ARABSAT Launches Algerian DTV Channel over Maghreb and North-West Africa 

1 June 2016

The Algerian channel DTV and Arab Satellite Communication Organization -Arabsat – signed a contract today to broadcast DTV channel over the Maghreb and north-west Africa on Arabsat satellite Badr-5, where all viewers in the   Maghreb and North West African countries will be abler to watch DTV around the clock.

DTV   is a general entertainment that includes many prominent West Algerian editors, DTV programming will also include entertainment, music, soap operas, and Arab and Western films for all age groups.

Nabil Shanti, VP&CCO of Arabsat, said, "DTV broadcast on Arabsat satellite Badr-5 represents another step on the way to enrich what Arabsat has to offer to its viewers in Algeria, Morocco and the Arab world, as DTV enjoys an increasing wide viewership"

DTV can be watched on the following frequencies: 

ARABSAT BADR-5 at 26⁰ E

Frequency: 12,303 MHz (Horizontal)

QPSK, Symbol Rate: 27.5MSymb/s, FEC: ¾