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The document discusses satellite TV component dealers in the city of Sidi Bel-Abbes, Algeria. It finds that there are many shops along the Rue Mascara that sell satellite dishes, LNBs, receivers, and other electronics. Several shops focus specifically on satellite equipment. Popular satellites in the region include NILESAT, ATLANTIC BIRD, HOTBIRD, ASTRA, BADR, and ARABSAT. Installers can be hired to set up satellite systems for receiving these satellites. The market remains strong, with 50-100 receivers still being sold per month.

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CITY REPORT Satellite Dealers in Algeria The Satellite Dealer from Sidi Bel-Abbes If you travel roughly 80km south of Oran youd find the city of Sidi Bel-Abbes in western Algeria 谷 Sidi Bel-Abbes (Algeria) with its 500,000 inhabitants located about 150km from the Moroccan border. The city was named after its founder Sidi Bel-Abbes. We set out for this city in an effort to find out how easy it is to buy satellite components such as dishes, LNBs and receivers in a city like this. Is it possible to find these items here or do you have to travel to a big city in order to find what you need? A look at the beginning of the Rue Mascara in Well, no need to fill the gas tank in Sidi Bel-Abbes in western Algeria. Here youll find a large number of satellite dealers. your car! As soon as we found the Rue Mascara (also known as Boulevard Zabana), we could not escape all of the electronic shops. One store after ano- ther offered everything under the sun that came attached with a power cord. Several of these shops focused a little more on satellite components but mostly also sold other items such as TV sets and household electronics. Because of the ever-dropping prices in the satellite industry, many of these dealers have no choice but to expand to neighboring regions. One of the first satellite dealers in Sidi 138 TELE-satellite Global Digital TV Magazine 02-03/201 www.TELE-satellite.com 1
Bel-Abbes was Morsli Hallam. He thinks back: When I started in 1994, there were only two other satellite dealers. His best year was 1997 when more than 1000 receivers crossed his shops counter. In the meantime he gave up his business but still knows many of his old competitors. He introduced us to a few of them; for example, the team from Le Bleu. In their electronic shop back in the corner youll find a 90cm dish along with an assortment of satellite receivers. The manager is Benfreha Becheikh; he explains to us: We sell about 50 HD receivers a month and still about 100 SD receivers. Its obvious that it wont be long before more HD receivers will be sold than SD boxes. Most of the cus- tomers want to use their new satellite equipment to receive NILESAT. One of the only shops that deals exclu- sively with satellite reception is Magh- reb Sat. Chafi Abdelhamid is the owner and explains to us: I started my busi- ness in 1993. But today I only deal with repairs and software updates. With two technicians and an assistant he repairs defective receivers and uploads new software to these boxes. Larger manufacturers can also be found with a branch office along the Rue Mascara. One of these companies is Condor, an Algerian manufacturer that not only produces household goods but also offers all the necessary compo- nents for satellite reception. One of the salesmen is B. Chaouchi 1 and he shows us the new HD recei- 2 3 1. Morsli Hallam (left) in front of his shop that he now only uses as an office. His former colleague Boudera Kada (right) recently became self-employed and installs satellite systems. 2. Entrance to the Le Bleu electronic shop with owner Benfreha Becheikh (left) and colleague Berrabah Bouzian (right). 3. In between the washing machines in Le Bleu youll find the satellite dishes. 140 TELE-satellite Global Digital TV Magazine 02-03/201 www.TELE-satellite.com 1
