Sono Cairo
Native name | Sout Alqahira |
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Public corporation | |
Industry | Mass media |
Genre | Government Company |
Predecessor | ERTU |
Founded | 6 January 1964 |
Founder | Mohamed Fawzi & CO |
Headquarters | Cairo Governorate, Egypt |
Number of locations | 51 Sabel Al Khazndara, Al Waili, Cairo Governorate |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Mohamed Fawzi, Taha Nasr |
Products | Broadcasting, radio, web portals |
Services | Television, radio, online |
Owner | Government of Egypt (Publicly owned) |
Website |
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Company History
Artist Mohamed Fawzi & Co was established alshark alawsat factory for CD's on 30 April 1959 and turned into sout Alqahira Company for CD's on 6 January 1964... Then issued its decision, Mr. / Minister of Information No. 139 of 1977 established a sout alqahira company for Audio and Video as an Egyptian joint stock companies as one of the Radio and Television Union of the Ministry of Information.
Sono Cairo/Sout Alqahira (Arabic: شركة صوت القاهرة للصوتيات والمرئيات) Company for Audio and Video is a comprehensive entity and integrated full of various Art of Multi-Media Production It is a tributary of the vital support of the productive base For Radio and Television Union to play the lead role is intended to meet the Egyptian media message that amount conscience of Egypt and the Arab creative intellectual template, said a towering pride of the media in light of rapid developments, and maintain the Arab identity in the era of open skies to further jumps briefing.
In Egyptian Revolution of 1952, President Anwar Sadat made in a speech from the company's broadcast.
Former Chairmen
No. | Name | From | To |
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1 | Taha Mohammed EL-Hady Nasr | 6 January 1964 | 21 November 1979 |
2 | Safwat Ali Fahmy | 22 November 1979 | 31 December 1980 |
3 | Fathy EL-Bayumy Ebrahim | 1 January 1981 | 10 March 1982 |
4 | Mohammed Reda Hashem | 11 March 1982 | 22 January 1983 |
5 | Ahmed Mohammed EL-Fetory | 23 January 1983 | 16 July 1986 |
6 | Mohamed Saed Sabry | 1 September 1986 | 10 January 1990 |
7 | Abdel Aal Mohamed Abdel Aal | 14 January 1990 | 20 November 1994 |
8 | Abd EL-Rahman Ebrahem Hafez | 21 November 1994 | 20 May 1997 |
9 | Husien Fahmy Galal EL-Deen | 26 May 1997 | 9 October 1999 |
10 | Medhat Ahmed Abd EL-Menaem | 10 October 1999 | 4 June 2000 |
11 | Hosny Hamed EL-Rahamawy | 5 June 2000 | 5 September 2003 |
12 | Saed Helmy EL-Saed Yehya | 6 September 2003 | 26 November 2005 |
13 | Ebrahem Ahmed Ebrahem EL-Akabawy | 28 November 2005 | 5 January 2011 |
Video Production
Sono Cairo for audio and video company own from heritage as productivity - a distinct character, that providing artistic, classy and variety product aimed at upgrading the public taste and to maintain on the two elements tradition and modernity in a balanced format in audio and video company product. Company's production is characterized by distinctive voice, which includes production of religious E.g. (Mohamed rasol Allah) And entertainment (music and songs) sono Cairo company Is interested in the field of video production to produce work of dramatic serials (such as gomhoreit zefta, elsharae algeded, elwatad) and other serials that have distinctive markings as gomhoreit Zefta which because of it, neighborhood Zefta is established in the Media Production City and there are also (evenings), ranging from the social work and comedy and historical and police and pay special attention to the production of work for children, as well as programs
Singing Production
The company is keen in everything from work to raise the consciousness of the listener and the development of a sense of artistic taste company is always keen to preserve the heritage of songs the good times, where it converted tapes to the electronic media in preparation to launch in the market as digital image CD & DVD & MP3.
Religious Production
The company produces the Koran for senior readers of the Holy Quran in Egypt and the Arab World also offers usually grab and religious prayers and thoughts of faith to the imam preachers, Sheikh Muhammad Metwally Al Shaarawy to achieve for a Muslim his material and spiritual reconstruction of the life styles that are available with the approach of Islamic law To express the essence of Islam in moderation and leadership.
