Belsat TV
| Belsat TV Белсат ТВ |
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| Launched | 10 December 2007 |
| Owned by | Telewizja Polska |
| Slogan | Belsat - your right to choose (Белсат – тваё права выбару) |
| Country |  Poland |
| Language | Belarusian |
| Broadcast area | Belarus |
| Headquarters | Minsk, Belarus |
| Website | www.belsat.eu |
Belsat TV (Belarusian: Белсат, Biełsat, English: Belsat) is a satellite television channel aimed at Belarus. It is intended to provide an alternative to the censorship of Belarusian state-run television. Its slogan is "Belsat - your right to choose". The channel broadcasts in Belarusian and Russian, and is intended to provide entertainment and news of a standard comparable to the major TV channels of Central Europe.
Based primarily in Poland, where there is a significant Belarusian minority, Belsat is run under the aegis of Polish public television company Telewizja Polska (TVP). It started broadcasting on 10 December 2007. The channel is run by about 70 journalists located in Poland, Belarus, and Lithuania. The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, has called Belsat a "stupid and uncongenial project".[1]
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[edit] Further reading
- Dempsey, Judy (April 23, 2011). "From Poland, Satellite TV Tries to Pierce the Belarus Media Muzzle". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/world/europe/24belarus.html.
- Fairclough, Gordon (January 29, 2011). "Dissent Hits Belarus Via Warsaw". Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704680604576110221620742008.html.
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