Khalid Balkheyour, CEO and President, Arabsat.Arabsat will hold its 147th board meeting on November 5-6, 2014 in Dubai. Saudi Deputy Minister of Information and Arabsat Chairman ...
MENA's anti piracy coalition was announced on March 11, 2014.The newly formed Broadcast Satellite Anti-Piracy Coalition has taken some important steps in its battle against the ...
GMV has been awarded a contract by Arabsat to provide a complete Satellite Control Center (SCC) for its existing and upcoming fleet of satellites.ARABSAT has been using a heterogeneous SCC ...
Khalid Balkheyour, CEO and President, Arabsat.Arabsat has awarded a contract to GMV to provide a complete Satellite Control Centre (SCC) for its existing and upcoming fleet ...
From left: Khalid Balkheyour with Tom Choi.ABS and Arab Satellite Communication Organisation (ARABSAT) have signed a strategic commercial agreement for a multi-transponder lifetime Ku-band payload on ...
Khalid Balkheyour, CEO and President, Arabsat.Inmarsat and Hellas-sat have signed an agreement to launch a joint satellite into 39deg E orbital location. The satellite will carry ...
Khalid Balkheyour, CEO, Arabsat.Arabsat has claimed that the signal jamming that it has been experiencing for the past week originated in Ethiopia. Many of its TV ...
Khalid Balkheyour, CEO, Arabsat.Arabsat has announced its participation in SatCom Conference & Exhibition to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from May 20-21.At the event, the ...
Khalid Balkheyour, CEO, Arabsat.Arabsat is participating in Asian Media Summit in Jeddah as a strategic sponsor.Khalid bin Ahmed Balkheyour, President and CEO of Arabsat commented: It ...
Arabsat is sponsoring and participating in the Gulf Radio and TV Festival, running from March 25 to 27 in Manama, Bahrain. During the festival, Arabsat will be showcasing its new ...
A new report released by the Arab Advisors Group indicates a strong trend towards high definition TV channels in the Arab world. The report titled HDTV in the Arab World ...
(L-R): Maaz Sheikh, OSN; Michael Freundlich, Eutelsat; Mahesh Jaishankar, du; Sam Barnett, MBC; Radi Al Khas, JMC; Rawand Al Zoubi, Noorsat; Andrej Lovsin, STN; Omar Shoter, ...
Khalid Balkheyour, CEO, Arabsat.Arabsat has announced the release of a request for proposal (RFP) for the procurement of four new satellites to be designated HS3, HS4, ...
Globecast and ARABSAT have extended their relationship for the distribution of the Global Arabic Bouquet (GAB), a grouping of premium Arabic channels from the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) that ...
Cliff Nelson, CEO, My-HD.My-HD, an ultra-low pay direct to home (DTH) platform in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, now claims to have more ...
From left: Sam Barnett, MBC and Cliff Nelson, My-HD.In line with the long term partnership between My-HD and MBC Group, another high definition channel was made ...
Khalid Balkheyour.Arabsat and Morgan Company for Information and Communications Technology (MICT) have signed a capacity contract at 20 degrees East. Under the agreement, Arabsat will provide ...
Physique TV, which claims to be the MENA regions first health and fitness channel, underwent a significant revamp in terms of both format and content under its new management team. ...
With the MENA region being the stronghold of FTA channels, pay-TV has not found much favour thus far. Cliff Nelson, CEO of MY-HD speaks about how affordable platforms can potentially ...
MBC Bollywood, known for Indian movies and TV series dubbed and translated into Arabic, has joined the MBC Group bouquet on Arabsat satellite Badr - 4 .Khalid Balkheyour, President and ...
OASYS Automated Playout has been chosen to provide an automated playout solution for Physique TV, MENAs first 24 hour HD television channel dedicated to fitness, healthy living, nutrition and action ...
Khalid Balkheyour, CEO, Arabsat.Arab Satellite Communications Organisation (Arabsat) has undertaken a transition plan for load distribution as part of its strategic plans to support and develop ...
Zee Entertainment Enterprises has strengthened its portfolio of Arabic content with the launch of Zee Film Hindi, a channel dedicated entirely to Indian cinema.Deriving its name from an old Arabic ...
Zee Entertainment Enterprises has strengthened its portfolio of Arabic content with the launch of Zee Film Hindi, a channel dedicated entirely to Indian cinema.Deriving its name from an old Arabic ...
TDA and Newtec at the TDA-ASBU MENOS signing session.Satellite communications specialist, Newtec and Télédiffusion dAlgérie have signed a multi-million Euro contract to deploy several of Newtecs interactive satellite ...
UAE-based TV broadcaster Sky News Arabia has established a partnership with Voice of Lebanon radio station to share expertise and reports.Sam Mnassa, Head of the Board of Directors at Voice ...
L to R: Sam Barnett CEO MBC Group and Cliff Nelson CEO My-HD.My-HD has announced the availability of eight MBC channels in High Definition (HD) on ...
The number of FTA satellite channels in the Arab World reached 716 channels by May 2013. The 716 analysed channels broadcast on Arabsat, Nilesat, Noorsat and Yahlive (fully operational channels ...
Cliff Nelson, CEO, My-HD.Irdeto has announced that My-HD, a satellite pay-TV platform in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA), has selected its Media Protection to ...
