This reminds me of Al-Manar and the guy that uplinked it on Amazonas (remember Tom and Jerry?).
He was arrested by the FBI.
http://www.tvtechnology.com/news/01...nternational-teleport-in-staten-island/191696
I wonder how long it will be before the FBI visits the current uplinker of Press TV?
Yup. It scanned in where the iFilm English slate was.It's not gone. Just moved.
Galaxy 19 is owned by Intelsat. There isn't a damn thing the U.S. government could do to enforce it if Intelsat wanted to go rogue and broadcast whatever signals it wanted to from its satellites into the United States.
Unfortunately, that will never happen, because as a multinational corporation a large amount of Intelsat's operations are actually in the United States. They would have to forego all ties with the Americans, and that just isn't practical from a business standpoint.
I just deleted my own original post saying nobody can ban FTA. Not the first time I've been wrong. I never thought in the 21st century that any country would bother trying to do this since, technically, it's practically impossible to silence any country if they want to be heard. Why would Press TV simply not get a transponder on satellites controlled by other countries? Failing that, their message can always get out by the Internet. What value is there in attempting to silence Iranian media?