APSATTV PREDICTIONS!! for 2006 - AUS-CITY Message Forums

Mind you I'm still rolling on the carpet. Apsattv.com Official Predictions for Year 2006 Please Note The following contains, rumours, gossip, half-truths, misleads, daydreams, exaggeration, wild guess's and good old B.S it also contains some real info, it's up to you the reader to work out the fact from the fiction. January 2006 The year kicks off with a 4-hour outage on B1 blamed on CATS WHISKERS again Optus refuses to comment on the B1 outage. A new DTH service starts uplinked from Australia but servicing viewers in New Zealand. Clue..ONE B.ENT? The return of Dubai Sports Channel! Power problems are reported with the Telkom 2 satellite. An Apsattv.com Test card is seen and runs for several weeks. Will Dr Dish air on this channel ???????? CCTV HDTV officially launches The New Zealand Commerce Commission announces Sky may buy Prime TV as long as restrictions on accessing the signal are removed. Sky respond not by turning Prime FTA but by announcing they will start selling off the older Sky decoders with an access card. A bad month for UBI with them losing several of their so called "exclusive channels" A surprise at Kerry Packers Will reading. Rival Rupert Murdoch, is bequeathed his old defibrillator. Panamsat 8 is re-configured to provide a New Zealand beam. MORE Indian TV to NZ February Dr Dish TV launches to Aust / NZ via DTH FTA B1 Signal levels drop over NZ good job its summer with little rain. Globecast remove channels from B3 to improve picture quality but add their channel quality is not for big screen TV’s . All Globecast viewers on B3 are advised to buy 21 inch TV’s. Black and White if possible, the picture looks great and the lack of lip sync does not show. C & Ku band services start up on AMC23 bringing NEW channels to the region! Mike Boulos hits the headlines again... A new Ethnic TV provider starts broadcasting to Australia and New Zealand Other pay and FTA channels follow SelecTV disappears without fanfare. March 2006 A New Motor Sport Channel launches to NZ and is so popular Australia then follows Sky announces they too will have a FREE digital service and start giving away their decoders! Angelbox decoder is banned in Thailand Commonwealth games feeds light up the Optus birds Mirchee TV in Auckland finally Encrypts after losing Star News ETC Punjabi starts beaming to Australia and NZ Ubi on Optus B3 switches off. Leaving 100 upset subscribers and 10000 unhappy pirates. Fiji TV buys out what is left of Pacific Broadcasting Services and takes over their KU transponders. New generation of Satellite broadcasters unleash new channels to NZ some are even FTA. April 2006 Air New Zealand tests in-flight Satellite TV via AMC23 Will there be another Seminar this year for the industry by the same people that brought last years in Auckland and Christchurch? Malaysia launches DMB mobile video in conjunction with TU Media NZ Government releases findings on the Digital Future. announces the National plan for Digital Television. No surprises, Standard definition resolution Via DVB-T and DVB-S (FTA, Optus B1) Channels 1,2,3,Prime, Maori TV. To start with and other (UHF) freqs coming online with extra FREE channels towards the end of the year. NZ Trademe Auction site is then flooded with 3rd rate un approved satellite junk from China. The latest decoder from Schenzen China is released known as the "Devil box" it has networked card sharing, wifi card sharing, UCAS emulation (including NDS) over the air card sharing via 2nd tuner. Does HDTV, mpg 4:2:2, video over i.p. Multiple blindscan tuners (up to 8) handles DVB-T, DVB-C, DVB-S etc. Mysteriously removed from marketplace never to be seen again! May 2006 Optus kills off a well known Aurora "key code" Sky NZ do their annual "Put up the prices before Rugby test season starts" TV3 advises "we’re going to wait for Mpeg 6 before we go digital" NZ auction site "Trademe" is flooded with 3rd rate satellite equipment leading to a major crackdown on C-Tick compliance. Indonesia announces, AGAIN, that there will be a new Pay TV platform, and nothing will happen A Major new Pay TV Platform starts in Thailand aimed at middle and lower class, with strong opposition from UBC Bluekiss Adult channel launches on Korean Mobile phones. June 2006 Foxtel increases prices Due to lack of access to Power PC Cpu's Dream Multimedia switches to ATI Cpu The Launch of Optus D1 is delayed (gee that’s an easy one to predict!) A New Ethnic tv platform starts on Amc23, has a strange name "Tarbubiselectv". Investigations reveal the company is registered to a P.Debono World Cup 2006 Football starts, Casbaa launches widespread piracy raids across Asia. Some channels are forced to encrypt during matches. Rare "Devil Box" decoder fetches $10000 on Ebay July 2006 While hosting a rooftop BBQ at his mansion. Rupert Murdoch trips over a co-ax cable and breaks his hip. While recovering in Hospital, chokes on poisonous pill (Survives!) The Russians find a customer for their global beam transponder. Inclined orbit tracking dish systems become popular again The end of Australia’s long running court case. No not channel 7 Vs Everyone else, but Foxtel Vs the Modshop! More Indian News channels start up Optus D1 finally launches! A new PAY TV service launches in Vietnam on Cable , Satellite and DVB-T August 2006 In a tragic incident well known satellite hobbyist Vk4bkp leaves a window open and loses an entire years worth of paper spectrum analyzer plots. The Russians stuff up yet another satellite launch Apstar 6 hits 100 Chinese channels. 80 of them being FTA. A Widespread protest by major satellite operators over the terrestrial use of Extended Cband frequencys Measat 1 launches! September 2006 New safety laws in Australia for Pay TV installs. All Pay TV installs will now require a complicated ground wire system to be fitted. Foxtel hires plumbers to install ground pipes for the new earthing systems. Install prices for Foxtel increase due to the new ruling SBS Australia purchases the rights to Tarbs the mini-series. Omar Sherrif picked to play part of Mike Boulos The Scientology channel launches Globally October 2006 Kiwi channel finally launches, beaming across the Asia Pacific region. Gets permission to broadcast in China due to a NZ Govt Free trade agreement. Shortland St subbed and dubbed into multiple Chinese Dialects becomes very popular. Astro in Malaysia adds 25 new channels UBC adds 5 new channels Dream TV adds a dozen channels Foxtel adds 2 new +2 channels Sky NZ adds the comedy channel Russians launch satellite to 153.5E. Causing a massive dispute with Optus. ITU tells Optus to shift B3 to 164E November 2006 Channel 7 buys out channel 9 Maori TV beams into Australia CFII new French news channel launches Simmo becomes a Father again... NZLsat people have major falling out with Intersputnick December 2006 Rupert Murdoch has his annual heart attack, is then electrocuted by ex Kerry Packer Defibrillator ABC Asia Pacific worries over fast take up of competing "Kiwi Channel" adjusts programming to include more sheep and Humphrey B Bear. "Kiwi Channel" responds by bringing back "goodnight cartoon Kiwi and Cat"

