are visiting Noblesville High School this month as part of a cultural exchange program The students are staying in Noblesville and attending classes with NHS student hosts and will also visit Chicago and Louisville during their stay in the United States The German students met recently with Noblesville Schools superintendent Dr and Noblesville City Council representative David Johnson The students shared some of their early observations about NHS and Noblesville with the leaders noting how much they are enjoying differences from their experience at home Students also remarked on the use of school buses and on the wide variety of restaurant options available in Noblesville One student was excited to have tried a pulled pork sandwich for the first time One of the German educators who accompanied the students on the trip said that that they were “highly impressed” with NHS and the school’s focus on knowledge while also supporting student choice The hosting NHS students will get their turn at international travel when they visit Usingen in the summer of 2025 Frys which is a part of Kroger has been doing senior day for years but learned I am allergic to the metals used in the implants I would really like to know if this procedure is less painful during recovery I’m having a long overdue knee surgery in the near future for a bone on bone situation IS THE OP SAFE FOR AN EDERLY WOMAN????????? Germany (AP) — It’s time for the sheep in Germany’s Taunus Mountains to get their summer look and the shearers are making quick work of relieving the 1,000 or so in Volker Schuhmacher’s flock of their shaggy coats A team of four shearers works its way through the animals keeping the sheep in a firm grip while removing about 4 kilos (8.8 pounds) of wool from each one The most experienced cutters can shear a sheep in two minutes The job is not as easy as they make it look: the shearers must wield their tools while keeping under control a wriggling animal weighing up to 100 kilos (220 pounds) and not necessarily eager to lose its winter padding The ritual is carried out for the sheep’s benefit sparing them from carrying a heavy coat during the warm summer months Schuhmacher is not thrilled by the growing heap as a helper gathers up the wool and adds it to the pile There’s no money to be earned from the cut fleece which is compressed into balls that take up space “You can’t get rid of it,” the farmer says an adviser on sheep farming to the regional government’s agriculture service told news agency dpa that one issue is that potential customers want large quantities of wool of the same quality He said Germany is notable for keeping a variety of sheep breeds so many prefer to import wool from countries such as Australia China or New Zealand where flocks are more uniform the weather has cooperated in the range of low mountains north of Frankfurt this year Warmer temperatures are better for the sheep at shearing time They have to get used to the temperatures without their wool,” Schuhmacher says Stay secure and make sure you have the best reading experience possible by upgrading your browser Broadband TV News April 14, 2023 11.06 Europe/London By Media Broadcast Satellite (MBS) and Astra satellite operator SES are extending their partnership satellite-based and terrestrial communications services secures capacity on Astra’s 19.2° East position for the distribution of SD television channels through whom we can continue to offer our customers distribution via satellite the TV reception infrastructure with the widest reach we ensure that their programmes reach the relevant target groups,” said MBS Managing Director Christian Fleischhauer The agreement with MBS is part a recent series of contract renewals SES signed with German market players with a total volume of €75 million Jörn reports on the latest developments in Germany he has been working as a freelance journalist writes articles in specialist publications Jörn is also a moderator of panel discussions at industry events such as ANGA COM Today, consumers are increasingly using bandwidth-intensive and latency-sensitive workloads, such as 4K and 8K streaming, online gaming, and AR/VR applications. As a result, Internet Service Providers must update their networks and by extension Wi-Fi experiences and performance. … [Download the White Paper ...] Copyright © 2025 Broadband TV News LLP · Log in Clemens Baumeister (35) has been appointed Account Manager Sales & Service at Concentric plc fuel and water pumps for medium to heavy diesel engines Clemens will be working from his office based in Usingen near Frankfurt and will be responsible for developing the Concentric product range in central and eastern Europe the German manufacturer of sheet metal forming equipment for the automotive industry where he worked first as project engineer and more recently in a sales role with specific responsibility for new business and His earlier career was spent at the transformer manufacturer MORA Transformatoren GmbH in Usingen Clemens holds a masters degree in mechanical engineering from the Darmstadt Technical University where he also enjoyed practical experience with MAN Roland Druckmaschinen Clemens speaks fluent English and colloquial French Concentric plc is a major supplier to the world’s agricultural and construction equipment industries with manufacturing facilities in the UK fuel transfer and water pumps for diesel engines the group also manufactures lubrication pumps for transmissions and compressors For more information on this company click here To add your company click here September 13, 2017 10.39 Europe/London By German broadcast satellite service provider Media Broadcast Satellite extends its teleport housing and infrastructure business through an agreement with NorthTelecom The long-term contract will enable the global satellite service provider to set up its own facilities at Media Broadcast’s teleport in Usingen near