Ali Ahmed Al-Kuwari, CEO of Qatar?s Es?Hail satellite operation, says that Qatar will shortly be shifting their portfolio of channels including news channel Al-Jazeera, and the be*N Sport channels from Arabsat to exclusive carriage on Es?Hail-1.
The impact will not be severe for viewers in the MENA region given that Arabsat?s ?hot spot? is at 26 degrees East and Es-Hail-1 operates from the adjacent 25.5 degrees East, and thus will appear to be co-located with Arabsat.
The initial changes will take place early in November, with the final switch happening during January 2016.