I need a drink!!

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*Ubi on Optus B3 switches off. Leaving 100 upset subscribers and 10000 unhappy pirates.* This comes from a guy who rambled on about an Irdeto2 service which would beam into Aus and NZ which never even took off... He didn't predict that did he? lol

Think you mean the Mysterious Impact TV <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="images/icons/default/rolleyes.gif" />

I'm glad Apsattv did not mention TV Plus... Hopefully, that's a good news for Serbs in the region <img src="http://www.delicaparts.com/Satellite/Smilies/S_Wink.gif" alt=" - " />

Hmm might be this ? you never know? "A new DTH service starts uplinked from Australia but servicing viewers in New Zealand. Clue..ONE B.ENT?"

TV Plus?? Entirely forgettable aren't they? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/default/smile.gif" />

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by apsattv: TV Plus?? Entirely forgettable aren't they? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/default/smile.gif" /> <hr /></blockquote>LOL <img src="http://www.delicaparts.com/Satellite/Smilies/S_WideSml.gif" alt=" - " />

hahahahahaha <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/default/grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/default/grin.gif" /> this might sound pretty sad but i find this absolutely hilarious, love the stuff on New Zealand channels.... "Shortland St subbed and dubbed into multiple Chinese Dialects becomes very popular." lmao <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/default/grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="images/icons/default/tongue.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/default/grin.gif" /> i dont think ive read anything this enjoyable for a long time.... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/default/grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="images/icons/default/tongue.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/default/grin.gif" />

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by LAZERSAT: Think you mean the Mysterious Impact TV <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="images/icons/default/rolleyes.gif" /> <hr /></blockquote>It made an impact on my balls.

And the new tv channel in new Zeland The sheep shagging Channel. For dating and building a good relationships.

hahahaha and will be one of the new channels that TVNZ will have for there Digital Lineup

To remind us all on what Apsattv predicted in Jan 2005 for 2005: Apsattv.com Official Predictions for Year 2005 Please Note The following contains, rumours, gossip, half-truths, misleads, daydreams, exaggeration, wild guess's and good old B.S it also contains some real info, it's up to you the reader to work out the fact from the fiction. January Apstar 6 launches to 134E A syndicate led by Mike Boulas attempts to buy Austar Sales of circular feeds take off for the I701 FIJI service. Multichoice South Africa Cancles all CBAND subscriptions in a grey market piracy crackdown. Taiwan "Agent" disappears. MVTV is questioned on it current content on Thaicom N.T satellite guy starts selling Kangaroo scrotum lnbf covers to make ends meet during rainy season. February Mud flys in the Australian Ethnic tv scene with one provider taking legal action against another. A stuffup at Intelsat sees FUJU TV from Japan beamed by mistake to FIJI Thaicom 3 totally fails causing massive problems, Thaicom 1 shifted from 120E to replace it UBC moves from Thaicom to Intelesat All former Thaicom 3 cband signals move to Panamsat 10 and Asiasat 3 and 2 Zee TV on Asiasat3 is hacked again on code receivers. Impactv Holds their launch party! March New FTA channels start testing on Optus B1 for NZ's rumoured "Freeview" platform. Pakistan channels increase on Asiasat 3 Express Am3 launches to 140E Ipstar 1 launches to 120E Fiji tv viewers demand the return of FUJU TV April Nz's Freeview service launches with 15 channels all FTA! 16x9 in Ac3 audio. Channels include NZ's very own 24 hour News channel and a new National Sport channel A solar flare damages 4 satellites, the event is covered live by NASA TV A new