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The company provides direct-to-home television with its satellite, [2] and hopes to provide further television-related services in the future. [3] The company launched the first-ever Qatar satellite – Es'hail 1 – in a collaboration with European satellite operator Eutelsat; [4] Es'hailSat owned a majority stake in the satellite and launch. [5]
Qatar Television, (Arabic: تلفزيون قَطَر, romanized: Tilifizyūn Qaṭar); abbreviated as Qatar TV or QTV), is a Qatar Government owned public service national television channel in Qatar which is owned and run by Qatar Media Corporation. [1]
Al Jazeera, currently Qatar's largest television network, was founded in 1996. [32] Initially launched as an Arabic news and current affairs satellite TV channel, Al Jazeera has since expanded into a network with several outlets, including the internet and specialty TV channels in multiple languages. It is accessible in several world regions.
Es'hail 2 (a.k.a. Qatar-OSCAR 100 or QO-100 [4]) is a Qatari satellite, launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on November 15, 2018. [5] [6] Es'hail 2 was built by Japan's Mitsubishi Electric company, and operates at 26° East longitude along a geostationary orbit to provide direct-to-home television services in the Middle East and North Africa region. [7]
A musical performance broadcast by Alrayyan TV. Television in Qatar is very much state-influenced and operated. Official Qatar TV began producing and transmitting its own programmes in 1970, with colour transmission since 1974. It had a monopoly on television audience until 1993, when Qatar Cablevision began broadcasting satellite channels.
beIN Channels Network (/ ˈ b iː ɪ n /; stylized as beIN) is a direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster owned by beIN Media Group, which is based in Doha, Qatar. Technology [ edit ]
Telephones - main lines in use: 327,000 (2012) [1] Telephones - mobile cellular: 2,600,000 (2012) [1] Telephone system: modern system centered in Doha domestic: NA international: tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia and UAE; submarine cable to Bahrain and UAE; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat
Eutelsat 25B or Es'hail 1 is Qatar's first satellite. It is a communications satellite operated by Es'hailSat. The satellite is based on a Space Systems/Loral 1300 satellite bus, and was launched into orbit on an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou Space Center. [2] In 2018 Eutelsat sold its interest in the satellite to Es’hailSat for €135 million. [3]