Frankfurt This was announced by both companies prior to IBC 2017 in Amsterdam where Media Broadcast Satellite will exhibit at stand 1.B79 The agreement covers infrastructure services for NorthTelecom to install a co-located teleport for data and broadcasting in Usingen combined with rack Media Broadcast Satellite will provide engineering and expertise including monitoring and maintenance services The agreement also includes redundant fibre connectivity and the mutually shared use of the companies’ operational antenna infrastructure and technology know-how “We are pleased to extend our teleport and housing services agreement with NorthTelecom and continue providing them with the perfect infrastructure to fully operate from Usingen” Managing Director of Media Broadcast Satellite “High security standards as well as an excellent infrastructure in combination with flexible models of support will guarantee best conditions for NorthTelecom The agreement underlines the relevance of teleport Usingen our outstanding technical standards and triggers new and successful ways of cooperation in the teleport and broadcast market.” added: “We are delighted to choose Media Broadcast Satellite as one of our reliable partners to expand our infrastructure reach globally This is a great opportunity for both parties and a new concept in the industry NorthTelecom and Media Broadcast Satellite will share and exchange infrastructure and expertise while expanding their technical and commercial scope Both companies are committed to a long-lasting cooperation.” All the Stories from the IBC Special was born to an affluent German family on 21 March 1985 in Filderstadt Her father Hartmut Lademacher is a former IBM executive and founder of LHS Telekommunikation whose fortune has been valued at around €600 million. The software multi-millionaire owns several castles in Croatia and France, as well as the Chateau les Crostes winery in Lorgues, France, which Princess Claire currently runs with her husband Prince Félix Claire's mother Gabriele Lademacher works as a consultant for organisations in the arts sector and has worked with museums such as the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York Princess Claire has an older brother called Felix Claire spent her early childhood in Usingen, a town in the Hochtaunus district of Germany. The town of Usingen was founded more than 1,200 years ago and used to be the royal seat of the House of Usingen-Nassau. The current head of the Nassau dynasty is none other than Princess Claire's father-in-law, Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg Duke of Nassau and Prince of Bourbon-Parma While her father grew his business in the US young Claire attended the Atlanta International School one of the city's foremost private schools the Lademacher family returned to Claire's native Germany She attended the Frankfurt International School in Oberursel before moving to the College Beau Soleil boarding school in Switzerland for the last two years of her secondary education It was here that Claire first met her husband-to-be Prince Félix completing her English A-Levels and even winning a prize of excellency for her achievements Claire Lademacher started her academic journey in earnest She earned her bachelor’s degree in International Communication from the American University of Paris in 2007 Claire gained some professional experience at Condé Nast Publications in New York and in Munich She also worked for IMG World in Berlin for a while After this excursion into the professional world Claire decided it was time for a bit of a occupational reorientation She continued her academic career - but this time in a completely new field Claire enrolled at the Regina Apostolorum University in Rome where she studied bioethics alongside her husband-to-be Prince Félix she was also working for the UNESCO Chair of Bioethics and Human Rights as a researcher and event coordinator Claire earned her master's degree in bioethics with with the distinction "summa cum laude" Her academic career went from strength to strength and Claire eventually completed her doctorate on the ethical aspects of consent for organ donation in Rome She has since worked as a guest researcher at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at the University of Georgetown in Washington D.C and as a visiting professor at the Faculty for Bioethics at the Regina Apostolorum University in Rome Today, Princess Claire attend the Indoor Transplant Marathon organized by Luxembourg Transplant on the occasion of World Organ Donation Day. Prince Félix attended the festivities of “Hunnefeier” earlier today https://t.co/zyi4g28WqJ pic.twitter.com/04A4IdaHhu Princess Claire took part in the "Ethics in Action" conference on "Modern slavery human trafficking and access to justice for the poor and vulnerable" at the Pontificia Academia Scientiarum in Vatican City Due to her specific expertise in the field Princess Claire is a also patron of the LuxTransplant Organisation With an impressive career in academia under her belt, Claire Lademacher is a powerhouse in her own right. Her exceptional drive and intelligence might well have been some of the qualities that first attracted Prince Félix to her. As Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa's second eldest son he is currently second in line to the Luxembourgish throne The pair met in 2001 at the College Beau Soleil boarding school in Switzerland and soon became fast friends This strong friendship would later become the basis of their relationship Almost 12 years after meeting at College Beau Soleil the happy couple announced their engagement on 13 December 2012 the couple were legally married in the bride's native country The civil ceremony was held on 17 September 2013 in Königstein im Taunus close to Claire Lademacher's home town of Usingen A religious ceremony was held four days later at the Basilica of Sainte Marie-Madeleine