Kuwait TV has launched the Al-Qurain TV channel in its free-to-air HD platform hosted on EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite. Gulfsat, Eutelsats long-term partner is providing the capacity to Kuwait TV. Launched last month Al-Qurain TV is a heritage channel specialising in vintage Kuwaiti series and programmes. Kuwait TV broadcasts Kuwaiti programmes in the Middle East and […]
Kuwait TV has launched the Al-Qurain TV channel in its free-to-air HD platform hosted on EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite. Gulfsat, Eutelsats long-term partner is providing the capacity to Kuwait TV.
Launched last month Al-Qurain TV is a heritage channel specialising in vintage Kuwaiti series and programmes. Kuwait TV broadcasts Kuwaiti programmes in the Middle East and around the world. It completed the switch to HD through Gulfsat in 2015, coinciding with the arrival of EUTELSAT 8 West B. With the launch of this latest channel, there are now nine Kuwait TV channels available free-to-air exclusively from EUTELSAT 8 West B in both SD and HD versions.
Ghassan Murat, Vice President of Business Development and Strategy at Eutelsat Dubai, said: The addition of Al-Qurain TV to Kuwait TVs platform is indicative of a new wave of growth enabled by our EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite, particularly for HD channels that have increased by 50% over the last year.
Mohammed AlHaj, Chairman and CEO of Gulfsat, said: We are delighted to support Kuwait TVs new venture and to be part of the expansion of Kuwaits broadcasting landscape.
Meshal Al-Makled, Under Secretary of the Department of Engineering at the Kuwait Ministry of Information, added: “With the launch in 2015 of Kuwait TVs all-HD platform via the EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite, our country has fully embraced key technological trends to give viewers the full benefits of superior image quality.
