The 'First Informative Caucasus' channel will start broadcasting from
a satellite on January 25 at 18.00. It is a Georgian channel in
Russian. It is a successor of the 'First Caucasus' channel (The Third
Public Channel in Georgia), founded in autumn 2009, Georgia Online
reports.
Satellite and cable broadcasting started on January 15, 2010. The
channel used the Eutelsat W4-W7 36.0°E satellite. But the French
operator of the satellite Eutelsat stopped the broadcasting of the
channel.
The management of the channel was given to K-1 company, founded by a
UK journalist, former member of BBC Robert Parsons and the head of the
information service of the 'First Caucasian' Yekaterina Kotrikadze.
Reorganization of the channel started.
The channel is currently using the European-French satellite
Eutelsat-Hotbird. Hot Bird 13.0°E (transponder: 65, frequency: 12015
MHz, polarization: line horizontal (H), speed: 27500 Msym, FEC: 3/4).
The channel will be receivable in the Caucasus, Europe, Middle East
and North Africa.