in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume The venue was chosen because of the couple's love for the Provence Prince Félix and Princess Claire had often spent spent their holidays in the south of France The bride wore a delicate yet heavily embroidered wedding gown designed by Ellie Saab Her veil was anchored with the Diamond Vine Leaves tiara perhaps hinting towards the couple's first big endeavour together: Taking over management of the Chateau les Crostes winery in Lorgues Miss Claire Lademacher wears a ELIESAAB Haute Couture wedding gown for her marriage to HRH Prince Felix of Luxembourg pic.twitter.com/4rUDaN0y9L Claire Lademacher officially took on the title of HRH Princess Claire of Luxembourg This not only made her a Princess of her husband's native country Close to 400 guests were invited to the religious ceremony in the south of France the happy couple settled down in the Provence region in the south of France Princess Claire and Prince Félix took over the management of her father's vineyard and the couple is still actively involved in the daily business at the Château Les Crostes winery in Lorgues Princess Claire gave birth to a healthy baby girl at the Grand Duchess Charlotte maternity ward in Luxembourg City on 15 June 2014 Princess Amalia Gabriela Maria Teresa was named after her two grandmothers: Princess Claire's mother Gabriele and Prince Félix' mother Grand Duchess Maria Teresa Prince Félix' and Princess Claire's son Prince Liam Henri Hartmut was born in Geneva He too was named for his grandparents: Grand Duke Henri and Princess Claire's father Hartmut Lademacher Prince Liam was baptised in the Vatican, close to where his parents studied during their university days. The baptism was very much a family affair: Prince Liam's uncle, Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume even showed off his guitar skills during the service the picture-perfect family lives in Germany Sarah Cames is a twentysomething freelance journalist with a keen interest in anything to do with politics July 20, 2017 12.43 Europe/London By German service provider Media Broadcast Satellite has taken over the satellite distribution of the Bavarian local TV channels on Astra (19.2° East) from its teleport in Usingen near Frankfurt on July 1 The uplink service is included in an agreement the company signed with Bayerische Medien Technik GmbH (bmt) The frequency used is 11.523 GHz H (SR 22,000 The contract also comprises signal processing and encoding statistical multiplexing as well as the monitoring of the 16 Bavarian local TV channels that are distributed across 10 channel slots for DTH households münchen.tv and Regionalfernsehen Oberbayern The broadcast service also covers signalisation data for the HbbTV offer Lokal-TV-Portal and the data for the local TV channels’ hybrid services “Thanks to our decades of experiences and the corresponding resources for broadcast satellite services we were able to realise the technical switchover to Teleport Usingen on short notice and without interruption,” said Christian Fleischhauer managing director of Media Broadcast Satellite “The TV channels thereby benefit from efficient content distribution at very economic conditions.” May 30, 2017 06.50 Europe/London By German satellite services provider Media Broadcast Satellite will handle the uplink for all transponders used by European pay-TV operator M7 Group on Eutelsat 9B (9° East) from July 2017 This was announced by Media Broadcast Satellite at ANGA COM 2017 in Cologne today M7 uses Eutelsat 9B for the distribution of both local thematic and international TV packages to cable and IPTV networks in the German-speaking markets M7 serves more than 140 network partners and over one million viewers in the German-speaking markets The uplink services are provided for a total of nine DVB-S2 transponders carrying over 90 TV channels in both HD and SD quality The switchover will take place as part of a coordinated transition period in July 2017 ensuring 100% availability of all offers and services at any time In addition to the comprehensive uplink services Media Broadcast Satellite will also provide further infrastructure services at its teleport in Usingen With the takeover of the uplink services on Eutelsat 9B Media Broadcast Satellite considerably expands its collaboration with M7 The Usingen-based service provider has already been handling uplink services for various M7 transponders on Astra (23.5° East) since July 2016 This satellite position is used for DTH channel distribution in the Benelux countries These uplink services are also provided from Media Broadcast Satellite’s teleport in Usingen the crucial factors for extending the business relationship were mainly the excellent 24/7/365 service as well as the high-quality standards at Teleport Usingen we have already been demonstrating since last year for uplink services for other M7 core markets,” said Christian Fleischhauer “With the provision of uplink services for Eutelsat 9B we will ensure the continued TV channel distribution to the German-speaking cable market and we are happy that M7 puts trust in the reliable service provisioning of Media Broadcast Satellite for this important market.” May 7, 2018 12.23 Europe/London By German service provider Media Broadcast Satellite supports the recently launched Freenet TV via satellite service on Astra (19.2° East) as part of a far-reaching agreement The services provided by Media Broadcast Satellite include the processing and distribution of data and control signals for the reception devices thereby further expanding the company’s portfolio of professional and highly specialised B2B applications in the broadcast industry Media Broadcast Satellite also handles the broadcast of the Freenet TV Connect portal on Astra The proposition extends Freenet TV with additional channels on-demand and catch-up services and an electronic programme guide The