Hope TV to open Branch in Zambia

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From the Zambia Watchdog online

http://www.zambianwatchdog.com/?p=2495

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Hope International TV www.hopetv.org has announced plans to open a branch in Zambia.

Hope TV is the official satellite TV for the Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA).

Hope TV has already put up an office in Ndola to oversee the implementation of the project in the county.

Project coordinator for Zambia, a Mr Mwampokota announced in Lusaka on Sunday at Lusaka Hotel that the local channel is expected to be launched in March 2010. He said in the following few weeks, his organization will be applying for an operating license from government.

Mr. Mwampokolo made the announcement at a seminar called to establish a network of Adventist Journalists in Zambia.

He said 60 per cent of the content to be broadcast on the channel will be produced locally. He said the Hope TV international will fund the establishment of the local channel

Mr. Mwampokolo said that Zambia was chosen for the project because it is the growing church in the division in terms of membership.

Among prominent journalist present were Mr. Fanwel Chembo, the Direcor of MISA Zambia and Mr. Betniko Kayaya The Information officer for Lusaka district under Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS). Both men presented papers during the seminar.

Hope Channel is a family friendly television network that spans the globe. The world headquarters is located just outside of Washington, D.C. in Silver Spring, Maryland USA.

It also has several offices, television studios and uplink centers in places such as Brazil, Germany, South Africa, and California USA.

The global network broadcasts to every inhabited continent via satellite and is widely re-distributed by terrestrial rebroadcast, cable, internet and direct-to-home TV.

Hope Channel programming targets people of different nationalities and languages. Since its 40 studios are located in the countries where they broadcast, they are able to provide a rich variety of culturally relevant programs that appeal to all ages.

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