What a great way to keep tabs on your stepdaughter! Put her on TV!

A winter storm hit Michigan before the first day of winter! December 16th was headed for the record books, and the Weather Channel set up camp with the Moonlink Satellite Truck in Troy, MI. StormTracker and On-Camera Meteorologist Jim Cantore hit the sidewalk along Big Beaver Road with updates every 20 minutes during the storm, featuring interviews with people out braving the weather. Cloud cover and rain fade occasionally required 400 watts of  power to stay on the air! Here, Jim and Heather Marbut (Kevin's stepdaughter) speak about her journey of 120 miles from college in Mt. Pleasant back home for Christmas. A trip that normally takes 2 hours took her 3.5 - not bad, considering the prediction was for blizzard conditions. The storm's 8.5 inch accumulation make it the 4th biggest snowfall in Detroit this early in the season.

NBA Finals for ESPN 

From Cleveland, Moonlink Satellite provided backhaul of games 3 and 4 of the NBA finals for ABC and ESPN. Other trucks pictured carried International feeds, or local news feeds for San Antonio's local market. While the Cavs went the distance for the Eastern Conference finals, they were no match for San Antonio!

FOX Sports in Green Bay in **HIGH DEFINITION**

Moonlink's first use of the new Tandberg High Definition encoders at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI. Technical check in went quickly and easily, with the truck faxed 75 minutes prior to the window's end. All this with gear that had arrived with 2 days to get acquainted and was still awaiting installation in the equipment racks!

Litschko vs Brock - HBO

From Madison Square Gardens, HBO brings Moonlink to the Big Apple once again.  HBO, with their own encrypted mux'd HD signal, has both Moonlink and NES providing two paths out for the Saturday Night Boxing After Dark event.  Parking the uplinks strategically, Moonlink is on the east to see west thru a gap in the buildings, and NES is parked west to see a more eastern bird.  Hey, even the satellite internet worked - allowing us to edit this page from NYC!  More...

George Carlin on Broadway for HBO

Direct from the stage of the Beacon Theater in New York City, a longtime HBO favorite returned for his unprecedented 13th stand-up comedy special. Moonlink Satellite  provided the C Band backhaul for this entertaining live event. More...

Special Features for ESPN's "Cold Pizza"

Ladies and Gentlemen, Live from Grand Rapids, Michigan, a young elephant that can pitch a baseball up to 60 mph! The pachyderm also has had Hollywood experience with Jim Carrey in "Ace Ventura, Pet Detective."

HBO Heavyweight Boxing

(Six uplink locations in seven days? A rolling Moonlink truck gathers no moss!)

We started our week Saturday night at  New York's Madison Square Garden for HBO in HD. The event was a 12 round WBA Heavyweight title fight between James Toney and John Ruiz. More...

Major League Baseball's All Star Game, Detroit, Michigan

 Jeff Moon and Moonlink Satellite covered the primary work being done at Detroit's Comerica Park during Major League Baseball's recent All Star Game events. More....

ATP Tennis for ESPN II from Montreal, Canada.

One signal, 27 MHz wide, 5 feeds multiplexed within. One satellite to relay both to California and England. ESPN II and a world feed, along with news and supplemental feeds. All on one C Band carrier, using 3 / 4 of a full transponder. Statistical Multiplexing can cut costs and improve efficiency in certain situations. 

 

ESPN's GameDay college hoops 

It's Superbowl weekend, and the ESPN College Game Day show comes to Syracuse. High Def coverage of the game is handled by Dome Productions (Toronto) and uplinked by Videocom. More....

 

 

Robin Williams on Broadway for HBO More....

2005 MLB play-offs in HD for Fox and ESPN at Yankee Stadium.

2005 NBA playoffs for TNT in HDTV  

Satellite Media Tour with former Senator Bob Dole speaking on Medicare benefits.

2004 World Series in HDTV (Boston vs St. Louis Games 1 & 2) 

Vice Presidential Debates (Cleveland Ohio - Sept 6, 2004)

Satellite Media Tour - John Edwards - Southfield, MI 

Satellite Media Tour - VP Dick Cheney 

2004 MLB Playoffs / Yankees / Boston Series - HDTV 

University of Michigan Football

The Billboard Music Awards from Las Vegas

NBA World Championship for ESPN2's "Cold Pizza" 

NCAA Basketball and Football for ESPN in HD

NBA Basketball for ESPN in HD

Big Ten College Football

The North American International Auto Show

SARS outbreak in Toronto, Canada for CNN and MSNBC

NBA Basketball for HDNet

Nascar Racing

IRL Racing

ATP Tennis Tournaments

Primary truck for NBC at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Easter Seals Telethon from Chicago

NASDAQ Open Tennis Tournament

Buick Open Golf Tournament