Free Turkish news,  TRT World HD, is broadcast on the newly launched Arabsat Free-To-Air DVB-S2 platform. 

Arabsat and GlobeCast made this announcement adding that TRT WORLD, and international Turkish news platform, has been accessible on BADR-4 since January 2017 catering to the English-speaking audience in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

Khalid Balkheyour, Arabsat President and CEO.

Giorgio Giacomini, Globecast Managing Director, Middle East, said that GlobeCast is expanding its longstanding relationship with Arabsat by providing another major international channel such as TRT HD thus enhancing its already strong ties with TRT and Arabist.

Khalid Balkheyour, Arabsat President and CEO added that GlobeCast has always provided them with excellent services to collaborate on the distribution of premium regional and international video content and they are very pleased to announce the launch of TRT World HD on their new DVB-S2 platform. Arabsat viewers across the Middle East, North Africa and Europe will continue to receive highly selective offerings and wide varieties of prime Free-To-Air regional and international HD channels on Arabsat's hotspot at 26 degrees East.