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		<title>SES World Skies to develop orbital slot at 67° W</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SES World Skies has reached an agreement with the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) regarding the long-term use of the 67 degrees West orbital position. The 67 degrees West orbital position offers an extensive Ku-band satellite frequency range and excellent viewing angles for coverage of the Americas and the Caribbean.
The Andean Community consists of Bolivia, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Power problems force Nigerian state station off air</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ekiti State Broadcasting Station (BSES) in Nigeria has been shut down because of a faulty power generator, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The broadcasting outfits run by the station are the AM Radio (Voice of Ekiti), FM Radio (Golden Voice of Ekiti), and the television station (Channel 41 UHF), all located at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia Network in talks over broadcasting in China</title>
		<link>http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/australia-network-in-talks-over-broadcasting-in-china</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) managing director Mark Scott says the organisation is still in talks about broadcasting the international television service, Australia Network, into China. Speaking at a Senate estimates committee in Canberra, Mr Scott also said he would find out more about a recent Australian newspaper claim that the ABC has run pro-Chinese military [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MTG acquires 50% of Russian DTH platform</title>
		<link>http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/mtg-acquires-50-of-russian-dth-platform</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Modern Times Group (MTG) today announced that it has acquired 50% of Raduga Holdings from Continental Media for an undisclosed consideration in cash. Raduga is the sole owner of LCC DaoGeoCom, which operates Russian nationwide DTH satellite pay-TV platform Raduga TV.
Raduga TV was launched in February 2009 and had 70,000 active subscribers as at 31 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EC urges Lithuanian regulator to modify broadcast licensing regime</title>
		<link>http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/ec-urges-lithuanian-regulator-to-modify-broadcast-licensing-regime</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission has warned the Lithuanian national telecoms regulator RRT that obliging terrestrial broadcasters to use specific suppliers to transmit their programmes constitutes a barrier to competition and prevents new terrestrial transmission service providers from entering the market. The Commission says that regulators no longer need to intervene in broadcasting markets in principal. However, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CRI launches China&#8217;s first Estonian,Lithuanian websites</title>
		<link>http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/cri-launches-chinas-first-estonianlithuanian-websites</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China Radio International(CRI) launched China&#8217;s first Estonian and Lithuanian websites today. Both the Estonian and the Lithuanian one will publish information on China&#8217;s business, culture and tourism in the form of texts, photos, audio and video webcasts. The launch of the two websites has made CRI Online, a multi-language website of CRI, the web platform [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CanalDigitaal expands HDTV at 23.5 degrees East</title>
		<link>http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/canaldigitaal-expands-hdtv-at-235-degrees-east</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SES Astra announced today that it has signed a long-term agreement with M7 Group for two additional transponders at 23.5 degrees East. The newly contracted capacity will be used for the further extension of the HDTV lineup of CanalDigitaal, M7 Group’s direct-to-home (DTH) platform for the Dutch market and will bring the number of total [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia&#8217;s multi-cultural SBS may launch 24/7 news</title>
		<link>http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/australias-multi-cultural-sbs-may-launch-247-news</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Sennitt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian reports that multi-cultural broadcaster SBS may soon join the ABC in launching a dedicated 24/7 free-to-air news channel. The move is being discussed as part of a top-to-bottom review of SBS activities ordered by new chairman Joseph Skrzynski who took over in December. Mr Skrzynski&#8217;s call for a full review of all activities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia turns to US for Russian-language channel broadcasts</title>
		<link>http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/georgia-turns-to-us-for-russian-language-channel-broadcasts</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Sennitt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Georgia is in talks with US companies on airing its Russian-language television channel in the Caucasus region after accusing its French broadcast partner of bowing to pressure from Russia, a Russian paper said on Friday. The broadcasts of First Caucasian, which was launched in mid-January via Eutelsat&#8217;s satellite, stopped at the end of last week. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Radio Pakistan stops VOA&#8217;s Pashto broadcasts after Taleban threats - paper</title>
		<link>http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/radio-pakistan-stops-voas-pashto-broadcasts-after-taleban-threats-paper</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Text of report by Iqbal Khattak headlined &#8220;Taleban &#8216;force&#8217; Radio Pakistan to discontinue VOA broadcasts&#8221; published by Pakistan newspaper Daily Times website on 7 February
Peshawar: The Radio Pakistan management has decided to scrap the agreement with the Voice of America (VOA) to broadcast its Pashto-language radio programmes after receiving &#8220;direct threats&#8221; for airing &#8220;American propaganda&#8221;, [...]]]></description>
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