The Arabic news network resumed its broadcast on Arabsat nearly two week after it became available on Eutelsat 7.
Viewers can watch al-Alam programs under the name of WNN over both Eutelsat and Arabsat.
In order to watch WNN on Arabsat, viewers can use the following frequency:
Satellite: Eutelsat 25C @ 25.5° East
Frequency: 11585
Polarization: V
Symbol rate: 27500 Msym
FEC: ¾
In their campaign against alternative voices and freedom of speech, a number of Western satellite firms pulled the plug on several Iranian television channels.
On July 1st, the Intelsat became the latest service provider to take Iranian channels including al-Alam off the air. Eutelsat 8 and Galaxy 19, as well as HotBird 13B have also stopped broadcasting al-Alam.
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