associated EPG control signals are also processed and transmitted by Media Broadcast Satellite The deployment of all services took place following precise configuration and comprehensive tests in time for the satellite launch of Freenet TV on March 28 The applications are provided from Media Broadcast Satellite’s teleport in Usingen near Frankfurt/Main which over 135 antennas and an addressed orbit from 76° East to 60° West is one of the largest teleports in the world “As a technical service provider for the broadcast community we are continuously expanding our portfolio with innovative services for the television of tomorrow,” said Christian Fleischhauer a modern and widely distributed TV offering relies on our solutions for operating the platform.” With the services for Freenet TV’s DTH platform Media Broadcast Satellite is expanding its cooperation with the provider the company already operates services on the head-end for the digital terrestrial distribution of Freenet TV across Germany Media Broadcast Satellite not only manages satellite Solutions for the network industry are also provided from the location transmits the signals of M7 Group to network operators across Germany Austria and Switzerland from the Usingen teleport May 23, 2019 13.11 Europe/London By The managing directors of Media Broadcast Satellite as well as the technical director Qi Zhang-Holste have agreed to take over the German satellite services provider from its previous parent company The three managers acquire all shares in the company based in Usingen near Frankfurt in federal state Hesse through the newly founded holding company MBS Holding Wirtschafts- und Infrastrukturbank Hessen (WIBank) is providing a loan of €7.5 million to co-finance the takeover A further €2 million will be contributed by managed funds of BM H Beteiligungs-Managementgesellschaft Hessen a subsidiary of Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen The financial means of WIBank and BM H will not only enable the new shareholders to take over the company but also to expand its service portfolio in a future-oriented manner and thus open up new markets to expand its activities in commercial data traffic via satellite and the internet Customer groups include government-related organisations on national and European level as well as globally active companies Media Broadcast Satellite wants to use to financial means to invest in data transmission via satellite for fast-moving reception units such as cars The aim is to improve global satellite-based data exchange for road also with a view to the future market for self-driving cars “Hesse is and should remain an attractive location for innovative technology companies we are helping to secure Hesse’s economic future,” said Tarek Al-Wazir Hesse’s Economics Minister (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) Media Broadcast Satellite was originally part of Media Broadcast Group which was acquired by Freenet in March 2016 The satellite division was excluded from the transaction and remained in the hands of the financial investors who are now withdrawing from the company through the management buy-out Media Broadcast Satellite operates satellite communications services with around 70 employees at its earth station in Usingen More than 230 million households in 60 countries in Europe North Africa and the Arab world are supplied with around 225 TV channels from the uplink site the earth station is connected to the world’s largest internet hub in Frankfurt September 10, 2016 11.10 Europe/London By Hispasat and Media Broadcast Satellite have agreed to provide TV distribution services throughout Europe Media Broadcast Satellite has joined the teleport operators that already offer Hispasat’s solution of shared digital platforms from the 30 degrees West orbital position it has strengthened its activities in the B2B market said: “With this highly competitive video and data distribution platform our customers are able to deliver content within the footprint of Hispasat in EMEA at outstanding conditions and performance” “allows us to continue to extend our services throughout EMEA from our 30 degrees West orbital position and to offer solutions to television operators that adapt to each situation and each moment” July 12, 2016 22.47 Europe/London By German satellite service provider Media Broadcast Satellite has concluded an agreement with M7 Group for uplink services on its platform on Astra (23.5 degrees East) The collaboration is based on a contract both companies signed for an initial 3-year period It comprises the uplink of SD and HD channels onto M7’s pay-TV platform Skylink for DTH households in the Benelux countries “We are excited to support M7’s Skylink platform with our satellite distribution services for the DTH market,” said Christian Fleischhauer “With the best possible signal availability and a 24/7/365 service we will support M7 in the extension of the digital TV markets in the Benelux countries thereby not last also sustainably driving HDTV distribution in these regions This constitutes an ideal supplementation of our B2B activities which we continue to persistently enforce.” added: “Media Broadcast Satellite is a technology partner offering the best quality possible with highly professional services in uplink and monitoring for the extension and development of our TV platforms These are ideal preconditions to enforce the development of the channel line-up of Skylink thereby offering our viewers perfect TV entertainment.” Media Broadcast Satellite provides uplink services across 6 transponders on Astra (23.5 degrees East) through its teleport in Usingen near Frankfurt The company also operates platforms on further key European satellite positions including Astra (19.2 degrees East) Eutelsat (9 degrees East) and Eutelsat Hot Bird (13 degrees East) reaching a total of more than 230 million TV households in 52 countries throughout Europe