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   Data Entry of " Nilesat"  Company

   

Company Name

Nilesat” The Egyptian Satellite Company.

Contact  Person

Eng. Salah Hamza

Title

CTO

Mailing Address

P.O. Box 72, 6th of October City, Egypt

Country

Egypt

Fax

+202 38400 402

E-mail

marketing@nilesat.com.eg

Website

www.nilesat.com.eg

Nilesat Company (Description)

Nilesat is an investment Egyptian Company established in July 1996, for operating DTH broadcasting satellites and uplinking facilities. It has launched 2 satellites in the orbital position 7 degrees west. (Nilesat 101 and Nilesat 102). Additional space segment is applied on a third satellite “Nilesat 103” (Atlantic Bird 4 which was shifted to the same orbital location). Nilesat is broadcasting now 452 digital TV channels in the KU band, and 104 digital radio channels, in addition to data transmission and turbo internet services. Nearly 76% of the TV channels are free to air. The others are encrypted. They cover entertainment, thematic distance learning, business and stock exchange services.

 



   Owners and Shares

Organization %
Egyptian Radio & Television Union (ERTU) 40
The Egyptian Company For Investment Projects (ECIP) 9
Arabian Organization Of Industrialization (AOI) 10
The National Bank of Egypt (NBE) 7.5
Cairo Bank (BDC) 7.5
Public Share Holders 14.2
National Investment Bank 7.6
Others 4.2
Total 100



   Capital

The Licensed Capital: 500 million US$
The Issued Capital: 170 million US$



   Board

Membership of the Board representation:
ERTU  5 members
ECIP      1 members
AOI 1 member
NBE 1 member
BDC 1 member
Public & Others 2 members
Total 11 members

     Investors Relations  more..

   Satellites In Orbit
    Nilesat 101 in orbit since April 1998 and in service since June 1998. Nilesat 102 in orbit since August 2000 and in service since September 2000
   Services
    Digital DTH TV and Radio Broadcasting, Multimedia services, Data Broadcasting services, Newsgathering.


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