Algerian channel DTV and Arab Satellite Communication Organization (ARABSAT) signed a contract today to broadcast DTV channel over the Maghreb and North-West Africa on Arabsat satellite Badr-5, which will enable viewers in the Maghreb and North West African to watch DTV around the clock.
DTV is a general entertainment channel that includes many prominent West Algerian editors, and programming features entertainment, music, soap operas, and Arab and Western films for all age groups.
Nabil Shanti, VP&CCO of Arabsat, said, “DTV broadcast on Arabsat satellite Badr-5 represents another step on the way to enrich what Arabsat has to offer to its viewers in Algeria, Morocco and the Arab world, as DTV enjoys an increasingly wide viewership.”
DTV can be watched on the following frequencies:
ARABSAT BADR-5 at 26⁰ E
Frequency: 12,303 MHz (Horizontal)
QPSK, Symbol Rate: 27.5MSymb/s, FEC: ¾
(Source: Arabsat press release)