Mintsifra will protect the satellite TV signal

The Ministry of Digital Transformation began to coordinate the search for reliable protection of the satellite television signal, which has been replaced by attackers more than once recently using high-power antennas. Possible ways to protect broadcasting were discussed at a meeting held in the department at the end of July. It was attended by representatives of the largest satellite TV operators, and from the ministry, Deputy Minister Bella Cherkesova and head of the relevant department Ekaterina Larina took part. This was told to Vedomosti by two interlocutors in operator companies.

One of the most notable cases of satellite signal substitution occurred in early March 2023, when on the air of TNT4, Subbota and 2×2 TV channels of the Gazprom-Media Entertainment Television holding (GPM RTV), satellite broadcast subscribers were shown false alarm messages, they wrote ” Vedomosti”. As the sources of the publication explained at the time, this became possible due to the fact that with the help of a more powerful signal that came presumably from the territory of Ukraine, the signals of the TV channels that came from the satellite to satellite broadcast subscribers were replaced with a third-party video sequence.