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BGonaSTICK · 14-04-07, 12:15 AM

Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka have been illegally using a satellite of US giant Intelsat to beam their radio and television broadcasts overseas, the company said yesterday. ”We have been actively pursuing avenues to terminate the illegal usage of our satellite,” Nick Mitsis, the spokesman for Intelsat, the world’s largest provider of fixed satellite services, told AFP. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), fighting for independence in Sri Lanka’s northern and eastern regions, has been blacklisted as a terrorist organization by the United States since 1997.

Intelsat officials and technical experts met with Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the United States Bernard Goonetilleke on Tuesday to discuss steps Intelsat was taking “to address the unauthorized use of one of its satellites by the LTTE,” an Intelsat statement said. ”Intelsat does not tolerate terrorists or others operating illegally on its satellites,” the statement said. ”Since we first learned of the LTTE’s signal piracy, we have been actively pursuing a number of technical alternatives to halt the transmissions,” it said. ”We are clear in our resolve to ending this terrorist organization’s unauthorized use of our satellite,” it added.

Intelsat pointed out that the illegal transmissions were a violation of laws of both the United States and Sri Lanka. Goonetilleke said: “I am satisfied that Intelsat is taking these unauthorized transmissions very seriously.” The issue was also taken up by Sri Lanka at a meeting of the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization in Paris last month, Sri Lankan officials said.

Source: AFP

BGonaSTICK · 14-04-07, 12:17 AM

Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels today rejected allegations that they were illegally using a commercial satellite to broadcast overseas. ”We are accessing it legally and there is no signal piracy,” a spokesman for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Rasiah Ilanthiriyan, said by telephone from the rebel-held northern town of Kilinochchi.

A spokesman for Intelsat, the world’s largest commercial satellite communications provider, told AFP it was pursuing avenues to terminate what it said was the “illegal” use of one its satellites by the LTTE, which the US designates as a foreign terrorist organisation.

In March 2005, the Tigers announced they were using Europe Star 1 satellite, which has since been re-named Intelsat 12, or IS-12, to uplink their television programmes from a secret location in northern Sri Lanka and broadcast to parts of Asia. It is not clear whether the Tigers access the satellite service through a proxy or on their own. The rebels declined to discuss their arrangement with the service provider, but insisted they had not done anything illegal.

Intelsat also said it had met Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the US to discuss the issue.

Source: AFP

mottechy · 17-04-07, 07:49 PM

I too heard that..
which t the channels???

Analoguesat · 17-04-07, 07:53 PM

Third line, first post

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BGonaSTICK Dodgy Geezer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 9,718 Thanks: 3 Thanked 166 Times in 60 Posts	Sri Lanka’s Tamil rebels using satellite illegally: Intelsat Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka have been illegally using a satellite of US giant Intelsat to beam their radio and television broadcasts overseas, the company said yesterday. ”We have been actively pursuing avenues to terminate the illegal usage of our satellite,” Nick Mitsis, the spokesman for Intelsat, the world’s largest provider of fixed satellite services, told AFP. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), fighting for independence in Sri Lanka’s northern and eastern regions, has been blacklisted as a terrorist organization by the United States since 1997. Intelsat officials and technical experts met with Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the United States Bernard Goonetilleke on Tuesday to discuss steps Intelsat was taking “to address the unauthorized use of one of its satellites by the LTTE,” an Intelsat statement said. ”Intelsat does not tolerate terrorists or others operating illegally on its satellites,” the statement said. ”Since we first learned of the LTTE’s signal piracy, we have been actively pursuing a number of technical alternatives to halt the transmissions,” it said. ”We are clear in our resolve to ending this terrorist organization’s unauthorized use of our satellite,” it added. Intelsat pointed out that the illegal transmissions were a violation of laws of both the United States and Sri Lanka. Goonetilleke said: “I am satisfied that Intelsat is taking these unauthorized transmissions very seriously.” The issue was also taken up by Sri Lanka at a meeting of the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization in Paris last month, Sri Lankan officials said. Source: AFP __________________ Dreambox 7000, Skystar2 PCI, Skystar USB, Fibo 90cm on Moteck SG2100, Triax TD110 multi-LNB. Sky + ART cards. 45.0°E - 58.0°W

14-04-07, 12:17 AM	#2 (permalink)
BGonaSTICK Dodgy Geezer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 9,718 Thanks: 3 Thanked 166 Times in 60 Posts	Sri Lanka Tigers deny using satellite illegally Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels today rejected allegations that they were illegally using a commercial satellite to broadcast overseas. ”We are accessing it legally and there is no signal piracy,” a spokesman for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Rasiah Ilanthiriyan, said by telephone from the rebel-held northern town of Kilinochchi. A spokesman for Intelsat, the world’s largest commercial satellite communications provider, told AFP it was pursuing avenues to terminate what it said was the “illegal” use of one its satellites by the LTTE, which the US designates as a foreign terrorist organisation. In March 2005, the Tigers announced they were using Europe Star 1 satellite, which has since been re-named Intelsat 12, or IS-12, to uplink their television programmes from a secret location in northern Sri Lanka and broadcast to parts of Asia. It is not clear whether the Tigers access the satellite service through a proxy or on their own. The rebels declined to discuss their arrangement with the service provider, but insisted they had not done anything illegal. Intelsat also said it had met Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the US to discuss the issue. Source: AFP __________________ Dreambox 7000, Skystar2 PCI, Skystar USB, Fibo 90cm on Moteck SG2100, Triax TD110 multi-LNB. Sky + ART cards. 45.0°E - 58.0°W

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