Transmission / Teleport

Satellite Teleport and SNG Unit
Making the best use of Jordan’s geographical location between Asia, Africa and Europe, a number of earth stations for reception from Asian and European satellites and for transmission to Arabsat, Nilesat, Eutelsat (Hotbird) and Asiasat are installed on Jordan Media City’s premises.

The first uplink earth station, with a dish of 7.6m in diameter, is used for Direct-To-Home (DTH) transmission on Arabsat in DBS band.

A second earth station with dish 7.6m for DTH transmission on Arabsat bader 4 in DBS Band (transmitting 5 streams, 55 channels).

A third uplink station for digital transmission on Arabsat Bader 6 C-Band.

A fourth earth station with dish 7.6m for DTH transmission on Arabsat Bader 6 in DBS Band (transmitting 2 streams, 22 channels).

A fifth earth station with dish 7.6m for DTH transmission on Nilesat 101 in DBC Band (transmitting 3 streams, 38 channels).

A sixth earth station with dish 7.6m for DTH transmission on Nilesat 102 in DBS Band (transmitting 1 stream, 14 channels).

A seventh earth station with dish for 7.6m for DTH transmission on Nilesat 103 in DBS Band (transmitting 1 stream, 14 channels).

An eighth earth station with dish for 7.6m for DTH transmission on Eutelsat Hotbird 8 in DBS Band (transmitting 1 stream, 14 channels).

A ninth earth station with 9.6m diameter used for transmitting digital television channels on Asiasat 5 C-Band (transmitting 2 streams).

A Tenth earth station with 7.3m for DTH transmission on Arabsat Bader 5 Ku Band, Appendix 30B (transmitting 4 streams, two of them HD).

Currently Jordan Media City transmits and retransmits 209 channels and retransmits 7 radio stations on Nilesat, 28 on Arabsat, 4 on Hotbird and 24 on Asiasat.