Readers Comments:

steve from dubai - uae wrote:
Thought I would let you know who is broadcasting F1 in the Middle east in 2010. Abu Dhabi Sports.
http://blogs.thenational.ae/mixed_media/2010/02/admc-wins-regional-f1-broadcast-rights.html

Editors response:
Thanks for the info, Steve!

Ian Monastyrski from Dubai - UAE wrote:
Hi all Mid-East F1 fans!
After last years constant searching for any coverage of F1 I finally found it on Bahrain Sports Channels on Arabsat service.(I had to get another dish specially for Arabsat as a conflict existed on the equivalent Nilesat frequencies)... According to the F1 "world feeds" it looks like our trusted friends at Bahrain Sports TV are going to show both Arabic and English coverage of the seasons action. Many thanks to Bahrain Sports TV for their coverage of the 2010 season.
Ian Monastyrski - Dubai (source was from Wikipedia 2010 "world feeds for F1 Tv")

Hani from Amman - Jordan wrote:
Hi, if Bahrain will broadcast F1 2010.. will it show on NileSat this time or only ArabSat like last year? If on NileSat, which frequecy details?

Thanks,

Hani from Amman - Jordan wrote:
Hi, who will broadcast F1 2010 in middle east; Bahrain, Aljazeera, Abu Dhabi, or ...?

Thanks,

PK from Kuwait - Kuwait wrote:
Which channel in the middle east is going to broadcast the 2010 season? Thanks

Stephen Foot from dubai - United Arab Emirates wrote:
Any news on who will be covering the F1 season in 2010 for the Middle East? Bahrain TV was for 1 year only.

elie from beorut - lebanon wrote:
hi, please tell me if bahrain sport is going to broadcast the 2010 season. We need a TV channel that broadcasts it in the Middle East and North Africa. Please Respond.

Regards

elias from beirut - lebanon wrote:
Dear Bahrain TV

Thank you for the information you gave it to me.I was very happy to hear that there will be an arabic free air to air satellite channel that will broadcast f1 session for 2010.

I want to know if this channel will be on nilesat or not?

Regards

elias from beirut - lebanon wrote:
dear bahrain TV

I just want to thank you for broadcasting F1 session 2009 in middle east and north africa. i want to know if you are going to broadcast the 2010 session also. Please i want to know

Regards

elias from beirut - lebanon wrote:
Dear Bahrain TV

I just want to thank you for broadcasting the formula one 2009 season in the middle east this year.

I just want to know if bahrain tv is going to broadcast the formula one season 2010?


Editors response:
Dear Elias,
thank you for your comment / inquiry. It will probably be a different Arabic free-to-air TV satellite channel which will broadcast the 2010 F1 season. More details will be revealed at a later stage.

Nayel from abu dhabi - UAE wrote:
Coverage for the qualifying of the 2009 singapore was not in english, they had horse on instead, anyone know if it will be in english for tomorrows race?

Nayel from abu dhabi - UAE wrote:
Coverage for the qualifying of the 2009 singapore was not in english, they had horse on instead, anyone know if it will be in english for tomorrows race?

fawaz from damascus - syria wrote:
dear bahrain tv
I was wondering if anyone could possibly tell me if there is any bahrain channel available with english commentary to watch in syria
or if i just have to buy any tv bundle like orbit or somthing to watch it in english
note: i am using nilesat
answer would be much appreciated
many thanks

yasser from saida - lebanon wrote:
Dear Bahrain TV,
Since the F1 broadcasting was replaced by you instead of aljazeera sport tv, i couldn't watch any race on your channel till now.
Meanwile, if you will not broadcast on nile sat, aljazeera sport tv should again be the eclusive broadcasting channel for these races.
Your prompt action is highly appreciated.

Mohab Selim from Cairo - Egypt wrote:
Dears,
I had el Bahrain sports for 2 weeks only and after that when i select the chanel one message appears to me that "there is no signal" and i tried to install the channel again but without any positive action. So, pls. any body help me.

