France 24 Available In 3 Languages On Arabsat

Online, February 1, 2011 (Newswire.com) - 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.

"After the successful launch of our channel in Arabic in 2007, we are very pleased to work again with ARABSAT and deploy our three versions on BADR-4. These new distribution agreements with Arabsat and Canal + will increase our exposure and enable us to gain new viewers in the region" said Philippe Rouxel, Vice-President Worldwide for Distribution at FRANCE 24.

Khalid Balkheyour, President & CEO of Arabsat commented, "We have been very pleased monitoring the success that FRANCE 24 has gained during the past 4 years. With the launch of the French & English versions, we are proud to deliver FRANCE 24 to its viewers reaching tens of millions of homes in over 100 countries across the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Central Asia, including an audience of more than 164 million viewers within the 21 Arab countries alone. We pledge our full support to the FRANCE 24 team and wish success and prosperity for our partnership"

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) 27.5

For more information, please check: http://www.arabsat.com/pages/PressReleaseDetails.aspx?id=187