Polish Politicians Join Tide to Restore NTDTV Signal

By Marcin Klebba Epoch Times Staff Aug 15, 2008 WARSAW, Poland—“Freedom of the Press – Yes! Giving in to the Regime – No!” demanded banners at a protest in front of the Warsaw offices of Eutelsat Communications, on August 14. Approximately 20 people gathered calling for the company to immediately resume the transmission of New Tang Dynasty Television’s signal (NTDTV) over Asia on its W5 satellite. “As of August 1, Eutelsat has had a free transponder facing Asia, and is contract-bound to resume the NTDTV transmission immediately,” said Jan Jekielek, International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) representative in Poland, who organized the event. Eutelsat, in an August 13 letter to ISHR from Deputy CEO Jean-Paul Brillaud, reiterated its position that a technical malfunction on W5 prevents the company from resuming NTDTV’s... [read full story]