CABSAT 2016: Arqiva delivers Al Jazeera news channels
Rebecca Hawkes
| 09 March 2016
Qatar’s Al Jazeera has selected Arqiva to provide its global teleport and satellite distribution services for its two flagship Arabic and English TV channels.
The long-term agreement, which began in February, will provide Al Jazeera’s audience with improved quality video through an increase in bit rate. Network resilience will also be enhanced through the use of dual and triplicate redundancy on key components of the core fibre, satellite and teleport design.
“With Arqiva already providing the transmission for all of Al Jazeera’s output to the Middle East from its UK teleports, it made sense to turn to them as we looked to take on a new global satellite distribution partner. This agreement is another step towards providing our audiences across the world with a higher quality viewing experience,” said Abdulla AlNajjar, executive director, Global Brand and Communications, Al Jazeera.
David Crawford, managing director, Satellite & Media, Arqiva, added: “With millions of households tuning in worldwide, Al Jazeera is one of the biggest multinational, multimedia news networks in the industry – and one we’re thrilled to be working with. We look forward to ... helping them to monetise their content in multiple ways across multiple territories.”
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