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Canal Algerie is now on-air through Arabsat-5C existing channels, providing cost-effective end-to-end services to do so.”
Arabsat has just announced that Canal Algerie is available on Arabsat-5C, the Arabic satellite platform for Direct-To-Home services over Africa. The Arabsat5C at 20º east will serve the African market. It is equipped with a C-band beam that covers 100 per cent of African satellite TV households. Globecast will provide the technical broadcast solutions needed to deliver Canal Algerie across Africa. The Algerian 18 JUNE ‘19
French-speaking public television channel is owned by EPTV (Algerian Public Television), who also owns A3 (available on BADR-6), Terrestrial TV, Tamazight TV and Coran TV. Giorgio Giacomini, MD of Globecast in the Middle East, said, “We have a longstanding and very successful relationship with Arabsat. We are perfectly positioned to both launch new channels and expand the reach of
“The launch of Canal Algerie on Arabsat-5C comes as part of our core mission to connect Arabic societies across the world; we provide African, Arab and Islamic communities with the largest possible choice of Free-To-Air TV channels in Africa,” added Khalid Balkheyour, Arabsat president & CEO. “Furthermore, the broadcasting of Canal Algerie via Arabsat-5C, highlights the continued successful Arabsat and Globecast partnership. This is expanding across additional territories beyond MENA, helping grow the reach of the existing Direct-to-Home portfolio of channels active on Arabsat-5C, and supporting the addition of more leading channels on Arabsat-5C in the very near future.”