it's Carnaval time already

[Jim S.]

Those of you with access to Hispasat may want to keep an eye open for the festivities. In particular, the Uruguayans are starting already (11911 V 7200, S2).

 

[FaT Air]

FWIW - Police in Rio de Janeiro agreed to a strike last night, just days ahead of the world's most famous carnival celebration, LINK ? Mayhem?

 

[Babadem]

Those of you with access to Hispasat may want to keep an eye open for the festivities. In particular, the Uruguayans are starting already (11911 V 7200, S2).

KARAMBAAAAAAAH!!! AWESOME! Though the video is overly compressed and blotchy, but the scenes are absolutely delightful!2:

 

[Tron]

It is that time of the year again. Fat Tuesday in New Orleans is a week and a half away on February 21st.

Once my body and wallet have recovered from that, it will be time for the MicroHD to be released ...

 

[Jim S.]

In addition to the Uruguayan S2 mux, there's also coverage on Telemovil 5 (12182 V 1108, I think this one is DVB-S but it's still MPEG4 and 576i, there's an AAC audio stream on primary and MPEG on secondary.)

 

[Jim S.]

Anybody find anything on Ku-band this year yet? It's getting pretty close, but I've found nothing. It doesn't help that a few of the channels that were ITC last year are scrambled now, but not all of them are.

 

[Tron]

Haven't seen many sat trucks in town here in New Orleans yet, but they will probably be out tomorrow night through Tuesday. I should check around the Dome, some probably haven't left after Superbowl XLVII.

At least they got the power back on ...

 

[Jim S.]

There's a parade on now on Telecaribe Colombia, 11935 V 5250 at 30W.

 

[Jim S.]

RTPI on 97W Ku right now, from Madeira, much hotter costumes than the Colombians

 

[Jim S.]

Telemovil 5 on Hispasat is the place to be right now.

The Colombian channel has another broadcast scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.

 

[FaT Air]

C band- 55.5W, I-805, Clobo Int. 4134 H 4444

 

[mikekohl]

Try scanning 50 West C-band...some pretty racy live coverage earlier this evening from Rio.

 

[Jim S.]

Yeah, the C-banders always get the good stuff...

 

[madmadworld]

this is the first year that one can watch here in the states if you have DTV or dish international services. that i know of.
next Saturday the Finals

 

[madmadworld]

no Finals
thought for sure Globo would have them but ... sad
watched them for years
http://www.rio-carnival.net/samba_parade/2013-samba-parade-order-schedule-time-table.php