Syria TV ( ar, القناة الفضائية السورية), also known as Syrian Satellite Channel, is a satellite television channel a nationwide
public broadcasting
Public broadcasting involves radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing ...
,
state-funded by the Syrian
General Organization of Radio and TV and broadcast 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 ear ...
is based in
Damascus,
Syria since July 1960.
Programs
Syria 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.
During the Syrian Civil War
On May 26, 2013, Opposition forces opened fire on the Syria TV team near al-Daba'a village in the countryside of
al-Qusayr in Homs province, injuring cameraman Asem al-Shaar.
References
External links
Syria TV official websiteSyria TV live streamSyria TV official website
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1995 establishments in Syria
Television channels in Syria
Arabic-language television stations
Mass media in Damascus
Television channels and stations established in 1995