Middle East Focus-Arabia Deserta: Persian Gulf Satellite Wars: NileSat, ArabSat, IranSat, QatarSat…………….

Arabia Deserta

Persian Gulf Satellite Wars: NileSat, ArabSat, IranSat, QatarSat…………….

“Egyptian media sources report that Iran and Qatar will soon launch a joint satellite that will threaten the future of Nilesat. The reports say fear of this new satellite springs from the fact that it will be on the same orbit as Nilesat and Arabsat. Cairo Bureau Chief of Alalam Television that both Nilesat and Arabsat stopped broadcasting last year said that that the new Iranian satellite will be better techbologically and cheaper……..” Alalam TV (Iran)

I noted earlier that this might happen, that blocking a media outlet would only force it to find other means of broadcasting or start its own satellite. If this does happen and if as reported Qatar will be involved, that may pose a competition to the two Arab satellites. Qatar may be worried that its own very popular Aljazeera Network may be targeted for blocking (it is probably even more hated by the other oligarchies than Iran’s Alalam).
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