During an evening presentation of the schedules for Ramadan on Algeria’s public service broadcaster EPTV, the Minister of Communication, Mohamed Laâgab, underlined the importance for public media to broadcast quality programmes promoting “universal, family messages.” Also present, EPTV’s Director General, Nadir Boukabes, reiterated the company’s commitment to a programme schedule which meets “public expectations while …
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Organized by the CMCA in tandem with INA Méditerranée, the 16th training workshop “Writing news reports using archive material” will be held from June 19th to 26th in Marseille. The workshop will make the participants aware of the region’s audiovisual heritage preserved in the archives and provide them with the skills necessary to produce journalistic …
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On November 1st EPTV will launch Al-Dhakira TV, a themed channel dedicated to history and memory. The date was not chosen at random since it marks the 66th anniversary of the start of the Algerian War of Independence. It is the first Arab and African channel devoted to these subjects. The launch of Al-Dhakira has …
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The CMCA Board of Directors met on September 9th. With Jérôme Cathala of France Télévisions and Maria Du Bessé of Rai, Chair and Vice-Chair of the CMCA, both moving on to other responsibilities in their respective companies, the Board was obliged to vote new members to fill these two key positions. Three candidates were proposed: …
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Algerians can no longer receive their public television channels using terrestrial analogue. On June 17th the country switched permanently to Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) thanks to the completion of the first relay network. The release of analogue frequencies will free up resources for Digital Radio (DRM). The creation of a second DTT network is under …
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On January 27th Ahmed Bensebane was appointed Director General of Algeria’s public broadcaster, the Entreprise Publique de Télévision (EPTV). The Minister of Communication Ammar Belhimer nominated him to take over from Ferthi Saïdi, acting director since January 22nd. A graduate in economics, Ahmed Bensebane has already held numerous senior positions within Algerian public television. In …
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From September 17th to 24th the CMCA and INA Méditerranée ran the 11th training workshop for making TV news reports using archive material. Aimed at television journalists from companies who are members of the CMCA, this year’s session was set up in collaboration with Open Media Hub. Journalists from six countries (Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan, …
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