Regards,

sami from tipoli - lebanon wrote:
i have the bahrain sport tv channel but after the bahrain f1 race it stopped broadcasting, every time i open on it a black screen appear, in the channel info everything is alright i don't know where the problem is. can some one help me please.

mohamed from alexandria - egypt wrote:
dear friends thanks for your reply to my last massege and for that i want to support your effort to cover all the inquiries about that puzzle we have this year with bahrain tv which is now like that
NO BAHRAIN SPORT CHANNEL ON NILESAT I MEAN THERE IS NOT ABOUT 8 DAYS AGO NOW..I THINK ONLY RACE AND QUALIFYING WILL BE ON BAHRAIN SATELLITE CHANNEL IN ARABIC ON NILE SAT AND FREE PRACTICE WILL BE ON BAHRAIN SPORTS 1 ON ARABSAT IN ARABIC AND RACE-QUAL IN ENGLISH..NO ENGLISH COMMENTRY ON NILE SAT. can anyone one tell my why is this happening to us this season..it's a puzzel you have to solve it every race .no comment

Ahmed Dino from Dubai - UAE wrote:
If the people responsible for signing F1 TV broadcasting rights think that they did the Arab F1 fans a big favor,
by letting Bahrain TV transmit the Formula One 2009 season in Middle East & North Africa, then they obviously made a big mistake and just made things worse.
The F1 TV broadcast on Aljazeera Sports TV was bad enough, but the F1 broadcast on Bahrain TV is even worse. And I though it couldn't get worse!!! But i was
strongly mistaken!!!
Beside the fact that a lot of viewers have more information than the guests present in the studio, there are also horrible pronunciation
and technical mistakes. I know that it will take time to have F1 broadcasting quality and commenting bench mark levels,
like the great John Watson when he was working for Eurosport. But these people have to be wisely selected and tested before they go on air.
As a matter of fact, the "coolest" thing was the simultaneous bilingual chat commentary on Bahrain Sport TV during the free sessions on 24th and 25th of April 2009
at the Bahrain F1 race. One guy is talking in English and the other one is talking in Arabic...and both are not related to each other....!
To err is human...but these things must be immediately corrected and transformed to a more professional level, by showing more high quality content.
People have to enjoy watching F1 in Arabic on TV. Otherwise you will start to ask yourself why should I torture myself and watch my favorite sport in miserable
quality and amateur-like commenting? I think the FIA should check on the Arabic F1 broadcast more closely, in order to win more F1 fans in the region and in
order not to lose the existing F1 fans.



Joby from Dubai - UAE wrote:
Guys i have the Orbit package on Du in dubai and both Bahrain sports 1 and 2 are available. I saw the qualifiying in English on Sports 1 yesterday with the excellent BBC comentary and i'm expecting to watch the race in English to today!

Ahmad from Kuwait - Kuwait wrote:
Any idea on which channel the Bahrain GP will air in english?

Mohammad from Dubai - UAE wrote:
I didn’t face a problem to find the channels on nilesat. Both the Arabic and the English one. But the problem is that the quality of the broadcast is very bad and really you don’t enjoy watching the race. I can't believe that a country like Bahrain offers such a bad broadcasting. Last years on Aljazeera I was really enjoying it. I had to search on internet a lot to know that Bahrain TV are the exclusive broadcaster, they didn't even advertise for this in the known TV channels, magazines, newspapers or even online through facebook, mass mailing or e-advertising. Please send my comments to them, and hope they give us quality picture. They have the money and I am sure they can do it.

Dubai Brit from Dubai - UAE wrote:
The UAE have really missed a trick here not having full coverage in both Arabic and English freely available. No one would think they're putting on their first F1 race this year.....! If anything, it's discouraged any enthusiasm for the sport.

Elssa Nedoi from Dubai, Cairo - UAE, Egypt wrote:
I followed the Chinese GP 2009 on Bahrain sports channel on Nilesat. The picture was good but I was quite disappointed to find the commentary only in Arabic. I hope the Bahraini officials can do something about this and broadcast the race with English commentary for non-Arabs, just like Aljazeera used to do.
If the editor has an idea about how to tune in on an English commentary on any Nilesat channel, the help would be appreciated. Thanx.

