Syrian TV (), also known as Syrian Satellite Channel (), is a

public television Public broadcasting (or public service broadcasting) is radio, television, and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service with a commitment to avoiding political and commercial influence. Public broadcasters receive f ...

channel, owned by the Syrian General Organization of Radio and TV and broadcast nationwide on

Digital terrestrial television Digital terrestrial television (DTTV, DTT, or DTTB) is a technology for terrestrial television, in which television stations broadcast television content in a digital signal, digital format. Digital terrestrial television is a major technologica ...

(DTT) and throughout the world on various satellites. The

television station A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth's s ...

has been based in

Damascus Damascus ( , ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. Kno ...

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

since 1995.

History

Syrian civil war and Syrian revolution

On 26 May 2013, opposition forces attacked the Syrian TV team near al-Daba'a village in the countryside of al-Qusayr in Homs province, injuring cameraman Asem al-Shaar. Screenshot From 2024-12-08 19-26-28

On 8 December 2024, at 05:30, amid the fall of Damascus during the Syrian opposition offensives, opposition forces took control of the channel and announced the

fall of the Assad regime On 8 December 2024, the Assad regime collapsed during a 2024 Syrian opposition offensives, major offensive by Syrian opposition, opposition forces. The offensive was spearheaded by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and supported mainly by the Turk ...

live on-air. On 15 December 2024, the broadcasting on the “ORTAS” website was temporarily suspended. , the suspension of the online streaming and satellite feed of the channel is still ensuing.

Programming

Syrian TV features a variety of general-interest programs. *Syrian soap operas ( Syrian Drama, مسلسلات سوريا دراما) *Aalam men Akhbar (A World of News, عالم من الأخبا) *Jilna (Our Generation, جيلنا) *Sabah al Khair (Good Morning, صباح الخير) *Al-Nas lel Nas (People for People, الناس للناس) *Hamzet Wasel (Connecting Link, همزة وصل) *Al-Balad Baladak (The Country is your Country, البلد بلدك) *Mulaeb al Ghad (Tomorrow's Player, ملاعب الغد) *Huna Dimashq (Here is Damascus, هنا دمشق) *Nahja Maan (Living Together, نحيا معا) *Al-Muwaten w el-Wazeer (The Citizen and the Minister, المواطن و الوزير ) *Hadis Al-Balad (Talk of the Town, حديث البلد) *Bath Mubashar (Live Broadcast, بث مباشر) Most of the programmes are in Arabic. There is also a number of English programmes and some news broadcasts in English, French, Spanish, Russian and recently Turkish.

History

Syrian civil war and Syrian revolution

Programming

See also

References

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