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LEBANON / Arabsat ordered to continue broadcasting the Hezbollah channel

In early December a Lebanese court ordered the satellite operator Arabsat, based in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), to resume transmitting Al Manar TV, which it had cut off in December 2015. In an action brought by Al Manar’s management, Hassan Hamdane, the Lebanese judge for urgent affairs, ruled that Arabsat must reopen Al Manar‘s signal on …

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20th PriMed: The post-screening discussions

PriMed 2016 – Special dossier : The PriMed 2016 winners – The reactions of the jury – 2,500 high school kids come to PriMed! The public gives its award – Screenings and discussions – The Awards Ceremony Two post-screening discussions were held during this year’s PriMed, both focussed on Thomas Dandois and François-Xavier Trégan’s Daesh, …

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From November 20th to 26th PriMed will celebrate its 20th year

The 20th PriMed, the festival of the Mediterranean in images, will be held in Marseille from November 20th to 26th. Discover the full programme of this eventful week. For this anniversary edition, PriMed invites you to discover 24 documentaries and web-documentaries from 21 different countries, all filmed around the Mediterranean. They will be shown free …

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ARAB WORLD / YouTube launches a channel showing Arabic TV series

The American video streaming giant, YouTube, owned by Google, has brought together 7,000 hours of Arab-made television series dating from 1962 to today. Mosalsalat (“Series” in Arabic) gives free access from any country in the world to programmes made in the Middle East and North Africa. Of the 500 series available, half are Syrian, for …

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Selection for PriMed 2016: The Mediterranean Multimedia selection

The names of the four web-documentaries which will compete in the Mediterranean Multimedia category for PriMed 2016 have just been announced: – CASQUES SUR LE FRONT Robin BRAQUET and Flavian CHARUEL – CHRETIENS, JUIFS, MUSULMANS: DES LIEUX SAINTS EN PARTAGE Véronique BARRAL – FARSELONA  Kika SERRA and Paty GODOY – TROUBLED WATERS  Isabelle SYLVESTRE Click …

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ISRAEL / An American version of i24news being studied

In a year’s time Israel’s non-stop news channel, i24news, owned by Patrick Drahi, should have an American version. The Franco-Israeli businessman announced this to the press on June 22nd. He was in New York to sign the purchase of Cablevision System, a leader in US cable operators, for nearly $18 billion. Distributed by local operators, …

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TURKEY / The Discop Istanbul market cancelled for security reasons

The 2017 Istanbul Discop market for television programmes has been officially cancelled by its organizer Basic Lead. In a statement on the event’s website, Basic Lead, head-quartered in Los Angeles, says the decision is due to the “constant geopolitical tensions” which, at the previous market in early March, had “a very negative impact on attendance”. …

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