UBI World TV
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UBI World TV is an Australian digital satellite pay television
service that broadcasts predominantly ethnic (and mainly non-English) channels. It launched in late 2004 and currently offers over 80 channels in its lineup from over 20 countries in over 12 languages.
The company also provides entertainment and information services to non-English speakers throughout Australia and New Zealand. It specialises in providing Australian nationals with many different ethnic backgrounds, race, culture, ancestry and/or descent with TV channels from their native or respective homeland, showing news, current affairs, sports, drama series, movies and general entertainment in their own language as a multi-cultural service provider.
UBI World TV currently broadcasts TV and Radio Channels to Australia and New Zealand via the Optus D2 and Intelsat 8 (IS8) satellites.
UBI World TV currently offers programming that caters to several of the following ethnicities:
Pay TV
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service that broadcasts predominantly ethnic (and mainly non-English) channels. It launched in late 2004 and currently offers over 80 channels in its lineup from over 20 countries in over 12 languages.
The company also provides entertainment and information services to non-English speakers throughout Australia and New Zealand. It specialises in providing Australian nationals with many different ethnic backgrounds, race, culture, ancestry and/or descent with TV channels from their native or respective homeland, showing news, current affairs, sports, drama series, movies and general entertainment in their own language as a multi-cultural service provider.
UBI World TV currently broadcasts TV and Radio Channels to Australia and New Zealand via the Optus D2 and Intelsat 8 (IS8) satellites.
Channels
UBI World TV currently offers programming that caters to several of the following ethnicities:
- English (Qatar, United Kingdom, France, USA, Canada)
- Arabic (Egypt, Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria and UAE)
- Balkan (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Serbia)
- Greek (Greece)
- Persian (Iran and USA)
- Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil)
- Spanish (Spain, Argentina, Mexico, Venezuela, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Paraguay and Cuba)
- Tagalog (Philippines)
- Turkish (Turkey)
- Community & Free-To-Air Channels (Australia, Greece, Italy, Egypt and Serbia)
Australia Greek Channel List IS8 Satellite
No. | Channel Name | Language | Notes |
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1 | Ellas+ | Greek | |
2 | MEGA Cosmos Mega Channel Mega Channel, also known as Mega TV or just Mega, is a major television network in Greece. Teletypos S.A. was founded in 1989 under the name Teletypos Television Programmes S.A... |
Greek | |
3 | Alpha Alpha Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. Alpha or ALPHA may also refer to:-Science:*Alpha , the highest ranking individuals in a community of social animals... |
Greek | |
4 | Star International Star Channel Star Channel is a Greek television network that broadcasts a mix of foreign and Greek programming. It launched in December 1993 and is owned by Nea Tileorasi A.E.. The main news bulletin is called Star Eidiseis, which is currently hosted by Aimilios Liatsos... |
Greek | |
5 | Antenna Pacific ANT1 Pacific ANT1 Pacific is a subscription TV channel established in 1996. The channel is partly owned by ANT1 Greece. It is a general entertainment channel screening international, Greek and some locally produced programs.-Logos:... |
Greek | |
6 | ERT World | Greek | |
7 | Mad World Mad World "Mad World" is a song by the British band Tears for Fears. Written by Roland Orzabal and sung by bassist Curt Smith, it was the band's third single release and first chart hit, reaching #3 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1982. Both "Mad World" and its B-side, "Ideas As Opiates", would turn up... |
Greek | |
