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BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Afghan independent Pajhwok news agency website Kabul, 1 June: A female television journalist was mysteriously shot dead in her home by unidentified assailants last night, a knowledgeable source confided to Pajhwok Afghan News today. Shakiba Sanga Amaj, associated with the private Shamshad …
Read More »MEB Journal: Egyptian sitcom goes live
MEB Journal The first Arab sitcom shot in front of a live studio audience will air this Ramadan, using the method popularized by American shows such as Friends and Frasier. The $2.2 million project, known as Ragel Wa Sit Sittat (One Man and Six Ladies) is helmed by Lebanese director …
Read More »Media city to be built in Iraq
MEB Journal UAE firm Dubai Sound TV and Cinema Production Company and the Irbil City Media Company are to build a $400 million “media city” in the Kurdish Iraqi province, according to the Beirut-based Daily Star newspaper. The Dubai company will be in charge of overseeing the construction of a …
Read More »Sudan: President answers watchdog’s questions on media freedom
BBC Monitoring Text of press release by Paris-based organization Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) on 30 May During a visit to Sudan from 17 to 22 March, Reporters Without Borders submitted three questions in writing to President Umar Al-Bashir about the national and international media's problems in Sudan, with the aim …
Read More »Egyptian media coverage of US-Iranian talks on Iraq 29 May 07
BBC Monitoring Following is a report on Egyptian media coverage of US-Iranian talks on Iraq on 29 May 07 TV Egyptian Channel 1 TV Channel 1 TV focused on the current meetings between the Egyptian side and the Palestinian factions in Cairo and the latest development in the Palestinian territories …
Read More »Four satellite TVs to be launched in Iraqi Kurdistan – paper
BBC Monitoring Text of report entitled "Four private satellite TV channels and seven terrestrial ones to be set up in Kurdistan", carried by twice-weekly Pro-Kurdistan Democratic Party newspaper Hewler Post on 27 May An official in the Kurdistan regional government Ministry of Culture has said: Four more private Kurdish satellite …
Read More »Al-Jazeera TV airs video of attack on Sunni area by Iraqi army, Shi’i militia
BBC Monitoring Doha Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel Television in Arabic at 1404 gmt on 29 May carries the following announcer-read report: "Al-Jazeera has obtained footage taken by a mobile phone camera showing units from the Iraqi Army accompanied by armed civilians, who say they belong to Al-Mahdi Army militia, attacking [Sunni] …
Read More »Arts, commercial satellite TV to launch in Iraqi Kurdistan Region
BBC Monitoring Iraqi Kurdistan Region is to launch an independent satellite TV station exclusively for arts and commercial advertisements, the pro-Kurdistan Democratic Party website Peyamner reported on 26 May. The report said that independent commercial channel VIN would be launched soon in Duhok, Kurdistan Region, for business and arts. The …
Read More »Review of website launched by senior outgoing Iraqi Kurd leader
BBC Monitoring The much-awaited launch of the former Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, PUK, deputy secretary-general's media organization became a reality with the recent launch of Sbay website Nawshirwan Mustafa, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's deputy in the PUK for over two decades, is the architect of a new media organization, Wisha, …
Read More »Mobinil Egypt chief executive to launch news channel in Egyptian dialect
MEB Journal Egyptian businessman Najib Sawarios told the publishing & consulting Oxford Business Group that he will be launching Egypt's first satellite news channel, OTV News. Sawarios, who on January 2006 launched the Egyptian satellite channel OTV, said the channel will present the news in the Egyptian dialect, rather than …
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