Ebrima, Sir, having read from one of your sources on a question raised to the VP on the cost and sources of funds building a new army barracks, and the respond the president gave, can you please tell us how reliable those sources are? I find it hard to believe that the president, unless insane, can say such as if Gambians don't have the right to know what goes around them. THANKS LAMIN >From: Ebrima Ceesay <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: GRTS Explains Failure to Broadcast EURO 2000 Matches >Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 11:36:46 GMT > >Gambia-L: > >Another e-mail from one of my sources in the Gambia. > >Ebrima Ceesay > >_______________________________________________________________ > > >Hello Ebrima, > >The following story was culled from the Sports Section of THE POINT, >Monday, June 1, 2000 > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Football fans in The Gambia were disappointed last Saturday as the >GRTS failed to broadcast live the current Euro 2000 football matches, which >they had advertised for over a month now. > >A release from GRTS and signed by the Director, Tombong Saidy expressed >regret and mentioned the financial losses the company has >incurred as a result. > >The GRTS release said that most African television stations have >fruitful relations with Canal France International, CFI, which >normally acquires broadcast rights to Africa for most international >sporting events. > >"However TVAfrica, a South Africa-based company, has the exclusive >free-to-air rights to broadcast the UEFA Euro 2000 football >championship. The GRTS and most African television stations have >signed an agreement with TVAfrica to broadcast the Euro 2000 matches >on intelsat 804, Indian Ocean 64 degree east." > >All efforts by GRTS technicians to get these signals, the release >said, were to no avail. Most African countries are also experiencing the >same problems. The release cited Nigeria, Egypt, Senegal and Saudi Arabia >as >some countries that also failed to get the TVAfrica signals. > >The GRTS boss assured the public that all efforts are still in place >to monitor the games. > >The release also disclosed that the GRTS would lose D200,000 in >advertisements if it fails to broadcast the current Euro 2000 >matches. (Culled from the Point Newspaper of 1 June 2000) > > > >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------