Arab Media & Society The Arab Media Hub BBC Monitoring The following three new Iraqi satellite television channels were observed on 28 November: Afaq Satellite Channel Afaq [Horizons] satellite channel, a new Iraqi television channel, has started transmission via the Atlantic Bird 4 satellite located at 7 degrees west and the Eutelsat W6 satellite, located at 21 degrees …
Read More »Saudi intelligence chief cited on information technology conference
BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Saudi state-owned official news agency SPA website [SPA headline: "Crown Prince Sultan to patronize conference" - source time not given] Riyadh, Nov 29, SPA - On behalf of the Custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Abdallah Bin-Abd-al-Aziz, Crown Prince Sultan Bin-Abd-al-Aziz, …
Read More »Sudan media behaviour note on British
BBC Monitoring Since Sudanese authorities arrested British school teacher Gillian Gibbons on Sunday 25 November and charged her with insulting Islam and inciting hatred, no mention of the case has been made on both state radio and television. Privately-owned Sudanese press, has however, carried reactions and factual reports on the …
Read More »Palestinian security denies attacks on journalists in West Bank
BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by independent, non-governmental Palestinian Ma'an News Agency website Bethlehem, 28 November: Palestinian security services said on Wednesday that Hizb Ut-Tahrir were responsible for the confrontations which erupted in Palestinian cities across the West Bank on Tuesday during anti-Annapolis rallies. The security services said …
Read More »New TV for Iranian Kurds starts broadcasting from Sweden
BBC Monitoring Text of report by Brussels-based Kurdish Roj TV on 27 November The Kurdish people now have another TV channel. Newroz TV, which had started test transmissions in February this year, began regular broadcasts today, 27 November. Newroz TV will broadcast from Sweden. Its transmissions will begin at 1700 …
Read More »Sudan Report: Challenges facing journalists
BBC Monitoring Text of report by Kenyan newspaper Daily Nation on 28 November Independent media in Sudan still faces severe challenges to pursue their right to express themselves freely, a report, "Media in Sudan at Crossroads", says. The situation, according to the report, has been worsened by the current tension …
Read More »West Bank and Gaza: Al-Aqsa TV view achievements, holds ceremony on first anniversary
BBC Monitoring In its 0530 gmt newscast, announcer Muhammad Qa'ud announces the first anniversary of the launching of the Al-Aqsa Satellite Television "in light of the persecution of its employees in the occupied West Bank by the Abbas's forces." The station dedicates its 0700 gmt morning talk show to the …
Read More »Iraqi Kurds say Turkish reporter’s deportation not linked to Barzani’s trip
BBC Monitoring Excerpt from report by Sbay media website on 26 November Kurdistan Regional Government [KRG] will deport the correspondent of Turkish Ikhlas News Agency to Turkey following the publication of a report in which it claimed that the Kurdistan Region president, Mas'ud Barzani, was accompanied - on his trip …
Read More »Pakistan: Geo TV plans to move out of Dubai
BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Dubai newspaper Gulf News website on 25 November Pakistan's most popular private satellite channel Geo Television Network is to move its base from Dubai to Hong Kong, Gulf News has learnt. "We are making arrangements to air the transmission from Hong Kong …
Read More »Gunmen hold Palestinian reporter in bid to publish
BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by independent, non-governmental Palestinian Ma'an News Agency website [Report by Editor in Chief Nasir al-Lahham: "Masked Gunmen Abduct Ma'an Journalist" - Ma'an headline] Bethlehem, 25 Nov (Ma'an) - Ma'an journalist Hafith Asakra was kidnapped on Saturday evening [24 November] by five masked gunmen …
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