5 December 2012
The Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat) participates in this year’s Arab Radio and Television Festival in Cairo(8th – 12th December, The Media Production City, Cairo).
Eng / Khalid bin Ahmed Balkhyour, President & CEO of Arabsat, stated that during this event Arabsat will also present its new satellite services that were recently launched to provide more satellite capacities to serve HDTV broadcast and meet the expected demand for this service.
He pointed out that Arabsat has an integrated satellite fleet that provides all TV broadcasting and satellite communications services with a full back up in orbit, and added that Arabsat investments in building and operating this fleet of new satellites have exceeded 1.6 billion U.S. dollars, funded primarily from Arabsat revenue. Arabsat is currently ranked seventh in the world among the largest satellite operators worldwide.
Arabsat recently signed a contract for manufacturing and launching its sixth generation satellites, which will be launched in the coming years to ensure the diversity of all Arabsat services delivered and the development needed to meet all its customers’ requirements .
19 November 2012
The Arab Satellite Communications Organization – Arabsat – holds its 5th forum for Telecommunications services providers in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 21st , 22nd , November 2012, in the presence of a group of telecommunications companies and Arabsat customers. The Arabsat delegation in this forum is headed by Eng / Mueid bin Gharam Allah Al-Zahrani, Executive Vice President for Technical Affairs.
Eng. Khalid bin Ahmed Balkhyour, President & CEO of Arabsat, stated that during the Forum a number of technical worksheets related to Arabsat customers will be discussed and presented in order to improve customer services. There will also be presentations provided by major private companies working in the field of Telecommunications, and the forum will discuss the last updates in the field of satellite telecommunications services through Arabsat future satellites.
16 July 2012
Satellite operator ARABSAT is partnering with Dubai Media Inc. to carry six free-to-air sports channels to broadcast live from July 27 to 12 August during the 2012 Olympic Games inLondon.
Rashed Al Amiri, Director of Dubai Sports Channel, stated that the channel’s viewers across the five continents will be able to enjoy a variety of sports including basketball, handball, gymnastics and other competitions during the London Games.
Eng. / Khaled bin Ahmed Balkheyour President & CEO of ARABSAT, said “We are pleased to develop our partnership with Dubai Media Inc. and to watch its continuous development, and we assure them of our commitment to provide them with the best services available.”
Viewers can watch Dubai Sports channels on the following frequency: –
Satellite: Arabsat Badr – 4 Frequency: 12130 MHz – Polar: Vertical
FEC: ¾ – 27.5 Mb / s
www.arabsat.com
1 July 2012
On 1 July His Excellency the Prime Minister Dr. Mawlay Weld Mohamed Al-Aghzaf inaugurated the Mauritanian bouquet broadcasting from Nouakchott platform for satellite broadcasting on Arabsat satellites (Badr – 5) , 26° degrees East , which was recently established in collaboration with Arabsat.
This is a significant step in the development of the infrastructure of TV satellite broadcast in Mauritania as governmental and private Mauritanian channels will be part of one bouquet which viewers in Mauritania and the Arab world will be able to watch on one frequency in all parts of the Middle East, North Africa and large parts of Europe and Asia.
Khalid bin Ahmed Balkheyour, President & CEO of Arabsat, said he hoped the cooperation with the Ministry of Telecommunications and with the Parliament in Mauritania would continue and further develop.
About ARABSAT
Founded in 1976 by the 21 member states of the Arab League, ARABSAT has been serving the growing needs of the Arab world for over 35 years. It carries over 450 TV FTA channels, 35HD channels, 4pay TV networks,. and 160 radio stations reaching tens of millions of homes in more than 100 countries across the Middle East, Africa, Europe and way beyond around the world including an audience of over 170 million viewers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region alone tuned into ARABSAT’s video “hotspot” at 26º East.
Operating a growing fleet of satellites at the 26°East , 30.5°East, 34.5°East and 20ْ East positions of the geostationary orbit, ARABSAT is the only satellite operator in the MENA region offering the full spectrum of Broadcast, Telecommunications and Broadband services. This capacity will continue to expand with the launching of new satellites, making the ARABSAT satellite fleet the youngest in the region.
