ASTRA Channel Guide 1996

[@danielzurawski8180]

Good times! Tuner Pace PSR-981, head 88cm, converter full-band Sharp 0,9db, positioner+orbital drive machine Satwalker, D2Mac decoder, extender downlink/uplink. Greetings for all sattellite's maniacs 90's from north-west Poland (Szczecin).

[@SnabbKassa]

I think continental Europe felt a lot closer when we were all sharing the same beam footprint. There are no French channels because they were d2mac, which is what BSB originally used. Note that the Scandi channels are already digital in 1996.

[@RyanGonTV]

BSB originally used D-MAC, can be very confusing

[@eaglevision993]

The scandinavian channels were not digital, only the sound. D2Mac uses a digital sound carrier, the picture is still analog.

[@kreuner11]

Really? How come, I read DVB-S was developed between 1993-1997, and not deployed until the very late 90s They likely mean digital sound via D2-Mac?

[@Liam3072]

Very few French channels used d2mac. However, in early 1996, pretty much every French satellite channel was either on Telecom 2A/2B, TDF1/2 or Hot Bird. This would change in late April 1996 with the launch of Canalsatellite Numérique, a fully digital TV package, on Astra 19.2°East.

[@gbhxu]

The good old days of Astra Satellite TV

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Strangely I love how the scroll slows down once it gets to the last couple channels!

[@cairocoleman9275]

instaBlaster

[@speedyman2k7]

one distinctive way to tell astra was from luxenburg, by the europop beat.

[@TobiasTimpe]

Straight out of an Emulator II, even using the „Beat It“ gong sound.

[@xeraph02]

I remember watching Cartoon Network all day long as a kid.

[@efealtner4995]

