Confirmation from the prime minister, no less, that the BBC's longwave transmissions will end in June 2025. That will be almost 101 years after the BBC's LW transmissions started in July 1924. And it gives me a target for when I must complete my history of the BBC on longwave!

A Russian TV operator is worried that its signals will be hacked or replaced between 1 and 9 May. macatel.ru/forumsmf/index…

BBC Caversham Park empty since 2018 and 'set to stay that way for longer'.
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Caversham Park empty since 2018 and 'set to stay that way for longer'. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Unfortunately, yesterday saw another incident in the current series of Russian hacks (channel substitution) of Ukrainian TV signals on the Astra 4A satellite. Ukrainian broadcasts were replaced by Putin's interview with Tucker Carlson. detector.media/rinok/article/…

Given what was portrayed in Apocalypse Now almost half a century ago, I'm surprised this has only just happened in real life.
A Ukrainian drone plays music as it takes part in last night's mass attacks on Russian air bases.

Today's the 42nd anniversary of the invasion, so here's a reminder of this documentary about Radio Atlantico del Sur, an interesting story that touched my life in 1982 and again in more recent years. youtube.com/watch?v=0f5mbM…

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Following the successful launch yesterday of the Eutelsat 36D satellite by the Falcon 9 launcher from Elon Misk's SpaceX company, eva berneke , Managing Director of Eutelsat Group, confirms that this satellite will ensure the continuity of the Eutelsat…

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A new satellite for Russian war propaganda ! The Eutelsat 36D satellite, which is to replace the 36B, is scheduled to be launched today 30th March 2024 from the Kennedy Space Center. Will there be a place on this satellite for the RSF Svoboda

Unfortunately, Russia hacked the signals of some Ukrainian TV channels on the Astra 4A satellite again this morning and replaced them with their own propaganda material. detector.media/infospace/arti…

Moscow attack: With many years of experience in watching jihadist groups, my BBC Monitoring colleague Mina Al-Lami is always the definitive point of truth on claims of responsibility by such groups and anything to do with the fine points of detail about their information activities.