Arabsat and FMM group have strengthened their strategic relationship with the renewal of the satellite distribution contract for broadcasting France 24 TV SD TV channels and Radios (RFI Radio and MC Doualiya) owned by the group, on Arabsat Badr-4 satellite, the only satellite that reaches MENA region & Europe under one coverage. The renewal also included the F24 HD Channels (F24 Arabic, English & French) who are exclusive on Arabsat.
Mr. Alhamedi M.Alanezi, Arabsat President & CEO, expressed his happiness to tighten the bonds with FMM group during his visit on September 16th to the Group premises in Paris, “We are pleased with this visit to strengthen and prolong our strategic partnership with FMM and continue to distribute their channels to all their Arab viewers across MENA & Europe, also to emphasize our keen endeavor to bring the best satellite channels to our video neighborhood” . “Arabsat is proud to host the topmost watched global news channels exclusively on our satellites.” said Mr. Alanezi
From their side, FMM group Director of International Development and Commercial Resources Mr. Serge Schick said “We are delighted to renew our contract with Arabsat who have accompanied France 24 since its launch, contributing to the channel’s success. Thanks to this agreement, France 24 is widely available to viewers in 3 languages in both SD and HD, exclusively on BADR-4, right across the region”
You can find FFM package in HD on the following frequency:
Satellite: Arabsat BADR-4 @ 26° East
Coverage: MENA & Europe
Frequency: 12072 MHz
Polarity: Horizontal
Symbol Rate: 27500
FEC: ¾
Transmission: DVB-S2
Modulation: 8PSK
SD frequency:
Satellite: Arabsat BADR-4 @ 26° East
Coverage: MENA & Europe
Frequency: 11996 MHz
Polarity: Horizontal
Symbol Rate: 27500
FEC: ¾
Transmission: DVB-S
Modulation: QPSK
About Arabsat
Founded in 1976 by the 21 member-states of the Arab League, Arabsat has been serving the growing needs of the Arab world for over 46 years, operating from its headquarter in Riyadh-KSA and two Satellite control stations in Riyadh and Tunis.
Now one of the world’s top satellite operators and by far the leading satellite services provider in the Arab world, it carries over 500 TV channels, 200 radio stations, pay-tv networks and wide variety of HD channels reaching tens of millions of homes in more than 80 countries across the Middle East, Africa, and Europe—including an audience of over 300 million viewers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region alone tuned into Arabsat’s video “hotspot” at 26°E.
Operating a growing fleet of owned satellites at the 20°E, 26°E, 30.5°E and 39°E, ARABSAT is the only satellite operator in the MENA region offering the full spectrum of Broadcast, Telecommunications and Broadband services. This capacity will continue to expand with the launching of new satellites, making ARABSAT satellites’ fleet the youngest in the region.
Arabsat also maintains strategic partnerships with most of the world’s leading satellite companies and VAS integrators and with the acquisition of Hellas Sat, one of the leading telecom groups in southeastern Europe, these partnerships and acquisitions continue to expand Arabsat’s reach with new orbital slots and frequency rights, allowing customers to reach farther than ever and deliver content and state-of-the-art solutions to any end-viewers audience or business partner around the world.
About France Médias Monde
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France Médias Monde, the group in charge of French international broadcasting, comprises the news channels France 24 (in French, English, Arabic and Spanish), the international radio station RFI (in French and 16 other languages) and the Arabic-language radio station Monte Carlo Doualiya. France Médias Monde broadcasts to the world in 21 languages. Its journalists and correspondents offer viewers, listeners and Internet users’ comprehensive coverage of world events, with a focus on cultural diversity and contrasting viewpoints via news bulletins, reports, magazines and debates. 66 nationalities are represented among the group’s employees. Every week, RFI, France 24 and Monte Carlo Doualiya attract 244,2 million contacts (2021 average). Those outlets have a combined 95 million followers on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram and rose to 2.2 billion views and streams in 2021. France Médias Monde is the parent company of CFI, the French media cooperation agency and a shareholder of the French-language general interest TV channel TV5MONDE. francemediasmonde.com
