ATV (Jordanian United TV Broadcasting Company PLC) is
Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
's first independent TV channel started its pilot broadcast and signal testing as of July 23, 2007. The channel is broadcasting through
Nilesat 102
Nilesat 102 is an Egyptian owned geosynchronous communications satellite that was launched by an Ariane 44LP rocket from Kourou, French Guiana on August 17, 2000, at 23:16 UTC by the European Space Agency. It was manufactured by the European com ...
on a frequency of 12303H¾.
ATV was founded by
Mohamad Alayyan,
a Jordanian business man who has invested in Jordan's media scene including
alghad
The ''Al Ghad ( ar, الغد ''meaning'' Tomorrow)'' is a privately owned and the first independent Arabic daily national newspaper published in Jordan and headquartered in Amman.
History and profile
''Al Ghad'' was founded by Mohammad Alayyan ...
daily,
Al-Waseet classified paper, in addition to several magazines and
FM radio stations.
ATV announced earlier 2008 that it will go public, making it the first satellite station in the Arab world to do so.
On 4 September 2007, ATV launched some of its shows on ikbis.com.
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ATV will be launched in January
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Television channels and stations established in 2007
Television channels in Jordan