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	British Satellite Broadcasting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB) was a company set up in 1986 to provide direct broadcast satellite television services to the United Kingdom.
		The British Satellite Broadcasting consortium was formed in 1986 by Granada, Pearson, Virgin and Amstrad.
		BSB was forced by the conditions of its licence to pay for the construction and launch of two satellites, named Marcopolo 1 and 2 after Marco Polo, jointly capable of broadcasting five channels that could be received on 30cm (12") diameter dishes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Satellite_Broadcasting (1052 words)

	British Sky Broadcasting
		British Sky Broadcastin is the first entrepreneurial venture of any significance to have challenged the hitherto closely regulated, four-channel, public service character of British television.
		BSB was claimed to possess an enormous technological advantage over its rival in that it would use a much higher powered satellite with the more technically sophisticated D-MAC transmission standard delivering a higher fidelity TV picture than Sky's inferior (but more affordable) PAL standard.
		BSB's two Marco Polo satellites (at an astronomical cost of some £500 million each) were duly launched from Cape Kennedy by Space Shuttle between August 1989 and early 1990, by which time Sky had been consolidating its audience for over a year.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/B/htmlB/britishskyb/britishskyb.htm (1106 words)

	British Sky Broadcasting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB - formerly two companies, Sky Television plc and British Satellite Broadcasting) is a company that operates Sky Digital, the most popular subscription television service in the UK and Ireland.
		The launch of the first Astra 2 series satellite at a new orbital position, 28.2° east, in 1997 (followed by more Astra satellites as well as Eutelsat's Eurobird 1 at 28.5°E), enabled the company to launch a new all-digital service, Sky Digital, with the potential to carry hundreds of television and radio channels.
		Sky does not own any of the satellites it has used since withdrawing service from the Marcopolo craft; the Astra satellites are owned and operated by SES Astra and Eurobird 1 by Eutelsat.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Sky_Broadcasting (1867 words)

	British Sky Broadcasting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB - formerly two companies, Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting, which merged) is a company that operates the most popular subscription television service in the UK and Eire.
		It did not have a UK broadcasting licence, and so was legally similar in that territory to the popular pirate radio stations of twenty years before.
		The failure of a rival company British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB) in November 1990 led to a merger, which was effectivly a takeover as few staff or channels moved to the new service, although a few programmes acquired by BSB did find their way to Sky One.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-British_Sky_Broadcasting.html (821 words)

	Learn more about British Sky Broadcasting in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB - formerly Sky Television) is a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
		The Astra satellite was owned by a Luxembourg-based consortium and controlled from there, but Sky's broadcasts originated in the UK and were subject to British regulation, originally by the Cable Authority and later by the Independent Television Commission.
		The failure of rival company British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB) in November 1990 led to a merger, although some of Sky's detractors saw it as a takeover.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /b/br/british_sky_broadcasting.html (319 words)

	Satellite
		An "uplink" transmitter on earth, using a "dish" antenna pointed toward the satellite, sends a signal to one of the satellite's "transponders." The transponder amplifies that signal and shifts it to another frequency (so as not to interfere with the incoming signal) to be transmitted back to earth.
		The essential advantage of the satellite is that the uplink and downlink may be 8000 miles apart.
		A typical communications satellite launched in the early 1990s has a mix of C and Ku-band transponders, and is capable of relaying over 30,000 voice or data circuits and four or more television transmissions.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/S/htmlS/satellite/satellite.htm (1330 words)

	satellite - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about satellite
		Satellites in polar orbit usually complete an orbit in two hours or less and as the Earth is rotating as they orbit, they cover a large part of the Earth's surface each day.
		Satellite applications include science, communications, weather forecasting, and military use.
		At any time, there are several thousand artificial satellites orbiting the Earth, including active satellites, satellites that have ended their working lives, and discarded sections of rockets.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /satellite (466 words)

	Marco Polo 1, 2 (BSB 1, 2) / Sirius 1 / Thor 1
		A Delta-4925 model boosted the first BSB satellite, named Marcopolo 1, on August 27, 1989, and a Delta-6925 launched Marcopolo 2 on August 17, 1990.
		Key to the BSB direct broadcast scheme was having a satellite with enough power to be received by very small (35cm/13.5 inch diameter), low-cost dishes, thereby making DBS both environmentally friendly and affordable for the public.
		As the satellite moved into its test position, its solar panels were extended and the antenna reflector raised, bringing the satellite height to 72 m.
	www.skyrocket.de /space/doc_sdat/marco-polo.htm (647 words)

