11.   At the same time, cable companies want to make sure the government does not require operators to set aside even more space on their systems to broadcast channels.

12.   Castro said in a televised address to teachers late Monday that the channel will be broadcast in the capital of Havana and surrounding Havana province beginning in six weeks.

13.   For many years, the Italian government banned his work from state broadcasting channels and unsuccessfully prosecuted him on several occasions for allegedly defaming police and other offenses.

14.   Besides Thailand, the channel could be broadcast in southern China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Southeast Asian countries, Somsak said.

15.   The channel went off the air after the Italian-based company Orbit Communications, which owns the satellite used to broadcast the channel, ceased transmission.

16.   The channel will be broadcast over standard radio frequencies and receivable by anyone with an ordinary TV set.