Ethiosat Begins Broadcast Of All AEB And EBC Channels

<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Ethiosat <strong>begins<&sol;strong> exclusively broadcast via Ethiosat at 57 degrees east<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that both private and public broadcasting associations in Ethiopia have responded to the government’s call to migrate their channels&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In a statement made available to OpenLife Nigeria&comma; SES&comma; which operates the world’s only multi-orbit constellation of satellites with the unique combination of global coverage and high performance and leader in global content connectivity solutions&comma; announced on Wednesday that the Ethiosat platform is now broadcasting all channels of the Association of Ethiopian Broadcasters &lpar;AEB&rpar; and the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation &lpar;EBC&rpar; exclusively&comma; including many of Ethiopia’s most popular channels such as EBS&comma; ETV News and FANA TV&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The variety of lifestyle&comma; news&comma; sport and educational channels – more than 90 channels&comma; out of which 21 are in high definition &lpar;HD&rpar; – from 57 degrees East&comma; offers unmatched quality and convenience previously not experienced by Ethiopians&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In December 2020&comma; the Ethiopian Government announced that all satellite TV channels should be moved to SES’s NSS-12 satellite so that Ethiosat can meet the local TV audiences’ desire for local and international news and entertainment channels while fuelling growth in the Ethiopian media sector&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Since then&comma; the AEB and the EBC have had their members migrate their TV channels and broadcast them from one orbital position rather than have their viewers navigate through a multitude of foreign channels&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To support this migration&comma; SES&comma; through its established Elevate Installer Training programme&comma; and supported by local partners Ethiopian Broadcasting Authority &lpar;EBA&rpar; and Ethiopian Science and Space Institution &lpar;ESSTI&rpar;&comma; has carried out daily training sessions&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;As a result&comma; there are now 20&comma;000 certified installers from all regions across Ethiopia who are equipped to help Ethiopian viewers repoint their dishes and continue to watch their favourite local channels without any disruption&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Repointing dishes for millions of TV households across Ethiopia is not an easy feat&comma; and it’s only possible when we have committed partners such as SES&period; It has taken us slightly less than two months to get our members’ channels moved to Ethiosat via SES’s satellite&comma; and we are pleased with the progress of reporting the antennas so far&comma;” said <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Amman Fissehazion<&sol;a>&comma; Chairman of AEB&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We can proudly say that Ethiopians now have their own dedicated TV platform hosting exclusively all Ethiopian satellite TV channels&comma;” said Dr Getachew Dinku Godana&comma; Director General of EBA&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In addition to the high-quality content that this platform is offering&comma; the strategic collaboration behind it has contributed to the creation of jobs and a sense of unity among the Ethiopian population&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our commitment to our local partners in Ethiopia has never been stronger&period; In an incredibly short time frame&comma; together with our local partners&comma; we have managed to train 20&comma;000 installers and have all AEB and EBC channels now broadcast exclusively from Ethiosat&comma;” said Steve Collar&comma; CEO at SES&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;However&comma; our work doesn’t stop here&period; Together with our local team based in Addis Ababa&comma; we will continue to work with our local partners to repoint dishes across the country&comma; while making sure that Ethiosat continues to host the most attractive TV offering comprising local and international channels&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;SES which operates the world’s only multi-orbit constellation of satellites with the unique combination of global coverage and high performance&comma; distributes the highest quality video content and providing seamless connectivity around the world&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;