News about audiovisual in Algeria
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According to the Algerian press, the country’s broadcasting watchdog, the Autorité de Régulation de l’Audiovisuel (ARAV) has approved three draft laws written by the government to control broadcasting. The most important and anticipated of them are the specifications for commercial television stations: there are now 89 articles setting out the conditions a private channel has …
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Two managers from the private channel KBC, owned by the El Khabar group, have been in custody since June 24th. Mehdi Benaissa, the channel’s director and manager of Ness Prod, and Riad Hartouf, head of production, were remanded in custody on Sunday June 26th on the orders of the investigating magistrate at the Sidi M’Hamed …
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The organizers of the Rencontres Cinématographiques at Bejaia are giving a writing grant and a completion grant to North African film-makers and producers as part of the second Bejaia Film Laboratory. The writing grant (Prix des Ateliers Sauvages Hafid Tamzali) is for 200,000 dinars (€1,600 euros), with the winner being given a 4 week writing …
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Following a complaint filed in April by the Algerian Ministry of Communication, the Birmandreis Administrative Tribunal ruled on June 15th that the purchase of the media group El Khabar by Ness Prod must be suspended. Ness Prod is a subsidiary of the Cevital group owned by businessman Issad Rebrab. The deal, finalised on March 14th, …
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“Algeria Pour Toujours: Les Portes du Soleil”, the first 100% Algerian-produced action and martial arts film, will have a sequel, due to start filming in Oran this April. Provisionally called “Algeria Pour Toujours: Protocole 33”, the sequel is produced by Zakaria Ramdane, who also plays the lead, and co-directed by Abdelouahab Saifi and Jean-Baptiste Jay. …
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The Etablissement Public de Télévision (EPTV) announced through its Director of Production, Lyes Belaribi, that it is taking measures to ensure the image of women presented in its programmes is “consistent with the spirit of the Algerian Constitution and laws of the Republic.” Henceforth, the public broadcaster will issue production contracts which include a clause …
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On February 27th Ahmed Lahri, presenter of the 7:00pm News on the public Canal Algérie, was officially removed from the channel, a decision confirmed the next day by the Minister of Communication, Hamid Grine. Lahri is accused of having “spoken the name of Abdelaziz Bouteflika [President of the Algerian Republic] without mentioning his title” …
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