What Satellite and Digital TV

What Satellite and Digital TV

Infobox_Magazine
title = What Satellite and Digital TV

| image_size = 200px | image_caption = "What Satellite and Digital TV (May 2007)
editor = Alex Lane
frequency = Monthly
category =
company = Future Publishing
firstdate = May 1986
finaldate =
finalnumber =
country = United Kingdom
language = English
website = [http://www.wotsat.com www.wotsat.com]
blog = [http://blog.wotsat.com blog.wotsat.com]
issn = 1747-1362

What Satellite and Digital TV is a satellite, terrestrial, cable and broadband television magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing. Although the magazine is primarily targeted for the UK market, it is also sold in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. [http://www.futurelicensing.com/home/titles/WST What Satellite - international licensing] by Future Publishing.]

History

The magazine was originally launched as What Satellite by WV Publications in May 1986, ["250 Issues." What Satellite and Digital TV May 2007: 46.] as an eight page monthly supplement with What Video magazine"The Countdown Starts Here." What Satellite and Digital TV, November 24, 2006: 178.] [cite web|url=http://www.selkirkshire.demon.co.uk/analoguesat/leighpreece.html|title=Adventures in Satellite-ville|last=Preece|first=Leigh|accessdate=2008-08-13|publisher=Analoguesat] It became a monthly magazine in May 1989, following the launch of the first Astra satellite and Sky TV, and changed its name to What Satellite TV for the October 1992 issue. [What Satellite TV October 1992] WV Publications was purchased by Highbury House Communications plc in 1998, which published the title until Summer 2005 when Future Publishing acquired What Satellite TV along with the majority of the Highbury House specialist consumer titles for £30.5 million. [cite web|url=http://www.fipp.com/Default.aspx?PageIndex=2002&ItemId=12131|title=Future acquires Highbury’s magazines|date=2005-06-25|accessdate=2008-02-23|publisher=International Federation of the Periodic Press (FIPP)] What Satellite TV focused exclusively on satellite television, including the Astra and Eutelsat satelltes and the Sky Digital platform until June 2002 when it also started to cover digital terrestrial television, including ITV Digital, Freeview and Top Up TV and renamed itself to its current name. It now covers all aspects of digital TV, including broadband and internet-delivered services such as Virgin Media, BT Vision, Tiscali TV, the BBC iPlayer and 4oD, and digital radio. ["250 Issues." What Satellite and Digital TV May 2007: 55.] The magazine has incorporated listings for many years, and has done so since early editions. It also includes features on up coming TV shows, film reviews and interviews.

In April 2002, What Satellite and Digital TV was the first magazine to discover secret military broadcasts of NATO spy planes over Bosnia being broadcast and received using a one metre satellite dish [cite web|url=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg17423483.200-why-natos-spy-flicks-are-getting-a-public-airing.html|title=Why NATO's spy flicks are getting a public airing|date=2002-06-22|last=Fox|first=Brian|accessdate=2008-08-13|publisher=New Scientist] The United States encrypted the transmissions after the security breach was discovered. [cite web|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/06/13/nato.spyplane/index.html|title=U.S. acts over satellite images|date=2002-06-13|accessdate=2008-08-13|publisher=CNN]

The magazine was merged with sister title "Satellite TV Monthly" (formerly known as "Satellite TV Europe", which was purchased by Highbury in 2001 [cite web|url=http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/506990/|title=Highbury buys Millennium|date=2001-11-26|accessdate=2008-08-13|publisher=Media Week] ) when that magazine ceased publication in 2005; ["250 Issues." What Satellite and Digital TV May 2007: 58.] starting with the June 2005 issue.

The May 2007 issue of "What Satellite and Digital TV" marked the 250th issue of the magazine's publication.

Features

The magazine features news, a letters page, reviews on satellite and terrestrial television set-top boxes, satellite dishes and gadgets, in depth features on satellite and terrestrial television technology as well as satellite television channel line-up's by satellite and TV listings, plus Certificate X, an article on censorship in the media, specifically, but not exclusively dealing with the adult satellite television industry.

Blog

On August 2, 2006, What Satellite and Digital TV started their own blog. The blog covers the latest news on satellite, terrestrial, cable and broadband television services and programmes.

ee also

* Future Publishing

References

External links

* [http://www.wotsat.com What Satellite and Digital TV website]
* [http://blog.wotsat.com/ What Satellite and Digital TV blog]


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