Off-base AFN viewers to get local productions

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Off-base AFN viewers to get local productions
By Jimmy Norris, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Tuesday, January 29, 2008

YONGSAN GARRISON, South Korea — In a matter of weeks, American Forces Network’s satellite viewers could be sitting through “Wolf Bites”, “Daegu Dailies” and “Battlefield Bullets” just like their cable-watching counterparts.

When the Titan system goes online in mid-February, AFN will be able to broadcast locally-produced command information commercials on six satellite channels.

For the most part, AFN Direct-to-Home satellite viewers can’t see local command information messages, and off-post cable viewers can see it on only one channel — AFN Prime Pacific — said AFN Korea commander Lt. Col. Mike Lawhorn.

The only exception, Lawhorn said, is that AFN in Seoul has a limited ability to add command information to the AFN Sports channel.

“It’s like long distance,” he said. “For years you had to use one company because long-distance calls had to travel on wires. But satellites technology changed that.”


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