BillyG,
When you go on vacation to those idyllic French islands in the Caribbean take your best sunscreen, sunglasses, but no swimsuit. Spend all the sunny days on the beach, but when it rains watch Canal Satellite via intelsat; FredE will be able to watch formula 1 while on the beach.
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INTELSAT announced today that BT Broadcast Services France is operating the first
French speaking DTH service for the Caribbean on the INTELSAT 801 satellite at
328.5øE. The 72 MHz Ku-band spot beam being used covers Martinique and
Guadeloupe, with an approximate beam peak e.i.r.p. of 52 dBW over the two key target
islands, and is the first digital DTH service dedicated to French language programming in
this area of the world. In the fringe areas, the beam also reaches Miami to the north and
Cayenne (French Guiana) to the south.
Tom Eaton, INTELSAT's Director Sales and Marketing, stated, "We are pleased that
we have the coverage, capacity and power on our 801 satellite to provide our
customers with the services they need to meet this new market in the Caribbean.
This latest service from France to the Caribbean, via BT Broadcast Services France
for video program distribution services, is testament to our expanding video
offerings and our commitment to serving the needs of our partners and customers
throughout the world."
BT Broadcast Services France is broadcasting this digital bouquet, called Canal Satellite
Antilles, from the new BT teleport in Paris-Boulogne. At the Canal Satellite's digital
broadcast center, programs are multiplexed in MPEG-2/DVB format and encrypted using
Mediaguard's access control system. The programs are then transmitted via a digital link
to the Paris-Boulogne teleport where the signal is uplinked to the INTELSAT 801 satellite.
Mr. Philippe Vuillaume, Manager of BT Broadcast Services France, added "The market
for DTH in the Caribbean is growing very rapidly, as this new service indicates. The
INTELSAT, 801 satellite is a very competitive offering, allowing customers the
advantage of using antennas as small as 60 cm. Through the successful
collaboration with INTELSAT, we were able to customize coverage to meet the
customer's very specific requirements."
Programming on Canal Satellite Antilles comprises 13 television channels and one radio
channel transmitted within a 45 Mbit/s carrier. The channels are: Eurosport, CineCinemas,
Canal J, Planete, Euronews, MCM International, France Courses (racing), 13eme Rue
(entertainment), Fox Kids, Voyage (travel), RFO, Nostalgie and XXL, and France Info
(radio).
Intelsat wants it's own data broacasting soluions;
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INTELSAT today announced that Teleglobe, Telecom Egypt, Telkom South Africa,
Cyprus Telecommunications Authority and EMBRATEL of Brazil will be the initial
participants in pre-commercial testing of INTELSAT's Multicast Internet Caching and
Replication System. This live system testing is expected to begin in November, and is
intended to confirm the technical feasibility of multicasting the most frequently accessed
web-based content from an Internet "warehouse" via satellite to corresponden............
he multicast-to-cache service platform is being developed by A&T Systems, Inc. of
Silver Spring, Maryland, under contract to INTELSAT |