decoder from China with card sharing internet networking built in causes chaos in the Australian marketplace leading to it being banned. But still sold via NZ. NASA TV arrives on KU band FTA! they also bring back the KU signal to Asia FreeXTV on NSS6 switches off. Thai Outlook channel becomes a regional English news player MCOT delays their regional english service (Thai Outlook takes over) May A $99 FTA box hits the NZ market Sky NZ start giving away their ancient decoders for free for those that will take up a 6 month sub. Asiasat announce that Asiasat 3 is at %95 capacity and no space available for new Cband services Seca 3 Encryption is Launched in Asia Insat 4A launches to 83E Rupert Murdoch purchases Global rights to..lawn bowls and Table Tennis TSC channel looses viewers during the IPStar change over June UBI goes bankrupt leaving 500 angry subscribers without service. Fiji TV celebrates 6 months of being on-air... unfortunately nobodies been watching as dishes for the service are yet to arrive. Viaccess 2.5 becomes the hackers network of choice BISS encryption becomes more common All BLUEKISS channels leave Asiasat 3! A new Asian network starts using DVB S2 on Telstar 18 Globecast launches some new Religious channels on B3 July A new Ethnic pay TV company is formed in Australia. Known as I.O.U the new company is directed by a "Junior Boulas" NO RELATION The Falungong take control of Asiasat 3 sending it spinning out of control Optus C1 develops serious transmission problems and all paytv services are transferred to pas 8 which nets installers good money on repoints costing Foxtel millions. A Chinese satellite comes crashing down to earth destroying a house. (OH WAIT that was last year) Due to complaints by their viewers SKY NZ are told to stop advertising Foxtel programs and channels on some of their channels. Rupert Murdoch has his first heart attack of the year Thai CH 3 goes digital August A NZ dealer launches the first budget priced 4:2:2 and HDTV compatible receiver. Measat 3 launches to 91.5E giving good reception all over Australia. Insat 4B fails on launch A change to SKY NZ's basic package the movie channels are now included in the "Startup pack" Globecast take over the ex UBI transponders and switch the Verticals to dual Aus/NZ beam. Pacific Broadcasting Services DTH KU service for FIJI and the islands leaves I701 leaving 500 unhappy ex-subscribers owed money IPStar users move to other providers like SpeedCast across the region September This month sees the launch of a GLOBAL crackdown on Satellite piracy Forum. A dozen well known forums are shutdown. With arrests happening in a number of countries. Craig gets his 2.4m cband working.. Kim Williams sacked from Foxtel, Replaced by John Fellet ex Sky NZ Jcsat 9 launches to 132E A Cskynet DTH package starts on Asiasat 4 KU Australasia beam. DD Direct + free tv service for India on NSS6 expands to over 100 free channels. October ITU vs Australian Govt goes to Court over CBand frequency licensing Telkom 2 launches to 118E With sales of NZ's new free to air satellite service booming, the Govt looks into protecting certain sports events to ensure live FREE coverage of certain sports. SKY NZ takes legal action! An Apsattv reader in Cairns loses his 3.8m dish in a Cyclone. BIGPOND ISP finally starts accepting Apsattv mailing list email. Foxtel adds 12 more time shifted channels, and puts up prices $5 more per month November Foxtel launches their latest interactive feature. Known as "The back button" it allows you to go back to the previously selected channel at the press of a button. All for the cost of an extra $1 a week. SKY NZ launch their PVR, for only an extra $10 a month. "Unwired" service ordered to cease transmission immediately following court ruling. A FTA Japanese channel launches on Optus B3. December 5 new channels this month for FTA viewers in languages, German, French, Polish, Indian and Arabic Rupert Murdoch has 2nd Heart attack of the year. Worldsat 3 launches to 172E Optus D1 launch is delayed Sky NZ puts up price of basic package by $4 More of Gossip and good old BS then anything else??? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/default/grin.gif" />

