Hope Channel Philippines on the Verge of Covering Half the Population with Gospel
that will expand current coverage to half the country, including 19 major cities. The first is a platform to obtain 15
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TV frequencies and 20 radio frequen- cies. The second has frequencies in eight large cities including: Metro Manila (North Philippines); Cebu (Central Philip- pines); and Davao (South Philippines). “Metro Manila has a potential view- ership of close to 20 million people,”
he Adventist church’s Southern Asia-Pacific Division has acquired rights to two broadcast licenses
says Jonathan Católico, Southern Asia-Pacific Divi- sion communication director. “All cable stations reached by the signal will carry our programs. In total, we will soon reach close to 50 percent of the Phillipine population.” The acquisition has been made
possible, in part, by church members who give 50 cents per Sabbath for five years combined with denominational contributions and, as Católico puts it, “donations from kindhearted church
HCI Programs Now on SKY Service in UK
enjoying two top programs from Hope Channel Interna- tional’s schedule. Viewpoint, a topical discussion pro- gram, and In Conversation are airing at 8:30 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays. “This is exciting because it opens Hope Channel and some
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of its programs to a large new audience on the SKY satellite TV service,” says host Victor Hulbert. Revelation TV can be seen in the UK on SKY 581 as well as Freesat 692. SKY counts more than 10 million subscribers in the UK. Please share the good news with your friends who may be SKY subscribers in the UK.
iewers of the United Kingdom’s Revela- tion TV channel are
members all over the Hope Channel
world.” “We currently use the International
signal as the main source of programs, and add three hours of local program- ming each day,” explains Católico. “We receive a lot of letters and calls from our viewers asking for additional information, Bible studies, and baptism. The locally produced programs are very well received and denominational prejudices breaking down.”
Pakistani Programming
Australia to create 52 programs—26 programs in Urdu and 26 programs in Punjabi. They will be available on DVD and for broadcast by Hope Chan- nel India and Hope Channel North Africa/Middle East. The series of culturally-sensitive and relevant programs were shot in six days and will be presented as a gift to the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Pakistan to help with their evangelistic efforts.
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Software Upgrade Makes Multiple Hope Channels Available for Local Church Websites very
Seventh-day Adventist
church and school can now offer eight different Hope Channels on
their website. With one click a visitor to a website
on the netAdventist system can start watching Hope Channel, EsperanzaTV, Hope Channel
International, Hope
Channel Europe, Hope Channel North Africa/Middle East, Hope Channel Ger-
many, Hope Channel Norway, and Hope Channel India. The free software enhances a
church’s or school’s community out- reach by allowing a choice of channels to offer. The new service comes as the result of a joint-effort between software developers at Hope Channel’s Stimme der Hoffnung (Voice of Hope) studio in Germany and the global software and
service visit
http://www.netadventist. org/sign-up/ and follow the easy-to- use instructions. Those already utilizing the service can download the upgraded video player.
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ope Channel, in an unprecedented effort to produce Christ-centered programs for Paki- stan, commissioned producer Andrew Hunt of
technology department of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. To acquire the free netAdventist
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