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Armenia: SHANT TV launches an HD TV package with Eutelsat for the Armenian Diaspora

July 15, 2017 By administrator

shant tvToday’s launch of the first Armenian pay-TV package on the HOTBIRD reference audiovisual hub for Europe, Western Russia and the Middle East

The Armenian private audiovisual group SHANT TV announced today that it has launched a new bouquet on the HOTBIRD satellite cluster operated by Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL), following the signature of a leasing capacity contract several years.

Present on HOTBIRD for nearly ten years with its channel SHANT TV, the audiovisual group will offer the first Armenian TV pay-TV package to viewers residing in the satellite coverage area in Europe, Western Russia and the Middle East. Fully High Definition (HD) and available from 5 euros per month, this bouquet will include SHANT Premium, Armenia Premium and SHANT Music. It will be distributed directly to households equipped with a dish and a decoder as well as to the cabled and IP networks which will be able to take it back in their offers.

The Armenian community, which represents more than 4 million people in this geographical area, will be able to see in a superior image quality a program offering consisting of numerous newsletters, series, films, music videos But also local adaptations of franchises such as X-Factor or Who wants to earn millions?

Arthur Yezekyan, president and founder of SHANT TV LLC, said: “According to the results of our study, out of Armenia half the audience of SHANT Premium watches our channel from Eutelsat’s HOTBIRD audiovisual center. This was a significant factor in our decision to select HOTBIRD for the distribution of our new offer. We thank Eutelsat for its support and support, especially in the technical and marketing fields. “

Michel Azibert, Eutelsat’s Sales and Development Director, said: “HOTBIRD’s broad coverage, coupled with an offer of 1,000 channels in over 30 languages, makes it a reference audiovisual hub for television Wish to respond to the demand for specific language markets scattered over several territories. In this regard, we are pleased to continue and expand our collaboration with SHANT TV, which builds on HOTBIRD to reach the Armenian Diaspora spread across several countries. The shift from a Standard Broadcast (SD) channel to a bunch of several HD channels also testifies to the dynamics of the transition to High Definition, especially on HOTBIRD, which already hosts 280 channels in this format. “

Saturday, July 15, 2017,
Stéphane © armenews.com

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Armenia, shant, tv

Armenian reporter wounded in Azerbaijani fire

May 11, 2017 By administrator

An Armenian TV cameraman was wounded in Azerbaijan’s shelling of Nagorno Karabakh positions on Wednesday, May 10, at around 6:00 pm.

According to Shant TV, their crew and the car they were travelling in fell under the Azeri fire as the rival employed large-caliber rifles.

The cameraman underwent surgery overnight, his condition is deemed stable.

More than 65 ceasefire violations by Azerbaijan were registered on the contact line with Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) on May 10 and the following night, with around 1700 shots fired from various caliber firearms.

Besides, movement of military eqipment by the Azerbaijani side was registered on May 10, involving around 10 tanks which returned to their initial positions later in the day.

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Dutch TV airs travel documentaries about Armenia

November 29, 2016 By administrator

netherlandAfter a one-week visit, the “3 op Reis” travel program on BNN Dutch public broadcasting association, which is supported by the Netherlands Public Broadcasting, has aired two travel documentaries on Armenia.

In their first documentary, the Dutch travel journalists presented several most renowned places in capital city Yerevan.

And in the second documentary, the Dutch TV journalists traveled outside Yerevan, and presented the tourist attractions and natural world of the rest of Armenia.

These travel documentaries about Armenia a can be viewed by following these two links: http://3opreis.bnn.nl/afleveringen/366950 and http://3opreis.bnn.nl/afleveringen/366789.

 

Filed Under: Events, News Tagged With: Armenia, documentaries, Dutch, tv

Turkey Erdogan Police raid TV station over ‘terror propaganda,’ cut broadcast, “Free media will not be silenced,” chanted the staff in the building,

October 4, 2016 By administrator

police-clos-tvTurkish police raided the offices of broadcaster imc TV and cut its transmission on Oct. 4, after the station was pulled off the air last week over allegations of “spreading terrorist propaganda.”

The raid was carried out while imc TV was live on air, as it was reporting on the sealing of the broadcast room of Hayatın Sesi TV, another TV channel that was taken off the air last week as part of the government’s continuing crackdown on alternative media outlets. Engineers working with the Turkish state physically removed cables from the control room to ensure all broadcasts were cut.

