Bye bye MBC group. :-(

Greenman · 23-01-2017 11:49PM #1

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 · 24-01-2017 12:25AM

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 · 24-01-2017 12:30AM

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 · 25-01-2017 12:47AM

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

Greenman · 25-01-2017 11:56AM

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 · 25-01-2017 11:19PM

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 · 27-01-2017 08:27AM

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 · 06-02-2017 04:54PM

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

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dxhound2005 · 06-02-2017 07:32PM

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 · 06-02-2017 08:21PM

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

Greenman · 14-02-2017 07:44PM

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.

Bye bye MBC group. :-(

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