Editors response:
Dear Elssa,
according to the official Bahraini TV and BIC sources there is also an English commentary. Please check the frequencies we published below.
Regards,
Editor

Mohsen from Dubai - UAE wrote:
hello everybody! do not be sad in case u can't receive bahrain tv or bahrain sports tv. the commentary sucks and is extremely boring. i am watching F1 on the German RTL channel, though i do not speak german. but it least they have better pictures and better interviews from the pits.

mike from doha - qatar wrote:
i have got bahrain sport via my nilesat but it is only in arabic same as i had last season with al jazeera there seems to be only the one sport channel from bahrain despite a lot of searching

Damian from Dubai - UAE wrote:
Bahrain Sports is not available on Nilesat 101 or 102. It is available on Atlantic Bird 4 if you can pick up the signal, but most people in UAE will not be able to do this.
Bahrain TV should get realistic and put their sports channels on Nilesat where it will get a much higher viewing audience

mohamed from Alexandria - Egypt wrote:
Well, i am afraid to tell you that there is no F1 on Nilesat. Bahrain Sport TV channel is the same as Bahrain TV channel. For no clear reason it's just the same! No F1 ! I have updated the channel list and updated the receiver and updated my home but still they are the same channels. I don't know, is it meant to be like that or it's something wrong that might be fixed within next hours???? I am very upset! I used to love Bahrain but I love F1 more and I am reconsidering my feelings to Bahrain if they blocked F1 off Nilesat!!! Heeeeeeeellllppppppppp

Auto Arabia Online Team from Cairo - Egypt wrote:
Dear All,
today (16.04.2009) and after a lot of confusion in this matter we received the following statement from the broadcasters of the F1 championship on Bahrain TV:

Bahrain Television Channel 44 will broadcast the Arabic commentary during the qualifying sessions and the race.

Bahrain Sports 1 will air the practice sessions in Arabic, qualifying sessions and race with the English BBC commentary from leading experts Martin Brundle, Jonathan Ledgard, Eddie Jordan, David Coulthard, Lee McKenzie, Ted Kravitz and Jake Humphrey. All the support races will also be broadcast on this channel which can be found on Arabsat badr 4, frequency 12226, polarity horizontal fec ¾, symbol rate 27500.

This weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix will be broadcast at the following times (Bahrain Time) across the Middle East, GCC and North Africa:

Friday 17 April 2009: Practice 1 05:00 to 06:30
Practice 2 09:00 to 10.30

Saturday 18 April 2009: Practice 3 06:00 to 07:00
Qualifying 09:00

Sunday 19 April 2009: Race 10:00

I hope this didn't make it more confusing and makes it a little bit easier for the many F1 fans in the Middle East to watch F1 in Arabic and in English.

Hariharan from Dubai - UAE wrote:
Dear All

Thanks for all the confusing information on Bahrain TV, Bahrain Sport TV and Bahrain Sports 2 TV. Unfortunately on NILESAT , Bahrain Sport TV is not telecast and is NOT AVAILABLE. Bahrain TV is available but not sure if this will come at all.
Bahrain Sport 2 TV channel is telecast only on BADR satellite however this channel signal strength is very weak.
Shame on Bahrain TV organisers, they are not able to properly give detail or advertise. They are also not available on leading networks like Pehla or E Vision in the UAE.

Editors response:
dear all,
today (16.04.2009) and after a lot of confusion in this matter we received the following statement from the broadcasters of the F1 championship on Bahrain TV:

Bahrain Television Channel 44 will broadcast the Arabic commentary during the qualifying sessions and the race.

Bahrain Sports 1 will air the practice sessions in Arabic, qualifying sessions and race with the English BBC commentary from leading experts Martin Brundle, Jonathan Ledgard, Eddie Jordan, David Coulthard, Lee McKenzie, Ted Kravitz and Jake Humphrey. All the support races will also be broadcast on this channel which can be found on Arabsat badr 4, frequency 12226, polarity horizontal fec ¾, symbol rate 27500.

This weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix will be broadcast at the following times (Bahrain Time) across the Middle East, GCC and North Africa:

Friday 17 April 2009: Practice 1 05:00 to 06:30
Practice 2 09:00 to 10.30

Saturday 18 April 2009: Practice 3 06:00 to 07:00
Qualifying 09:00

Sunday 19 April 2009: Race 10:00

I hope this didn't make it more confusing and makes it a little bit easier for the many F1 fans in the Middle East to watch F1 in Arabic and in English


Yazen from Abu Dhabi - UAE wrote:
I am trying to find Bahrain sport TV official web site so I can know at what time they will show it recorded in the evening because as you know most of the races are planned to happen during the morning / mid day hours when most of us are at work!!

Your help is very much appreciated.


Yazen from Abu Dhabi - UAE wrote:
I am trying to find Bahrain sport TV official web site so I can know at what time they will show the race recorded in the evening because as you know most of the races are planned to happen during the morning / mid day hours when most of us are at work!!

