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28.1% growth in the Arab world's free-to-air TV channels

Tue, 2009-06-30 07:12

RapidTVNews reports that the Arab world’s free-to-air (FTA) satellite TV channels grew by 28.1% between August 2007 and March 2009 according to Arab Advisors Group. By March 2009, the total number of FTA satellite channels reached 474 broadcasting on Arabsat, Nilesat and/or Noorsat. Research reveals that the highest number of channel types were private-sector general channels followed by government-sector general channels.

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