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

Impactv Holds their launch party! Yep, all true, hit the ball on the nose for 2005!

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Muazb: Impactv Holds their launch party! Yep, all true, hit the ball on the nose for 2005! <hr /></blockquote>Apsattv got this one too: <blockquote>quote:<hr /> Mud flys in the Australian Ethnic tv scene with one provider taking legal action against another. <hr /></blockquote>

And I will predict that a plane will crash in 2006.

I predict I will get my once a year shag in 2006. lol

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Muazb: I predict I will get my once a year shag in 2006. lol <hr /></blockquote>Mate, u're killin' me ! LOL <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/default/grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/default/grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/default/grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/default/grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/default/grin.gif" />

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Muazb: I predict I will get my once a year shag in 2006. lol <hr /></blockquote>Well thats what happens when you and your wife get over fifty and its not the man thats at fault most of the time.

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Muazb: I predict I will get my once a year shag in 2006. lol <hr /></blockquote>As most men have told me. Once you have kids its the end of your sex life, the wife has more headaches than hairs in her head. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/default/smile.gif" />

That's why I love/miss da anal on XXL. :wink wink:

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Muazb: That's why I love/miss da anal on XXL. :wink wink: <hr /></blockquote>Muazb You're a shocker!! But I have a few of my married friends that are even worst and one has the full collection Of John Holmes movies, now you must know who he is. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/default/smile.gif" />

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Muazb: I predict I will get my once a year shag in 2006. lol <hr /></blockquote>I got it! YES! 2 Hours ago...

hahahahaha !!!!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/default/grin.gif" />