US College Hockey telecasts will be distributed outside North America this season: PRIME Network has launched PRIME International to to distribute PRIME programming outside the US. Someone from New Zealand reported on the USENET newsgroup rec.video.satellite that he is able to receive PRIME International in New Zealand from the recently-launched PanAmSat 2 satellite at 169 degrees EAST longitude above the equator. PRIME Network and PRIME International are now owned by Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI), the largest cable TV operator in the US. The newly-launched PRIME International is supposed to compete head-to-head with ESPN-International (80% owned by Capital Cities-ABC and 20% owned by Hearst Broadcasting) which has been operating in Latin America and Asia for several years. -- Oliver Tse Phone: +1(607)255-6684 Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering FAX: +1(607)255-2365 416 Bard Hall, Cornell University Internet: [log in to unmask] Ithaca, NY 14853-1501 USA