	Ident City - British Satellite Broadcasting Avenue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		BSB News summaries appeared at regular intervals, but you couldn't always tell if it was live or not, as on some occasions if you turned over to another channel and caught a news summary there at the same time, you could find two different presenters in the same studio set!!!
		BSB News summaries appeared after every movie, but you couldn't always tell if it was live or not, as on some occasions if you turned over to another channel and caught a news summary there at the same time, you could find two different presenters in the same studio set!!!
		BSB News summaries appeared at regular intervals, usually every 2 hours, but you couldn't always tell if it was live or not, as on some occasions if you turned over to another channel and caught a news summary there at the same time, you could find two different presenters in the same studio set!!!
	www.geocities.com /cityprod/bsb.html (1357 words)

	Boeing: Integrated Defense Systems - Satellite Development Center - Boeing 376 Fleet - BSB
		The satellite received the TV, radio, and data transmissions, which were broadcast by the 254 by 173 cm (100 by 68 inch) elliptical reflector to homes and business sites throughout the United Kingdom.
		As the satellite moved into its test position, its solar panels were extended and the antenna reflector raised, bringing the satellite height to 72 m (nearly 24 feet).
		Boeing Satellite Development Center is the leading manufacturer of commercial communications satellites, and is also a major supplier of spacecraft for communications and space exploration to the U.S. government, and builds weather satellites for the United States and Japan.
	www.boeing.com /defense-space/space/bss/factsheets/376/bsb/bsb.html (759 words)

	Encyclopedia article on British Satellite Broadcasting [EncycloZine] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		BSB chose to pay for the construction and launch of two satellites, named Marcopolo 1 and 2 after Marco Polo, jointly capable of broadcasting five channels that could be received on 30cm (12") diameter dishes.
		Many potential customers saw the competition between the rival satellite companies as being like the competition between the VHS and Betamax video systems, and many of them decided to wait and see which company would succeed rather than committing themselves to buying equipment that might soon be obsolete.
		The channels merged and eventually the Marcopolo satellites were sold to other satellite operators, Marcopolo I in December 1993 to NSAB of Sweden and Marcopolo II in July 1992 to Telenor of Norway.
	encyclozine.com /British_Satellite_Broadcasting (893 words)

	Failure by consensus
		Like ITV Digital, British Satellite Broadcasting was a consortium of established media interests (including Pearson, owner of the Financial Times).
		BSB programmes were on the air barely six months before the surrender was agreed.
		British Satellite Broadcasting and Eftpos were good systems; the central cause of their failure was that they were too late.
	www.johnkay.com /print/257.html (811 words)

	BSBSky
		If BSB had managed to launch before Sky, it is unlikely that Sky would ever have got off the ground, as their original service was, in almost all aspects, inferior to the one that BSB would be offering).
		Having broadcast for only 6 months originally, and for another 18 as Sky, BSB had been a failure, all of the hardware that took a lot of time and money to produce was now obsolete after only 2 years.
		The satellites operated until 2003, then both were decommissioned by their new operators and sent to the junk orbit.
	www.selkirkshire.demon.co.uk /analoguesat/bsbskymerge.html (2455 words)

	Sky Television - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) in the United Kingdom as Sky Digital.
		Formed in 1990 by the merger of Sky Television plc and British Satellite Broadcasting.
		Merged with the collapsed British Satellite Broadcasting to form BSkyB.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sky_Television (132 words)

	The TV Room (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Two BSB satellites were launched - Marcopolo 1 and Marcopolo 2 - at 31 degrees West.
		However, one of the satellites was used a backup.
		Act would be kept under review, the current opportunities for providing satellite services in general were already far greater than they were at the time that the relevant provisions had been included in the legislation.
	www.thetvroom.com /s-bsb-a.shtml (630 words)

	Anthony Simonds-Gooding/BSB - Management Week
		I also think you have to be aware of what’s happening in the hinterland, in their private life, in the sense of strains of business; it really affects everything in the family, so if there’s a redundancy in the air and closures in the air and all that sort of thing, it’s very tricky.
		When both satellite rivals were finalising their programming, it was a bidding war for rights to Hollywood studios’ output that drew much of the criticism for overspending.
		BSB is one of the biggest financial scandals of modern Britain.
	www.debbiekruger.com /writer/freelance/simgood.html (5213 words)