1. In a small shop salesman Benbadaismat shows us a 90cm dish. He explains: An HD receiver with this dish and an LNB will run you about 200 Euros here. The same setup in SD would cost about 60 Euros. 2. Satellite shop Maghreb Sats company logo. 3. In the technicians room, Chafi Abdelhamid, Manager of Maghreb Sat, points out used or defective receivers. 2 1 ver from Condor: This box costs only 3 11,500 DA (about 115 Euros). Just before we left, we met up with Boudera Kada. He learned his trade with Morsli Hallam and became self-employed a few years ago. He installs satellite sys- tems. He explains to us: I install about 500 systems a year. He charges about 8 Euros for a fixed antenna system and about 20 Euros for a motorized system. Of course this only pertains to the labor performed. Most of my customers use an 80cm dish but that just barely cuts it; for HD reception I always recommend using a 120cm antenna, explains Kada to us from his experience. Most of the cus- tomers want to receive NILESAT at 7 west and ATLANTIC BIRD at 5 west so I install the antenna as close as possi- ble to 6 west so that both satellites can be received! Other popular satellites for this region include HOTBIRD at 13E, ASTRA at 19.2E, BADR at 26E and ARA- BSAT at 30E. Kada also gave us an idea what the more popular channels are. In addition to French channels, there are Arabic channels such as Al Jazeera Sports, MBC 1 (with programming geared towards women) and MBC 3 (Childrens TV), Teletoon Arabic, National Geographic from Abu Dhabi, Al Jazeera Documen- tary, Algeria 3 (Family TV) and 2M from Morocco. Also included in this list are the religious channels IQRA and MAJD as well as the pan-Maghrebish channel El Maghribia 1. According to Kada, Algerian Arabic is closely related to the Arabic spoken in Morroco and Tunesia and is therefore easy for us to understand. It becomes a little more difficult with channels from places like Egypt that 142 TELE-satellite Global Digital TV Magazine 02-03/201 www.TELE-satellite.com 1
1 2 3 speak in an Arabic variant that isnt so easy to understand. Only the informa- tion channels are transmitted in high- Arabic, says Kada. Our tour through all of the electronic shops along the Rue Mascara in Sidi Bel- Abbes shows that even in smaller cities in a country like Algeria you can still find a large selection of satellite shops where you can get whatever you need for your satellite reception pleasure. 4 5 1. HD receivers are among the items in Condors display window. 2. Condors salesman shows us an HD receiver. Condor also sells LNBs and HD TVs. 3. Belarbi Adel is the owner of this well-stocked shop along the Rue Mascara in Sidi Bel-Abbes. 4. One of the few shops that use satellite in their name: Kamel Mancer is one of the salesmen and can offer anything that a satellite friend would need. 5. Satellite installer Boudra Kada at work: here he can be seen installing a satellite dish on the roof of one of his customers. 144 TELE-satellite Global Digital TV Magazine 02-03/201 www.TELE-satellite.com 1

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  • 1. CITY REPORT Satellite Dealers in Algeria The Satellite Dealer from Sidi Bel-Abbes If you travel roughly 80km south of Oran youd find the city of Sidi Bel-Abbes in western Algeria 谷 Sidi Bel-Abbes (Algeria) with its 500,000 inhabitants located about 150km from the Moroccan border. The city was named after its founder Sidi Bel-Abbes. We set out for this city in an effort to find out how easy it is to buy satellite components such as dishes, LNBs and receivers in a city like this. Is it possible to find these items here or do you have to travel to a big city in order to find what you need? A look at the beginning of the Rue Mascara in Well, no need to fill the gas tank in Sidi Bel-Abbes in western Algeria. Here youll find a large number of satellite dealers. your car! As soon as we found the Rue Mascara (also known as Boulevard Zabana), we could not escape all of the electronic shops. One store after ano- ther offered everything under the sun that came attached with a power cord. Several of these shops focused a little more on satellite components but mostly also sold other items such as TV sets and household electronics. Because of the ever-dropping prices in the satellite industry, many of these dealers have no choice but to expand to neighboring regions. One of the first satellite dealers in Sidi 138 TELE-satellite Global Digital TV Magazine 02-03/201 www.TELE-satellite.com 1
