Satellite Entertainment

Satellite service restored (NZCity)
Sky staff are relieved their digital service is fully back up and running. A routine repositioning of the Optus satellite went haywire during last night’s solar eclipse, meaning there was no TV from seven last night.

Delphi Introduces Heavy Duty Satellite Radio (TruckingInfo.com)
3/31/2006 Delphi Corp. has introduced a new satellite radio for the heavy-duty market based on research and feedback of commercial vehicle users. The new premium CD/MP3 radio with an integrated satellite receiver features robust, digital-quality audio in a compact package at a competitive cost.

Alaska Volcano’s Web Site Becomes Internet Hot Spot (Government Enterprise)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Want to peer into the steaming summit of an erupting volcano without risking death? Anyone with an Internet connection and a computer can do just that, thanks to about 30 cameras and other recording devices set up on Alaska’s Augustine Volcano that are streaming information to a Web site hosted by the Alaska Volcano Observatory, a joint federal-state office.

WORLDSPACE(R) Satellite Radio Signs Indian Music Impresario A.R. Rahman As Brand Ambassador (SYS-CON Media)
WORLDSPACE(R) Satellite Radio, , one of the world leaders in satellite-based digital radio services, today announced that A.R. Rahman, world-renowned music director, composer and performer, will be the company’s brand ambassador in India. Mr. Rahman will produce an exclusive WORLDSPACE song and endorse WORLDSPACE products, which supports the company’s overall advertising and promotional

BTL Blocking Internet Phones (The San Pedro Sun)
Outrage is pouring over the Internet lines of Belize as apparently Belize Telecommunications Limited (BTL) has started to limit or block the use of Internet telephone services such as Vonage and Skype.

Russia: Satellite Problems Disrupt TV, Radio in Far East (RedNova)
Broadcasts of television and radio stations in Russia’s Far East have been disrupted by a problem with the Ekspress-11 satellite, Russian news agencies reported on 29 March. The affected regions are Kamchatka Region and Khabarovsk and Maritime Territories.

Major League Baseball Season Opens on XM Satellite Radio With Opening Night on April 2, Opening Day on April 3 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
XM Satellite Radio, the official satellite radio network of Major League Baseball, begins comprehensive coverage of the 2006 MLB season this Sunday, April 2, with Opening Night in Chicago, as the defending World Series champion Chicago White Sox play the Cleveland Indians at U.S.

Satellite Problems Cause TV Blackout in Russian Far East (RedNova)
Text of report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, 29 March: Contact with the Ekspress satellite has been lost on Kamchatka.

XM Satellite Radio Expands Channel Lineup to Include More than 170 Channels (Mobile Electronics)
Tuesday, March 28, 2006 — Washington, D.C. - XM Satellite Radio has unveiled its new channel lineup that will expand the total number of XM channels to more than 170 with the addition of 10 new commercial-free music channels and seven regional news and talk channels coming this spring and summer.