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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Ethiopia’s Satellite Jamming Condemned

June 9, 2014
The Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) has condemned intentional jamming of broadcasts carried on Arabsat and Eutelsat satellites.AIB is lodging protests with the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry and its Missions
Programming from a range of regional and international broadcasters has been affected by jamming that technical research shows emanates from the territory of Ethiopia.
The jamming has affected AIB Members including the BBC, Deutsche Welle, France 24 and Voice of America, as well as a number of other channels from the Middle East and North America.
The deliberate harmful interference targeting Arabsat and Eutelsat and the broadcast channels these two satellite operators carry for viewers and listeners across the Middle East and Africa contravenes international agreements that govern the operation of satellite systems and the use of the radio frequency spectrum.
Please read more about from http://ecadforum.com/blog/ethiopias-satellite-jamming-condemned/