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Someone has illegally interfered with FIFA World Cup soccer satellite transmissions from NileSat. Except it could not have been a single person, but a formal, organised scheme by a non-friendly – probably Muslim - government.
Qatar’s Al Jazeera Sports Channel suffered the unintended black-out of Friday’s opening games. FIFA immediately condemned the act, saying it would do all it could to support the broadcaster and NileSat in identifying the culprits.
Al Jazeera Sport has exclusive World Cup transmission rights for the entire Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and on Saturday said it switched satellite transmission to avoid the interference but that didn't help as these transmissions also suffered. The TV station even switched to a Eutelsat Hot Bird satellite in an attempt to thwart the pirate interruptions.
Full story:
-http://www.rapidtvnews.com/index.php/201006146820/world-cup-chaos-in-mid-east.html
Qatar’s Al Jazeera Sports Channel suffered the unintended black-out of Friday’s opening games. FIFA immediately condemned the act, saying it would do all it could to support the broadcaster and NileSat in identifying the culprits.
Al Jazeera Sport has exclusive World Cup transmission rights for the entire Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and on Saturday said it switched satellite transmission to avoid the interference but that didn't help as these transmissions also suffered. The TV station even switched to a Eutelsat Hot Bird satellite in an attempt to thwart the pirate interruptions.
Full story:
-http://www.rapidtvnews.com/index.php/201006146820/world-cup-chaos-in-mid-east.html