Channels' countries and owners by numerical order 1st RTL 2 (Now RTL Zwei) - Germany - CLT UFA (Now Bertelsmann) 2nd RTL Television - Germany - CLT UFA (Now Bertelsmann) 3rd TV 3 (1st) - Sweden - Viasat (Now Nordic Entertainment Group) 4th EuroSport / Quantum Television (Now Top Shop TV) (1st) - Europe Continent - EBU / BSkyB (Now Sky Group, by Comcast) / ? 5th VOX Television / Sell-A-Vision (Now Closed) - Germany / UK - CLT UFA (Now RTL Group) / ? 6th Sat 1 - Germany - Himself (Now ProSiebenSat.1) 7th TV 1000 (Now V Film) - Swe / Nor / Den / Fin - Viasat (Now Nordic Entertainment Group) 8th Sky One - UK / Ireland - BSkyB (Now Sky Group by Comcast) 9th Kabel 1 - Germany - Himself (Now ProSiebenSat 1) 10th 3 Sat - Ger / Austria / Swi - ARD / ZDF / SRG SSR / ORF 11st FilmNet (Now C More Entertainment) (1st) - Swe / Nor / Den / Fin - MultiChoice (Now Telia AB) 12nd Sky News - UK / Ireland - BSkyB (Now Sky Group by Comcast) 13rd Super RTL - Germany - CLT-UFA (Now Bertelsmann) / Walt Disney 14th ProSieben - Germany - Himself (Now ProSiebenSat.1) 15th Music Television (MTV) - Europe Continent - MTV Networks (Now ViacomCBS) 16th Sky Movies (Now Sky Cinema Premiere) - UK / Ireland - BSkyB (Now Sky Group by Comcast) 17th Premiere (Now Sky One Germany) - Germany - Kirch Group / Canal+ / Bertelsmann 18th Sky The Movie Channel (Now Closed) - UK / Ireland - BSkyB 19th ARD Das Erste - Germany - ARD 20th Sky Sports (Now Sky Sports Main Event) - UK / Ireland - BSkyB (Now Sky Group by Comcast) 21st DSF (Now Sport1) - Germany - Independent 22nd VH-1 - Europe Continent - MTV Networks (Now ViacomCBS) 23rd UK Gold (Now Gold) / What's-In-Store (Now Closed) - United Kingdom - BBC (Now UKTV from BBC Studios) / ? 24th CMT (Now The Box UK) / JSTV - Europe Continent / Japan - Gaylord Entertainment / Independent 25th Nord 3 (Now NDR Fernsehen) / Germany - ARD 26th Sky Movies Gold (Now Closed) / The Disney Channel - UK / Ireland - BSkyB / Walt Disney 27th TV 3 (2nd) - Denmark - Viasat (Now Nordic Entertainment Group) 28th CNN International - Worldwide - Turner Broadcasting Group (Now WarnerMedia) 29th N-TV - Germany - Turner Broadcasting Group? (Now Bertelsmann) 30th Cinemania (Now Closed?) - Spain - Canal Satellite Espana (Now Movistar+) 31st TV 3 (3rd) - Norway - Viasat (Now Nordic Entertainment Group) 32nd Documania - Spain - Canal Satellite Espana 33rd ZDF - Germany - Himself 34th UK Living (Now Sky Witness) / Television X - United Kingdom - BBC (Now Sky Group from Comcast) / Portland TV 35th The Children's Channel (Now Closed) / The Family Channel (Now Challenge) - United Kingdom - Flextech / BSkyB (Now Sky Group by Comcast) 36th Minimax (Now Disney XD Spain) - Spain - Canal Satellite Espana (Now Walt Disney) 37th Cartoon Network / TNT (Now Turner Classic Movies) - Europe Continent - Turner Broadcasting System (Now WarnerMedia) 38th QVC - United Kingdom - Independent (Now Qurate Retail Group) 39th WDR Fernsehen - Germany - ARD 40th CineClassics - Spain - Canal Satellite Espana 41st The Learning Channel (Replacing Discovery Home & Leisure, Now TLC again) / Discovery Channel - Europe Continent - Discovery Holdings (Now Discovery Inc) 42nd Bravo (Now Closed) / Playboy Channel / European Business News (Mergered with CNBC Europe) - UK / Europe - Flextech (Now NBCUniversal (EBN) ) / Playboy Enterprises 43rd MDR - Germany - ARD 44th Galavision (Now Las Estrellas) - Mexico (Europe) - Televisa 45th Bayern 3 - Germany - ARD 46th Nickelodeon / Paramount Comedy (Now Comedy Central UK) - UK / Ireland - MTV Networks (Now ViacomCBS) 47th Sky Travel (Now Closed) / Soap (Now Closed) / Sports 2 (Now Sky Sports Cricket) / History Channel / Sci-Fi Channel (Now Syfy UK) / Sky Sports Gold (Now Closed?) / Christian Channel (Now God Channel) - UK / Ireland BSkyB (Now Sky Group by Comcast) / Hearst Corporation (Now A+E Networks) / USA Networks (Now NBCUniversal) / Independent (Christian Channel) 48th Südwest 3 (Now SWR Fernsehen) - Germany - ARD 49th Arte / Nickelodeon - Germany / France - ARD / ZDF / France Television / MTV Networks (Now ViacomCBS) 50th CNBC - Europe Continent - NBCUniversal 51st Veronica (Now RTL 7) - Netherlands - CLT-UFA (Now Bertelsmann) 52nd RTL 4 - Netherlands - CLT UFA (Now Bertelsmann) 53rd SBS 6 / CNE (Now Closed) - Neth / China - SBS (Now Talpa Network) / ? 54th Zee TV / Chinese Channel (Now Closed) - India (Europe) / China - Essel Group (Asia Star Broadcasting) / ? 55th Teleclub - Germany - ? (Now Himself?) 56th No Channel 57th Astra Promo - Luxembourg - SES 58th No Channel 59th No Channel 60th Sky Movies Gold (Now Closed) (2nd) / The Racing Channel (Now Closed) - UK / Ireland - BSkyB / Sports Information Services 61st No Channel 62nd HOT (Now HSE24) - Germany - ? (Now Qurate Retail Group) 63rd FilmNet Central Europe (Now Canal+ in Poland) / The Adult Channel - Pol / Cze / Slov / Hun - MultiChoice / ? 64th RTL 5 / Quantum TV (Now Top Shop TV?) (2nd) - Netherlands - CLT UFA (Now Bertelsmann) / ? Copyright 1988-1996 (1988-2021) Societe De Europenne Satellites (SES S.A.)

[@King-oy4or]

RTL2 had and has several owners. It was not allowed to have the same owners by the time of its launch. This Disput with the media department of the State Hesse was the reason why the channels launch was delayed for over half a year.

[@SigmaRho2922]

RTL II began operations in March 1993 with a look created by Novocom that was designed in late 1992 for its sister channel RTL. However, just six months after RTL II launched, the channel's initial logo unexpectedly made its way to the United States when television station KGAN (channel 2, Cedar Rapids, IA) began using a similar logo along with a modified version of the channel's graphics package. This set off a dispute between Guy Gannett (the station's owners at the time), RTL and Novocom that would go on until late 1995, when Novocom agreed to create a new graphics package for RTL II which required a new logo to be used. KGAN was allowed to keep its logo, but would be required to cease use of the 1993 graphics package. Sinclair would buy Guy Gannett in 1998.

[@Boys-AllTheStuffAndMore]

At the time, Ciné+ Classic’s logo reminded me of a custard cream.

