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I was to watch the Canadian F1 GP qualifying broadcast, only to discover that BBC HD and BBC ONE HD have changed. The full explanation here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2011/06/changes_to_bbc_hd_channels_on.html The new location here: Satellite: Astra 2D tp.50 Frequency: 10,847MHz (vertical polarity) Modulation: DVB-S2, QPSK Symbol Rate: 23.0 FEC: 8/9

“Drawn to Japan – A Manga Adventure”, is a 12 minutes funny introduction to ten Japanese particularities: (1) exchanging business cards, (2) hot springs, (3) toilets, (4) riding the bullet train, (5) the tea ceremony, (6) the Japanese subway, (7) food and (8) how to eat it, (9) the samurai, and (10) karaoke. Oh, and [...]

“Reviving their secluded hot springs – The struggle of inn owners in Kurikoma Gotou” is a short documentary depicting the aftermath of the Iwate Miyagi Nairiku earthquake, from the perspective of inn owners, whose hot springs based businesses were severely affected.The program starts with aerial pictures of the village of Kurikomayama, showing the effects of [...]

The 2009-11-27 edition of “NIKKEI Japan Report” was about the weather and about Nippon Steel Corporation (TYO:5401). Both features were extremely interesting, following an approach that highlighted the Japanese particularities, but could easily be translated to other countries, namely the more volatile meteorological conditions and deflation, hands on with a stagnated or decreasing population. As [...]

Times are CET (Central European Time). For Portugal and UK, discount 1 hour: for example, Jeff Bridges will be at 13:00 – 1h = 12:00. 11:00 Charlie Rose with Zynga CEO Mark Pincus & Michael Specter 12:00 Charlie Rose with Andrew Ross Sorkin 13:00 Charlie Rose with Jeff Bridges, Scott Cooper and Maggie Gyllenhaal 14:00 Charlie Rose with Kroll Founder [...]

I am a monitor for the Japanese Television. This is one program review I wrote. “Blessing of the Mountain – Mt. Chokai – the mystery of nature” is a 45 minutes documentary about Mt. Chokai – the highest mountain in the upper Tohoku region, climbing up to 2236 meters above sea (of Japan) level. This [...]

I am a monitor for the Japanese Television. This is one program review I wrote. The “willing hands” series is about Japanese people who bring help around the World. This help isn’t necessarily, or directly, money. We live in the “Knowledge Economy”, meaning that for the leading countries, such as the U.S.A. and Japan, Knowledge [...]

Today, 2009–09–05, ARTE will broadcast a documentary titled “24h Berlin”, following many different people, through the day. This documentary will last 24 hours… I’ll try to record it from its ASTRA satellite stream, but everyone can watch it online: http://www.arte.tv/fr/Comprendre-le-monde/24hberlin/Le-projet/2806118.html

For daily updated records of active satellite transmissions (data, tv and radio), go to: http://www.satcodx2.com/ Since I mostly tune the Astra 2 array, from western Europe, my starting point is: http://www.satcodx2.com/0282/eng/ In relative terms, the satellite spectrum is mostly crowded of crap transmissions, like sales, x-rated phone services and religious brain washing. In absolute terms, there [...]

Em 2008–02–20, a ZON (www.zon.pt), sem qualquer aviso, explicação ou entrada de canal alternativo/substituto, removeu o melhor canal de informação (Bloomberg) da grelha analógica. No mesmo dia também foram chutados o soberbo Aljazeera e o “Infinito”. E sobe a men$alidade… (!) Muitos não compreendem quão excelente é o Bloomberg. Só ao cabo de uns dias de [...]