>Due to “interference” on a TV satellite, a pro-Russian video clip was briefly shown twice on the BabyTV channel. This was the case in our country as well. It remains unclear who is responsible. The channel says that the source was in Russia.
>For the average BabyTV viewer, the Russian lyrics of Gazmanov’s hit “Forward, Russia” will have been difficult to understand. The channel […] targets children under the age of three. But the imagery on “Forward, Russia” contrasted so sharply with the colorful world of the regular programs that it was quickly clear something was off. Next to Gazmanov, soldiers began marching, immediately followed by shots of the Red Army during World War II, with advancing tanks and destroyed Nazi banners. This was followed by shots of modern Russian weaponry, still accompanied by the song’s pumping music and Gazmanov’s enthusiastic singing.
>Oleg Gazmanov has made patriotic pop songs his trademark. Two years ago, he performed […] at a mass rally in Moscow to commemorate the annexation of Crimea and to support the full invasion of Ukraine.
>On March 28, the regular [BabyTV] broadcast was interrupted twice. The first time was at 12:18 and it was very short, only 22 seconds. A little later, at 12:25, the disruption lasted for more than three minutes.
>BabyTV: “Every country where BabyTV is distributed via Eutelsat was affected, including Belgium.”
>Other channels that use Eutelsat would have been disrupted as well. This makes it unlikely that the perpetrators deliberately targeted BabyTV.
>Eutelsat itself says it cannot comment on the “potential source of the external interference”. According to BabyTV, the disruptive signal was determined to have originated in Russia.
>The brief disruption of the BabyTV broadcast fits into the list of channels through which Russian propaganda and disinformation is spread. Relative to other incidents, the impact is very limited, but the method is very particular. An intrusion into a TV satellite goes quite far and once again shows how vulnerable information systems in Europe can be.
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>Due to “interference” on a TV satellite, a pro-Russian video clip was briefly shown twice on the BabyTV channel. This was the case in our country as well. It remains unclear who is responsible. The channel says that the source was in Russia.
>For the average BabyTV viewer, the Russian lyrics of Gazmanov’s hit “Forward, Russia” will have been difficult to understand. The channel […] targets children under the age of three. But the imagery on “Forward, Russia” contrasted so sharply with the colorful world of the regular programs that it was quickly clear something was off. Next to Gazmanov, soldiers began marching, immediately followed by shots of the Red Army during World War II, with advancing tanks and destroyed Nazi banners. This was followed by shots of modern Russian weaponry, still accompanied by the song’s pumping music and Gazmanov’s enthusiastic singing.
>Oleg Gazmanov has made patriotic pop songs his trademark. Two years ago, he performed […] at a mass rally in Moscow to commemorate the annexation of Crimea and to support the full invasion of Ukraine.
>On March 28, the regular [BabyTV] broadcast was interrupted twice. The first time was at 12:18 and it was very short, only 22 seconds. A little later, at 12:25, the disruption lasted for more than three minutes.
>BabyTV: “Every country where BabyTV is distributed via Eutelsat was affected, including Belgium.”
>Other channels that use Eutelsat would have been disrupted as well. This makes it unlikely that the perpetrators deliberately targeted BabyTV.
>Eutelsat itself says it cannot comment on the “potential source of the external interference”. According to BabyTV, the disruptive signal was determined to have originated in Russia.
>The brief disruption of the BabyTV broadcast fits into the list of channels through which Russian propaganda and disinformation is spread. Relative to other incidents, the impact is very limited, but the method is very particular. An intrusion into a TV satellite goes quite far and once again shows how vulnerable information systems in Europe can be.
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