Friday, March 08, 2024

Reporters without Borders Officially Launches Svoboda Satellite Package to Provide Independent Journalism to Russian-Speaking Populations including Russia

Good news! Hopefully, this will accelerate and contribute to the demise of Putin the Terrible!

"... Named after the Russian word for "freedom," the Svoboda Satellite Package is a comprehensive broadcasting solution designed to bring reliable news sources to regions and populations fed by disinformation and propaganda. The package is accessible to 4.5 million households within the Federation of Russia and approximately 800 thousand in occupied Ukraine. All of these households currently watch television from this satellite position and do not require any additional equipment to view the new channels. ..."

RSF Officially Launches Svoboda Satellite Package to Provide Independent Journalism to Russian-Speaking Populations | RSF On 5 March, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) officially launched the Svoboda Satellite Package, a pioneering initiative. Nine Russian-speaking TV and radio channels are now broadcast on Eutelsat’s popular Hotbird satellite at 13E to territories including Russia, occupied territories of Ukraine and Baltic countries. It proves that democracies can export independent journalism, to reverse the logic of propaganda.

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