Dozens of journalists and employees stood inside the TV studios and applauded in protest at the halt of the broadcast, which came a day after Turkey extended a state of emergency for another three months.

“Free media will not be silenced,” chanted the staff in the building, while applauding their management.

Istanbul-based imc TV is among 20 television and radio stations that were banned last week by Turkish authorities, based on a state of emergency decree.

It had already been taken off air by Turkey’s largest satellite operator on the grounds of broadcasting “terrorist propaganda.”  But the television broadcaster had remained on air until Oct. 4 through the Hotbird satellite and internet broadcasts.

Internet transmissions were subsequently disabled although viewers could still catch the channel’s final moments broadcast by the employees on their private Periscope accounts.

October/04/2016

Source: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/police-raid-tv-station-over-terror-propaganda-cut-broadcast.aspx?pageID=238&nID=104577&NewsCatID=341

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Azerbaijan: Meydan TV publishes map showing Aliyev clan’s property across world

April 30, 2016 By administrator

er.thumbAccording to the results of journalist investigations, information about Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev and his family members’ property worth billions of dollars has been periodically published in the international media. The property is both in Azerbaijan and abroad.

Azerbaijani online channel Meydan TV assisted by PIN (People in Need) has created a map of Aliyev clan’s property, on which the property plundered from the Azerbaijani population and found in different parts of the world and Azerbaijan is presented.

The map can be found here:  Such countries as Italy (Sardinia), Panama, Britain (London, the Virgin Islands), Czech Republic (Karlovy Vary, Prague), Russia (Moscow), Rumania (Bucharest), Turkey (Istanbul), Georgia (Tbilisi), and Dubai are particularly noted.

According to the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) data, in the recent years, the Aliyev clan has been involved in numerous secret business operations on several continents. It controls a considerable part of the Azerbaijani economy, gold mines, tourism, mobile communication companies, and banks through offshore companies and intermediaries. It also obtained elite real estate in various European cities and in the Persian Gulf countries.

Azerbaijani journalists, who investigated and exposed the presidential clan’s secret affairs, suffered a lot for that. They became a target for slanderous campaigns, and then they ended up in jail on trumped-up charges, as many human rights organizations state. More than 80 local political activists and oppositionists were imprisoned for criticizing the Aliyev regime, which quickly becomes the most repressive one in the region.

In June 2015, the Aliyev clan was actively involved in the organization of the European Games in Azerbaijan. While around 6000 sportsmen participated in the contests, most of the European leaders boycotted the games in protest against the aggravating human rights situation in Azerbaijan. Only a few officials from Eastern Europe, including Rumanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta, were present at the opening ceremony of the Games at the Heydar Aliyev stadium in Baku.

According to Azerbaijani economist Gubad Ibadoglu, around $200 billions of dollars have been transferred from Azerbaijan to offshore zones օn the islands in Latin America, Oceania, and Europe. To that end, banks of Muslim countries, real estate transactions abroad, gold, and stocks were used, and, as a result of the money transfer to the offshore zones, each Azerbaijani family lost tens of thousands of dollars in its budget.

 

Source Panorama.am

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Aliyev, Azerbaijan, map, meydan, property. world, tv

Terrorist State of Turkey Probe opened against German TV presenter for allegedly ‘insulting’ Erdoğan

April 7, 2016 By administrator

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A probe has been launched in Germany against a presenter on the ZDF TV station who allegedly “insulted” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in one of his recent programs, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on April 6.  

Germany’s Mainz prosecutor’s office opened a probe against presenter Jan Böhmermann for allegedly “insulting foreign state representatives and institutions,” said Mainz chief prosecutor Andrea Keller. 

Keller said around 20 people had filed criminal complaints against Böhmermann and that these complaints, along with any future complaints, would be brought together under the probe.    

He also said the German Justice Ministry had been informed, in order to clarify whether Turkey or its president had also filed a criminal complaint. 

Prosecution spokesman Gerd Deutschler said on April 6 that Böhmermann’s program material could amount to “a violation of section 103 of the [German] criminal code: insulting organs or representatives of foreign states,” according to German broadcaster Deutsche Welle. 

