NINETNINE, the disruptive content provider to digital and media platforms, has announced that it is launching its live linear entertainment TV channel Helwa TV on Arabsat, one of the world’s top satellite operators and by far the leading satellite services provider in the Arab world. The channel will be available free-to-air on satellite TV broadcast BADR-6, which reaches 550 million people in the Middle East and North Africa.
Operated by NINETNINE and co-owned with BluTV, Helwa TV, which launched in March 2022, broadcasts premium Turkish series and North African TV shows that have proved successful on European cable networks and on Dish Network’s OTT service, Sling TV in the US where NINETNINE has 10 premium linear North African channels. This makes Helwa TV one of the most watched Arabic channels on major TV platforms.
