C O M S A T M a r i t i m e Tests T V T r a n s m i s s i o n To Q u e e n E l i z a b e t h 2

COMSAT Maritime Services recently performed a successful experiement transmitting a compressed 768 Kbps service from its Southbury, Conn., Coast Earth Station to the Queen Elizabeth 2 of Cunard Lines. The one-hour program containing NBC Nightly News, ESPN SportsCenter, and Nightly Business Report was sent to the vessel on the first leg of her world cruise.

Participants in the experiment were: • Cunard Line of London for the use of the QE2 as a platform-at-sea for receiving transmission of the TV signal; • Compression Laboratories of San Jose, Calif., for the use of compression data modem equipment; • Sea Tel of Martinez, Calif., for the use of the receive-only TVRO antenna; • Shipboard Satellite Network of Northvale, N.J., for the programming skills and materials; • International Maritime Satellite Organization (INMARSAT) for the use of the space segment; and • COMSAT Maritime Services for the use of Coast Earth Station facilities in Santa Paula, Calif., and Southbury, Conn.

Up to eight hours of off-peak time will be made available in both oceans pending authorization by the INMARSAT Council and the FCC.

It is expected this service will evolve into a video group call offering to be booked on a first come, first served basis.

For further information on the service, C i r c l e 3 0 on Reader Service Card

Maritime Reporter Magazine, page 30, Apr 1986

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