Great news! The WSTV website says, "Watch for new satellite coordinates!" "Their new name will be "The Golden Age of Movies Channel." 
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White Springs TV Returning
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I hope you are right, but . . .
The web site has said that since Whitesprings went off satellite.
The web site has said that since Whitesprings went off satellite.
I recall their old page was up for quite awhile after they left the air. When did they first post this?
Promises, promises, promises!
"It'll be a long, long time, 'till you see eyes like mine"
That is a quote from a song by SYLVIA from back in the 80's or so. Basically, I think that they (WSTV) may have lost a lot of support that they could have gained or did have before they went off the air, now it is going to take them much longer to regain that.
They are going to have to pick themselves up by the bootstraps once again. That is just the way it is.
RADAR
"It'll be a long, long time, 'till you see eyes like mine"
That is a quote from a song by SYLVIA from back in the 80's or so. Basically, I think that they (WSTV) may have lost a lot of support that they could have gained or did have before they went off the air, now it is going to take them much longer to regain that.
They are going to have to pick themselves up by the bootstraps once again. That is just the way it is.
RADAR
Yes, you are right, if you knew the link to the old technical page, it was still there for several days or a week.
I'd say the new web page (similar to what we see now) went up perhaps a week or two after we lost the satellite signal.
Always promising they'd be back and saying to expect new satellite info soon.
Maybe others remember more clearly.
You know, I hope that they come back, but stay on 129W. I want there to be some channels on the upper or more westerly sats so that I can assure that I am tracking the arc the best. I want them to put up more sats to the west.
I am theoretically supposed to be able to capture signals all the way up to a sat at 172 degrees west (well, maybe that far), but if they don't put anything up there, I cannot check my alignment!
I want more sats! LOL
RADAR
I am theoretically supposed to be able to capture signals all the way up to a sat at 172 degrees west (well, maybe that far), but if they don't put anything up there, I cannot check my alignment!
I want more sats! LOL
RADAR
Hi Sadoun! Great to see you.
Honestly, I think they may not be back on soon. I think the money is an issue and that is holding them up.
RADAR (Gordy)
Has anyone tried to email them to get the Satellite Coordinates or when they will be back on satellite?
Excellent news!
The online streaming of the channel looks awesome compared to the previous quality of the channel.
The online streaming of the channel looks awesome compared to the previous quality of the channel.
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And the online streaming works for us in Canada. Too many of the streaming shows are only viewable in the U.S.
What's strange is Lyngsat has this posted for White Springs TV:
Agila2 146.0 E
3840H
6110 3/4
1260/1220
Agila2 146.0 E
3840H
6110 3/4
1260/1220
I would think G19 KU might be a good place - have PIT or SFIG or World TV pick up their internet stream and send it out. Certainly a channel on that bird is cheaper than uplink it themselves and the video quality won't be any worse than a lot of the existing channels!
It's hard for me to believe they can't afford about $4,000/month for the 2-3 MHz of sat space. One of my local tv stations pays about that much for sat space for the channel that they uplink from their parking lot to translators/cable headends around the state.
3 Meg of bandwidth on G19 KU is approximately $15k per month.
Your local station may be on a much less popular bird, C-band and have a very long contract?
as for g19k, my suggestion was to not uplink to the sat but have PIT or Globecast or SFIG carry it in their muxes - source it from the internet since the video quality of the various services carried on G19k is crud anyway.
and the local station is on c-band, on a cable bird that every cableco in the u.s. would be pointed to for FOX cable properties, and probably is a long term contract since they have been there for many years now.
That figure sounds correct. They could sublet for less, especially now on C-band.
Happy New Year!
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Correct. The going rate in a MCPC MUX on G19 KU is approximately $15k. I am not aware of any SCPC capacity on G19 Ku. If the broadcaster requires playout services from the uplinker, the rate is considerably higher.
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