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JIUZHOU DTS1601
Digital Satellite
Receiver FTA ............................16
OPENSAT X7000CI
Digital CI Satellite Receiver ........22
SLINGBOX
IPTV Box ..................................24
TECHNISAT ‚INTERNETRADIO1‘
Receiver for Internet Radio
and MP3 via local network ..........43
INFOSAT
C/Ku-Band
Combifeed ........46
Media:
Satellite & Broadband News .............10
Feature:
Ka-Band – the future of satellite
communication? ..............................12
SatcoDX NEW Satellite Channels ....28
TELE-satellite Receiver Guide .........40
Company report:
CNBC Africa .....................................50
Company report:
TechniSat Teledigital AG ....................52
Company report:
Telemedia, Johannesburg ..................56
Dish view:
Antennas in Dubai ............................60
DXer report:
Satellite Reception in South Africa .....62
ABCOM .......................................53
ARION ........................................ 7
AZURE SHINE .............................14
CSTB-2008 .................................33
DOEBIS .....................................8,9
DVB SHOP ..................................19
EEBC 2007 ..................................39
EURASIA ....................................26
FORTECSTAR ..............................31
HORIZON ...................................21
6 TELE-satellite & Broadband — 08-09/2007 — www.TELE-satellite.com
Dear
Readers
In this issue we will be touching
on two subjects that would be worth
thinking about a little bit more. The
first is a report on a manufacturer of
TV‘s with integrated multi-tuners. This
is really nothing new; TV‘s with builtin
satellite receivers have been around
for several years now but never really
caught on. Today however, I believe
these requirements have changed.
Today you can find TV signals that are
not only terrestrial and via satellite, but
also via the Internet and mobile radio
frequencies. For the user this technology
has become much more complex; these
various transmission techniques deliver
a remarkable variety of programming.
If you want to receive “every channel”,
you’d need a receiver that can get it
all.
The question for the user is no longer
which of the technologies should be
used, but rather which of them would
give the user the highest number of
channels. If one technique is used,
for example Internet TV, interesting
channels available through another
technique would be effectively filtered
out. Obviously, it would be logical to
take this decision away from the user
and offer products that can receive all
the technologies.
Another topic in this issue is
satellite reception in South Africa. This
developed country is so far away from
other developed countries that you
occasionally find isolated solutions as
well as surprising innovations. One
of these unique solutions is the use of
ADVERTISERS
IBC 2007 ....................................42
INFOSAT .....................................17
JIUZHOU ....................................68
JONSA ........................................23
KATHREIN ..................................35
MOTECK .....................................53
MTI ............................................ 5
RESYS ........................................67
SADOUN .....................................37
SEATEL .......................................45
10.7 GHz as the intermediate frequency
in the LNBs available there instead of
the typical 10.6 GHz. This came about
because the local PayTV providers
transmit everything in the high band
except for one transponder. To be able
to receive this odd transponder, the
intermediate frequency was simply
changed. An example of an innovation
would be a PVR not with two tuners, as
we have long been used to, but with
three. We will tell you more about this
unique design in a future test report in
TELE-satellite.
Even more interesting is that the
number of available channels in
South Africa will soon take large turn
upwards and this will have interesting
consequences on the neighboring
countries in southern Africa – the
countries of the sub-Saharan region. We
will be able to witness the birth of a new
reception region and with it the birth of
a new market. There aren’t too many
places left on Earth that are not properly
covered; satellite TV is making its way to
every corner of the globe. TELE-satellite
will take you along for the ride!
Sincerely,
Alexander Wiese
P.S.: My favorite radio station of the
month: “Radio 3”, a radio channel from
Spain’s RTVE national radio service on
HOTBIRD (13 east), 11,785H, Audio
3539. Music outside of the mainstream,
technically sound and professional.
TELE-satellite CITY ....................35
SMARTWI ...................................23
SPAUN ........................................49
TAITRONICS ...............................61
TECHNISAT .................................15
TECHNOMATE .............................27
TERRA ........................................11
TOPFIELD ................................... 2