Artist's concept illustration of Arabsat's BADR-4 satellite, courtesy of Astrium.

...six free Sports Channels on Arabsat satellites to broadcast the games and activities of the Olympic Games in London, live, occurring from July 27th to the 12th of August via Free broadcast.

Rashed Al Amiri, Director of Dubai Sports Channel, said, "We are committed to our viewers across the five continent to provide them with the best available sports programming .Our Olympics viewers will enjoy a variety of sports games such as, basketball, handball, gymnastics and other competitions during 2012 London Olympics."

Eng. / Khaled bin Ahmed Balkheyour, President & CEO of Arabsat, said, "We are pleased to develop our partnership with Dubai Media INC. and to watch its continuous development , and we assure them our commitment to provide them with the best services available. "

Viewers can watch Dubai Sports channels on the following frequency:

Satellite: Arabsat Badr– 4
Frequency: 12130MHz
Polar: Vertical FEC: ¾ -27.5 Mb /s