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New twist to W5 story: four transponders permanently lost

Submit on Saturday, July 12th, 2008 06:00

Eutelsat has declared four transponders aboard its W5 satellite permanently lost while the organisation Reporters Without Borders claimed the technical problems with the spacecraft were a welcome opportunity to get rid of controversial Chinese-language broadcaster NTDTV.

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