  • 2. Bel-Abbes was Morsli Hallam. He thinks back: When I started in 1994, there were only two other satellite dealers. His best year was 1997 when more than 1000 receivers crossed his shops counter. In the meantime he gave up his business but still knows many of his old competitors. He introduced us to a few of them; for example, the team from Le Bleu. In their electronic shop back in the corner youll find a 90cm dish along with an assortment of satellite receivers. The manager is Benfreha Becheikh; he explains to us: We sell about 50 HD receivers a month and still about 100 SD receivers. Its obvious that it wont be long before more HD receivers will be sold than SD boxes. Most of the cus- tomers want to use their new satellite equipment to receive NILESAT. One of the only shops that deals exclu- sively with satellite reception is Magh- reb Sat. Chafi Abdelhamid is the owner and explains to us: I started my busi- ness in 1993. But today I only deal with repairs and software updates. With two technicians and an assistant he repairs defective receivers and uploads new software to these boxes. Larger manufacturers can also be found with a branch office along the Rue Mascara. One of these companies is Condor, an Algerian manufacturer that not only produces household goods but also offers all the necessary compo- nents for satellite reception. One of the salesmen is B. Chaouchi 1 and he shows us the new HD recei- 2 3 1. Morsli Hallam (left) in front of his shop that he now only uses as an office. His former colleague Boudera Kada (right) recently became self-employed and installs satellite systems. 2. Entrance to the Le Bleu electronic shop with owner Benfreha Becheikh (left) and colleague Berrabah Bouzian (right). 3. In between the washing machines in Le Bleu youll find the satellite dishes. 140 TELE-satellite Global Digital TV Magazine 02-03/201 www.TELE-satellite.com 1
  • 3. 1. In a small shop salesman Benbadaismat shows us a 90cm dish. He explains: An HD receiver with this dish and an LNB will run you about 200 Euros here. The same setup in SD would cost about 60 Euros. 2. Satellite shop Maghreb Sats company logo. 3. In the technicians room, Chafi Abdelhamid, Manager of Maghreb Sat, points out used or defective receivers. 2 1 ver from Condor: This box costs only 3 11,500 DA (about 115 Euros). Just before we left, we met up with Boudera Kada. He learned his trade with Morsli Hallam and became self-employed a few years ago. He installs satellite sys- tems. He explains to us: I install about 500 systems a year. He charges about 8 Euros for a fixed antenna system and about 20 Euros for a motorized system. Of course this only pertains to the labor performed. Most of my customers use an 80cm dish but that just barely cuts it; for HD reception I always recommend using a 120cm antenna, explains Kada to us from his experience. Most of the cus- tomers want to receive NILESAT at 7 west and ATLANTIC BIRD at 5 west so I install the antenna as close as possi- ble to 6 west so that both satellites can be received! Other popular satellites for this region include HOTBIRD at 13E, ASTRA at 19.2E, BADR at 26E and ARA- BSAT at 30E. Kada also gave us an idea what the more popular channels are. In addition to French channels, there are Arabic channels such as Al Jazeera Sports, MBC 1 (with programming geared towards women) and MBC 3 (Childrens TV), Teletoon Arabic, National Geographic from Abu Dhabi, Al Jazeera Documen- tary, Algeria 3 (Family TV) and 2M from Morocco. Also included in this list are the religious channels IQRA and MAJD as well as the pan-Maghrebish channel El Maghribia 1. According to Kada, Algerian Arabic is closely related to the Arabic spoken in Morroco and Tunesia and is therefore easy for us to understand. It becomes a little more difficult with channels from places like Egypt that 142 TELE-satellite Global Digital TV Magazine 02-03/201 www.TELE-satellite.com 1
  • 4. 1 2 3 speak in an Arabic variant that isnt so easy to understand. Only the informa- tion channels are transmitted in high- Arabic, says Kada. Our tour through all of the electronic shops along the Rue Mascara in Sidi Bel- Abbes shows that even in smaller cities in a country like Algeria you can still find a large selection of satellite shops where you can get whatever you need for your satellite reception pleasure. 4 5 1. HD receivers are among the items in Condors display window. 2. Condors salesman shows us an HD receiver. Condor also sells LNBs and HD TVs. 3. Belarbi Adel is the owner of this well-stocked shop along the Rue Mascara in Sidi Bel-Abbes. 4. One of the few shops that use satellite in their name: Kamel Mancer is one of the salesmen and can offer anything that a satellite friend would need. 5. Satellite installer Boudra Kada at work: here he can be seen installing a satellite dish on the roof of one of his customers. 144 TELE-satellite Global Digital TV Magazine 02-03/201 www.TELE-satellite.com 1