BBC enlisting new satellites to broadcast in Iran

[madmom]

By RAPHAEL G. SATTER
The Associated Press
Friday, June 19, 2009; 2:54 PM

LONDON -- The BBC said Friday it is using two extra satellites to broadcast its Farsi-language service after days of jamming it blamed on Iran, as several Western broadcasters seek to overcome obstacles to transmitting coverage of the country's political turmoil.

The British state-funded news organization said the move was meant to help it reach its Iranian audience as the crisis over their country's disputed election deepens. It is also a challenge to Iran's religious government, which has accused foreign broadcasters of stirring unrest, singling out the BBC in particular.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/19/AR2009061901633.html

[K Gardner]

1. This is good news !