NewTV Sat
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| NewTV Logo | |
| Type | Broadcastand television network |
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| Availability | Lebanon; also available in Arab World, Europe, North America, and Australia |
| Owner | NewTV Sat Inc. |
Launch date | October 4, 2001 |
Official website | NewTV website |
Overview
NewTV Sat, usually short-handed NewTV. New TV is a 24-hour PAN Arab station broadcasting from Lebanon offering genera-interest programming in the Arabic language. The launch of New TV took place on October 4, 2001 in Lebanon and the Arabic Countries. On May 9, 2005 New TV Sat was launched in America and the Pacific, reaching Arab speaking emigrants in the United States, South America and Australia.
New TV succeeded after its re-launching to shape a particular identity, and to attain a good partitioning among other Satellite. It's diverse programming includes news, political programs, talk shows, comedy, drama, music and sports.
Aiming at fulfilling the public's needs, New TV offers a whole new range of programs that match all tastes. It includes some great and recent local productions for families, children and teenagers as well as a selection of the most interesting and famous Arabic series and films. Its four News bulletins and its political programs hold a brand new meaning stressing on decision and independence.
New TV targets all sectors of the society: intellectuals and the average household including housewives and children. All in all, New TV is a family channel and aims to provide high quality programs to all ages.
Political and juridical battles
A while after its creation, the station began to treat political issues concerning several debates and "scandals" that occurred in Lebanon. Some sensitive cases involved the relationship between the government of that time and the Saudi Arabia Kingdom. The station was forbidden to broadcast the documentary and was threatened of indefinite closure, both by the Syrian Authorities and the Lebanese Government, headed then by Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and President Émile Lahoud. The station owner, Tahsin Khayat, was asked several times in justice following this case and other similar revelations that involved high-ranked officers and important politicians. A direct consequence of this behavior was the initial refusal of the Lebanese and Syrian Authorities to grant a working license to an anchorwoman of Sudanese Nationality, as a punishment and warning.
Over the years, several alike situations occurred, and NewTV was threatened again of termination.
The last important situation occurred in 2007 when the news director was taken from the Hospital to the court in a hard condition, on the direct orders of the Minister of Justice because of statements the station made on his tendency to interfere illegally in ongoing cases.
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