IkonoMenasa

ikonoMenasa is the first art HDTV Channel, produced by ikono and primarily broadcast with the help of Arabsat.

ikonoMenasa
TypeSatellite television and IPTV
Country
AvailabilityMENA region
Motto"Art is Coming Home"
OwnerElizabeth Markevitch, Andreas Kaufmann
Launch date
November 2010
Official website

ikonoMenasa started broadcasting November 2010, 24/7, in the whole of the Arabian Peninsula and North Africa, extending to the west of Iran, the southeast of Turkey, and the southern frontiers of Portugal, Spain, and Sardinia.

March 2011, telecom companies Etisalat and du started broadcasting the channel through their IPTV boxes in the U.A.E.

July 2011, Qatar‘s telecom company, Qtel, added ikonoMenasa to its broadcasting portfolio.

The Arabsat signal reaches the 165 million households that have a domestic satellite dish.

Current viewing figures have reported a daily audience of up to 200'000 viewers.

Programmes

ikonoTV and ikonoMenasa broadcast the same programmes, albeit featuring a different content, depending the channel it is broadcast on.

Reception

Arabsat: HD Satellite receiver: ArabSat BADR-6 Satellite. Frequency: 11785 MHz, Polarisation: V, SR: 27500 KS/s, FEC: 3⁄4

du: channel 410

Etisalat: channel 484

Participating Artists

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