For several weeks during Ramadan, Nessma TV, a private television company, received a lot of criticism for its new hidden camera programme “Angelina-19”. The presenter is an Angelina Jolie lookalike, Lina Sands, and the subject is the coronavirus vaccination campaign. The show is set in a busy vaccination room where Ms. Sands, pretending to be Ms. …
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On April 6th Hichem Mechichi, the head of the Tunisian government, nominated Kamel Ben Younes as the new director of the TAP news agency, Tunis Afrique Presse. A supporter of the former president Ben Ali, ousted from power in 2011, and accused of being close to the main Islamist parliamentary party Ennahdha, Ben Younes’ appointment was seen …
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In Morocco and Algeria, Ramadan begins on April 14th and ends on May 12th. In Europe, Tunisia, Turkey, Egypt, Yemen, Iraq and Lebanon the month of Ramadan in the year 1442 AH begins on Tuesday April 13th. The Muslim’s holy month is also the month with the highest audience figures for Arab television, thanks mainly to …
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The Tunisian education ministry is preparing the launch of a bouquet of satellite educational channels, to help distance learning without the need to have Internet access. The aim is to guarantee a digital educational space for all pupils. The channels must provide digital educational content in line with the official programmes. All grade levels will …
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On October 8th the Ministry of Cultural Affairs and Télévision Tunisienne signed an agreement at the Cité de la Culture (Tunis) to strengthen their artistic and cultural partnership. The agreement is for making television programmes, in particular using creative younger Tunisians. This use of young talent will apply to every aspect of film-making, but the …
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Last July the head of the Tunisian government, Youssef Chahed, proposed three candidates for the post of chairman and CEO of the Établissement de la Télévision Tunisienne (ETT): Lassaad Dahech, Mahmoud Bounab and Khaled Njah. The Haute autorité indépendante de la communication audiovisuelle (HAICA) then reviewed each candidate’s files and interviewed them individually. As a …
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On July 5th the government sent a list of three names to HAICA, to help the Authority select the future CEO of the Tunisian Television Establishment. On July 11th the three candidates (Khaled Njah, Mohamed Lassaad Dahech and Mahmoud Bouneb) each presented their programme for the ETT if they are appointed. Sources: realites.com, espace manager …
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