I found out that Fox News is available in many countries according to: https://www.foxnews.com/story/where-in-the-world-is-fox but the problem is the article is old. So I wanted to poll people from Europe and see what cable/satellite/whatever else is still offering Fox.

Why allow disinformation from America to come into Europe? My idea is it would be easy to convince TV providers not based in the US to drop Fox because it likely has low popularity and it’s likely costing them a lot. Fox News earns a lot of money with transmission fees.

Please let me know if you are in another country, subscribe to some kind of TV service and are able to receive Fox “News”.

The same could also apply to other right-wing propaganda stations that come from the US like Newsmax.

    • comrade_twisty@feddit.orgEnglish
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      4 months ago

      That’s the AFN (american forces network feed) it’s only for US bases and carriers, etc.

      Afaik Fox does not have a broadcast license in the EU so they can’t really broadcast their channel here outside of some fringe pay tv providers that don’t count as broadcast tv. They actually had a license in the UK at some point but lost it after a year or so for non-compliance with the rules.

        • Niquarl@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          3 months ago

          Yeah there are hundreds of channels available via ISP in France compared to the two dozen available via our television network called TNT.

    • BoycottTwitter@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      6·
      4 months ago

      EDIT: See comrade_twisty’s comment. This might only be part of the AFN: https://lemmy.zip/post/55893766/23606295

      In that case nevermind. Here’s what I originally wrote:

      I completed the contact form https://astra.de/kontakt. Here’s the message I wrote to them:

      Dear Astra,

      I noticed Fox News was listed as one of the options for channels (https://astra.de/channels/fox-news-channel). I strongly urge Astra to consider dropping Fox News from your channel lineup. Former Fox News executives have said that say they now believe the conservative broadcaster has become a “disinformation machine” that’s destabilising democracy. (source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/fox-news-executives-disinformation-dominion-b2374308.html)

      So Fox News isn’t a real news station, it’s a disinformation and propaganda machine that spreads hate and lies. I suspect very few Astra customers actually watch this channel yet depending on your agreements with Fox you may be giving the station a lot of money. Please consider dropping the channel as soon (I should have said as soon as possible I made a typo that I didn’t notice before I hit send). Thank you so much for your consideration.

      If there is someone who I can better address this matter to please pass along their contact information.

      I’ll admit I’m not the best writer and it probably wasn’t the best move sending it in English but I felt it was likely better just to use my own words rather having AI write it in German or use a machine translator. Maybe it would be better to ask for help next time and have someone in the country the station is assist with the message if someone is willing.

      However don’t worry about this too much because I suspect volume and the basic message is what matters most: the more TV providers are contacted about this the better the chances are they will drop it so don’t let the fact that I contacted them prevent you from contacting them. In fact if anything I hope it will encourage others to do likewise. It only took me a few minutes to fill out the form.