[@martinjkrumm8764]

Hear that Synclavier in there? Yeah, the one I best associate with "Beat It" (don't know about the rest of y'all)

[@jcee]

What was the show called where the camera on the ISS,used to zoom into cities on earth in real time?They always played Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden on it. Was on Sky TV I think in the 90's?Anybody?:-)

[@hugoboss5895]

space night.

[@techtinkerin]

Space night on br alpha🙂

[@alissonchamberlein6724]

Muito legal de ver a organização dos canais via satélite e a divulgação deles

[@martinDoesTrash]

hey, ich bin Martin und ich grüße smaecks!

[@hentaischlampe6715]

+[ martin ] Ich bin smaecks und grüße den Martin zurück!

[@milandancetovic]

hello everyone, I'm wondering if they were unlocked TV channels, or scrambled, and whether a video guard was used to scramble/lock the TV signal??? thank you 🍻🍻🍻

[@windowsxpfan_derfaulesack]

The Channels with the lock were encrypted. You've needed to make an subscription. If I'm right, every Sky channel(and channels you could receive with an Sky Subscription) was ecrypted with Videocrypt(analogue). The German Pay-TV Channel "Premiere" was encrpyted with Nagravision Syster(analogue). Sky switched to fully digital tv in 2001, Premiere switched to fully digital tv in 2003, as it was much securer, because you could crack the analogue Pay-TV channels.

[@tvstuff3568]

I had no idea why Nickelodeon wasn't there.

[@cjpwolf2436]

the Lineup does not have the listing of programs.

[@efealtner4995]

yes

[@ferynikki]

Music name please???

[@1990chrism]

​ @rEq1000 You could be right, but I suspect it's more than likely this is from a stock music library, I can't see them investing the time and money in producing a generic synth-instrumental track explicitly for a channel guide. Wise Fer, check on soundcloud, you're unlikely to find this specific piece but there's a lot of stuff like this, there's a number of compilations called "corporate report" that contain a lot of similar pieces to this.

[@milosr8213]

@@1990chrism Any idea for this tracks? kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXWWgmRvl9ediZo

[@mibri]

It's Drachen by Martin Rennicke and Oliver Klimm

[@ferynikki]

@@mibri Thank you.

[@soupevich]

This is not 1996, but most likely 1998 or 1999

[@stefanpribus6491]

Habe seit 1 jahr Sat empfang wo ist dieser kanal ? Kann ihn nicht finden.

[@Victor-ee4wl]

Have you subscribe to Astra Satellite from 1997, 1998 and 1999?

[@efealtner4995]

JamXmix watches it: kzbin.info

[@robertcomer2767]

God I remember that UK Gold transponder was so crap.

[@cjpwolf2436]

what does the [GB][GB/D][GB/S][D][J][E] OR ANY mean

[@Yot359]

Availiable language tracks

[@cjpwolf2436]

@@Yot359 ok

[@LTPTLB-Network]

GB = English D = German J = Japanese E = Spanish S = Swedish DEN = Danish NOR = Norwegian NL = Dutch M = Multi language

[@roycemurgatroyd7963]

GREAT BRITAIN and DEUTSCHLAND

[@benjohnson3178]

No Nickelodeon and Paramount?

[@KoryGilesYT]

At 1:59, you can see Nickelodeon Germany.

[@ВладимирВоронцов-н9й]

76 каналов в списке

[@tunod5565]

A E S T E T I C

[@thebugg333]

In transponder / freq order.

[@marcosprado9512]

La música de fondo es demasiado ochentera para 1996...

[@markssmith77]

¡En ese momento, creo que era todo lo que tenían en el estante para usar!

[@mundirec]

parece de videojuegos

[@andrzejkosiorowski5452]

02.1996

[@camilorincon2520]

Where's in Astra satellite the 3 Silvio Berlusconi's private channels from Italy: Retequattro, Canale Cinque and Italia Uno?

[@anthonyperkins7556]

It never carried them.

[@bobanteros]

You’re talking about Eutelsat 13East (Hotbird)

[@giuseppe.m1913]

No Is private and National TV Mediaset now Is a trash TV stupid programs

[@fungo6631]

Merdaset channels were on Intelsat 63 deg East, and then later moved to Hotbird 13 deg East, and for the multistream channels on Eutelsat 5 deg West. Then they left that one and are on Eutelsat 9 deg East, which only has a beam that includes the area around Italy. I suppose they didn't want people from a big part of Europe freeloading the multistream signals from 5 deg West.

[@cupcakefairy87]

They were never available via Astra.

[@paulinegenner2588]

Sky Digital.