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Posted on 12/12/2005 6:17:16 AM PST by martin_fierro
'Russian CNN' fizzles off air on third day
1 hour, 50 minutes ago
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia's new round-the-clock English-language global television channel, intended to project the country's image abroad, went abruptly off air, two days after its long-trumpeted launch.
Broadcasts by Russia Today, dubbed "Russia's CNN" by promoters, were interrupted and replaced with a test screen, apparently due to technical problems.
An official in the office of the channel's editor-in-chief, Margarita Simonyan, refused to comment on the interruption, while the channel's press office was not answering telephone calls.
The state-run RIA-Novosti news agency said the channel had suffered an attack on its computer system.
"Due to attempts to attack the computer system of the Russian Today television channel from outside and the suspicion of an infection by viruses, the television channel was forced to interrupt broadcasts," RIA-Novosti said, quoting a communique from the channel.
Organisers have said Russia Today will give a Russian outlook on global affairs, but critics have dismissed the channel as a Kremlin-driven propaganda effort.
The channel's broadcasts are supposed to be viewable in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa on NTV Plus, a satellite subscription service.
Saturday's launch had been repeatedly delayed. Insiders at the channel blamed this on inexperience among some of the channel's staff, many of whom are nationals of English-speaking countries, while Simonyan earlier spoke of some staff lacking knowledge of the country.
I wish the real CNN would "fizzle off the air".
"3CP1 on your dial, Russian Television."
There is no pravda in Pravda.
I wonder who did it. I doubt it was U.S. conservatives, we could care less about another liberal news channel in a foreign nation.
Soros.
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Didn't the same thing happen to AlgoreTV a couple of months ago?
Okay, and how would he gain from it?
Why do I not believe TASS? Must be that cold war thing.
Sounds like they copied Air America's business plan, but missed the page where it says "get funded by raiding local charities."
Why do I not believe TASS? Must be that cold war thing.
I believe it in this case. My computer firewall is always notifying me of attempted hacking originating from Russia.
"Saturday's launch had been repeatedly delayed. Insiders at the channel blamed this on inexperience among some of the channel's staff, many of whom are nationals of English-speaking countries, while Simonyan earlier spoke of some staff lacking knowledge of the country."
Funny, the 24 hour news programs in english-speaking countries tend to run 24/7.
If the staff hired is inexperienced, is the fault that of the staff or the managers who hired them not being able to identify competent employees?
Most english speaking employees won't like being personally blamed in the international media....
Redundant?
Well I can't say that I am that surprised. The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree.
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