TV Broadcasts Restored in Russian Far East
April 6, 2007
Text of report by Russian news agency RIA Novosti
Vladivostok, 6 April: Broadcasting of the several TV channels in Maritime and Khabarovsk territories suspended for six hours due to a technical failure in the work of the Yamal-200 space communications satellite has been restored.
The broadcasting was restored at 0916 Moscow time [0516 gmt], the Orbita communications systems station which is responsible for receiving the TV signal has told RIA Novosti news agency.
Internet users were also affected as providers using Yamal-200 were unable to access the service.
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