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2 unusual facts about Arab Satellite Communications Organization


Africa 24

In January 2013, Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat) announced that it would be making Africa 24 available to satellite subscribers in the Middle East and North Africa, intending to reach a core audience of immigrants to the region from Sub-Saharan Africa.

Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting Corporation

The Libyan national television was broadcast via satellite to the Arab world and Europe via the satellites Arabsat and Hot Bird from 1997.


Robert Briskman

Briskman was responsible for Indonesia’s domestic satellite system Palapa, Mexico’s Morelos, Arabsat, and Italsat programs, as well as for providing support to the Inmarsat, Intelsat, STC (Direct broadcast), Telstar-3, Alascom, Satcol, Unisat, Intelmet, Nordsat, Chinasat, and Cameroon programs.


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