"We are pleased by the extraordinary outpouring of public support for ESAT and the determination shown by our viewers and supporters to ensure that they will keep the flames of ESAT burining to illuminate the darkness that has descended on Ethiopia today. We are most encouraged and deeply appreciative of the high level of public support for ESAT," the management said in a press statement. Home to over 80 million people, Ethiopia is the second most populous nation in Africa that doesn't have an independent television and radio broadcasting service of its own. Since coming to power of the tyrannical regime of Meles Zenawi, Ethiopians have been living in news blackout, only subjected to a dose of ruling party propaganda. The ruling party jams international news broadcasts such as the Voice of America and Deutsche Welle, blocks pro-democracy websites, and even deports correpondents that slightly cross the official line. "Therefore, amidst such gloom, the birth and launch of ESAT was received with a big sigh of relief by freedom-yearning Ethiopians around the globe," one close observer told Ethiomedia. Ethiopians around the globe cover the huge cost of running a satellite TV service by initiating various fund-raising programs. Accordingly, various ESAT-supporting programs have been planned for July 31 this month in Amsterdam, where the annual Ethiopian Sports and Cultural Festival in Europe will be held. For details, visit www.ethsat.com. Frequency: 11976 Polarization: Vertical Symbol rate: 27.5 FEC: 3/4. For Details: Contact: Abebe Belew; abelewd@yahoo.com. Ethiomedia.com - An African-American news and views website. Copyright 2010 Ethiomedia.com. Email: editor@ethiomedia.com
Home to over 80 million people, Ethiopia is the second most populous nation in Africa that doesn't have an independent television and radio broadcasting service of its own. Since coming to power of the tyrannical regime of Meles Zenawi, Ethiopians have been living in news blackout, only subjected to a dose of ruling party propaganda.
The ruling party jams international news broadcasts such as the Voice of America and Deutsche Welle, blocks pro-democracy websites, and even deports correpondents that slightly cross the official line.
"Therefore, amidst such gloom, the birth and launch of ESAT was received with a big sigh of relief by freedom-yearning Ethiopians around the globe," one close observer told Ethiomedia. Ethiopians around the globe cover the huge cost of running a satellite TV service by initiating various fund-raising programs. Accordingly, various ESAT-supporting programs have been planned for July 31 this month in Amsterdam, where the annual Ethiopian Sports and Cultural Festival in Europe will be held. For details, visit www.ethsat.com. Frequency: 11976 Polarization: Vertical Symbol rate: 27.5 FEC: 3/4. For Details: Contact: Abebe Belew; abelewd@yahoo.com. Ethiomedia.com - An African-American news and views website. Copyright 2010 Ethiomedia.com. Email: editor@ethiomedia.com
Ethiopians around the globe cover the huge cost of running a satellite TV service by initiating various fund-raising programs.
Accordingly, various ESAT-supporting programs have been planned for July 31 this month in Amsterdam, where the annual Ethiopian Sports and Cultural Festival in Europe will be held. For details, visit www.ethsat.com. Frequency: 11976 Polarization: Vertical Symbol rate: 27.5 FEC: 3/4. For Details: Contact: Abebe Belew; abelewd@yahoo.com. Ethiomedia.com - An African-American news and views website. Copyright 2010 Ethiomedia.com. Email: editor@ethiomedia.com
Frequency: 11976 Polarization: Vertical Symbol rate: 27.5 FEC: 3/4.
For Details: Contact: Abebe Belew; abelewd@yahoo.com.
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