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For its TV channel, the BBC rented a frequency on Eutelsat's Hotbird, the most popular satellite in Iran for TV watchers.
In Skies Over Iran, a Battle for Control of Satellite TV Paul Sonne 2011
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Instead Eutelsat's response was to discontinue broadcasting BBC Persian and VOA Persian on the most accessible and popular satellite, Hotbird6, and to move them to less accessible satellites.
Broadcasting Tehran's Repression Shirin Ebadi 2011
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Besides Eutelsat, companies it uses include Intelsat SA, Telesat Holdings Inc. and AsiaSat , a Hong Kong-based operator in which General Electric Co. has a stake.
In Skies Over Iran, a Battle for Control of Satellite TV Paul Sonne 2011
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The BBC Persian documentary "The Ayatollah's Seal" was jammed by Iran on Eutelsat's W3A satellite in September, leaving images scrambled and incomprehensible.
In Skies Over Iran, a Battle for Control of Satellite TV Paul Sonne 2011
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Eutelsat, meanwhile, says it has been targeted repeatedly.
In Skies Over Iran, a Battle for Control of Satellite TV Paul Sonne 2011
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The BBC, for example, launched its Persian-language channel in 2009 and beamed it from the "Hotbird" satellite of Paris-based Eutelsat Communications SA, which is a satellite that large numbers of rooftop dishes in Iran are pointed at to receive free Persian channels.
In Skies Over Iran, a Battle for Control of Satellite TV Paul Sonne 2011
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Because the jamming was causing collateral damage to neighboring channels on Hotbird, the BBC reluctantly agreed to a request from a satellite-space middleman to move to another Eutelsat satellite, called W3A.
In Skies Over Iran, a Battle for Control of Satellite TV Paul Sonne 2011
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The chief executive of Eutelsat, Michel de Rosen , said, I get pressure from many governments about many channels.
In Skies Over Iran, a Battle for Control of Satellite TV Paul Sonne 2011
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Eutelsat says it has filed numerous complaints with a U.N. agency that manages outer-space frequencies, the International Telecommunication Union, an arm of which stated in March that the interference "appeared to be emanating from Iran."
In Skies Over Iran, a Battle for Control of Satellite TV Paul Sonne 2011
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Eutelsat says it did pull Libyan government channels in April after the European Union barred any technical aid to the Gadhafi regime.
In Skies Over Iran, a Battle for Control of Satellite TV Paul Sonne 2011
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