http://fta-blog.com The latest FTA (Free to Air) News Around Fri, 16 May 2008 04:03:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Viewsat team announces two more coders to the vs 9000hd support group Progress moving forward in appears for what many have been claiming is long over due,that being the viewsat 9000HD receiver out of its growing pains (beta stage).Plans are by adding the additional coders,the receiver will be out of ... http://fta-blog.com/2008/05/15/viewsat-team-announces-two-more-coders-to-the-vs-9000hd-support-group/ Sonicview team announces two more coders are added to their team for faster support. With newer units being released by sonicview,it looks like the sonicview team are expanding as well,and claim to boost up their releases even faster as a result.below is a copy of the announcement: To all Sonicview users ... http://fta-blog.com/2008/05/14/sonicview-team-announces-two-more-coders-are-added-to-their-team-for-faster-support/ SonySat drawing closer to releasing iks solution. IKS,a FAR superior solution than cardless files,for countless less downtime hours monthly.Team X,the coding team for SonySat and SpaceStar releases information regarding their iks solution and the security measures they have taken for the end users.here is a copy and paste of the progress ... http://fta-blog.com/2008/05/13/sonysat-drawing-closer-to-releasing-iks-solution/ IKS testing for coolsat,Homesat,Visionsat and more now underway. IKS solution stated to be in the works for all coolsat models along with Homesat,Visionsat and more from site administrator Blind Scan yesterday. With the new card swap of nagra 3 on the way,many coding groups are gearing up for what could possibly be ... http://fta-blog.com/2008/04/14/iks-testing-for-coolsathomesatvisionsat-and-more-now-underway/ pansat 250sm receives pvr function from team blacklist. Team blacklist,the 3rd party support group of pansat/satopia/Icon,include personal video recording (PVR) abilities with latest release. Like with most pvr models you simply plug in your own external storage device such as a usb stick or hard drive.The current universal remote is all set ... http://fta-blog.com/2008/04/10/pansat-250sm-receives-pvr-function-from-team-blacklist/ Yesterday,Team Captain,the coding team for Captain receivers announce IKS solution for all Captain models via an external adapter.When hooked up,your captain receiver will be connected to the internet keeping tv up during ecm hits.For those familiar with iks capable units such as the neosat ipro 2k and the nfusion nova,know ... http://fta-blog.com/2008/04/10/dongle-iks-solution-for-all-captain-models-and-team-captain-makes-fta-history/ CNX introduces pvr function to their model "mini" Thats right,the cnx mini (UNO) cnx's basic stb receives basic recoding capabilities via usb device, such as a large usb stick or external hard drive.They call it limited pvr function in that it does not include timeshift and only a few timers,so no ... http://fta-blog.com/2008/03/18/cnx-introduces-pvr-function-to-their-model-mini/ Yesterday coding team "Captive Works" made fta history by doing what others have soLe but de everest poker room. far only claimed they are close to doing. "CaptiveVariationen von poker cards. Works" the coding team for captiveworks, released files a week ago for their models the 600s,600s premium,700,and 800pvr units.Yesterday there ... http://fta-blog.com/2008/02/22/captiveworks-make-fta-history/ NEOsat ipro coding team, v2group announce 61.5 to their iks lineup Progression continues for the neosat team,v2group with the addition of echo 3 located at 61.5w. like 148, 61.5 is primarily the international channels.this Bird is primarily beamed to the east coast while 148 is for the west coast. They have a ... http://fta-blog.com/2008/02/14/neosat-ipro-coding-team-v2group-announce-615-to-their-iks-lineup/ Canada's satellite provider bell expressvu updates their security with a card swap. c/p from viewsat spokesman, Cyphris: "BEV Card Swap on the Way !!! Yes it's true, As was anticipated in 2008 that the providers will be looking at doing a card swap the first signs are here... on BEV ... http://fta-blog.com/2008/02/14/canadas-satellite-provider-bell-expressvu-updates-their-security-with-a-card-swap/