Palestinian Satellite Channel
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Palestine Satellite Channel and its companion radio station, Voice of Palestine
Voice of Palestine
The Voice of Palestine is a radio station based in Ramallah. It is a subsidiary of the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation, under the control of the Palestinian Authority. The station was originally known as the Voice of Palestinian Revolution before the 1993 Oslo Accords, and was launched on 17...

 (launched 1995) are free-to-air (FTA) general entertainment channels in Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...

. The satellite channel is part of the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation
Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation
The Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation was established on 1 July 1994 and is within the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority. It has a subsidiary radio station known as the Voice Of Palestine and a satellite channel known as Palestinian Satellite Channel. Palestine TV first began...

, which began broadcasting from the Gaza Strip immediately after the government took power under the Oslo Accords
Oslo Accords
The Oslo Accords, officially called the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements or Declaration of Principles , was an attempt to resolve the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict...

 in 1994.

Reception Information

The Palestine Satellite Channel is available worldwide via five satellites http://www.psctv.com/frequency.htm

Europe

Hot Bird
Hot Bird
Hot Bird is the name of a popular family of satellites operated by Eutelsat, located at 13°E over the Equator and with a transmitting footprint over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East....

 4
  • Frequency: 12.654 MHz
  • Orbital Position: 13° East
  • Polarity: Horizontal
  • Symbol Rate: 27.5 MSymb
  • FEC:3/4

Asia

AsiaSat 3S
  • Frequency: 3.880 MHz
  • Orbital Position: 105.5° East
  • Polarity: Horizontal
  • Symbol Rate: 27.5 MSymb
  • FEC: 3/4

South America

Hispasat
Hispasat
Hispasat is a group of Spanish communication satellites . They were developed by the Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial and the European Space Agency...

 1C
  • Frequency: 12.132 MHz
  • Orbital Position: 30° East
  • Polarity: Horizontal
  • Symbol Rate: 27.5 MSymb
  • FEC: 3/4

North America

Galaxy
Galaxy
A galaxy is a massive, gravitationally bound system that consists of stars and stellar remnants, an interstellar medium of gas and dust, and an important but poorly understood component tentatively dubbed dark matter. The word galaxy is derived from the Greek galaxias , literally "milky", a...

 19
  • Frequency: 11.898 MHz
  • Orbital Position: 97° West
  • Polarity: Vertical
  • Symbol Rate: 22.0 MSymb
  • FEC: 3/4

Africa

NSS
SES NEW SKIES
SES World Skies—formerly SES New Skies, New Skies Satellites , and SES Americom—is a Dutch operator of communications spacecraft, owned by SES.On 30 November 1998, several former Intelsat satellites were transferred to New Skies’ control...

-7
  • Frequency: 4.171 GHz
  • Orbital Position: 333° East
  • Polarity: RHCP
  • Symbol Rate: 27.5 MSymb
  • FEC: 7/8
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