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The Haute Autorité Indépendante de la Communication Audiovisuelle (HAICA) has announced the government shortlist of candidates for the position of Tunisian television’s CEO. There are three of them: Najoua Rahoui, Mahmoud Bouned and Abdelmajid Mraïhi. The latter has been acting chairman since June 2017. While awaiting the government’s final selection, made with HAICA’s input, the …
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On March 20th, to celebrate the 6th anniversary of the Echourouk group, chairman Ali Fodil announced the creation of “Echourouk International”. The new channel will be broadcast via two European satellites, Hotbird and Astra, and its programmes will be offered in French, Arabic and Tamazight. Echourouk TV also announced it will open an office in …
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According to the Arabic Facebook page of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation will transmit the soccer World Cup for free in Arabic. In 2010, Israel tried unsuccessfully to buy the rights. This year it managed to obtain them – for €6.3 million. The matches will be shown on the …
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On March 7th Delphine Ernotte, chair of France Télévisions, inaugurated a 16,000 square metre studio complex at Vendargues near Montpellier in southern France. Initially it will be used to shoot a new daily half-hour soap, scheduled to air as from September on France 2. The series’ storyline is a woman coming back to Montpellier after …
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The Egyptian parliament’s Media, Culture and Antiquities Committee held an extraordinary meeting in February to discuss the financial problems of the ERTU (Egyptian Radio and Television Union). A “financial and institutional reform” will be developed in collaboration with the National Investment Bank. Among other things, the plan will reform the state-run television channels, trying to …
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The Moroccan Inter-professional Media Ratings Centre has published its first monthly report, the usual format being a weekly version. During the month of January, 29 million Moroccans (out of 35 million inhabitants) watched a Moroccan channel at least once, with an average viewing time of 3 hours and 39 minutes per day per person. The …
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On February 9th Croatian Television and Radio (HRT) inaugurated a new office in Mostar, Bosnia Herzegovina. This is not the first time HRT has set up in Bosnia Herzegovina to broadcast to the Croatian minority in their own language. In 1992 an office was opened in Široki Brijeg, in the west of the country, followed …
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