Bye bye MBC group. :-(

Greenman

I've had these channels for over 10 or more years in our house. It looks like they are gone from Northern Europe unless someone knows otherwise.


Nothing lasts for ever.


JD.

abarkie

Greenman wrote: »

I've had these channels for over 10 or more years in our house. It looks like they are gone from Northern Europe unless someone knows otherwise.


Nothing lasts for ever.


JD.

Gone from 26E or 7W?

Greenman

abarkie wrote: »

Gone from 26E or 7W?

Gone from Northern Europe on 26e, never had them on 7w.


Unless you something I don't know.

StreetLight

I believe the MBC group are still on the same satellite, but have changed to another transponder more focused on their target area.

Greenman

StreetLight wrote: »

I believe the MBC group are still on the same satellite, but have changed to another transponder more focused on their target area.

But for those in Northern Europe it's gone for the moment unless someone knows different.

dxhound2005

I have been following a couple of threads on Satellite.uk. Some reception being reported South and West England of MBC channels on Badr 5 West Africa footprint. 12284 V 27500. Could be a possibility for Belgium.

People haven't tried that reception much before, because they were on Badr 4 up until now. They are also on the new satellite Badr 7 now, but that footprint is probably a lot tighter.

https://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/threads/mbc-to-badr-7-tonight.169480/page-4

https://www.lyngsat.com/Badr-5.html

Also on 7 West on the Nilesat footprint, which does not have much history of reception in Europe, but could be worth trying. I can get a couple of transponders on the Middle East North Africa footprint, which is nominally thousands of kilometres away from me. The published footprints are not always in line with reality.

Greenman

Thanks for that Dxhound2005 but as yet nothing. Maybe it was a rights issue that they closed the Northern European output. Pity really, maybe an IPTV option? Ah well nothing lasts forever.


JD.

RimaNTSS

John! I am receiving 7 channels from 26*E which start with MBC. Are those you are looking for?

dxhound2005

That is from the new Badr 7. The footprint, East MENA, is a long way from Belgium.

http://www.arabsat.com/english/the-fleet/badr-7

RimaNTSS

Yes, but that is also long way from Riga, Latvia, where I have reception of those channels on 1,2m dish.

Greenman

RimaNTSS wrote: »

John! I am receiving 7 channels from 26*E which start with MBC. Are those you are looking for?

That's amazing. Well out of the foot print. I've got a spare CM 1.2m must point it to Badr and give it a try.

Thanks again.

JD.