News about audiovisuel in MAGHREB Region
On November 15th Mustapha Ben Letaief (picture) was relieved of his duties as CEO of the Etablissement de la Télévision Tunisienne (ETT), following a decision by the Head of Government, Habib Essid. Rached Younes has been named as interim director. This drastic change occurred because on the previous day the one o’clock news programme showed …
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The Information and Culture Authority, a government department in Tobruk, announced on November 7th that soon a “media centre” would be built in the Al Salmani district of Benghazi. Covering 2,000 m², the building will house television and radio studios, as well as offices which can be used for all types of public and private …
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The Qatari beIN Media Group, a subsidiary of Al Jazeera, announced the imminent launch in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) of 24 new HD channels on its pay-TV platform, showing films, entertainment and youth programmes. Four of the channels have been available since November 1st : two beIN Movies channels and two beIN …
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On October 28th the Washington-based NGO, Freedom House, published its annual report on internet freedom in the world. Presented as a map, it gives an overview of the state of internet freedoms in the Mediterranean, assigning scores of 0 (total freedom) to 100 (no freedom) for each State. Syria (87) and Egypt (61) are rated …
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David Lowery‘s new film “The Yellow Birds”, with American actress Jennifer Aniston, is currently filming in Morocco. Adapted from Kevin Powers‘ novel of the same name, the film is about two young soldiers, Bartle, 21, and Murph, 18, who meet at a training camp. They promise to look after each other, but the war will …
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As from October 25th there is a new documentary series – “Figures Historiques”, written by Nadia Kamali and directed by Leyla Triqui – in 2M’s Sunday evening documentary slot “Des Histoires et des Hommes”. In 10 episodes it offers viewers a journey back in time to meet the women who have marked Morocco’s political and …
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On October 20th the Haute autorité indépendante de la communication audiovisuelle (HAICA) granted licenses for two new public radio channels. The first will be a news channel to be broadcast on FM, covering the entire country. The second will bring together public regional radio programmes and will cover only Greater Tunis. Sources: kapitalis.com and mosaiquefm.net
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