Some screenshots from 1990 to 2000..
High quality HDMAC via Olympus 1 -satellite on position 18.8W (1993). From 1995 official and legal Nagra Kudelski Syster -decoder costing 640 Finnish Marks, originally it was sold for channel called Thaiwave. Swedish TV3 news from Tele-X. Papa-Bernie's digital F1 Supersignal. Russian mtv from Intelsat 60'E. Maharishi testpicture, and Saddam's WorldService TV.


CityTV Toronto on Eutelsat 12.5W, Free to Air DVB.


PPV-channel "Front Row 50", MS-NBC (Microsoft-NBC) from U.S. via Telstar 15'West, football channel Manchester United TV came today free from Thor 3. Second row: Van Gogh TV from ESA's Olympus 1 satellite (1991), Super Channel (1992), Screensport (1991), Veronica. Third row: Viasat's FilmMax, Nethold's great Supersport Nordic ... and FilmNet Nordic which "is coming back as soon as possible" (1.9.1997, just after Canal+ takeover). And last picture is Russian RTR (1997) from Ghorizont 103'E, satellite was heavily inclined (3'N) and so reception was possible even in Finland with a small 1.8m C-band dish when satellite came over horizon.


Trans-atlantic PPV from Canada in ancient B-MAC (free to air mode). Second picture is Russian's launching Astra -satellite (feed was distributed via Luch 76'E). Then analogue CCTV4 from Asiasat2 100.6'E C-band received in Finland with 0.6 degrees elevation angle. Michael Jackson fan-club in Libya. Eurosport from hot Europesat 1 -satellite on orbital position 29'E. Again MTG's funny newsfeeds (but look that blonde). Local station called TV Tampere in PAL-PLUS on powerbird Tele-X. Mtv's high quality transmissions (strange picture quality.. is it still scrambled?). This is also from Finland - World Mirror Television in 1991. Great digital music channel called WBPM on Eutelsat Hotbird. Some schematics technology programs and MATLAB instructions from RAISAT NETTUNO. It's year 2000 and FilmNet is running.

EBU feed on Eutelsat W3 7E, clear digital MPEG2 4:2:2.


UPC's Avante on Telstar 15'W. Decrypted M2 on Astra 1G. Fashion TV in analogue PAL on old inclined orbit Eutelsat 1-F4 33E. MTV Extra. Descrambled Canal+ Blue. Turkish PPV movies on NVOD-channel called Salon via Eutelsat W3 - later scrambled with Cryptoworks. Free to air Discovery Sci-Trek on Sirius 2.

Viacom-channels like MTV Base, VH1 Germany, MTV2, MTV Extra, MTV Central

Channel V Asia (music channel) and Fox News, via Panamsat 4-satellite and digital DVB-S

Gold Channel, Canal Rural, Sport1

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