IkonoMenasa
| Type | Satellite television and IPTV |
|---|---|
| Country | MENA region |
| Availability | MENA region |
| Motto | "Art is Coming Home" |
| Owner | Elizabeth Markevitch, Andreas Kaufmann |
| Launch date | November 2010 |
| Official website |
ikonoMenasa is the first art HDTV Channel, produced by ikono and primarily broadcast with the help of Arabsat.
ikonoMenasa started broadcasting November 2010, 24/7, in the whole of the Arabian Peninsula and North Africa, extending to the west of Iran, the southeast of Turkey, and the southern frontiers of Portugal, Spain, and Sardinia.
March 2011, telecom companies Etisalat and du started broadcasting the channel through their IPTV boxes in the U.A.E.
July 2011, Qatar‘s telecom company, Qtel, added ikonoMenasa to its broadcasting portfolio.
The Arabsat signal reaches the 165 million households that have a domestic satellite dish.
Current viewing figures have reported a daily audience of up to 200'000 viewers.[citation needed]
Programmes
ikonoTV and ikonoMenasa broadcast the same programmes, albeit featuring a different content, depending the channel it is broadcast on.
Reception
Arabsat: HD Satellite receiver: ArabSat BADR-6 Satellite. Frequency: 11785 MHz, Polarisation: V, SR: 27500 KS/s, FEC: 3⁄4
du: channel 410
Etisalat: channel 484
Participating Artists
- Akim Monet, Switzerland
- Annett Bourquin, Germany
- Claude Closky, France
- David Reed, USA
- Edward Burtynsky, Canada
- Estate Seydou Keita, Mali
- Hans Hemmert, Germany
- Hiroko Tanahashi, Japan
- Jenny Holzer, USA
- Lawrence Beck, USA
- Malekeh Nayiny, Iran
- Michael Najjar, Germany
- Ralph Gibson, USA
- Roberto Cabot, Brazil
- Samuel Fosso, Kamerun
- Santeri Tuori, Finland
- Shadi Ghadirian, Iran
- Sophie Ristelhueber, France
- Young Hae Chang, South Korea