German government spokesperson Steffen Seibert last week said German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu discussed the issue during a recent phone conversation. He said both officials considered the related part of the show as “intentionally insulting.”

Böhmermann’s satirical program was removed from broadcast after he read out a poem allegedly “insulting” Erdoğan. 

April/07/2016

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Germany, satire, Turkey, tv

GERMANY Scolded by Turkey, a German TV rebroadcasts his satire on Erdogan (video)

April 1, 2016 By administrator

arton123985-480x250The German television channel NDR rebroadcast, in protest, a satirical song about the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan denounced by Ankara, Berlin and scratched for his reaction as too soft after the convening of the German ambassador.

“Maybe that Erdogan did not understand the song? This is why the are back and with subtitles in Turkish! “Shouted the presenter of the program” Extra 3 “on the public channel broadcast in the north, Christian Ehring Wednesday night.

The German Ambassador in Ankara, Martin Erdmann, was summoned to the Turkish Foreign Ministry after the premiere of the song “Erdowie, Erdowo, Erdogan” NDR on March 17 and denouncing leader of the authoritarian excesses of Turkish state.

The chain had strongly protested when the German Foreign Ministry was quick to respond.

The German authorities expected Wednesday to formally celebrate the freedom of the press and of opinion were “not negotiable”. The spokesman of the German government, Christiane Wirtz, had assured “see no more reason to talk” with Turkey, adding that the issue “belongs to the German media landscape,” a presentation perspective to the Turkish authorities .

But does the German media were not satisfied with that answer. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung expressed in an editorial of his irritation to see Berlin react “late”.

Chancellor Angela Merkel is seen as the main initiator of a controversial plan between the EU and Turkey to try to stop the flow of migrants, and has increased in recent months signs of goodwill towards Ankara despite the authoritarian excesses of its president.

The host of “Extra 3” has also not fail to emphasize the retention of the German government in its reaction. “If he (Erdogan, ed) wants to hear criticism, he must listen ‘Extra 3”, has he said on the air. “But if he does not want criticism, rather it should meet the Chancellor.”

The European Commission has also strongly rebuked Ankara.

Friday, April 1 2016
Stéphane © armenews.com

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Erdogan, german, rebroadcasts, satire, tv

Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh featured in Italian TV channel’s broadcast

October 28, 2015 By administrator

f5630cae653cdd_5630cae653d18.thumbThe Italian TV channel Rai 3 has featured Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh in a recent broadcast for travelers, showing almost all the interesting sights in the two Armenian republics.
At the beginning, the anchor describes Armenia as a small country with an ancient history, comparing it with the Italian region of Piedmont.
She speaks of different places of interest, addressing, among other things, the weather in Armenia and the fact that it is first country in the world to adopt Christianity as a state religion.
Another anchor then adds that the most convenient way to visit to Armenia is to take a car to travel to the country “which does not have developed modern road infrastructures to offer trains as an alternative means of transport.”
“A reminiscent of the glorious past, wounds of the Genocide and a virgin nature: all this tell the history of the ancient and proud Armenian people. A population of 3.5 million which lives on the mountains at the heart of South-West Asia,” says the first anchor at the beginning.
She then goes on to speak about capital Yerevan to introduce the city’s multi-color architecture manifested through constructions built of tufa, as well as the neat and shining streets. Reaching the Charles Aznavur Square, the author describes it as a convenient site for playing chess.
At this heart of Asia, life is really full of zeal every single hour. The Yerevan residents gather at the Republic Square at the evening hours to enjoy the lights mounting from the magic fountain, says the anchor.
Continuing the voyage to Nagorno-Karabakh, the authors describe the visit to the country as an interesting experience allowing one to not only enjoy the unique landscape but also get to know the history of the “disputable land that has been a scene of  bloody wars since the early 19th century.”
Addressing the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that matured into a large-scale war after the USSR’s collapse, the anchor further speaks of the heavy battles between the Azerbaijani Muslims and Armenian Christians.
“It is hard today to tell the right from wrong when it comes to the past; the only hope is to always have peace in Shushi, and the other cities and towns,” the author says, further dwelling on the small town, its history and climate and the heavy aftermaths of the bloody war
After seeing Shushi, the Italian broadcasting team heads to capital Stepanakert.
Back to Yerevan again, the author proposes all foreign travelers to visit the Matenadaran, the institute of ancient manuscripts, to get familiarized with one of the world’s richest collections.
Speaking of the Armenian Genocide, she describes the tragedy as the 20th century’s first major crime against humanity.
At the end, the author also proposes visiting the creative technologies’ center Tumo, a place which she says offers young people a wonderful opportunity to think, create and innovate.
The project was made possible thanks to assistance by the Armenian Development Fund’s tourism board
The broadcast’s part telling about Armenia starts at 1 hour, 56 minutes.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Armenia, in italian, tv

