Where can I get a satellite dish that boradcasts Arabic Channels in Ottawa? [Archive]

Kanus

Jan 30th, 2009, 06:34 PM

You might want to consider true FTA (Free to Air) as lots of Arabic programming is available on it. Here is a list of channels which I obtained from a FTA site, along with some explanation of what is required to receive true FTA-

No Service Fee, No Contract, No Credit Check, No Down Time, TRUE FTA! channels you will NEVER lose 100% unencrypted YOUR FTA RECEIVER CAN BE USED FOR THIS IT IS WHAT THEY WHERE MADE FOR!!!

To capture these satellite channels you need a 30inch satellite dish with a linear lnb and there is NO service fee or monthly cost. These channels are 100% free other then the hardware dish receiver 1 time cost.

The number to the left of the channel is the SATELLITE, so if you wanted to get these channels you would need to aim a 30inch or bigger dish at the satellite to the left such as 93w 97w and so on. a DN satellite dish will not work.

Arabic Satellite Channel Name
30W Abu Dhabi
93W Aghapy TV (Christian)
97W Al Anwar NEW
97W Aljazeera (English)
97W 2M Maroc
97W Abu Dhabi Sports
97W Al Fayhaa
97W Al Madar
97W Al Iraqia
97W Aramaic (Christian)
97W Al Karma TV (Christian)
97W Al-Alam News Channel View Live Streaming Video
97W Al-Maghribia
97W Canal Algeria
97W ISHTAR
97W Jamahirya Libyan Channel
97W Jordan Satellite Channel
97W Kuwait TV
97W Oman TV Satellite
97W Palestine TV
97W Qatar TV
97W Salaam TV
97W Saudi TV
97W Saudi TV 2 (English)
97W Sharjah TV
97W Syria Satellite Channel
97W The Arabic Channel
97W TV 7 Satellite
97W TV Orient
97W Yemen TV
97W Sudan TV
Plus more than 22
Arabic and Quran Radio stations FREE
Since most of the Arabic channels are available on IA5 (97W) satellite, a stationary system will be sufficient to view these channels. A motorized system is required if you want to view channels on different satellites.

I don't know which sats you can receive in Ottawa but I believe you can receive IA5 (97W) which is probably your best bet.

I'm sure you could arrange for installation by asking at any store that specializes in FTA satellite equipment. As true FTA is perfectly legal, I don't believe it would be too difficult to find somebody to set up a system for you.

It's actually not that difficult to set up a system yourself. There's lots of resources on the internet where you can get all the information you need. If you do the setup yourself, you're going understand the system much better and you will be able to do any ongoing maintenance yourself without hiring somebody to do it for you.