Free English channels on Arab Satellites
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The Badr Satellite is located at 26º east and the Nilesat Satellite is located at 7º west. Both of these satellites transmit nearly the same English TV channels. Badr has four 24 hr movie channels whereas Nilesat has only three 24 hr movie channels. Due to Badr´s close proximity to the Astra satellite at 28 º (sky TV), you can also receive all the Astra free channels with one dish and two lnbs. With the dish aimed at Nilesat you can also receive the French channels From the Atlantic Bird 3 satellite
If you have a big dish, and are not paying Sky for the film channels, it is worth considering adding another small dish and a digi box to receive the four 24 hr movie channels plus the other channels available from the Badr satellite.
Aside from the film channels, there are three general channels, that have a wide range of programmes starting with kids programmes in the morning ending with films in the evening.
The English channels available from these two satellites are
Channel TYPE Satellite
MBC 2 24hhr Movie Badr / Nilesat
MBC MAX 24 hr Movie Badr / Nilesat
Fox Movies 24 hr Movie Badr / Nilesat
MBC Persia 24 hr Movie Badr
MBC Action Action/ Films Badr / Nilesat
Dubai One General Badr / Nilesat
MBC 3 Kids Badr / Nilesat
Kuwait Ch 2 General Badr / Nilesat
City 7 General Nilesat
Dubai Racing Sport Badr / Nilesat
BBC world News Badr / Nilesat
France 24 News Badr / Nilesat
CNN News Badr / Nilesat
Euro news News Badr / Nilesat
Al Jazeera News Badr / Nilesat
Dubai Sports Sport Badr / Nilesat
MBC 4 General Badr / Nilesat
MTV Arabia Music Badr / Nilesat
Fox series Series Badr / Nilesat
Infinity General Badr / Nilesat
Bloomberg News Nilesat
Airirang General Badr
To access these channels you will need an 85 cm dish and a generic Digital Satellite Receiver (digi box). There are many brands and models available. We recommend the Illusion Satellite receivers (also sold under the Cristor brand) as the have very good tuners and user-friendly software. If you are buying one of these boxes, make sure it has the illusion software and not the Kyng software.
There are program guides on the internet for all the MBC channels, Fox Movies and Fox series as follows
Fox Movies http://tinyurl.com/yddk2vt MBC Channels http://tinyurl.com/y8zryz4
Dubai one http://tinyurl.com/ydtqdn4 Fox Series http://tinyurl.com/yddk2vt
Visit these sites, to see the movies available in the coming month. From the approximately 1200 movies shown per month there is a good choice. Please note all the 24 hr movie channels have Arab subscripts.
In this article, we have only mentioned the free English Channels. Next month we will look at the subscription channels available. The sports channels are worth considering for their price and value compared with Sky Sports and knowledge packages.
City 7 on Nilesat
For some viewers that have Nilesat, the City 7 channel has disappeared. This is because the frequency for City 7 has changed to 11977, symbol rate 27500, FEC 5/6. If you have an illusion box call me for assistance to add this frequency.
For more information call Chris on 680 357 586
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