Argentina will have a free satellite TV system ....

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Argentina will have a free satellite TV system and uncoded

Users should only buy an antenna with a cost close to $ 150 for the signal to continue. Is expected to be operational this year, educational channels, cultural and information

Users should only buy an antenna with a cost close to $ 150 for the signal to continue. Is expected to be operational this year, educational channels, cultural and information
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9The National Public Media initiate tasks to install and operate a national satellite television signals with a package of educational, cultural and information, according to the decree 943/09 which was published today in the Official Gazette.

In developing the project worked for over a year, and technicians participated Federal Broadcasting Committee (Comfer) and areas of governmental communication, says an article iProfesional.com

ARSAT national satellite company will be responsible to upload and distribute the signal from its teleport in the town of Benavidez, north of Buenos Aires.

Once implemented, this alternative distribution system for TV signals will give free, direct and unencrypted across the country.

Viewers can see the signal without restrictions after making an investment of $ 150, approximately, which would cost the antenna to be provided to access the satellite.

Government sources consulted felt that in the first stage will be available Meeting and Channel 7, but felt that one can not speak even times when the system is working, but felt that "maybe later this year" will be ready.

Not preclude the inclusion of Telesur, the signal that drives the Venezuelan government. Since the Government aspire to have in the future with sports signs, children and some film.

The goal is for low-income sectors have free access to cultural, educational and recreational, slid the source, in both rural and urban areas.

Decree 943, has an extensive legal argument which begins with the application of constitutional concepts of Law 22,285 (broadcasts, culminating in the last military dictatorship) of international law and covenants contained in the Constitution, as well as a history of national jurisprudence.

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