Ali Djerri, director of the private TV station KBC (El Khabar TV) has received a verbal warning from the Algerian broadcasting watchdog, ARAV. At issue: “the repeated infringements by two programmes – “Allô oui” and “Jornan el-gosto” – in which names and symbols of the state and senior officials in different structures and institutions of …
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SPAIN / Launch of Mega and beIN Sports
On July 1st Atresmedia launched Mega, a new DDT general interest channel for a male viewers aged between 25 and 45. An agreement signed with Mediapro has meant the early closure of Gol TV, a DTT sports channel which would have closed at the end of the year, thus allowing Atresmedia to pick up that …
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ISRAEL / Purchase of the Israeli Channel 10
The Israeli Media Group RGE has announced the acquisition of Channel 10. This entertainment channel, one of only two private channels in the country, has been facing considerable financial problems since 2011. RGE has redeemed its debt of over 10 million shekel, to own a 51% stake. RGE also had to buy the broadcasting license …
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FRANCE / “Still Standing”: adaptation of an Israeli game
D8, in association with the Belgian channel RTL-TVi, is adapting the Israeli game show “Lauf al Hamilton”. It will be called “Still standing”. The principle of the game is that a candidate tries to eliminate the ten other candidates one by one in duels about general culture. It has been adapted in various countries, including …
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EGYPT / “El Mashrou3”
After the success of its first season, aired on Al Nahar, the reality TV programme “El Mashrou3” has found finance to launch a second season. In 2009 Anna Elliott, a young American woman, created the Bamyan Media Production Company to launch “El Mashrou3” (The Project). In the show young Egyptian entrepreneurs compete against each other …
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UAE / Partnership between Discovery and Image Nation
In the last quarter of 2015 Discovery Communication, the American television group belonging to Discovery Holding Company, in partnership with Image Nation, Abu Dhabi Media’s film production subsidiary, will launch “Quest Arabiya”, a new free TV channel in Arabic. The channel will broadcast across the Middle East and North Africa and is primarily aimed at …
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ALGERIA / Government threat to close private television stations
In a statement the ministry of communications has warned the heads of some private television channels (Ennahar TV, Echorouk TV, Dzair TV, DjazairiaTV and El Hogar TV) about broadcasting violent programmes and trivializing violence. The Algerian government has asked the heads of these channels, “to immediately take strict measures” to remove from the programme schedules …
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