Eutelsat jams Press TV signals In recent months, Eutelsat’s Israeli-French CEO Michel de Rosen has stepped up his restrictive campaign by appealing to major satellite providers in Europe and Asia to silence Iranian media. As a result, Eutelsat and Intelsat often jam or remove Iranian satellite channels, citing a wider interpretation of European Union (EU) regulations as the reason behind their move. The bloc, however, has denied the claims by the satellite companies. In a controversial move, Eutelsat had previously ordered Hispasat in Spain to stop broadcasting the Spanish-language Hispan TV as well as Press TV in Spain and Latin America. Eutelsat attacks have not been limited to Press TV and Iran’s Arabic-language news channel, al- Alam, which are both networks with political and social programming. The European satellite provider has also attempted to prevent the broadcast of cultural and intellectual Iranian networks such as al-Kawthar and iFilm which broadcast dubbed Iranian films and TV series as well as Arabic-subbed shows.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Jun 2013 05:51:08 +0000
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