Khalid Balkheyour, President & CEO of ARABSAT.GlobeCast and satellite operator Arabsat are offering new solutions for broadcasters seeking to distribute programming in North Africa. The collaboration ...
BBC World News will be offered as a High Definition (HD) feed across the Middle East from August 5 on Arabsat.Arabsat will be the BBCs first distribution partner in the ...
Cliff Nelson,CEO, My-HD.My-HD, a satellite Pay-TV platform in the MENA region has unveiled a host of High Definition (HD) Rotana Channels, one of the largest TV ...
Saudi Arabia is considering its first media zone to strengthen local audio visual news production and content by the end of the year.The Council of Ministers has stipulated that the ...
Khalid bin Ahmed Balkheyour.Baghdad-based Iraqi Media Network has built a satellite TV broadcast platform to broadcast on Arabsat satellites at its Hot Spot 26° East .This ...
Saudi Arabia is to lease a transponder from the Arab Satellite Communications Organisation (Arabsat) to broadcast state satellite television channels, according to Arab News. The announcement was made by Saudi ...
Khalid Balkheyour, President and CEO of Arabsat.Arab Satellite Communications Organisation - Arabsat was awarded as the Best Satellite Operator of the year at SATCOM Africa ...
Mohamed Youssif has joined Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) as its COO and President/MD of a newly formed Middle East division.Youssif previously served as the CEO of YahLive and as the ...
My-HD has officially launched its full bouquet of channels in the MENA region. The launch follows a partnership agreement signed by My-HD and Arabsat in March. Ever since their tie-up, ...
Ginx TV has expanded its footprint in the Middle East by signing an agreement with My-HD, one of the leading satellite Pay-TV platforms in the MENA Region.My-HD will launch the ...
My-HD Media has signed a long-term strategic partnership with Arabsat, expanding the reach of its channels to over 170 million viewers in more than 80 countries across the Middle East, ...
As part of its strategic collaboration and long-lasting partnership with Arabsat, CETel extended a part of its capacity lease with Arabsat on the powerful satellites Arabsat 5A at orbital position ...
Mahmud Shammam.This March, Libyas first news channel will turn two. It was launched during the revolution by an ex-Information Minister and journalist to keep the Libyan ...
Arabsat CEO Khalid Balkheyour.Arabsat has signed an agreement with the Hellenic Telecommunication Organisation (OTE), one of the largest telecom groups in South Eastern Europe, for the ...
Egyptian actor and celebrity Hesham Selimwill host Hiwar Al Qahira,a new Egypt-focused weekly discussion showon Sky News Arabia.An extension of Sky News Arabias popular weeknight Hiwar Al Laila programme, Hiwar ...
Global film distribution and content business company, SPI International has signed a long-term agreement with Arabsat for the exclusive distribution rights for three new HD channels in HD/SD for MENA ...
ARABSAT has finalised the mission definition for BADR-7 and confirmed the in-orbit delivery contract to the consortium of Astrium and Thales Alenia Space which has already started building the new ...
Mohammed Al Marhouby, Director General of Engineering, Public Authority for Radio & TV, OmanIn 2009, when the recession hit the world, all eyes were on the ...
Khalid Ahmed Balkheyour President & CEO, ARABSATARABSATArabsat recently began the first tests for HbbTV in the MENA region. From its initiatives with regional organisations for the ...
24-hour, Arabic breaking news channel, Sky News Arabia has added TuneIn to its portfolio of multi-media offerings.The service will give viewers the ability to get breaking news around the clock ...
Utah Scientific, routing and master control switchers, announced that Yemen TODAY, a private broadcaster in Yemen, has purchased a UTAH-100 HD compact router for its satellite newsgathering (SNG) truck. The ...
Free-to-air Bollywood film channel dedicated to Arabic audiences, Zee Aflam is lending momentum to some of the most prominent regional film festivals by extending its support.Zee Aflam recently covered the ...
Participants of the panel discussion on 'Establishing a sustainable business model for Middle East TV' - (l to r) Nart Bouran, Head of Sky News Arabia, Dr. ...
GlobeCast and FRANCE 24 have announced they will expand their exploratory Hybrid Broadband Broadcast Television (HbbTV) service to the Middle East this year with the support of Orange and Arabsat.The ...
Qatar TVs first earth station became operational last month. In an exclusive interview with BroadcastPro Middle East, systems integrator INC shares details of the projectQatars Television Support Development Committee (TVSDC) ...
Mohammad Saeed Al Shahi.Mohammad Saeed Al Shahi was appointed CEO of strategy, technology and executive affairs at Dubai Media Inc. in March 2012. In an exclusive ...
Last week, Bahrain TV shifted its bouquet from Arabsat to Noorsat to protest the transmission of Iranian channels on Arabsats Badr satellite. Below is a clarification issued by Arabsat on ...
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Sky News Arabia has recently concluded distribution agreements with EUROSTAR and Livestation. The partnership with EUROSTAR will ensure that the channel is available in hotels across the UAE while the ...
Sky News Arabia will launch on May 6, 2012. The news was announced by Nart Bouran, director of News at Sky News Arabia ...
Sky News Arabia goes live Sunday May 6, across the Middle East and North Africa at 20:00 UAE time, (19:00 ...
