Positioned at 7° West, Nilesat-301 will work with Nilesat-201 to provide Ku-band services for the Middle East and North Africa.
Nilesat
The new system was provided by Modern Broadcast Center (MBC), PlayBox Neo's channel partner.
Previously, MBC shared its portfolio of channels between Arabsat's BADR satellite situated at the 26-degrees hotspot and Nilesat at 7-degrees West
This is perhaps the latest move in escalating tensions between the Iranian-backed organization and Sunni Arab countries in the region.
The regional initiative will provide for the compression and multiplexing of 360 TV services and 120 radio services over 24 digital transport streams
