Addounia TV

Addounia TV
Launched March 23, 2007
Owned by Seven Syrian businessmen from Damascus
Slogan Voice of the people and Pictures of life
Country  Syria
Language Arabic
Broadcast area Syria
Arab World
Europe
Headquarters Damascus, Syria
Website www.addounia.tv
Availability
Satellite
Eutelsat 8 West C 11176 H - 27500 - 3/4
Express AM44 10984 V - 12110 - 3/4
Arabsat-5A 10717 H - 2069 - 2/3
Streaming media
Addounia TV Live Free

Addounia TV (Arabic قناة الدنيا الفضائية, literal translation "the world") is a private television station based in Damascus, Syria since March 23, 2007. The station is described by some western media as "semi-official" and a "mouthpiece of the government."[1][2] Addounia TV is a sister channel of Sama TV.

Programs

Addounia TV features a variety of general-interest programs. News are aired in five daily bulletins: at 2:00 am, 11:00 am, 2:00 pm, 5:00 pm and 8:00 pm (Damascus time). Many other programs are shown on the channel; some of them are:

Presenters

Addounia TV's current presenters includes:

News anchors: Wafa Al-Douiri (وفاء الدويري) and Majed Hermuz (مجد هرمز). Other anchors: Roaa Abbas (رؤى عباس), Evleen Haddad (ايفلين حداد), Kinda Asfoura (كندة عصفورة) and Reem Maarouf (ريم معروف).

Correspondents which are making also reports for Sama TV: Ahmad al-Aaqel (أحمد العاقل), Kinda al-Khidr (كندة الخضر), Ata Farhat (عطا فرحات), Diana Farfour (ديانا فرفور), Kinana Allouche (كنانة علوش), Leen Tarabishi (لين طرابيشي) and Haidar Mustafa (حيدر مصطفى).

Notable past presenters now on Sama TV: Nizar Al-Farra (نزار الفرا), Hanaa Al-Saleh (هناء الصالح), Dr. Mohammed Abdel-Hamid (د.محمد عبد الحميد), Salem Al-Sheikh Bakri (سالم الشيخ بكري), Inas Fadhloun (إيناس فضلون), Toulin Mustafa (تولين مصطفى) and Reem Sherkawi (ريم شرقاوي).

Other notable past presenters: Salam Ishak (سلام اسحق), Micheline Azar (ميشلين عازار), Wafa Shabrouni (وفاء شبروني), Rania Thanoun (رانيا ذنون), Khansa Al-Hukmiya (خنساء الحكمية), Majed Musallam (مجد مسلم) and Sara Dabbous (سارة دبوس).

Addounia TV during the Syrian crisis

On September 23, 2011, the Council of the European Union added Addounia TV to its list of sanctioned individuals and entities, on the basis that Addounia TV had "incited violence against the civilian population in Syria.[3] After one months on October 20, 2011 Addounia TV was interrupted on Hotbird.[4] Addounia TV channel said that the sanctions imposed by the European Union contradict media freedom and the international conventions which protect the freedom of expression.[5]

Addounia TV has suspended on February 5, 2012 its SMS 'Breaking News' service temporarily because it was hacked by the opposition.[6]

The Arab League officially asked the satellite operators Arabsat and Nilesat to stop broadcasting Syrian media, including Addounia TV in June 2012. Syrian State News Agency, SANA, called the move to stop broadcasting a "misleading campaign launched against Syria."[7]

President Bashar al-Assad gave an interview on 29 August 2012 to Addounia TV in which he talked on the local and regional developments.[8] The whole interview is available on YouTube with English subtitles.[9]

On 5 September 2012, Syrian Television Channels broadcast were broken off on Arabsat and Nilesat, including Addounia TV.[10]

Journalist Suheil al-Ali from Addounia TV died on 4 January 2013 after suffering wounds from four days prior when opposition fighters opened fire on him in Damascus countryside while on his way home from work.[11]

On May 16, 2013, the US Department of State included Addounia Television to the US blacklists of sanctions.[12][13]

On March 25, 2014, Addounia Television broadcasting returned on Nilesat following the channel’s more than 18 months suspension.[14]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Dunham, Jillian (14 September 2011). "Syrian TV Station Accuses Al Jazeera of Fabricating Uprising". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ "Syrian Oppression: How the Elite Are Hanging Tough Together". Time. 10 June 2011.
  3. ↑ https://othersuns.wordpress.com/2011/09/24/syria-ministers-of-justice-and-information-added-to-sanction-list-together-with-cham-holding-syriatel-addounia-tv-and-three-other-entities/
  4. ↑ http://de.kingofsat.net/channelhistory.php?ch=4972
  5. ↑ http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2011/09/25/371585.htm
  6. ↑ http://sana.sy/eng/21/2012/02/06/398571.htm
  7. ↑ "Ministry of Information: Stopping Broadcast of Addounia TV on Arabsat and Nilesat Preparatory Step to Launch Misleading Campaign of False News". SANA - Syrian Arab News Agency. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  8. ↑ http://www.sana-syria.com/eng/21/2012/08/30/438882.htm
  9. ↑ "Full President Assad's interview with Addounia TV 29-08-2012 [1/5]". Retrieved August 29, 2012.
  10. ↑ http://sana.sy/eng/21/2012/09/06/439840.htm
  11. ↑ http://www.syrianews.cc/syria-journalist-suheil-al-ali-martyred-after-succumbing-to-wounds-sustained-from-terrorists-gunfire/
  12. ↑ http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2013/05/209499.htm
  13. ↑ http://sana.sy/eng/21/2013/05/17/482716.htm
  14. ↑ Syrian Addounia TV returns to broadcast on Nilesat satellite
  15. ↑ http://sana.sy/eng/28/2010/11/13/318945.htm

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