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Press > 2006 Press Archives >ARABSAT and Nilesat Sign a Partnership Agreement To Establish an "ARABSAT Media Gateway" From Nilesat's Premises in Cairo
ARABSAT and Nilesat Sign a Partnership Agreement To Establish an "ARABSAT Media Gateway" From Nilesat's Premises in Cairo
Saturday 02-12-2006
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Press Release: 2nd Dec, 2006
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ARABSAT and Nilesat Sign a Partnership
Agreement To Establish an "ARABSAT Media Gateway" From Nilesat's
Premises in Cairo |
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Riyadh, 02 December 2006
-- The Arab Satellite Communications Organization (ARABSAT), and the Egyptian Satellite Company (Nilesat) signed a strategic partnership agreement enabling ARABSAT to establish a new "ARABSAT Media Gateway" ("AMG") from Cairo, located in Nilesat's 6th of October City free zone area premises. |
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Engineer Khalid Ahmed Balkheyour, ARABSAT's President and Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Amin Basyouni, Nilesat's Chairman, have expressed their great mutual satisfaction and happiness towards having reached this key agreement in the satellite broadcasting field which will benefit millions of Arab viewers, considering it as a critical first step towards a further constructive and mutually beneficial cooperation.
This new Media Gateway will enable ARABSAT to provide the Egypt-based Broadcasters with direct access to a comprehensive range of video services such as Uplink and turnaround onto Arabsat's 26°East 130Mn viewers neighborhood, full digital platform management, as well as extensive content processing such as playout, store and forward, transcoding, etc.
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Khalid BALKHEYOUR Amin BASYOUNI
President & CEO, Chairman,
ARABSAT NILESAT |
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As part of its strategic move towards getting closer to its customers' locations, this 9th AMG from ARABSAT will complement the ones already serving the MENA region from Amman-Jordan, Beirut-Lebanon, Bonn-Germany, Dubai-UAE, Madrid-Spain, Riyadh-KSA, Sharjah-UAE and Tunis-Tunisia. |
About ARABSAT:
With a 30 years heritage of continuous operations, Arabsat is the leading provider of satellite communications to the Arab Communities in the Middle East and North Africa. Now ranking as the world's 9th largest Satellite Operator, Arabsat continues to offer its customers multi-mission satellite services, such as television, telephony, Internet and broadband, as well as the provision of VSAT and other interactive services that meet both current and emerging demands of its customers. Arabsat currently operates a fleet of 5 satellites (3 of which are fully owned) providing capacity to media and entertainment companies, corporate and government entities, and IP and Broadband Internet access organizations. Arabsat’s satellites provide an extensive coverage to close to a 100 countries with hundreds of millions of homes, reaching out from the Middle East and North-Africa (MENA) to sub-Saharan Africa and the major parts of Europe. By partnering with the world leaders in satellite communi-cations, Arabsat also interconnects the MENA region with the rest of the world via its Global Arabic Platform, reaching its customers' end-viewers 24/7 wherever they are. Arabsat vision is to constantly consolidate its leading regional position as the pioneer of satellite communications in the Arab World with a commitment to continuously expanding its services in order to closely meet the evolving needs of its customers and actively support their development and growth, delivering an unparalleled level of service by maintaining quality products, employing the most skilled individuals, and remaining at the forefront of leading new technologies.
Press Contacts:
§ English + Arabic,
Saad AL-TEHAIF: +966/(0)1-482-0000, ext. 252 / saadt@arabsat.com
§ Français/French + English,
Emmanuel HEBRARD: +966/(0)1-482-0000, ext. 274 / emmanuelh@arabsat.com
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