8 | 4E TV 4E TV 4E TV is a Greek TV station based in Thessaloniki. It is a religious-themed channel run by the Orthodox Church of Greece and is the first television channel in the world dedicated to the Greek Orthodox faith. It is currently available OTA in Central Macedonia and throughout the rest of the country... |
Greek |
Australia & New Zealand Channel List Optus D2
No. | Channel Name | Language | Notes |
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2 | Al Jazeera English | English | |
3 | Setanta Sports Setanta Sports Setanta Sports is an international sports broadcaster based in Dublin, Ireland. Setanta Sports was formed in 1990 to facilitate the broadcasting of Irish sporting events... |
English | Not available in New Zealand and Austar Areas |
4 | EuroNews EuroNews Euronews is an international multilingual news television channel.It covers world news from what it claims to be a 'European' perspective.Criticisms are that the perspective is in fact that of the European Commission - a major and growing funder of Euronews.... |
English, German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, French, Italian, Portuguese and Turkish | |
30 | ANA (Arabic Network of Australia) | Arabic | Best of Arabic |
31 | Al Youm Al Youm Al Youm is a three hour prime time News Magazine that airs 'commercial free' five days a week on the Alhurra network. The show Airs simultaneously from 5 sets in 3 Continents. It is generated live each day from Dubai, Beirut, Jerusalem, Cairo and Virginia... |
Arabic | |
32 | Arabic Series (Al-Mousalsalat) | Arabic | |
33 | Nile Drama | Arabic | |
34 | Nile Life | Arabic | |
35 | Cinema 1 | Arabic | |
36 | Rotana Cinema Rotana (television) Rotana is a series of free television channels broadcast terrestrially in Saudi Arabia and on satellite television for the Arab World and the Arab Diaspora. The channels are part of the Rotana Group a big pan-Arab entertainment group.-General:... |
Arabic | |
37 | Rotana Zaman Rotana (television) Rotana is a series of free television channels broadcast terrestrially in Saudi Arabia and on satellite television for the Arab World and the Arab Diaspora. The channels are part of the Rotana Group a big pan-Arab entertainment group.-General:... |
Arabic | |
39 | LBC Australia | Arabic | |
40 | Mazzika | Arabic | |
41 | Rotana Masriya Rotana (television) Rotana is a series of free television channels broadcast terrestrially in Saudi Arabia and on satellite television for the Arab World and the Arab Diaspora. The channels are part of the Rotana Group a big pan-Arab entertainment group.-General:... |
Arabic | |
42 | Al Arabiya Al Arabiya Al Arabiya is a Pan-Arabist Saudi-owned Arabic-language television news channel. Launched on March 3, 2003, the channel is based in Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates, and is majority-owned by the Saudi broadcaster Middle East Broadcasting Center .... |
Arabic | |
43 | Al Masriyah (ESC 1) | Arabic | |
44 | Dubai TV Dubai TV Dubai TV is a channel offered by the Dubai Media Incorporated . It replaced Emirates Dubai Television in June 2004. Dubai TV broadcasts programmes predominantly in Arabic. The programming caters to family Arab audience specifically in the Persian Gulf region and is available in Australia, Europe,... |
Arabic | |
45 | Syria Satellite Channel | Arabic | |
47 | Télé Liban Télé Liban Télé Liban became the first Lebanese public television network, owned by the Lebanese government. Télé Liban was a result of the merger of two privately-owned stations, CLT and Télé Orient in 1977. Currently, it mainly broadcasts terrestrially throughout Lebanon. TL is the current Lebanese... /Heya TV |
Arabic | Channel sharing |
48 | National Broadcasting Network (Lebanon) National Broadcasting Network (Lebanon) National Broadcasting Network known as NBN is the official television of the Lebanese Amal Movement. The National Broadcasting Network s.a.l. NBN, is a Lebanese private company by shares, founded in 1996. In September 2000, NBN launched its satellite channel via Arab Sat and Nile Sat to cover the... |
Arabic | |
49 | Nile Sports | Arabic | |
50 | ON TV | Arabic | |
51 | Nile Comedy | Arabic | |
