GlobeCast, a leading global satellite services company, has begun distributing Algerian television station Canal Algerie as well as radio stations Chaîne 1 and Chaîne 3 via multiple satellites, expanding the networks coverage over Africa and the Middle East via GlobeCasts C-band Direct-to-Home and cable distribution platform on NSS-7, and over North America via the GlobeCast WorldTV DTH platform on Intelsat Americas 5 (IA-5).
Originating in Algiers, Canal Algérie, Chaîne 1 and Chaîne 3 currently broadcast on NSS-7 Ku-band through Télédiffusion d’Algérie. GlobeCasts C-band platform offers expanded coverage of the entire African Continent as well as the Middle East and allows the Algerian broadcaster to reach not only additional DTH viewers, but also cable headends across the region. GlobeCast receives the Canal Algerie feed at its technical operations center in Paris where it integrates the channel into GlobeCasts NSS-7 multiplex.
Simultaneously, GlobeCast feeds the signal via fiber to its New York teleport for insertion into the GlobeCast WorldTV DTH platform on Intelsat Americas 5. This Ku-band service allows Canal Algérie, Chaîne 1 and Chaîne 3 to reach homes across the continent, as part of the fastest-growing international broadcasting community on American satellite.
Canal Algérie, Chaîne 1 and Chaîne 3 are owned by Algerias national television group, ENTV. Launched in 1994, Canal Algérie is a general programming channel, offering a range of programming that brings together news, culture, sports and entertainment for Algerian communities worldwide. Canal Algérie also makes a particular effort to reach out to viewers abroad who are interested in the current political and economic situation in Algeria.