Is there anybody except BBC, who knows when the BBC persian TV will start?

Question

Is there anybody except BBC, who knows when the BBC persian TV will start?

Answer 1

The media website Radiovisie reports that a testcard for the forthcoming BBC Persian TV service has appeared on the Hotbird satellite at 13° East, 11.117 GHz (V),  Symbol rate 27,500,  FEC: 3/4.  This transponder is allocated to Globecast UK. The start date has not yet been announced, but the free-to-air service is due to launch later this year. It will initially broadcast for eight hours a day, seven days a week, from 1700 to 0100 lcal time in Iran.