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BBC Monitoring Text of report by London-based newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat website on 19 August The director of the BBC Global News Division, Richard Sambrook, said that the plan to launch a news channel at the end of this year is not aimed to compete with Al-Arabiya and Al-Jazeera channels with …
Read More »Turkey: Watchdog urges release of editor held over
BBC Monitoring Text of press release by Paris-based organization Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) on 19 August Reporters Without Borders called today for the immediate release of Yasin Yetisgen, the owner and editor of the Kurdish newspaper Coban Atesi, who was detained by a police court on 14 August in Gaziantep …
Read More »Saudi-owned paper views recent media mergers in Middle East
BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Karolin Akum published on London-based newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat website on 16 August; subheadings added editorially Beirut, Al-Sharq al-Awsat: Earlier this month, the Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), chaired by Saudi businessman HRH Prince Al-Walid Bin Talal, issued a statement announcing the company's merger …
Read More »Pakistan: Plans to launch IPTV service in October – regulator
BBC Monitoring Text of report by Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) news agency Islamabad, Aug 18 (APP): Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) plans to launch an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service in October, Director-General of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Dr Abdul Jabbar said Saturday [18 August]. "PTCL has won …
Read More »Iran academic comments on closure of Sharq newspaper
BBC Monitoring Text of commentary by Sadeq Zibakalam headlined "Who closed down Sharq newspaper" published by Iranian newspaper E'temad website on 15 August On the face of it, it seems like a meaningless question, as it is clear who closed down Sharq daily - the Press Supervision Committee - but …
Read More »Media monitoring cell to counter anti-Pakistan propaganda – minister
BBC Monitoring Excerpt from report by Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) news agency Lahore, 19 Aug: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani has said that Multi-Media Monitoring and Evaluation Cell set up by Nazria-i-Pakistan Foundation will not only play a key role to counter anti-Pakistan propaganda, but …
Read More »Syria rally protests Israel’s arrest of Golan journalist, residents
BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Syrian News Agency SANA website ["Sit-in in front of UN headquarters in Damascus" - SANA headline] Damascus, 19 Aug ( SANA ) - A sit in was staged yesterday evening before headquarters of the UN mission in Damascus in protest against the …
Read More »Syria rally protests Israel’s arrest of Golan journalist, residents
BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Syrian News Agency SANA website ["Sit-in in front of UN headquarters in Damascus" - SANA headline] Damascus, 19 Aug ( SANA ) - A sit in was staged yesterday evening before headquarters of the UN mission in Damascus in protest against the …
Read More »Southern Sudan approves eight FM radio stations
BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Paris-based Sudanese newspaper Sudan Tribune website on 18 August The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has approved eight FM Radio stations to private investors in southern Sudan to assist in information dissemination, educative and entreating programmes service to the public, the acting …
Read More »UK Arabic paper says Saudi-Syrian media war could lead to confrontation
BBC Monitoring Text of report by London-based newspaper Al-Quds al-Arabi website on 18 August [Editorial: "A Saudi-Syrian Media War"] Saudi-Syrian relations entered an unprecedented stage of tension when the Saudi Government replied through an authoritative official source to the reproachful criticisms levelled against it by Syrian Vice President Faruq al-Shar'a, …
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