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Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite company, has announced that beIN has chosen it to transmit live coverage of the UEFA Euro 2016, the quadrennial international men’s football championship of Europe.
The premium TV content will be broadcast in 4K from 26 degree East hotspot covering the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region.
Es’hailSat and beIN will be the first in the Mena region to transmit live 4K sports to consumers via satellite. beIN currently broadcasts premium live and exclusive sports content to more than 3mn subscribers in the region.
The month-long UEFA Euro 2016 will take place in France from today. beIN Media Group deputy CEO, Yousef al-Obaidly said the partnership demonstrates Es’hailSat and beIN ability to stay ahead of the competition in bringing the best-in-class TV experience to its subscribers.
Es’hailSat’s president and CEO, Ali Ahmed al-Kuwari stated that in addition to the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the English Premier League, and a number of tennis and basketball tournaments, the company is seeing a growing number of broadcasters relying on Es’hailSat to broadcast premium sports content to the Mena region.
“This further underlines the value of our broadcasting independence, quality of service and our market penetration,” he added.
Es’hailSat owns and operates satellites to serve broadcasters, businesses and governments. Es’hail-1, which shares a spacecraft platform with the European satellite operator Eutelsat, was successfully launched on 29th August 2013.
The satellite provides television, voice, Internet, corporate and government communications services across the Middle East and North Africa region and beyond.
Es’hail-2 is currently under construction and is expected to be launched in Q1 2017 to be located at the 26° East TV broadcasting hotspot.
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