programs to in-house production will now be distributed evenly between Football 1 and Football 2.

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Residents of Greece will again pay for TV

After the Greek government shut down the state broadcaster EPT on June 11 last year, the deadline for paying for TV disappeared from the electricity bills. But the inhabitants of the country did not rejoice for long: in the near future, payment for an already new creation – the New Greek Radio, Internet and Television (ΝΕΡΙΤ Α.Ε.) will again appear in the bills.
The fee will be three euros per month (instead of the 4.24 euros that were paid for ERT). The new fee will be charged from January 1 this year.
According to the government's calculations, the collection from consumers will amount to 191 million euros, of which 101 million euros will go to the maintenance of ΝΕΡΙΤ, and 91.4 million to the state treasury.
It is worth noting that in 2012 EPT's expenses were 245 million euros, and the total consumer charge was about 300 million euros.

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Opera launches Opera TV Store

Norwegian company Opera has launched a virtual application store Opera TV Store for Samsung media players of the fifth and selected models of the fourth series.

The store allows you to run HTML5 applications directly from the cloud, and therefore, those will independently adjust to the diagonal and resolution of the TV screen.

Note that this move speaks of Opera's desire to continue its existence against the backdrop of a strong decline in interest in the company's browser, but almost every smart TV already has its own application store.

markovich

Pros in Sat TV

• 6 Jan 2014

• #282

The telecom operator explained the reasons for the disappearance of Channel One in Kazakhstan

The reasons for the termination of rebroadcasting of several Russian TV channels, including Channel One, in Kazakhstan were explained by the cable operator Digital TV, Tengrinews correspondent reports.

According to the CEO of Digital TV Kuat Bakhridinov, many channels operate on the principle of imposing additional channels to the main rating channel that they have in their family. For example, the First Channel of the CIS is sold in Kazakhstan, together with an additional 6 channels. If you buy RTR-Planet, then two TV channels are imposed on you. Each content owner has locomotive channels, and in order to purchase them, cable operators are also forced to buy those channels , which are not particularly popular among subscribers, Bakhridinov said.

He stated that the company asked Channel One to buy from three to four channels instead of six. “But the Channel One family refused, they announced this on December 31. We notified subscribers in advance that there might be changes. The copyright holders said: “Buy 7 channels,” and we replied that we had no money. you have to turn it off by January 1st, otherwise it threatens with litigation.We did that.They confronted us at the end of the year.In exchange, we agreed with the Discovery family, in addition, MTV is returning, more channels will appear from the movie family, as well as news , – said Bakhridinov. He also said that negotiations with the owner of the First Channel of the CIS are still underway. However, if this channel is resumed, the cable operator will have to stop rebroadcasting the other one.

In addition, according to Bakhridinov, the company, which is a telecom operator, worked under a partnership agreement with Aziacell.This is a licensor that provides us with content under the contract, and in 2013 it retrained and brought it to subscribers through our networks. Since 2014, the situation is changing, the integration of the Digital TV with Kazakhtelecom JSC is underway. We transmit our networks in Kazakhtelecom who will conclude an agreement with Aziacell, ”Bakhridinov explained.

According to him, with regard to content for Kazakhstani spectators, annually the big four of Russian television channels – the Channel One of the CIS, NTV Mir, RTR -Planeta, REN -TV – renegotiating contracts with an increase in the cost of remuneration of cable broadcast operators in Kazakhstan. Now these 4 television channels, depending on the size of the cable operator of Kazakhstan, occupy from 35 to 60 percent of the television budget in each company, Bakhridinov noted. He said that since 2006, on the territory of Kazakhstan, the subscription fee for television has not increased.

The exception was only last year, when cable operators raised about 150 tenge a fee in three large cities of Kazakhstan. That is, to give qualitative content for the money asking the owners of the channel or its representatives, the subscription fee, respectively, should grow, – said the general director of the company. But, according to him, the corresponding state bodies do not give consent to this.

Recall that on New Year's Eve, some of the Kazakhstanis were indignant that the first channel disappeared from the air on the holiday. Meanwhile, as it became known, the problem affected only those Kazakhstanis who use the services of the Digital TV operator. The company reported that from December 31, 2013, the retranding of the Carousel, Cinema House, Time: Fature and Channel Channel Channel, Teleceps, Music of the First and RUTV was stopped in Kazakhstan. Since January 1, 2014, the company promised to update the channel list and replace the “disappeared” channels with new fascinating film, children's, musical and cognitive channels.

Ramiz

Moderator

• Jan 6, 2014

• #283

Channel One Broadcast is resumed in Kazakhstan

The broadcast of several Russian television channels, including Channel One, was resumed in Kazakhstan, in the network of the Digital TV cable operator, Tengrinews.kz correspondent reports.

