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Title: Jamming of BBC TV Service
Post by Administrator on Jan 12^th, 2010, 9:14pm

From "Ariel" regarding BBC TV Persian Service.

As if it doesn’t face enough challenges,
such as a lack of journalistic firepower in Tehran
and refusal of the authorities to be interviewed,
BBC Persian television has just lost its place on
the Hot Bird satellite.

The owners of Hot Bird removed it because
constant jamming was affecting other services
broadcast via the same satellite.
It was a bit of a pre-birthday spoiler for a net-
work that celebrates its first anniversary on Janu-
ary 14 after an eventful 12 months during which,
amid growing unrest in Iran, it has gained a rep-
utation as ‘the one to watch’.

Ironically, only a few weeks ago, Persian TV
won the international Hot Bird Award for Best
News Channel of 2009 and an impressive statuette now adorns its offices in W1.

From Ariel (Week 2).