Nile TV International
Launched	1994-10-31
Owned by	Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU)
Country	Egypt
Headquarters	Cairo, Egypt
Website	http://www.niletvinternational.net/
Availability
Terrestrial
Local UHF Egypt	Channel 9
Satellite
Nilesat 101 North Africa / Middle East	11766 H / 27500 / 3/4
Hotbird 6 Europe	12520 V / 27500 / 3/4
Intelsat Global	4180 L

Nile TV International 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, North Africa, Europe, and the United States. Moreover, it is also broadcast as a terrestrial channel on ultra high frequency.

In July of 2009, Nile TV International became formally part of the News Center of the ERTU, headed by Abdel Latif El Menawy, thereby reaffirming its commitment to developing a news-oriented format. A major overhaul of the channel is currently underway and is expected to be completed by early 2010. It is considered certain that the relaunch is part of a wider restructuring first hinted at in an interview with the The National (Abu Dhabi) ^[1], announcing "new news and political horizons".

[edit] History

The first broadcast of Nile TV International began in 1993, during the October Celebrations, with two hours of broadcast a day, increasing to four hours a day after the official inauguration of the channel on October 31, 1994. The broadcast hours were later increased to 8 hours. Since November 2002, the broadcast hours have been increased to 20 hours a day from 7 A.M. until 3 A.M. of the following day.

Early on, under the formative leadership of Hassan Hamid, the channel took "major steps" to introducing the field report formula on the Egyptian and Arab media scene ^[2].

Renowned German entrepreneur Arthur P. Schmidt described the channel as an "innovative contribution to intercultural communication" ^[3].

[edit] 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:

• Address foreign viewers in Egypt and all over the world with regard to culture, economy, tourism, and art, and to initiate a constructive dialogue between different cultures in foreign languages.
• Present the views of the Egyptian government and people on various issues concerning the Arab region and the Middle East, as well as global issues.
• Reflect the image of modern Egypt, and all its concrete achievements in the form of national projects in the fields of education, women's rights, health care, and the establishment of a democratic atmosphere.
• Broadcast news events from Egypt and the Arab world, and analyzing and discussing them with officials, politicians, analysts and cultured Egyptians, Arabs and foreigners in foreign languages.
• Present objective news on international events, analyzing and discussing those events to help foreign viewers understand the truth about the Egyptian and Arab stances on the current international events in order to protect foreign viewers from falling prey to biased media.
• Present images of Egypt and reflect its religions and values, humanitarian and tolerance.

[edit] Hebrew Service

Two hours of every day are dedicated to the Hebrew service. The broadcast is viewable outside Egyptian borders from 6 P.M. to 8 P.M. Cairo local time and aims to break down Israeli stereotypes about Arabs ^[4]. However, the broadcast reaches a very small amount of Israeli audiences because it is not included in the widely adopted cable services.

[edit] Anchors

[edit] Present English Anchors