Euronews renews broadcasting on ARABSAT for five more years

11 February 2013

ARABSAT announced that the European leading international news broadcaster “Euronews”has renewed its contract with ARABSAT to continue broadcasting Euronews Arabic on ARABSAT Badr-4 for five more years covering Middle East, Africa and portions of Western Europe .

Khalid Balkhyour President &CEO of ARABSAT said “We truly value Euronews confidence in Arabsat and we are very pleased to maintain this successful partnership  ”

“Euronews Arabic has gained a leading position among international news broadcasters in the regain in terms of reliability and professionalism. As Euronews celebrates its 20^th anniversary this month, we congratulate them, reaffirm our full support, and wish them all success and prosperity for many years to come “added Balkhyour.

Arnaud Verlhac, Deputy Director Worldwide Distribution at Euronews, said: "ARABSAT is one of our strongest partners since the launch of Euronews on ARABSAT Badr-4 in July 2008, at the same time as we launched Euronews Arabic. In a very competitive market, we are pleased to renew our cooperation with ARABSAT and secure our deployment in the MENA area where Euronews now reaches 38 million households".