Both the Al Jazeera news channels - Arabic and English - have gained carriage on Turkey's fast-expanding digital cable system. Signals are being beamed to head-ends from Turksat.
“The continued expansion of our reach in Turkey is integral to our
growth in the region and our international distribution efforts,” said
Phil Lawrie, Al Jazeera Network's Director of Global Distribution.
“This new digital cable platform will allow our viewers in the region
to watch our channel in high quality and will be accessible to all
subscribers of Turksat's 'big basic' package.”
Bridging Europe and Asia, and with a population of 70m, Turkey is a key
market for the broadcaster. Both Al Jazeera English and Al Jazeera
Arabic are already carried on Turksat's free-to-air satellite DTH
platform (reaching 6m households) and Al Jazeera English is carried on
Digiturk's DTH service (reaching 2m households).
Both the Al Jazeera news channels - Arabic and English - have gained carriage on Turkey's fast-expanding digital cable system. Signals are being beamed to head-ends from Turksat.