Press TV says it will change its broadcast frequency on the Hotbird satellite this weekend, stopping airing on its current frequency.
According to a statement by Press TV's technical department, the 24-hour English-language news network will stop broadcasting on the current Hotbird frequency, 12437, and will shift to the new frequency, 10775. Other specifications of the new frequency, which will become effective as of March 3, are as follows:
Symbol rate: 29900
FEC: 3/5
Polarization: H
The statement added that both frequencies will remain active until Press TV completely shifts to the new frequency.