52 | Al Sharqiya Al Sharqiya Al Sharqiya is Iraq's first privately owned satellite channel owned by the London, Baghdad and Dubai-based Iraqi media tycoon Saad al-Bazzaz, a secular nationalist from Mosul. Al-Bazzaz is also the Editor in Chief of the Azzaman newspaper... |
Arabic | |
53 | Al Iraqiya Al Iraqiya Al Iraqiya is a satellite and terrestrial public broadcaster and television network in Iraq that was set up after the fall of Sadaam Hussein. It is an Arabic language network that serves upwards of 85% of Iraq's population, and is viewed by a significant percentage .The channel began under the... |
Arabic | |
54 | Al Baghdadia | Arabic | |
56 | Al Majd Space Channel | Arabic | |
60 | Vizyon | Turkish | Best of Turkish |
61 | ATV Avrupa | Turkish | |
62 | TRT 1 TRT 1 TRT 1 is the first Turkish national television station. It launched on January 31 , 1968.-Introduction:TRT 1, the first television channel in Turkey, started their test transmissions on January 31, 1968, and commenced full national broadcasts in December 1971. It was the only channel in Turkey... |
Turkish | |
63 | Euro D | Turkish | |
64 | Euro Star | Turkish | |
65 | Haberturk | Turkish | |
67 | LIG TV | Turkish | |
68 | ShowTurk | Turkish | |
69 | Samanyolu TV Samanyolu TV Samanyolu TV is an international TV station, with its head quarters in Istanbul. It is one of the highest rating TV channels in Turkey. It iswatched by people of Turkish origin all over the world.- Series :* Kepu Ma* Бра керм да рожат... |
Turkish | |
70 | TRT Türk TRT Türk TRT Türk is the International TV channel of the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation broadcast in other countries.TRT Türk’s task was enhance the understanding of the possibilities Turkey and Turkic Republics may possess or take advantage of in various fields through the programs aiming at the... |
Turkish | |
71 | Power Turk | Turkish | |
72 | Turk Max | Turkish | |
73 | Kirbis Genc TV | Turkish | |
79 | Sitel TV | Macedonian | |
80 | BOM (Best of Macedonia) | Macedonian | |
81 | MKTV Sat MKTV Sat MKTV Sat is the name of Macedonian Radio-Television's satellite service created in 2000 to telecast to the Macedonian diaspora across the world. Its programming istaken from MTV. MKTV SAT is available in Australia and New Zealand. It is currently broadcasted through UBI World TV.-External links:*... |
Macedonian | |
82 | K-15 Music | Macedonian | |
83 | NTV Hayat Sat NTV Hayat Hayat TV is a television station from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.It is a privately-owned TV station, which started airing on February 24, 1992. Its coverage is over 1.5 million people in Bosnia, numerous cable subscribers in the neighbouring countries, and satellite viewers. Hayat TV... |
Bosnian | |
84 | BHT1 | Bosnian | |
85 | TV1 TV1 TV1 may refer to:* TV1 , Australian cable and satellite television channel* TV One , New Zealand television network* TV1 , defunct Estonian television channel* TV1 , Lithuanian television channel... |
Bosnian | |
86 | Planeta TV | Bulgarian | |
90 | Pink Plus Pink Plus Pink Plus is RTV Pink's satellite channel.Headquartered in Vienna, Austria, it mostly targets Serbian diaspora. It can be viewed in Europe, South America, North America and Australia & New Zealand on UBI World TV.... |
Serbian | |
91 | Pink Extra Pink Plus Pink Plus is RTV Pink's satellite channel.Headquartered in Vienna, Austria, it mostly targets Serbian diaspora. It can be viewed in Europe, South America, North America and Australia & New Zealand on UBI World TV.... |
Serbian | |
92 | BN TV RTV BN Radio Televizija Bijeljina, is a radio-television company based in Bijeljina, Bosnia & Herzegovina. RTV Bijeljina has been said to be aligned with hardline Serbian nationalists. RTV Bijeljina is more commonly known as RTV BN. The company was founded in 1998... |
Serbian | |
101 | Ritmoson Latino | Spanish | |
103 | Televisión Española TVE Internacional TVE Internacional is an internationally-broadcast Spanish language channel run by Spain's national broadcaster, TVE. Programming includes a mix of news, discussion-based programmes and drama and documentaries from TVE's La 1 and La 2 Spanish networks. It was launched in 1989... |
Spain | |
106 | Telefe International | Argentina | |
