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<blockquote data-quote="hexah" data-source="post: 665746" data-attributes="member: 333852"><p>In the case of SABC International I expect they have negotiated an all inclusive deal for the transponders used by the entire package on 68.5E. It would cost much more to lease part of a transponder on another satellite, even through the same agent.</p><p></p><p>As for 36e I think that 'multichoice' would have rights issues with some channels and other channels would not generate enough subscribers to cover the cost of the transponder.</p><p></p><p>Attracting investment, tourists and informing citizens abroad has always been an important part of international broadcasting. Done properly it is very successful. It depends on the country, though, and the competence of the people doing it. Ex-pats from many countries can often give up on their old countries and the loss to the old country through reduced investment can be considerable. It is a well known phenomenon among people who emigrate to the US, due to their 'melting pot' philosophy. It is an excellent reason to retain the interest of ex-pats.</p><p></p><p>The few African countries that have meaningful foreign investment which is a significant part of the economy often make an effort, eg South Africa with SABC International due to a diverse economy and international financial sector, and Angola due to the oil industry in Cabinda which they use as a carrot to attract in more diverse investment, with some success (their channel seems more aimed at expatriates, as Portugal isn't exactly overflowing with investors). </p><p></p><p>The problem for the other countries is that they don't have such things to interest investors. Some countries, like Zimbabwe, investors won't touch for the obvious reasons! Countries like Chad or Mali don't offer much apart from severe desertification, so don't have much hope of improving their GNP this century unless they find gold or oil. </p><p></p><p>So there is not much hope of these countries broadcasting to Europe.</p><p></p><p>It has to be said that attempts by many African countries to attract investors can be hopelessly inept. Often their reports and brochures appear to be written by 15 year old school children and have about as much reality to them as the chronicles of Narnia. :toke: </p><p></p><p>International agreements and geographic realities that they can do nothing about also influence investors to consider places like Romania, Bulgaria (both EU), Turkey (EU trade partner), Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia (EU espoirs), Russia, etc. </p><p></p><p>So for all those reasons and more the situation is unlikely to change.</p><p></p><p>There are some C band signals used as part of the domestic transmission system for some African countries. This is often 3m dish territory, with no guarantee that the channels won't switch to a C band or KU band spot beam in future (C band being most likely as the propagation characteristics are ideal for rebroadcast purposes).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hexah, post: 665746, member: 333852"] In the case of SABC International I expect they have negotiated an all inclusive deal for the transponders used by the entire package on 68.5E. It would cost much more to lease part of a transponder on another satellite, even through the same agent. As for 36e I think that 'multichoice' would have rights issues with some channels and other channels would not generate enough subscribers to cover the cost of the transponder. Attracting investment, tourists and informing citizens abroad has always been an important part of international broadcasting. Done properly it is very successful. It depends on the country, though, and the competence of the people doing it. Ex-pats from many countries can often give up on their old countries and the loss to the old country through reduced investment can be considerable. It is a well known phenomenon among people who emigrate to the US, due to their 'melting pot' philosophy. It is an excellent reason to retain the interest of ex-pats. The few African countries that have meaningful foreign investment which is a significant part of the economy often make an effort, eg South Africa with SABC International due to a diverse economy and international financial sector, and Angola due to the oil industry in Cabinda which they use as a carrot to attract in more diverse investment, with some success (their channel seems more aimed at expatriates, as Portugal isn't exactly overflowing with investors). The problem for the other countries is that they don't have such things to interest investors. Some countries, like Zimbabwe, investors won't touch for the obvious reasons! Countries like Chad or Mali don't offer much apart from severe desertification, so don't have much hope of improving their GNP this century unless they find gold or oil. So there is not much hope of these countries broadcasting to Europe. It has to be said that attempts by many African countries to attract investors can be hopelessly inept. Often their reports and brochures appear to be written by 15 year old school children and have about as much reality to them as the chronicles of Narnia. :toke: International agreements and geographic realities that they can do nothing about also influence investors to consider places like Romania, Bulgaria (both EU), Turkey (EU trade partner), Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia (EU espoirs), Russia, etc. So for all those reasons and more the situation is unlikely to change. There are some C band signals used as part of the domestic transmission system for some African countries. This is often 3m dish territory, with no guarantee that the channels won't switch to a C band or KU band spot beam in future (C band being most likely as the propagation characteristics are ideal for rebroadcast purposes). [/QUOTE]
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