As explained by Digital TV, Kuat Bakhridinov, by numerous requests of Kazakhstani spectators, an agreement with the Channel One family was reached, therefore the broadcasting of the Carousel, Time: Fare and Close, Telecard, Music also renewed. The first ”and RUTV. However, in every city of Kazakhstan, different channels will“ disappear ”from the net of the first family.

Recall that on New Year's Eve, many spectators were outraged by the “disappearance” of Channel One. Later it turned out that the problem affected only the part of the population that uses the services of the Digital TV operator. Later, Bakhridinov explained that in the load on the rating channels, cable operators have to buy channels that are not particularly popular among the audience.

The company asked the copyright holder to reduce the load from six channels to three or four, but on December 31 they were refused. Then it was decided to stop the relay of the Channel One family in Kazakhstan. However, negotiations were continued.

Markovich

Profi in Satw

• Jan 7, 2014

• #284

The cost of the Olympic television clip beats all records

The placement of advertising inside the television broadcasts of the Olympic Games in Sochi on the First Channel, Russia 1 and Russia 2 will be expensive. Such a video will cost the advertiser five times more expensive than in any other program on the same days. But, unlike the previous Winter Olympiad in Vancouver, this time the broadcasters' proposals were interested in a number of official partners of the games.

Kommersant got acquainted with the prices for the placement of advertising and sponsorship screensaver inside the broadcasts of the Olympic Games in Sochi. Competitions on February 7-23 will be shown daily for almost 2.5 hours “Channel One” and “Russia 1”, as well as almost 8 hours-“Russia 2”. Such sports competitions are classified by broadcasters as special etheric events, advertising in which is sold according to special price lists. The placement of traditional videos inside the broadcasts all three channels this time entrusted with Telezport agency. Sponsorship packages for Channel One are implemented by the Mandarin agency, for Russia 1 and Russia 2-Sales-House of the VGTRK RTR-Media.

World and national partners of games have a predominant right to post advertising and sponsorship of broadcasts. In case of their interest, access is blocked for all other advertisers from the same product category. After choosing partners, proposals are open to everyone. Negotiations with partners are scheduled until January 15, said Anton Leontyev, head of Telesport. They refused the comments at VGTRK, on ​​the First Channel and Mandarin did not respond to Kommersant's request. Of the surveyed world and national partners of games, interest in the placement of traditional and sponsorship advertising has already been confirmed in Rostelecom and Coca-Cola.

Four years ago, the lighting of the Winter Olympiad in Vancouver in Russian television did not at all interest her official partners, and sponsorship bags on the VGTRK channels, which were then sold by the video of the Internet Internet, were not completely sold out. But then the advertising market just began to recover after the crisis, during which the income of the TV spray shows decreased, according to the Association of Communication Agencies of Russia, by 18%, to 96.4 billion rubles.

Now the Channel One offers five options for sponsorship packages. The minimum-in one broadcast, three 10-second screensavers are placed during the day-estimated taking into account volumetric and agent discounts of almost 31 million rubles. The maximum (in addition to conventional broadcasts, the appearance of screensavers in the opening and closing ceremonies of games and other programs is provided) – in 131 million rubles. On Russia 1, the cost of sponsorship packages varies from 20 million rubles.(must be the presence of a 10-second screensaver in one of the ceremonies) up to 130 million rubles. (The appearance of screensavers in the diaries of games, the Olympic block Vesti, etc.) is also guaranteed.

Telezport sells traditional advertising only by packages: it is possible to place rollers on three channels at once and exclusively in all broadcasts. A five -second video, taking into account all discounts, will cost the advertiser 32.8 million rubles. Without allowances for special positioning (first in the block, etc.), minute in 273.2 million rubles.

Conventional advertising on TV is sold not by minute, but by rating points, reflecting the number of spectators who saw the video. In order to compare the prices for advertising in other programs in February with sports broadcasts, it is necessary to take into account possible ratings of the future Olympiad. They, in turn, can be displayed based on the indicators of previous games in Vancouver. But in the European part of the Russian Federation, direct broadcasts then went in the early morning, which reduced the interest of the audience. According to Dmitry Kuraev, the head of Quendie Rusmediaudit, the Sochi Olympiad can be 20% higher. Then the sponsorship screensaver in the Olympic broadcasts on the First Channel will cost the advertiser three times more expensive than the usual 10-second video in all other programs on the same channel on the same days. Sponsorship on Russia 1-2.5-5.6 times, depending on the package. 5-5.5 times more expensive is the placement of conventional advertising inside the broadcasts. Anton Leontyev is sure that the ratings of the Sochi Olympics will be at times above Vancouver, and the conclusions of excessive high cost are incorrect.