Middle East Focus: Iranians Offer Technical Help to Arabsat………………

Arabia Deserta

Iranians Offer Technical Help to Arabsat………………

“Al-Alam has announced that it is ready to provide the Saudi-based Arabsat satellite operator with technical assistance, as the company blames technical problems for dropping the Arab-language network. Al-Alam management has so far sent several letters to the satellite operator's officials, urging them to give a clear response for their illegal decision, however, it has received no reply yet. The network is hopeful the Saudi-based company's measure is not political. Last week, one of the Arabsat's regional managers told Saudi paper al-Watan that the decision to suspend Al-Alam was due to some technical disruption and static caused by the Arab-language network's broadcasting. He said that the Saudi-based company has asked Al-Alam to change its broadcasting zone, but Al-Alam has provided no answer yet. Arabsat along with Egypt-based Nilesat, first, took Al-Alam off air in November last year without prior notification. The two satellite providers claimed at the time that the Iranian news network has abandoned impartiality in covering US-Saudi raids on civilians in northern Yemen. But after a few weeks, giving up to regional and international pressure, the two satellite operators scrapped the ban and resumed the network. Arabsat took Al-Alam off air again in January and has so far refused to annul its decision, citing technical problems as the reason for suspension. The move has drawn a barrage of criticisms over the satellite operators' gag on freedom of speech…………”

Alalam knows exactly why it was taken off the air, but they are trying to smoke pout the management of Arabsat, who are lying of course. Alalam is the competition.
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