TV viewers using Arabsat have been asked to change the frequencies on their set-top boxes as Al Jazeera Media Network will permanently terminate broadcasting via satellites Badr-4 and Badr-5 starting January 1, 2015. The new channel bundle will now broadcast through Qatari satellite EshailSat 1. Es’hailSat, which is jointly owned by Qatar Satellite Company and […]
TV viewers using Arabsat have been asked to change the frequencies on their set-top boxes as Al Jazeera Media Network will permanently terminate broadcasting via satellites Badr-4 and Badr-5 starting January 1, 2015. The new channel bundle will now broadcast through Qatari satellite EshailSat 1.
Es’hailSat, which is jointly owned by Qatar Satellite Company and Eutelsat, covers the same geographic area as Arabsat, however Al Jazeera says it will provide ‘more powerful abilities to hold off signal interference attempts which the Doha-based news broadcaster has been facing in the past.
“Al Jazeera has carefully investigated and considered the intentional jamming of its signal in recent years. The jamming is part of an orchestrated and multifaceted campaign to block the network’s signal and internet websites from its viewers,” said Ibrahim Nassar, Manager of RF & Teleport Engineering at Al Jazeera.
Al Jazeera Arabic, Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera Mubasher, Al Jazeera Mubhaser-Misr, Al Jazeera Documentary Channel, and Al Jazeera America are all affected by the switch from Arabsat.
