Yahlive and Alpha One RTV Network Sign Transponder Deal

Sami Boustany, CEO Yahlive. Photo: Yahlive

[Via Satellite 10-26-2015] Yahlive has signed a one-transponder capacity deal with Adriatic Tours, owner of Alpha One RTV Network, and reached a collaborative agreement to broadcast channels to the Balkan communities in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in eight languages: Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian, Albanian, Turkish, Spanish, English, and Arabic. Yahlive viewers in the MENA footprint of Yahsat 1A, located at 52.5 degrees east, will have access to the channel.

The Yahlive-Alpha One RTV Network deal is in line with their strategies to target different communities with domestically produced television content along with premium international and local channels.

“We are happy to announce our strategic partnership in the field of satellite broadcasting. Our vision was to create bridges between nations and people from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds and with the support of Yahlive, this dream is becoming reality,” said Zisko Mahir, general manager, Adriatic Tours S.L.