TV Transmission of the 120 th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) 120 th General Assembly in Ethiopia
 

The Ethiopia Radio and Television Agency ( ERTA ) is delighted to inform you that ERTA will provide a free to air live TV transmission service for the opening ceremony on April 5/2009 and the closing ceremony on April 10/2009 Starting 11:00 GMT with the highlight of the events in English, French and Arabic Languages.

ERTA free to air TV transmission is available on
 

A.  ARABSAT-2B and ARABSAT BADR 4-Ku band for Africa, Middle East, Europe and partially Asia with the coverage of the above mentioned two satellites.

B.  Intel sat Americas 5 /Galaxy 25/ for the North America transmission ( United States of America and Canada ) with full coverage.

Therefore the parameters of the ERTA TV Transmission satellite are as follows:
 
1. ARABSAT 2 B-C- band at 30.5 degree east :

 

•  Down link frequency 3823 MHZ
•  Symbol rate 27500
•  FEC 3/4
•  Polarization Horizontal
 
2. ARABSAT BADR 4-ku band at 26 degree east.
 
•  Down link frequency 12284 MHZ
•  Symbol rate 27500
•  FEC 3/4
•  Polarization Vertical
 
3. Intel Sat Americas 5 /Galaxy 25/ at 97 degree west – ku band
   
•  Down link frequency 11514
•  Symbol rate 27500
•  FEC 3/4
•  Polarization Horizontal