Stars Worked With Sono Cairo
External Marketing
Spread of internationally marketing of the company's production and preservation of moral and ethical company rights so it was necessary for the company own agents at the international level, which aims at the following:
First:
- printing and distribution of the company's production worldwide.
Second:
- Last agents at the international level defied the ways of illegal printing and distribution.
The number of companies holding the rights to distribute and print production of sout alqahira at the international level (14) Company distributed as follows:
1- The Gulf region and Arab countries:
- Institution of sout aljazera (Saudi Arabia)
- Al-khaleg factory (Saudi Arabia)
- Dar alwasela (Saudi Arabia)
- Almostakbal company (Kuwait)
- Institution of 13- June (Yemen)
- Dan we Dan company (Kuwait)
- Music box (Dubai)
- Feras and basem company (Jordan – Palestine)
- Institution of Ghazawi (Oman, United Arab Emirates)
- Recordings of albeshry (Sharjah, UAE)
2- The Maghreb region:
- Vasifun (Morocco)
3-Africa region:
- Almasaa international for production and advertising (Sudan)
4- Europe Region:
- Platinum
5- Region of the United States and Canada:
- Mike's Sound Production (U.S. and Canada)
E-Marketing
- To cope with the company has developed e marketing activity to use the modern techniques to market content using the international information network and voice services through mobile and ground and affixed to marketing Internet connections to sono Cairo customers and the e-marketing copying Self-electronic media (CD) & (DVD) & (MP3)
Editing and Graphics
A continuation of the bidding company and despite the fire which broke out in units of editing, graphics The Company has created a new center for editing and graphics to keep pace with development in the field of video production and the center houses became include:
- No. (5) Units of Nonlinear Editing
- No. (1) Units of linear Editing
- No. (1) Units integrated graphics
All units work through an integrated system have been linked to control room hardware by the Custodian of the electronic archive Visual production equipped with the latest information technologies and secure its contain units of self-extinguishing The visual production is traded through the central organs between the units and the editing room is equipped with To link with ground stations or satellites or to the Information Network with the possibility of implementing more than one process material film and one at the same time.
Studios
Studio (4) was created in area 200 m on the ground floor In addition to the three studios Company; this is to increase production through the use of visual studio company
- Abbasid studio (1)
- Abbasid studio (2)
- ElGib studio (3)
- New Abbasid studio (4)
- El Sayeda Nafeesa studio (5)
The studios has been developed and networks equipped with the latest lighting and modern digital cameras and generators for electricity.
Factories
The company has two factories to produce and print cassette voice in Alex production capacity up to more than 3 million Cassettes per one shift annually with the highest quality in global markets and equipped with the latest modern technology for the production and printing of the Koran bars for famous readers and religious talk, entertainment and musical. In flew the modernization of factories and keep abreast of developments for the printing of the company's production of optical media the development and production units cans (CD) (DVD) production capacity is developed of 10 thousand in one shift per day.
Press
- Printed packaging tapes and CD covers of 4-color offset printing.
- Printed posters, artists and readers of the Quran 4 color.
- Implementation and printed posters advertising (the results of a wall - the results of hierarchical - Results photographer).
- Implementation of trade publications, which include the company's publications and others from books and magazines and so on.
- Processing of paper photography for all sizes of company and others.
Advertising Agency
The advertising agency represents one of the major activity in the company which offer integrated advertising services in this regard where it propagate the clients' advertisement in the radio, TV, and Satellite. And it products the ads, and documentaries and implement all forms of advertising required by the ad campaigns. Production have been developed advertising programs to attract the sponsors and the religious programs offer messages of Khaled El Gendy, the Advertising Agency contributed to the revival of the comedy Heritage by transferring the comedy program (Saa'a Leqlbak) to Graphic animation by using 3D graphic programs These programs were broadcast during the month of Ramadan 1428 AH. In addition to advertising development through outdoor advertising and the company became possesses in this area (61) roads announcement in special places as Giza Cornish and Cairo Alex desert road and Alex Max coast.
Sources
Sono Cairo Website Four Square