--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 164 SATELLITES Ref: EEP00000 Date: 10/17/97 From: TRACY SCHELL Time: 11:38am \/To: ALL (Read 3 times) Subj: NBA blackout rules? Has the NBA changed it's blackout rules? Last year if you subscribed to the sports combos you could get out of state NBA teams like the Celtics on Sports Channel New England (I'm in FL.) A few nights ago SCNE was televising a Cletics/Nets exhibition game but it was blacked out! I thought stations had learned their lessons from the silly baseball blackout rule a few years ago. The NHL doesn't blackout anything, baseball I think blacksout local games, for me The Marlins. Anyone know??? The main reason I got my dish back in 1986 was to see Celtic games and I subscribed to the Sports Channel combo also... ... Boxing is for women. Real men fight NO HOLDS BARRED!!!! ___ Messenger V1.2 [Unreg] --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: DOLE AND KEMP THE WINNING TICKET IN 96! (1:374/46.6) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 164 SATELLITES Ref: EEQ00000 Date: 10/20/97 From: CLAY THOMAS Time: 6:36Iam \/To: TRACY SCHELL (Read 3 times) Subj: Re: NBA blackout rules? In a message dated 17 Oct 97 11:38:33, Tracy Schell wrote: TS> Has the NBA changed it's blackout rules? Last year if you subscribed TS> to TS> the sports combos you could get out of state NBA teams like the TS> Celtics TS> on Sports Channel New England (I'm in FL.) A few nights ago SCNE was TS> televising a Cletics/Nets exhibition game but it was blacked out! I TS> thought stations had learned their lessons from the silly baseball TS> blackout rule a few years ago. The NHL doesn't blackout anything, TS> baseball I think blacksout local games, for me The Marlins. Well they still have the blackout rule for kmost of the sports.. I have a dss and i get the sports combo.. and now & then you can get a black out game but that very few times...btw baseball still has the black out rule.. --- DLG Pro v1.0/PDQMail v2.60 * Origin: Cyber Space cafe (1:2310/14) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 164 SATELLITES Ref: EES00000 Date: 10/21/97 From: TRACY SCHELL Time: 11:53am \/To: CLAY THOMAS (Read 3 times) Subj: NBA blackout rules? On (Mon 20 Oc) Clay Thomas wrote a masterpiece to Tracy Schell CT> In a message dated 17 Oct 97 11:38:33, Tracy Schell wrote: TS> Has the NBA changed it's blackout rules? Last year if you subscribed TS> to TS> the sports combos you could get out of state NBA teams like the TS> Celtics TS> on Sports Channel New England (I'm in FL.) A few nights ago SCNE was TS> televising a Cletics/Nets exhibition game but it was blacked out! I TS> thought stations had learned their lessons from the silly baseball TS> blackout rule a few years ago. The NHL doesn't blackout anything, TS> baseball I think blacksout local games, for me The Marlins. CT> Well they still have the blackout rule for kmost of the sports.. I CT> have a dss and i get the sports combo.. and now & then you can get a CT> black out game but that very few times...btw baseball still has the CT> black out rule.. What IS the blackout rule? Can't see teams IN your area, or OUT of your area? I saw plentry of Baseball games on the Fow Sports Network, the only games that were blacked out were Marlins games. ... Remember, never pet a stray tagline. ___ Messenger V1.2 [Unreg] --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: DOLE AND KEMP THE WINNING TICKET IN 96! (1:374/46.6) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 164 SATELLITES Ref: EES00001 Date: 10/22/97 From: CLAY THOMAS Time: 6:07,am \/To: TRACY SCHELL (Read 3 times) Subj: Re: NBA blackout rules? TS> What IS the blackout rule? Can't see teams IN your area, or OUT of TS> your TS> area? I saw plentry of Baseball games on the Fow Sports Network, the TS> only games that were blacked out were Marlins games. well I"m not sure how they do it but it depends on how manys miles you live near the team.. let me put it this way... I live four to five hours of riving time from st. Louis Mo. but any sport from there is blacked out in my area most of the time,,, I would like to know how they came up with this rule or how do they use this rule...... --- DLG Pro v1.0/PDQMail v2.60 * Origin: Cyber Space cafe (1:2310/14) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 164 SATELLITES Ref: EEU00000 Date: 10/23/97 From: TRACY SCHELL Time: 11:57am \/To: CLAY THOMAS (Read 3 times) Subj: NBA blackout rules? On (Mon 20 Oc) Clay Thomas wrote a masterpiece to Tracy Schell CT> In a message dated 17 Oct 97 11:38:33, Tracy Schell wrote: TS> Has the NBA changed it's blackout rules? Last year if you subscribed TS> to TS> the sports combos you could get out of state NBA teams like the TS> Celtics TS> on Sports Channel New England (I'm in FL.) A few nights ago SCNE was TS> televising a Cletics/Nets exhibition game but it was blacked out! I TS> thought stations had learned their lessons from the