[CMA TV] Solent TV on Sky News

[Michelle McGuire]

Forwarded from: Solent TV - http://www.solent.tv

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September is here and Solent TV moves closer to making broadcast  
history by becoming the first local TV station to move to the SKY  
platform. This means that anyone with a SKY box on the Isle of Wight,  
UK or Europe will be able to watch Solent TV’s programmes free to air.

After months of hard work by the Solent TV team, we have just  
concluded meetings with SKY who have now confirmed that everything is  
in place to join the queue of stations ready to launch. Early  
indications would now suggest that this date will be around early  
spring 2006.

The first stage of testing and the installation of equipment to  
enable Solent TV’s move to SKY started last week with testing uplinks  
and outside broadcast (OB) facilities.

We captured the ‘Solent Tonight’ team getting their first chance to  
test the new satellite uplink OB resource. The 'Sat Truck' will allow  
us to send live pictures back from almost any location, ensuring that  
Solent TV will be putting you in the picture first every time.

Solent TV's SNG 'Sat Truck' means that Isle of Wight events can now  
be promoted and broadcast live across the UK*.





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Michelle McGuire
Editor, Airflash Magazine
Development Officer

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