No Euro 2008 on Aljazeera Sports Channels for ORBIT Subscribers in the Middle East
May 14th, 2008
Aljazeera Sports Channel +1 and +2 are available on ORBIT Network in the Middle East. But unfortunately it does not look like its going to stay like that for a long time, after the opening of Aljazeera Sports Channel +3 couple of months ago news surfaced stating that actually ORBIT will lose both Aljazerra Sports +1 and +2 by the summer or maximum by the end of 2008.
And this news now looks even more believable because of ORBIT failure in adding Aljazeera Sports Channel +3, but when I called ORBIT to ask about this issue I sensed a very relaxed tone when I was told that actually ORBIT has an eight years contract with Aljazeera on JSC +1 & +2. With all this going on we started reading new rumors that although Aljazeera +1 and +2 are available on ORBIT but still Euro 2008 will not be aired on ORBIT.
So that means you will need to directly subscribe with Aljazeera Sports Channels to be able to watch Euro 2008 which starts on the 7th of June and ends on the 29th of June 2008.
Ok, so Aljazeera will deny ORBIT subscribers the oppurtubity to watch Euro 2008, will Aljazeera really do it? My only guess is that they will end up broadcasting Euro 2008 on JSC +3 and maybe also +4 +5 channels to be able to get out of their contract with ORBIT.
In the end, even if Aljazeera allow ORBIT subscribers to watch Euro 2008 on JSC +1 and +2, we will still not going to be able to watch all the matches because its a known fact that some of the matches will actually air on JSC +3. The big surprise would be the ability of ORBIT to score a new deal and add all Aljazeera Sport Channels, but here is a small wisper in ORBIT’s ear “TIME IS MONEY”.
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7 Comments Add your own
1. UEFA Euro 2008 from 7 to &hellip | May 24th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
[…] have discusses the situation in regard to the Orbit subscibers before, and both sides still are saying the same […]
2. Elie Saliba | June 1st, 2008 at 7:41 am
hello, I am from Lebanon and I watch Al jazeera sports daily, I like football very much, and we only have al jazeera +1 and +2, so please I asked to put all euro 2008 matches on +1 and +2 not some of them….thank you
3. ORBIT subscribers shocked&hellip | June 8th, 2008 at 4:29 am
[…] to Aljazeera Sports 1 and 2. Those are the free to air channels that ofcourse do not air Euro 2008. I have already talked about this before, it was pretty clear that Euro 2008 wont air on ORBIT. But people still had hope, mainly because […]
4. al jazeera 3 on showtime? | June 16th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
i live in bahrain and ive subscribed to showtime.. we have al jazeera sports 1 and 2 but i want to watch the euro 2008 and cant seem to find it. so i asked a friend in oman and she said it was on al jazeera sports 3. so is my only option to subscribe directly to al jazeera sports in order to watch the euro?
5. ibrahimo | June 17th, 2008 at 12:11 am
Showtime does not have Aljazeera, Aljazeera 1 and 2 are FREE, Euro 2008 is on Aljazeera +1, +2 and +3.
You need to subscribe directly to Aljazeera Sports….
6. hamad | June 18th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
it verry good
7. Cletus | November 11th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
does any one have a website i can access to get the schedule of programmes in english to watch the aljazeera sports +1 +2 and +3 channels?
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