CABLE NEWS NETWORK PLANS LIVE BROADCAST TO EUROPE
Turner Broadcasting System will begin transmitting its Cable News Network to Europe in September.
TBS officials said they will offer a live feed of the 24-hour television news network to European Broadcasting Union members. The signal will be made available to European customers for excerpting purposes, free of charge, for a three-month familiarization period.
The telecasts will be received in Europe by satellite dishes as small as two to three meters in diameter, TBS said.
“I’m proud to be part of this historic effort that links our continents,” said TBS Chairman Ted Turner. “Today’s technology offers us the opportunity to know each other better, fear each other less and live in peace.”
TBS has ordered service from COMSTAT World Systems and British Telecom International for the satellite transmission. The agreement calls for a seven-year lease on the INTELSAT V Atlantic Ocean region satellite.
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