Paris, 9 January 2009: The French regulatory authorities have ensured that the Hamas TV channel, Al-Aqsa TV, will not be broadcasting to Europe as was to be the case as of this week, AFP learnt on Friday [9 January] from corroborating sources.
Al-Aqsa said on Monday that it would start broadcasting programmes to Europe from Wednesday via a Eurobird European telecoms satellite operated by Eutelsat, a Paris-based company governed by French law.
Al-Aqsa had broadcast for less than 24 hours, a source close to the case said, when the signal was hastily interrupted after a warning from the Higher Audio-Visual Council (CSA).