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                           EUROPEAN NEWS
     
Kirch's launches DF1
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    The German media giant, Kirch Group, launched DF1 on
July 28 with the transmission of the Formula 1 Grand Prix
races held in Mochenhum, Germany and with an initial
offering of 17 additional television and radio channels.
     The new digital technology allowed Grand Prix viewers
to follow the races from five different camera angles on
five separate channels, using the new electronic program
guide, T.O.N.I.  (Tele Online Navigation Instrument).
     BetaDigital, a newly founded Kirch Group company,
provides the digital technical service for DF1, by employing
TV/COM's Compression NetWORKS, the world's first DVB-
compliant MPEG-2 system digital video compression system.
Unlike proprietary systems, Compression NetWORKS provides an
open standards based platform that ensures that current
equipment will be fully interoperable with future source,
editing, storage, broadcast and consumer equipment.
     
                          Washington Watch

                    1996 Orbital Assignment Plan



Location              Satellite           Band/Polarisation

139 W.L.             Aurora II/Satcom C-5         4/6  GHz(vertical)
139 W.L.             ACS-3K (AMSC)       		  12/14 GHZ
137 W.L.             Satcom  C-1                  4/6   GHz(horizontal)
137 W.L.             unassigned               	  12/14 GHz
135 W.L.             Satcom  C-4              	  4/6   GHz(vertical)
135 W.L.             Orion O-F4                   12/14 GHz
133 W.L.             Galaxy  1-R(S)               4/6   GHz(horizontal)
133 W.L.             unassigned                   12/14 GHz
131 W.L.             Satcom  C-3                  4/6   GHz(vertical)
131 W.L.             unassigned                   12/14 GHz
129 W.L.             Loral  1                     4/6   GHz
												  (horizontal)/12/14 GHz
127 W.L.             Galaxy IX           		  4/6 GHz (vertical)
127 W.L.             unassigned                   12/14 GHz
125 W.L.             Galaxy  5-W                  4/6   GHz(horizontal)
125 W.L.             GSTAR II/unassigned          12/14 GHz
123 W.L.             Galaxy   X                   4/6    GHz
												  (vertical)/12/14 GHz
121 W.L.             EchoStar FSS-2      		  12/14 GHz
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Canadian - Mexican slots
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105 W.L.            GSTAR IV            		  12/14 GHz
103 W.L.            GE-1                          4/6 GHz(horizontal)
103 W.L.            GSTAR 1/GE-1        		  12/14 GHz
101 W.L.            Satcom   SN-4                 4/6 GHz(vertical)/12/14 GHz
99  W.L.            Galaxy  IV(H)                 4/6  GHz
												  (horizontal)/12/14 GHz
97  W.L.            Telstar  401                  4/6  GHz
												  (vertical)/12/14 GHz
95  W.L.            Galaxy  III(H)                4/6  GHz
												  (horizontal)/12/14 GHz
93  W.L.            Telstar 5                     4/6 GHz (vertical)
93  W.L.            GSTAR III/Telstar 5           12/14 GHz
91  W.L.            Galaxy  VII(H)                4/6  GHz
												  (horizontal)/12/14 GHz
89  W.L.            Telestar  402R                4/6  GHz
												  (vertical)/12/14 GHz
87  W.L.            Satcom  SN-3  /GE-4           4/6  GHz
											      (horizontal)/12/14 GHz
85  W.L.            Telstar  302/GE-2             4/6  GHz (vertical)
85  W.L.            Satcom Ku-1/GE-2              12/14 GHz
83  W.L.               unassigned                 4/6   GHz(horizontal)
83  W.L.            EchoStar FSS-1                12/14 GHz
81  W.L.               unassigned                 4/6   GHz (vertical)
81  W.L.            Satcom Ku-2/unassigned        12/14 GHz
79  W.L.                GE-5                      4/6    GHz
											      (horizontal)/12/14 GHz
77  W.L.             Loral  2                     4/6  GHz
												  (vertical)/12/14 GHz
76  W.L.             Comstar  D-4                 4/6  GHz(vertical)
74  W.L.             Galaxy   VI                  4/6  GHz(horizontal)
74  W.L.             SBS-6                        12/14 GHz
72  W.L.               unassigned                 4/6   GHz (vertical)
71  W.L.              SBS-2                    	  12/14 GHz
69  W.L.             Satcom  SN-2/Telstar  6      4/6  GHz
												  (horizontal)/12/14 GHz
67  W.L.             GE-3                   	  4/6    GHz
												  (vertical)/12/14 GHz
64  W.L.              unassigned                  4/6   GHz(horizontal)
64  W.L.              unassigned                  12/14 GHz
62  W.L.              unassigned          		  4/6 GHz (vertical)
62  W.L.              ACS-2K (AMSC)       		  12/14 GHz
60  W.L.              unassigned               	  4/6 GHz
60  W.L.              unassigned                  12/14 Ghz





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