silly baseball TS> blackout rule a few years ago. The NHL doesn't blackout anything, TS> baseball I think blacksout local games, for me The Marlins. CT> Well they still have the blackout rule for kmost of the sports.. I CT> have a dss and i get the sports combo.. and now & then you can get a CT> black out game but that very few times...btw baseball still has the CT> black out rule.. Are YOU getting Celtics games on your sports combo? ... Elvis never left the building...He's bricked up in the wall by Hoffa! ___ Messenger V1.2 [Unreg] --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: DOLE AND KEMP THE WINNING TICKET IN 96! (1:374/46.6) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 164 SATELLITES Ref: EEU00001 Date: 10/24/97 From: SATJOURNAL@AOL.COM Time: 03:04pm \/To: GARY CRAIN (Read 3 times) Subj: 02:Satellite Journal Weekly 538 ASCII 3 From: Satjournal@aol.com public broadcasters have submitted a request for $771 million to the Office of Management and Budget to help local public stations deliver more and better services to every U.S. home, business, and school. The request is for a three-year investment with $386 million in fiscal year 1999 (50 percent of total request); $231 million in FY 2000 and $154 million in FY 2001. Absent extenuating circumstances, all public television stations are required to begin digital broadcasting by 2003 or risk losing their channel assignments. Digital technology frees public broadcasters from the limitations imposed by a single analogue signal. Many stations currently must choose among broadcasting preschool programs, adult learning courses, national series, local productions, cultural programming or public affairs. Hughes Operates First --------------------- The system, known as "XIPS" (pronounced "zips") has successfully completed activation on the PAS-5 communications satellite, which was launched from Kazakhstan on Aug. 27. Satellite propulsion systems are used to maintain the position of the satellite in its proper orbit and attitude. XIPS is a propulsion system that uses the impulse generated by a thruster ejecting electrically charged particles, or ions, at very high velocities. Xenon, a highly dense gas, is the primary propellant and was chosen because it offers the highest thrust of all the inert, non-reactive gases. The ions ejected by the Hughes XIPS travel at a speed of 62,900 miles per hour (30 kilometres per second), an increase in efficiency, which is 10 times greater than the chemical bipropellant systems currently in use. Key to the XIPS advantage is improved efficiency. With an XIPS system onboard, propellant mass on a satellite designed for 12 to 15 years of operation can be reduced by up to 90 percent. As a result, customers can opt to launch a satellite with reduced launch costs, or, because of the weight trade-offs possible with the XIPS system, can either extend satellite life or increase payload capabilities while holding satellite weight constant. "The benefits of XIPS have long been recognised and endorsed by our customers," said Donald L. Cromer, president of Hughes Space and Communications. "The PAS-5 satellite, featuring XIPS technology, was ordered in March of 1995. Our current backlog of 18 601HP and 702 satellites contains 15 satellites which will use XIPS." ComStream Wins Contract ----------------------- ComStream is entering the Argentine VSAT market with a contract award from SPTI, a branch of the BOLDT group (Grupo BOLDT) of Argentina. ComStream will supply VSATPlus II technology to SPTI, a service provider that will construct a time division multiple access (TDMA) VSAT satellite network for Centrales Electricas de Santa Fe, a regional utility company. The company will use the network for voice and data transmission. Delivery of equipment will be completed within 45 days. BOLDT's core business until now has been production of official documents for the Argentine government (official diaries, checks, and bank notes), and recently its activities have evolved to include the country's lottery business, in which they hold 90 percent of the market share. With deregulation of the telecommunications industry in Argentina expected by the end of the year, BOLDT and SPTI expect there will be many large corporations like Centrales Electricas de Santa Fe wanting to build their own private telecom networks. APPOINTMENTS ------------ PanAmSat Welcomes Michael T. Smith PanAmSat Corporation reports that Michael T. Smith of Hughes Electronics Corporation was elected on Sept. 15, 1997, to serve as the chairman of the board of PanAmSat. Mr. Smith is presently vice chairman of Hughes Electronics Corp. and chairman of Hughes Aircraft Company. Classified ---------- Please send your situations vacant to: satellite_journal@compuserve.com this is a FREE service! Upcoming Launches ------------------ Check our web site for a complete listing of 1997/1998 launches. 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