May 2, 2002 - 02:39 AMT
THE SIGNAL OF ARMENIAN PUBLIC TELEVISION WILL COVER USA AND CANADA
Starting from May 1 Armenian communities can receive the signal of Armenian Public Television live in USA and Canada.
GlobeCast company starts to broadcast the first Armenian channel through Telstar 5 satellite. From January 2002 only the western coast of USA could receive the signal and now it will cover the whole country.
Besides, in some parts of California with large Armenian population the signal is being included in local networks and viewers can watch us 19 hours daily up to May 20 when we shall start 24 hour non stop broadcasting. To receive the signal of Armenian Public Television one has
either to subscribe to those local networks that include it or to buy 30 inch dish and digital tuner.
Technical data are the following; Telstar 5, transponder 26, F=12152, polarization H, FEC=3/4.