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		However just 12 months after moving in, British Satellite Broadcasting was suffering huge losses and had to merge with Sky Television which meant moving out of the building.
		British Satellite Broadcasting moved in because of its ultra hi-tech and modern style of the building.
		Next is ITV Digital, the reason they moved into the building in the first place was because one of its parent companies-Granada, was part of the original consorted involved with British Satellite Broadcasting who still held the lease on the left side of the building so ITV Digital moved in.
	members.lycos.co.uk /satellitehelp/tvextra/marcopolo.htm (642 words)

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		British Satellite Broadcasting was to be the first ever direct to home satellite television service in the UK.
		BSB's general entertainment channel was titled Galaxy and included repeats from the BBC library - Dr. Who, Secret Army, Grange Hill, Steptoe and Son, Till Death Us Do Part, Are You Being Served, Dad's Army and Porridge.
		The Marcopolo House was purchased cheap from the Observer newspaper and BSB spent millions refurbishing a building that was only a few years old.
	members.lycos.co.uk /satellitehelp/_bsbtv_nav_1.htm (702 words)

	Law and Practise - Satellite Dishes
		Satellite dishes are a problem issue that is not going to go away.
		BSB wants to transmit five channels, not three, thereby halving the transmission power and more than doubling the size of the receiving aerial to 40 cm square.
		The appellant maintained it was his right to enjoy satellite broadcasting especially with more choice of channels still to come and the proliferation of new aerials.
	www.ihbc.org.uk /context_archive/25/law.htm (829 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| TV and Radio \| Television storms satellite frontiers
		BSB knew of the imminent launch of new, Luxembourg-based services from the rival Astra satellite, but was assured that anyone wanting to watch them would need a huge dish.
		BSB launched 10 months late in March 1990 - and even then it was only available to cable homes for the first month.
		But while millions now appreciate the capabilities of digital broadcasting, it may take a huge effort to persuade those who are happy with their existing five channels to make the switch.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/1233927.stm (983 words)

	The TV Room (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		It was actually quite good, because it was aimed at the British market, rather than Europe as a whole.
		Prior to launch, BSB held auditions for people who wanted to feature in their Test Cards; the lucky ones are shown below.
		Copyright on all such material remains with the respective broadcasting organisations: BBC, ITV plc, Channel 4, Five, Sky, Flextech, RTÉ, TV 3, TG 4.
	www.thetvroom.com /s-bsb-b.shtml (316 words)

	Boeing: Integrated Defense Systems - Satellite Development Center - Boeing 376 Fleet
		The satellite, to be known as e-BIRD, is a spin-stabilized Boeing 376 HP and is slated for an orbital slot at 25.5 degrees East longitude.
		The MEASAT satellites were designed to provide 12 years of both direct-to-user television service in Malaysia and general communications services in the region from Malaysia to the Philippines and from Beijing to Indonesia.
		Sirius 1, originally built for British Satellite Broadcasting, Ltd., and launched in August 1989 as Marcopolo I, was acquired in-orbit in 1993.
	www.boeing.com /defense-space/space/bss/factsheets/376/376fleet.html (3149 words)

	Sky TV - Latest news, sports, weather & entertainment, brought to you on Web, Wap and TV - Sky.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB) launches, then Sky and BSB merge to form British Satellite Broadcasting.
		Satellite and cable achieve a 10.8% share of the total UK viewing audience, surpassing BBC2 and Channel 4 for the first time.
		Satellite and cable channels achieve a new record audience in June, accounting for 51% of total viewers in multi-channel homes.
	www1.sky.com /corporate/profile.html (487 words)

	British Satellite Broadcasting
		In a masterpiece of British descriptive understatement, the document is known as a 'White Paper'.
		BSB launched for cable customers on 25 March 1990 and via satellite on 29 April 1990.
		IBA officials were furious, rightly, that the management of BSB had allowed Sky to take over a publicly owned franchise that endowed a five-channel monopoly in direct broadcasting by satellite (DBS) on its holder.
	www.terramedia.co.uk /documents/BSB.htm (801 words)

	Chronomedia: 1990
		British Foreign Office instructs the BBC to cease broadcasts to Japan and Malaya to release resources for more output in Mandarin, Russian and Vietnamese.
		The official DBS approach is abandoned, along with the Marcopolo satellites, in favour of expanding the Sky strategy on Astra satellites.
		Broadcasting Act comes into force in the UK, transferring regulatory responsibility for terrestrially broadcast television, cable and satellite to the new Independent Television Commission from the Independent Broadcasting Authority and the Cable Authority, both of which are abolished.
	www.terramedia.co.uk /Chronomedia/years/1990.htm (598 words)

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