Nile TV International

Nile TV International
Launched	31 October 1994
Owned by	Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU)
Picture format	4:3 (576i, SDTV)
Country	Egypt
Broadcast area	Middle East, Arab World, Africa, Europe, United States
Headquarters	Cairo
Website	Official website
Availability
Satellite
Galaxy 19 at 97.0° West	12028 MHz Horizontal / 21991 / 3/4
Intelsat 905 at 24.5° West	3688 MHz Right Circular / 21050 / 3/4
Eutelsat 8 West C at 7.5° West	11034 MHz Vertical / 27500 / 3/4
Nilesat 102 at 7.0° West	12054 MHz Vertical / 27500 / 5/6
Nilesat 201 at 7.0°W	11766 MHz Horizontal / 27500 / 5/6

Nile TV International is a public Egyptian television channel. It 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 formerly Hebrew.

Nile TV International is broadcast on four satellites, allowing for its transmission to reach the whole Arab world, the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. Moreover, it is also broadcast as a terrestrial channel on the UHF band.

In July 2009, Nile TV International became formally part of the News Center of the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU), headed by Abdel-Latif el-Menawy.^[1]

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.

According to itself, 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 World 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, humanitarianism and tolerance.

Hebrew service

There used to be a two-hour daily Hebrew service. The broadcast could be viewed outside of Egyptian borders from 6:00 PM CAT to 8:00 PM CAT, and aimed to represent a pan-Arab view.^[2]

Administration

The channel's current president is Sameh Ragaee, who was previously the president of Al-Nile Al-Akhbar (Nile News) Channel. He took the post in 2014. The former president, Dr. Mervat Mohsen, had to resign because of a mistake caused by the shift supervisor, who broadcast a documentary on former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi.

Anchors and reporters

Shows

• Panorama News
• Mondays
• Front Line
• Open to Question
• Arab Affairs
• Business World
• Nile Cruise
• Cairo Watch
• Egypt Today

In Ramadan 2009, the channel embarked on a daily two-hour talk show which aired from downtown Azhar park. "Egyptian Nights" aired 30 episodes and included several high-profile guests and extensive reporting.

References

External links

• Nile TV International
• ERTU