107 | Canal de las Estrellas XEQ-TV XEQ is a Televisa TV station, based in Mexico, Distrito Federal. XEQ is the flagship television station of the Galavisión network .... (Galavision) |
Mexico | |
108 | Chilevision Internacional | Chile | |
109 | Latinoamerica Television | Spanish | |
110 | RTP Internacional RTP Internacional RTP Internacional is the international television service of Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, the Portuguese public broadcaster... |
Portuguese | |
111 | SIC Internacional SIC Internacional SIC Internacional is the international channel of SIC, the popular private network in Portugal It officially launched in September 1997 in France and has since expanded throughout the world. SIC Internacional is aimed at Portuguese viewers who live abroad and features the best programming from SIC... |
Portuguese | |
112 | TV Globo Internacional | Brazilian | |
113 | TV Chile TV Chile TV Chile is a television network that transmits shows from Santiago, Chile. TV Chile is the international signal of Television Nacional de Chile .... |
Chilean | |
114 | Latele Novela Latele Novela Latele Novela is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. Latele Novela is the first premier National Hispanic Television Network dedicated entirely to telenovelas in Spanish for the US Hispanic Market.-See also:... |
Spanish | |
120 | Pars TV | Persian USA | |
121 | Tapesh TV | Persian USA | |
122 | Jame Jam | Persian Iran | |
130 | GMA Pinoy TV GMA Pinoy TV GMA Pinoy TV, incorporated in February 2004 by GMA Network and its subsidiaries GMA International & GMA Worldwide and launched in 2005 primarily in Japan and USA, is a 24-hour international Filipino television station. The channel is targeted towards Overseas Filipino and their families in the... |
Philippines | |
131 | GMA Life TV GMA Life TV GMA Life TV, incorporated in February 2008 by GMA Network, is an international Filipino television station, and the company's secondary international channel to GMA Pinoy TV.-Background:... |
Philippines | |
132 | GMA News TV International GMA News TV GMA News TV is a news and lifestyle-oriented channel in the Philippines. It is owned and operated by GMA Network Inc. through the supervision GMA News and Public Affairs... |
Philippines | |
150 | SCTV (Satellite Community Television) | Serbian, Turkish, Arabic, Bosnian, Macedonia, Russian, Hebrew | Free-to-air Free-to-air Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription or one-off fee... |
151 | Kurdistan TV Kurdistan TV Kurdistan TV is a Kurdish satellite television station located in Iraqi Kurdistan which belongs to the Kurdistan Democratic Party . Its European offices are based in the Netherlands and Germany. It broadcasts programs mainly in Kurdish language. It can be viewed using a WS International satellite... |
Kurdish | Free-to-air Free-to-air Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription or one-off fee... |
152 | Aghapy TV Aghapy TV Aghapy TV is a Coptic Christian TV station broadcasting in Arabic via satellite to Coptic Christians in Egypt and in North America via Spiritcastsatellite systems.... |
Arabic | Free-to-air Free-to-air Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription or one-off fee... |
154 | Telepace Australia Telepace Established in 1979, Telepace is an Italy-based broadcasting network that carries Roman Catholic-themed programming. The programs include programming from Centro Televisivo Vaticano.Also on Satellite TV, Telepace broadcast also as TV Syndication in Italy with more than 50 affiliated television... |
Italian | Free-to-air Free-to-air Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription or one-off fee... |
155 | Tele Padre Pio | Italian | Free-to-air Free-to-air Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription or one-off fee... |
156 | Dhamma Media Channel | Free-to-air Free-to-air Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription or one-off fee... |
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157 | Myanmar International | Burmese & English | Free-to-air Free-to-air Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription or one-off fee... |