| MUMBAI:
GlobeCast has announced an agreement to distribute Chinese broadcaster CCTV's
newly-launched Arabic channel to the Middle East and North Africa via Arabsat's
BADR-6 satellite.
CCTV
has called on GlobeCast for a fibre backhaul and satellite distribution solution
for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, allowing the channel to reach
a potential DTH viewership of 200 million. CCTV's
feed originates from the CCTV headquarters in Beijing which is delivered via fibre
to Europe and is uplinked to GlobeCast's arranged capacity on BADR-6 satellite
from Madrid.
CCTV
Arabia features news reports in Arabic with some programmes
dubbed and subtitled, broadcasting to 22 Arabic-speaking countries.
CCTV broadcasts four other international channels in English,
French and Spanish, as well as Chinese.
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