THE BEST AND WORST OF TVRO 1994 as voted by Internet TVRO readers ========= From: mmirisco@cas.org (Mike Mirisciotta) Best: Larry King live at Area 51: The UFO cover-up. (pre-show) Worst: No more ITC NFL backhauls Mike -- mmirisco@cas.org (Mike Mirisciotta) All opinions expressed are my own, not my employer. -=-=-=-= From: darwin.teague@exnavy.esnet.com (Darwin Teague) Best - Friday Night Live Worst - Grandma on Weird TV -=-=-=- From: flash@lopez.marquette.MI.US (Gary Bourgois) Best new Part Time Channel: WEIRD TV G7/10 Midnight Saturday/Sunday Worst Announcement: BBC WORLD CHANNEL will have 12 minutes of ads per hr Best newtork launch promos: UPN "Rock Opera" SPots Worst Network launch promos: WB "frog" spots Best Usenet Group: rec.video.tvro Hardest working new group member: Robert Kobentner Best Sat Chart: SSSSC Best Guru Sister: Marryanne Schuesler for keeping us up to date with PBS Worst Artifacts: Early Digital feeds from BBC, Dubai, and Carribean Princess Best Concert: Yanni Live at the Accropolis (PBS) Best Wild Newsfeed: THE OJ CHASE, When the chopper ran out of gas. Worst Hype: DSS -- / Gary Bourgois, WB8EOH, The Birdwatcher: Marquette Michigan USA \ ([-o Radio Omega G3/17 5.8 - FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE 10pm-12Mid Eastern o-]) \ Keeper of Internet Wildfeeds List flash@lopez.marquette.MI.US / Birdwatcher@genie.geis.com FAX: (906) 228-7477 BBS: (906) 228-4399 -=-=- From: kbryant@metronet.com (Kyle Bryant) From a programming perspective...for the worst...I nominate: The Game Show Network --Kyle. email: kbryant@metronet.com -=-=-=- From: ron.hauger@sourcebbs.com (Ron Hauger) BEST- Gary Bourgois and the Omega Radio Network-- for being the best source of TVRO info. WORST- BBC WSTV-- for holding out on us in 1994 and maybe 1995. RON HAUGER*KC4KNA*NORFOLK,VA.USA.*WATCHER OF THE SKIES*AMSAT*ARE*VBARC RTTY*PACKET*WEFAX*SSTV*ATV*TVRO*INT.ADD-RON.HAUGER@WARPDRV.COM -=-=- From: "Harlan G. Sturm" BEST- Recovery of Anik E2 WORST - Loss of T402 -=-=-= From: Mike Northam Best: lifting of NBA blackouts on regional sports stations Worst: NFL Sunday Ticket is a booming, resounding success (which means we've got more PPV/PPSeason sports coming our way and fewer ITC backhauls) Add Worst: Some will say "so what? I don't care about sports." Well, as you've already seen with Fox, putting scrambling equipment in stations' and networks' hands is a Bad Thing (tm). Makes 'em wanta use 'em for non-sports programming if only to show their bosses they were cost-effective purchases. (And any engineer will tell you it's easier to leave something turned on all the time rather than having to turn it off and on every other day.) -- mbn@teleport.COM Public Access User --- Not affiliated with Teleport Mike Northam (503)324-1831 (H) SCUD missile coords: 123 11' 40"W 45 37'14"N "I need a job; I need a vacation, I need money, I've got bills to pay" Bob Woodruff "Alright" -=-=- From: Robert Smathers (roberts@triton.unm.edu) Best Newcomer Show to the TVRO airwaves: Howard Stern E! show Best New SCPC Talk Show of 1994: The Tom Leykis Show Worst New SCPC Talk Show of 1994: The David Brenner Show Best Returning SCPC carrier of 1994: KLIF-AM, Dallas, TX Best New Satellite of 1994: Telstar 401 Worst satellite loss: Telstar 402 Saddest Satellite to see retired in 1994: ASC-1 (hot, clean Ku signals!) Worst New Channel of 1994: The Game Show Network (I have a feeling once they throw on the VC2+, it'll die quickly) Best New Channel of 1994: Newfoundland TV Best sports situation of 1994: NBA backhauls still ITC Worst sports situation of 1994: Losing the NFL to Sunday Ticket -=-=-= // -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- O // \ Robert Smathers Albuquerque, NM USA ||||||--(=)--|||||| // \ roberts@triton.unm.edu - roberts@unm.edu O |=== <| \\ / WWW: http://www.unm.edu/~roberts/robert.html O \\ / Satellite Services Guide, SATELLITE TIMES Mag. ||| \\ |||