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New Iraqi Bouquet Joins Arabsat's Badr Constellation at 26°East |
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 16, 2006/Satnews Daily/ ― Middle East satellite operator Arabsat has announced the airing of 11 TV channels Iraqi Bouquet on the Badr-3 satellite of the Arabsat fleet.
Arabsat said the digital distribution platform in Ku-band will allow the Iraqi Bouquet to directly access Arabsat’s extensive Middle Eastern and North African audience of 130 million viewers via its constellation of 4 Badr satellites at 26°East. The new bouquet includes: Al-Blad, Ashour, Al-Dyar, Nahrain, Rafedain, Al-Bagdadia, Ashtar, Al-Masar, Al-Salam, Turkomania, Kordistan.
Khalid Balkheyour, Arabsat president & CEO, welcomed the launch of the Iraqi Bouquet as part of the Arabsat rapidly expanding offering of channels, wishing them every success.
“We are very proud to have earned their trust in our system and honored by their confidence in the extensive penetration of Arabsat's constellation of Badr satellites at our 26° East primary fast growing DTH neighborhood,” he said.
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