Announcement

The Organizing Committee of His Holiness Pope Francis’ visit to Iraq would like to bring to the attention of all local and international media, press offices and news networks who will cover the above-mentioned visit for the period 5-8 March 2021, that Al-Iraqiya Satellite Channel will be providing a live broadcast service for the ceremonies and all activities of the visit, and shall transmit all events on the frequencies shown below with full and free coverage (clean feed).

Frequencies:

IMN_POOL_Hd‏

Satellite: EutleSat (E36B)

‏Orbital Position: 35.9E‏

DownLink Frequency: 11688.5 MHz

‏Symbol Rate: 2200 Msym/s

‏Polarization: V‏

FEC: 5/6

‏Video Standard: MPEG-4

‏Aspect Ratio: 16/9‏

Frame Rate: 25Hz‏

Resolution: 1920*1080‏

Color Type: 4:2:0‏

Modulation Mode: DVB-S2‏

Modulation Format: 8PSK‏

Roll Off: 20%

Dr. Ahmed Al-Sahaf

Spokesperson of the Organizing Committee of His Holiness Pope Francis’ Visit to Iraq.