Hope Channel

Hope Channel
Hope Channel logo
Launched	October 10, 2003
Owned by	Seventh-day Adventist Church
Picture format	480i (SDTV)
Slogan	Bringing God's Truth Home
Language	English
Broadcast area	International
Headquarters	Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Website	www.hopetv.org
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV (U.S.)	Channel 368
Available on several other satellite systems worldwide	Check local listings
Glorystar (U.S.)	Channel 104
Cable
	Check local listings
Parasat Cable TV (Philippines)	Channel 17
Internet television
Digital media receiver	Roku

Hope Channel is an international Seventh-day Adventist TV network and the flagship station of the Adventist Television Network (ATN). Hope Channel features programming produced by Adventist churches, colleges, hospitals and institutions, covering religious, health, educational and family life topics. The network's slogan is Bringing God's Truth Home.

Hope Channel is a 24-hour broadcaster on many satellites and cable networks around the world and is available over-the-air in some communities. It is also available for live Internet streaming from their website. DirecTV added Hope Channel on April 29, 2009 as part of its Choice package.

Hope Channel Network

Hope Channel is broadcast in different flavours throughout the world:

On Satellite

• Hope Channel (HC) - English (North and Central America)
• Hope Channel International (HCI) - English
• Hope Church Channel - English
• Esperanza TV - Spanish (North and Central America)
• Nuevo Tiempo - Spanish (South America)
• Novo Tempo - Portuguese
• Speranta - Romanian
• Hope Channel Europe (HCE) - English, Romanian, Portuguese, Czech, French, Italian, Norwegian, Russian and Ukrainian - Hope Channel Ukraine
• Hope Channel Deutsch - German
• Hope Channel Middle East

Internet Channels

• Hope Channel Slovak - Czech
• Hope Channel Norge - Norwegian
• Hope Channel China - Chinese
• Hope Channel Ukraine - Ukraine & Russian Internet portal of Hope Channel Ukraine

Coming Soon

• Hope Channel India - Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu (Under development)
• Hope Channel Russia - (Coming Soon)

International Audience

Its international outreach is furthered by local representatives. A case in point is Enoch Mogusu of Kisii, Kenya. When there was an evangelistic series in Mwanza, Tanzania, African volunteers were invited to come for training in how to use satellite dishes. Mogusu was concerned about the high cost of these imported dishes, so he went home and designed a much less expensive, but very effective version. He then trained 242 other metalworkers from various African countries, with an estimated 7,000 or more dishes made by them. From there, he went on to establish low power TV stations to broadcast downlinked Hope TV programs on local channels. The Hope Channel chose him to lead out in extending these stations throughout Africa.

History

The Hope Channel was launched October 10, 2003 by Adventist Television Network (ATN).

See also

• Media ministries of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

External links

• Official website
• Hope Church Channel
• Hope Channel UK
• Hope Channel Spanish - North and Central America
• Hope Channel Spanish - South America
• Hope Channel Portuguese
• Hope Channel Romania
• Hope Channel International in Africa website
• Hope Channel Europe website
• Hope Channel Germany website
• Hope Channel Norway website
• Hope Channel Ukraine - Official website
• Hope Channel China
• Adventist Television Network
• Glorystar - Official North American Satellite Equipment Distributor

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