Nile TV

Nile TV International
Launched 31 October 1994
Owned by Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU)
Picture format 4:3 (576i, SDTV)
Country Egypt
Headquarters Cairo
Website nileinternational.net
Availability
Satellite
Galaxy 19 at 97.0° West 12.028 GHz Horizontal / 21991 / 3/4
Intelsat 905 at 24.5° West 3.688 GHz Right Circular / 21050 / 3/4
Eutelsat 8 West C at 7.5° West 11.034 GHz Vertical / 27500 / 3/4
Nilesat 102 at 7.0° West 12.054 Vertical / 27500 / 5/6
Nilesat 201 at 7.0°W 11.766 Horizontal / 27500 / 5/6

Nile TV International is a state-owned Egyptian television channel. It is the second Egyptian satellite television news network in Egypt, and the first Arab satellite channel to broadcast its programs in foreign languages: English, French, and Hebrew.

Nile TV International is broadcast on four satellites and, therefore, its transmission reaches the whole Arab World, the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. Moreover, it is also broadcast as a terrestrial channel on ultra high frequency.

In July 2009, Nile TV International became formally part of the News Center of the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU), headed by Abd Ellatif El menawy.[1]

Channel goals

Nile TV International sheds light on Egyptian and Arab cultural, tourist, economic and artistic issues, with strong emphasis on news which is given first priority. It also plays a very important role at the informative, cultural, artistic, economic and tourist levels.

The aims of Nile TV International are therefore to:

Hebrew service

There used to be a two-hour daily Hebrew service. The broadcast was viewable outside Egyptian borders from 6 P.M. to 8 P.M. Cairo local time and which aimed to represent a pan-Arab view.[2]

Current President

Sameh Ragaee, previous president of AL Nile Al Akhbar (Nile news) Channel. He took the post in 2014. The former president, Dr. Mervat Mohsen, had to resign because of a mistake of the shift supervisor, who broadcast a documentary on deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi.

Former Presidents

Anchors

Present English anchors

Nermin Nazim

Present English reporters

Former English anchors

Shows

In Ramadan 2009, the channel embarked on a daily two-hour talk show which aired from downtown Azhar park. "Egyptian Nights" aired 30 episodes and included several high-profile guests and extensive reporting.

References

  1. ↑ Egypt to launch new television channel Nadia about el Magd; published 2009
  2. ↑ Israel's Online Bridge to Arabic Tania Hershman; Wired Magazine, published Friday, December 21, 2001

External links

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