[SatNews] FRANCE 24 continues on with their expansion in North Africa, the Near and Middle East. The company has concluded a new distribution agreement with ARABSAT, allowing to broadcast, via satellite BADR-4, its French and English channels throughout the Arab world.

Already available in Arabic on BADR-4 since 2007, FRANCE 24’s three channels joined the leading provider of satellite services in the region and become available to a potential audience of 160 million viewers from Morocco to the Persian Gulf.

With this agreement, FRANCE 24 will also increase its presence in North Africa by joining “le Bouquet de CANAL +” on ARABSAT, a partnership between CANAL OVERSEAS and the No.1 satellite operator in the region. FRANCE 24’s channels in French and Arabic will now be accessible to all subscribers of this offer in Morocco and Algeria. FRANCE 24’s three channels, in French, English and Arabic, are available 24/7 "free-to-air” on Arabsat BADR-4 on a single frequency.

• Satellit: Arabsat
• Position: 26° Est
• Transponder: 15
• Freq: 11996 MHz
• Pol: Horizontal
• Modulation:  QPSK
• FEC:  3/4
Symbol (Msymb/s) 27.v