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ALGERIA / the private channel KBC disappears from screens

Shareholders of the Algerian media group El Khabar have decided to close KBC, one of their TV channels. The closure of KBC was made official in a statement on September 20th. Shareholders of the London-based channel called for World Vision, which produced KBC’s Algerian content, to be wound-up. Contacted by the Algerian media, El Khabar …

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ALGERIA / A documentary web-series allows young Algerians to have their say

“Wesh derna ? – Maintenant on fait quoi ?” (Now what do we do?), directed by Riadh Touat, tries to reintroduce a bit of optimism into young Algerians’ view of their country. Available on YouTube, this documentary web-series shows us what Algerians aged between 18 and 35 are thinking. Talking directly to Riadh Touat, a 31-year-old chemist …

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ALGERIA / The state wants to speed up its project for private channels

Abdelmajid Tebboune, Algeria’s new prime minister, announced on June 23rd that the question of private television channels would be “closed once and for all before the end of the year.” At a plenary session in which the elected members of the Assemblée Populaire Nationale (the Algerian lower house of parliament) discussed the government’s action plan, …

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PriMed 2017 / Mediterranean Memory

The films chosen in the Mediterranean Memory category of the 21st PriMed are: – ALGER, LA MECQUE DES RÉVOLUTIONNAIRES (1962 – 1974) by Ben SALAMA – LES ANNÉES DE PLOMB, UNE TRAGÉDIE ITALIENNE by Nicolas GLIMOIS – L’HÉRITAGE DE FRANCO, LES ENFANTS VOLÉS D’ESPAGNE by Inga BREMER – NÉ À DEIR YASSIN by Neta SHOSHANI …

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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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ALGERIA / ARAV warns against religious radicalism on television

On November 29th the Autorité de Régulation de l’Audiovisuel (ARAV), the Algerian broadcasting watchdog, published a statement addressed to television stations. In it the Authority gives a warning to public and private television stations which broadcast religious programmes on their channels: broadcasting institutions “are strongly advised…at risk of sanctions, to use extreme vigilance to ban …

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EGYPT / Call for films for the 6th Luxor African Film Festival

Submissions may now be sent in for the 6th festival of African film, held in Luxor from March 16th to 22nd 2017. Any African film by an African film-maker and produced in 2016, regardless of its length, can compete. There are three sections: feature films, feature-length documentaries and short films. There is also an international …

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