Changes to Satellite Distribution in Europe and the Middle East
During the next year or so World Service programme distribution is changing position on some satellites.
The first change, taking place during August, will affect the audience that listen and watch World Service programmes from the Hotbird satellite. The affected services are Arabic TV, Arabic Radio and two of the World Service English radio streams to Europe and the Middle East.
The New Hotbird frequency starts on the 5 August 2014 and the existing Hotbird frequency will cease on 5 September. Tuning details are shown below.
Satellite Eutelsat Hotbird 13D
Satellite Orbital Position 13° East
Transponder Number 130
Space Segment Downlink Centre Frequency 11.117GHz
Space Segment Downlink Polarisation Vertical
Forward Error Correction (FEC) 3/4
Symbol rate 27.5Msymbol/s
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Arabic TV SID 14616
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Arabic Radio SID 14617
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ English (Europe) SID 14618
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ English (Middle East) SID 14619
About Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ World Service
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ World Service is an international news service available on radio, television and online. It provides impartial news reports and analysis in and .
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ World Service aims to inspire and illuminate the lives of its audience by bringing the world together, making connections and helping listeners to make sense of the world.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ World Service has been funded by the Licence Fee since 1 April, 2014.
This was agreed as part of the UK government's . Previously, the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ World Service was funded by a Grant-in-Aid from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
How Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ World Service is Run
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ World Service is part of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ World Service Group headed by Peter Horrocks.
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