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HONG KONG, Oct. 17, 2005/Satnews Daily/
¾ Asia Satellite
Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) and Egyptian Radio &
Television Union (ERTU) have signed a new lease agreement for the use of
C-band capacity on AsiaSat 2 to broadcast the Nile News television
channel and two radio channels El-Bernameg Al-Aam and El-Quran El-Karim
across Asia and Australasia. These Arabic services have commenced broadcasting on AsiaSat 2 in digital, free to air format, targeting the expanding Arabic speaking community across 50 countries and regions within AsiaSat 2’s huge C-band footprint. Ibrahim Al Akabawy, acting chairman of ERTU, said the launch of Nile News on AsiaSat 2 will extend the company’s reach to whole of Asia and Australasia with the latest news from Egypt and the Arab region. He said by joining tapping Asiasat’s powerful broadcast platform, ERTU is able to distribute its services effectively and instantaneously to rebroadcast stations, cable headends, hotel networks, embassies and direct-to-home viewers in the region.
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