UBI World TV is an Australian digital satellite pay television service that broadcasts predominantly ethnic (and mainly non-English) channels. It launched in late 2004 and currently offers over 80 channels in its lineup from over 20 countries in over 12 languages.
The channel provides entertainment and information services to non-English speakers throughout Australia. It specialises in providing ethnic Australians with TV channels from their homeland, showing news, current affairs, sport, drama series, movies and general entertainment in their own language.
The channel is owned by Mike and Regina Boulos, who also owned TARBS World TV which went into receivership in July 2004.
UBI World TV currently broadcasts TV and Radio Channels to Australia and New Zealand via the Optus D2 satellite using 7 Transponders. UBI World TV also broadcast via the Telstar 10 Satellite which currently broadcasts over the South Africa and Asia-Pacific Region broadcasting over 26 TV Channels and 26 Radio Channels from around the World.
[edit] Channels
UBI World TV Currently offers programming that caters to the following ethnicities:
- English (Qatar, England, France)
- Arabic (Egypt, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria and UAE)
- Balkan (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Montenegro)
- Filipino
- Greek (Greece and Cyprus)
- Persian (Iran and USA)
- Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil)
- Spanish (Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Spain, Chile and Various other South American countries)
- Turkish
- Community & Free-To-Air Channels (Australia, Greek, Italian , Kurdistan, Egyptian and Serbian)
[edit] Australia & New Zealand Channel List
| No. | Channel Name | Language | Notes |
| 2 | Al Jazeera English | English | |
| 3 | Setanta Sports | English | Not available in New Zealand and Austar Areas |
| 4 | EuroNews | English, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, French and Arabic | |
| 11 | Alpha Australia | Greek | |
| 12 | MEGA Cosmos | Greek | |
| 13 | MAD World | Greek | |
| 14 | Star International | Greek | |
| 15 | Alter Globe | Greek | |
| 18 | RIK Sat | Greek | |
| 19 | ERT World | Greek | Free-to-air |
| 20 | 4E TV | Greek | |
| 30 | ANA (Arabic Network of Australia) | Arabic | |
| 31 | Al Youm | Arabic | |
| 32 | Arabic Series (Al-Mousalsalat) | Arabic | |
| 33 | Nile Drama | Arabic | |
| 34 | Nile Variety | Arabic | |
| 35 | Cinema 1 | Arabic | |
| 36 | Rotana Cinema | Arabic | |
| 37 | Rotana Zaman | Arabic | |
| 38 | Show Shasha | Arabic | |
| 39 | Al Nile | Arabic | |
| 40 | Mazzika Zoom | Arabic | |
| 41 | Rotana Music | Arabic | |
| 42 | Rotana Tarab | Arabic | |
| 43 | Al Masriyah (ESC 1) | Arabic | |
| 44 | Dubai TV | Arabic | |
| 45 | Syria Satellite Channel | Arabic | |
| 46 | Jordan Satellite Channel | Arabic | |
| 47 | Télé Liban/Heya TV | Arabic | Channel sharing |
| 48 | New TV | Arabic | |
| 49 | Nile Sports | Arabic | |
| 50 | Al Mehwar | Arabic | |
| 51 | Infinity TV | Arabic | |
| 52 | Al Sharqiya | Arabic | |
| 53 | Al Iraqiya | Arabic | |
| 54 | Al Baghdadia | Arabic | |
| 55 | Sat 7 | Arabic | |
| 56 | Al Majd Space Channel | Arabic | |
| 57 | Dubai Sports | Arabic | |
| 58 | Al Nas TV | Arabic | |
| 60 | Vizyon | Turkish | |
| 61 | ATV Avrupa | Turkish | |
| 62 | D-Yesilcam | Turkish | |
| 63 | Euro D | Turkish | |
| 64 | Euro Star | Turkish | |
| 65 | NTV Türkiye | Turkish | |
| 67 | Kral TV | Turkish | |
| 68 | Kanal 7 International | Turkish | |
| 69 | Samanyolu TV Avrupa | Turkish | |
| 70 | TRT International | Turkish | |
| 79 | Sitel TV | Macedonian | |
| 80 | BOM (Best of Macedonia) | Macedonian | |
| 81 | MKTV Sat | Macedonian | |
| 82 | K-15 | Macedonian | |
| 83 | NTV Hayat Sat | Bosnian | |
| 84 | BHT1 | Bosnian | |
| 85 | RTCG (TVCG Sat) | Montenegro | |
| 86 | Planeta TV | Bulgarian | |
| 99 | Canal del Futbol Premium | Chile | |
| 100 | TL Novelas | Spanish | |
| 101 | Ritmoson Latino | Spanish | |
| 102 | TV Colombia | Colombia | |
| 103 | Televisión Española | Spain | |
| 104 | De Pelicula | Spanish | |
| 106 | Telefe International | Argentina | |
| 107 | Canal de las Estrellas (Galavision) | Mexico | |
| 108 | Chilevision | Chile | |
| 109 | Latinoamerica Television | Spanish | |
| 110 | RTP International | Portuguese | |
| 111 | SIC International | Portuguese | |
| 112 | TV Globo | Brazilian | |
| 120 | Pars TV | Persian USA | |
| 121 | Tapesh TV | Persian USA | |
| 122 | Jame Jam | Persian Iran | |
| 130 | GMA Pinoy TV | Filipino | |
| 131 | GMA Life TV | Filipino | |
| 150 | SCTV (Satellite Community Television) | Serbian, Turkish, Arabic, Bosnian, Macedonia, Chinese, Hebrew | Free-to-air |
| 151 | Kurdistan TV | Kurdish | Free-to-air |
| 152 | Aghapy TV | Arabic | Free-to-air |
| 153 | CTV - Coptic Church Television | Arabic | Free-to-air |
| 154 | Telepace Australia | Italian | Free-to-air |
[edit] Asia - Africa Channel List
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