Category: LIFE IN THE CHANNELS

Latest breaking news and information about mediterranean televisions and institutions

BOSNIA / Possible closure of BHRT

  For several years Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Public Radio and Television (BHRT) has been experiencing serious financial difficulties. Now it looks as though the country’s only national public channel could soon close. For over a year the situation has been dramatically worsening. BHRT initiated a new method of financing, based on a tax paid by …

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ISRAEL / i24News authorised to broadcast in Israel

On May 29th the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) approved a bill authorizing Patrick Drahi’s news channel to broadcast in Israel. More specifically, an amendment has been made to existing broadcasting laws relating to international television channels working in Israel. Until now the law has imposed restrictions on international news channels such as i24News transmitting from Israel. …

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LEBANON / Sacking Télé-Liban’s provisional CEO

On May 27th, at the request of the Ministry of Information, a court dismissed Talal Makdessi, provisional head of the Lebanese public television station Télé-Liban. Acting-director since July 2013, Mr. Makdessi’s dismissal had nevertheless been anticipated for several months, after a serious internal conflict between Mr Makdessi and his editor-in-chief. A procedure to appoint a …

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TURKEY / Netflix commissions its first original series in Turkish

The American giant Netflix has contracted O3 Medya to produce an original series in Turkish. After creating its SVOD platform (subscription video on demand) in Turkey in mid-2016, Netflix is now starting to offer original Turkish-language content. The group has commissioned a 10-episode series from the Istanbul-based company O3 Medya, and this is scheduled to …

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MOROCCO / Télé Maroc, a new private channel on Nilesat

A new private channel, Télé Maroc, was launched last week. A minor event, although until now the country had only one private television channel. This generalist satellite channel, available on Nilesat, currently broadcasts programmes exclusively in classical Arabic and Darija, the Moroccan Arabic dialect. “The most important thing for me,” explains its creator, journalist Rachid …

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ALGERIA / Condor and My-HD launch a Pay-TV bouquet

Last week the Algerian electronics specialist Condor, and the Chinese television operator My-HD launched a satellite package of pay channels. This is a first in Algeria, where until now the pay television sector has been non-existent. Named “PayTV by Condor” and accessible via the Arabsat satellite, the bouquet currently includes access to just over 70 …

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FRANCE / Arte broadcasts “Alger, la Mecque des révolutionnaires”

  This new documentary about the accumulation of foreign revolutionary movements in Algiers between 1962 and 1974 will be broadcast on May 16th on the Franco-German channel Arte. Directed by Mohamed Ben Slama, “Alger, la Mecque des révolutionnaires” reveals “a defining episode in international history, unknown to the general public”, in the words of the …

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