Your help is very much appreciated.

Regards,
Yazen



Michael from Cairo - Egypt wrote:
What are the Video and Audio pid?? How can i adjust that? coz i have Bahrain Sport on 10911 but it's in Arabic so Iwant to know how can I adjust the audio pid to make it in English.

Mohamad from lebanon - tripoly wrote:
I have Bahrain tv and it broadcasted Formula1 this week. Can I always watch it on this channel? I mean Bahrain TV not Bahrain Sports TV.

Editors response:
Bahrain TV did not broadcast the Australian F1 race, but they broadcasted the Malaysian F1 Race. Well, it seems that Bahrain TV will also be broadcasting the F1 races parallel to Bahrain Sports TV.

Omar El-Bayoumi from Mansoura - Egypt wrote:
I can't get the channel, can u plz help ?
thnx

Mohammed Al-Majed from Jeddah - Saudi Arabia wrote:
Hi every one i was searching the whole day for Bahrain Sport Channel they said its on Nile Sat but its on Arab Sat i am glad to give you all this information.

Satellite & Terrestrial Frequencies
Satellite Freq. Pol. Symbol Rate FEC Encryption
Arabsat 2C/2D/3A 26 East 12224 Horz. 27500 3/4 Clear

Thanks and wish you all nice watching



Kelly Kett from Kuwait - Kuwait wrote:
This is fantastic news.... Good stuff Bahrain TV!!! I look forward to English broadcasts being available soon.When will you be showing Fri - Sat Pratice and Qualifying ???

Rob from Dubai - UAE wrote:
Living in Dubai how do we get commentary in English? According to the Article Bahrain Sports Channel 2 is suppose to be in English yet it is in arabic!

Rami from Alexandria - Egypt wrote:
Dears here is how to watch F1 on nilesat

Bahrain Sports 2
Frequency 10.911 Vertical. 3/4 On Nilesat
Video pid 515 - Audio pid 680 English

Have a good day and enjoy...


jamal al moghrabi from SHHIM - LEBANON wrote:
hi i searched the nilesat but i didn't find "bahrain sports tv". i found only bahrain tv.
i am jamal al moghrabi from lebanon
i wanna also ask if the channel broadcasts all the 5 sessions (fri pra-1&2, sat pra, qualifying and race)?
thank you

Samy Soliman from Cairo - Egypt wrote:
Dear Editor,
I live in Cairo, Egypt. I would like to receive the Bahrain Sports Channel, broadcasting Formula One, on my satellite, but I can't. Can you tell me how can I have this channel in Egypt? On which satellite is it broadcasted? And its frequencies?
Thanks a lot...


Anas from Irbid - Jordan wrote:
I have searched for it on Nilesat but I found no channel called 'Bahrain Channel'

fARID from UAE - DUBAI wrote:
I HAVE (BAHRAIN SPORTS) CHANNEL ON MY NILESAT.
CAN I WATCH IT ON THIS CHANNEL?OR DO I NEED BAHRAIN CHANNEL????

Editors response:
Dear Farid,
you can watch the F1 races on Bahrain Sport TV.

nerses geredgian from dubai - uae wrote:
i'm subscribed with showtime. Can someone give me the frequency of this Bahrain channel to fix it on public nilesat plz??

Thanx

Editors response:
Dear Nerses,
try the following setting: 27500 - 3/4 - 12222

Scott from Abu Dhabi - UAE wrote:
Great, except for all of the F1 fans that have a subscription with Al Jazeera. Also how on earth do we get Bahrain TV in UAE ?

Editors response:
Dear Scott,
as mentioned before, Bahrain TV and Bahrain Sports TV are free-to-air satellite channels, which you will find on Nilesat 1. Just search for the satellite Nilesat on your receiver, and update the channel list.
But probably the broadcast will only be in Arabic.
Maybe you should ask for a refund from Al Jazeera.
Editor

vincent from dubai - uae wrote:
So how do you get Bahrain Sports Channel 1 & 2 in the UAE? I checked Showtime, DU and eVision and none of them have it!


Editors response:
Dear Vincent,
Bahrain TV and Bahrain Sports TV are free-to-air satellite channels, which you will find on Nilesat 1. Just search for the satellite Nilesat on your receiver, and update the channel list.
But probably the broadcast will only be in Arabic.
Editor