Turkey tightens grip on media by banning TV channels

October 8, 2015 By administrator

This December 19, 2014 file photo shows media activists holding placards that read, “free media can not be silenced,”  (AFP photo)

This December 19, 2014 file photo shows media activists holding placards that read, “free media can not be silenced,”
(AFP photo)

Judiciary officials in Turkey have banned a major broadcaster from airing channels close to an opposition leader in exile, expressing concern about the government’s tightening grip on free speech weeks ahead of key elections in the country.

A state prosecutor in the capital, Ankara, issued an order on Thursday, banning service provider Digiturk from broadcasting two major news networks, namely the Bugun TV and S Haber, along with a children’s channel and four other general stations.

“An official court document regarding crimes against the constitutional order was sent by the Ankara chief prosecutor’s office,” said a statement by Digiturk, Turkey’s third TV platform and the leading pay-TV service which is believed to be close to Fethullah Gulen, a cleric based in the United States who is opposed to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP).

“As the document’s content ordered, Kanalturk, Samanyolu TV, Mehtap TV, S Haber, Bugun TV, Yumurcak TV and Irmak TV have been removed from the platform,” the statement said.

Many in the social media have ridiculed the ban on the children’s TV channel, with a user, for instance, in Twitter posting a comment, saying the decision was a “blow” to plans for a civilian coup by Arthur the rabbit and Yumi the clever truck, two children’s TV characters.

Erdogan has accused Gulen and his followers of plotting to overthrow the AKP, a charge Gulen denies. Hundreds of people, believed to be sympathizers of Gulen, many of them members of the police and the judiciary, have been arrested as the government intensifies a crackdown ahead of the November 1 snap elections in which the AKP seeks to restore its majority in the parliament.

Police launched a raid last month on the offices of Koza Ipek, a conglomerate that owns channels including Kanalturk and Bugun TV. Similar raids were carried out late last year on media outlets which were close to Gulen, with police detaining dozens of staff members.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: banning, media, tightens, Turkey, tv

Life Getting Worse For Women In Erdogan’s Turkey, TV talent show: Woman contestant shot in head,

May 19, 2015 By administrator

_83081666_ef97b0aa-f9df-47ea-b72e-b975aa09a71cA Turkish woman who has been taking part in a talent show on national TV has been shot in the head while rehearsing at home, Turkish media say.

Mutlu Kaya, 19, was in a critical condition after being shot in Diyarbakir province early on Monday.

Diyarbakir is a conservative region in south-east Turkey and Ms Kaya had reportedly received death threats for singing on the show, Sesi Cok Guzel.

One person has reportedly been arrested in connection with the incident.

The gunman was said to have been in the garden and fired through a window into the house.

Sesi Cok Guzel is similar to shows like Britain’s Got Talent. Ms Kaya’s mentor is Sibel Can, one of Turkey’s best-known folk singers.

Ms Can had visited Ms Kaya at the school canteen where she worked in March, in order to make sure she joined her team in the competition.

However, the Posta newspaper reported on Sunday that Ms Kaya had received death threats after appearing on the show.

“I am afraid,” Kaya was quoted as telling the show’s production team.

Ms Kaya’s father, Mehmet Kaya, told local media his daughter had been rehearsing to go back on the show when she was shot at her home in the Ergani district.

“I just want my daughter to be healthy and don’t want anything else,” he said.

“I am expecting help from Sibel Can, she is like a mother to Mutlu.”

“My beautiful girl Mutlu, how could they wound you? I am very sad,” Ms Can wrote on Instagram, Agence France-Presse reported.

 

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: shot, talent, Turkey, tv

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