DOHA: Aljazeera Media Network said yesterday that it will permanently terminate broadcasting via satellites Badr-4 and Badr-5 starting from January 1 next year. New channel bundles will be broadcast through satellite Es’hailSat 1.
The move is part of the network’s efforts to provide its viewers in the Middle East and North Africa region with the best coverage with latest technologies in uninterrupted satellite TV broadcasting, said a statement.
Aljazeera channels have seen deliberate jamming in the wake of its coverage of the Arab uprisings.
Ibrahim Nassar, Manager, RF & Teleport Engineering, Aljazeera, said: “Aljazeera has investigated and considered the intentional jamming of its signal in recent years. The jamming is part of an orchestrated and multifaceted campaign to block the network’s signal and Internet websites from its viewers.”
Es’hailSat covers the same geographic area as Arabsat and provides viewers with secure and uninterrupted transmission with more powerful abilities to hold off signal interference attempts.
Nassar said the move to Es’hailSat does not require viewers to adjust their satellite dish location or satellite receiver. All it takes is to set the receiver to Es’hailSat 1 with Txp Frequency: 11604; Polarization: Horizontal; FEC: 3/4; Symbol Rate: 27500. A video that demonstrates the process is available on the link: sat.aljazeera.net.
Nilesat viewers can still watch Aljazeera channels in the GCC, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Yemen, Sudan and Djibouti via Nilesat (EAST) 11636 V, FEC: 3/4 and Symbol Rate 27500; and in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Mauritania via Nilesat (WEST) 10992 V, FEC: 3/4 and Symbol Rate 27500.
The move to Es’hailSat includes Aljazeera Arabic, Aljazeera English, Aljazeera Mubasher, Aljazeera Mubhaser-Misr, Aljazeera Documentary Channel and Aljazeera America. The Peninsula
