Thu Oct 18, 2012, 09:00 AM

BBC says broadcasts being disrupted in Middle East, Europe

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - The BBC said on Thursday its broadcasts were being disrupted in the Middle East and Europe. It did not say who was interfering with the signal.

"The BBC, together with a number of other broadcasters, is experiencing deliberate, intermittent interference to its transmissions to audiences in Europe and the Middle East," it said in a statement.

"Deliberate interference such as the jamming of transmissions is a blatant violation of international regulations concerning the use of satellites and we strongly condemn any practice designed to disrupt audiences' free access to news and information," the BBC said.

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Services suffering disruption included the BBC World News and BBC Arabic television channels and BBC World Service radio services in English and Arabic, the statement said.

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BBC says broadcasts being disrupted in Middle East, Europe (Original post)	dipsydoodle	Oct 2012	OP
The imposition of information control is always interesting	siligut	Oct 2012	#1
My first guess would be related to Rupert Murdock and the money behind him	loudsue	Oct 2012	#3
High frequency radio signals, almost certainly	siligut	Oct 2012	#4
My first two guesses would be Iran and Syria	davidpdx	Oct 2012	#2

Response to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 09:42 AM

siligut (11,506 posts)

1. The imposition of information control is always interesting

And this looks fairly sophisticated, really; who has the ability to directly and intentionally interfere with satellite transmissions?

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Response to siligut (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 01:44 PM

loudsue (12,396 posts)

3. My first guess would be related to Rupert Murdock and the money behind him

with the satellites. But I would also wonder about the HAARP radio transmitter farms across the globe designed to "help" with the weather patterns.

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Response to loudsue (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 03:02 PM

siligut (11,506 posts)

4. High frequency radio signals, almost certainly

And not a difficult or secret technology either. Not to go tinfoil here, but what is interesting is that the HAARP transmitters may be used exactly for this purpose.

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Response to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 09:55 AM

davidpdx (9,142 posts)

2. My first two guesses would be Iran and Syria

Iran would be close enough it could to affect some of Europe.

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