Rudaw Media Network

کەناڵی نەوتاو
Native name
 تۆڕی میدیایی ڕووداو
Headquarters Erbil, Iraq
Parent Rudaw Company
Website rudaw.net/english

Rudaw Media Network (in Kurdish:تۆڕی میدیایی ڕووداو) is a Kurdish media group in Hewlêr/Erbil in Kurdistan of Iraq. it publishes in Kurdish, English, Arabic and Turkish.[1]

Rudaw owns a weekly newspaper in the Sorani dialect with a circulation of 3,000, as well as a Kurmanci-language version, published in Europe; a website in Kurdish and English; as well as a satellite TV station. The Kurdistan Tribune reported in 2012 that Rudaw is a propaganda mechine for to the ruling KDP, particularly Nechirvan Barzani, KDP deputy president and Premier.[2] Rudaw is live more than any other Kurdish channels.

Rudaw Media Network

Rudaw is a Kurdish media network funded and supported by Rudaw Company. The network aims to impart news and information about Kurdistan and the Middle East. Rudaw is based in Erbil, the capital city of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The company has correspondents in various parts of the Middle East, Europe and the U.S. Rudaw publishes in the Kurdish dialects Sorani and Kurmanji as well as in English.

Digital Portal

An online platform that coveres Kurdish issues in both Kurdish dialects. The website also publishes news and information in English, Turkish and Arabic.

Radio

A radio news channel that broadcasts on shortwave across the Middle East. Audiences from all over the world can listen to a live stream online.

Newspaper

Published on a weekly basis, with hard copies sold in the Kurdistan Region and Europe. In the Kurdistan edition, stories of interest to the local population are covered. The European edition features issues of interest to the Kurdish diaspora.

TV

A Kurdish news channel that broadcasts to the Middle East, Europe and the U.S. This newly launched channel can be received on NileSat and Hot Bird satellites.

Sources

  1. ↑ "Rudaw - About us". Rudaw Media Network. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Chomani, Kamal (4 June 2012). "Nechirvan Barzani’s association with media corruption … the Rudaw Company as an example". Kurdistan Tribune. Retrieved 15 September 2013.

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