FRANCE 24, ArabSat, ASBU Sign Distribution Deal
On the occasion of the visit to the FRANCE 24 premises, by Mr. Khalid Balkheyour, Chief Executive Officer and President of ARABSAT (Arab Satellite Communications Organization), and Mr. Abdelhafid Harguem, Chief Executive Officer of the ASBU (Arab States Broadcasting Union), the Management Board of FRANCE 24, chaired by Alain de Pouzilhac, reasserted its intention to actively collaborate with its partners in the Arab world, led by the satellite operator ARABSAT and the ASBU.
At the end of their meeting, FRANCE 24's Chairman of the Board, Alain de Pouzilhac, stated that he was "happy to count ARABSAT and the ASBU among FRANCE 24’s pro-active partners. Thanks to them, the channel will be well-established throughout the entire North Africa and Middle East region. With the Arabic version of our Internet website going live early December, and our Arabic programming scheduled to air on FRANCE 24 in the first half of 2007, this collaboration with ARABSAT and the ASBU is essential to our development.”
"We are very impressed with the technical infrastructure of FRANCE 24, as well as its ambitious strategy for soon broadcasting in three different languages. We feel truly honored to have been selected for broadcasting FRANCE 24 over the whole Arab world via BADR-4, our brand new state-of-the-art satellite launched as recently as last Thursday at 26°East, the region's "Hot Spot" for Direct-to-Home broadcasting", declared Eng. Khalid Balkheyour, ARABSAT's CEO and President.
ASBU's CEO, Abdelhafid Harguem, concluded by specifying that “the ASBU is ready to consider prospective cooperation with FRANCE 24, in particular with respect to current events in the Arab world. It is expected that a collaboration agreement will be signed in the weeks ahead. In any event, we wish FRANCE 24 great success.”
Starting December 8th, 2006, the English-language version of FRANCE 24 will be distributed and broadcast over the whole Arab world via ARABSAT's BADR-4 satellite where it will join its bouquet of 240+ TV channels and 90+ Radio stations already broadcasted by Arabsat's constellation of BADR satellites co-located at its 26°East video "Hot Spot". With its unmatchable stretched coverage and high power over the MENA region, BADR-4 will allow the channel to immediately reach an audience of 130 million viewers, from Morocco to the Gulf, as well as to most of Europe.
On the occasion of the visit to the FRANCE 24 premises, by Mr. Khalid Balkheyour, Chief Executive Officer and President of ARABSAT (Arab Satellite Communications Organization), and Mr. Abdelhafid Harguem, Chief Executive Officer of the ASBU (Arab States Broadcasting Union), the Management Board of FRANCE 24, chaired by Alain de Pouzilhac, reasserted its intention to actively collaborate with its partners in the Arab world, led by the satellite operator ARABSAT and the ASBU.
At the end of their meeting, FRANCE 24's Chairman of the Board, Alain de Pouzilhac, stated that he was "happy to count ARABSAT and the ASBU among FRANCE 24’s pro-active partners. Thanks to them, the channel will be well-established throughout the entire North Africa and Middle East region. With the Arabic version of our Internet website going live early December, and our Arabic programming scheduled to air on FRANCE 24 in the first half of 2007, this collaboration with ARABSAT and the ASBU is essential to our development.”
"We are very impressed with the technical infrastructure of FRANCE 24, as well as its ambitious strategy for soon broadcasting in three different languages. We feel truly honored to have been selected for broadcasting FRANCE 24 over the whole Arab world via BADR-4, our brand new state-of-the-art satellite launched as recently as last Thursday at 26°East, the region's "Hot Spot" for Direct-to-Home broadcasting", declared Eng. Khalid Balkheyour, ARABSAT's CEO and President.
ASBU's CEO, Abdelhafid Harguem, concluded by specifying that “the ASBU is ready to consider prospective cooperation with FRANCE 24, in particular with respect to current events in the Arab world. It is expected that a collaboration agreement will be signed in the weeks ahead. In any event, we wish FRANCE 24 great success.”
Starting December 8th, 2006, the English-language version of FRANCE 24 will be distributed and broadcast over the whole Arab world via ARABSAT's BADR-4 satellite where it will join its bouquet of 240+ TV channels and 90+ Radio stations already broadcasted by Arabsat's constellation of BADR satellites co-located at its 26°East video "Hot Spot". With its unmatchable stretched coverage and high power over the MENA region, BADR-4 will allow the channel to immediately reach an audience of 130 million viewers, from Morocco to the Gulf, as well as to most of Europe.