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Egyptian Radio and Television Union

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The National Media Authority (NTU; Template:Lang-ar), known until 2017 as Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU; Template:Lang-ar), is the public broadcaster of Egypt, operated by the Egyptian government.[1] It is a member of the European Broadcasting Union.

National Media Authority
الهيئة الوطنية للإعلام
TypeBroadcast radio, television and online
Country
Egypt
AvailabilityNational; international
HeadquartersERTU Building, Cairo, Egypt
OwnerGovernment of Egypt
Launch date
1971; 53 years ago (1971)
Former names
Egyptian State Broadcasting (الإذاعة الحكومية المصرية)
Egyptian Radio and Television Union (اتحاد الإذاعة والتلفزيون المصري)
Official website
maspero.eg

History

Egyptian Radio began broadcasting on 31 May 1934 in agreement with the Marconi Company. The General Manager of the station for the period was Said Basha Lotfi who presided over the station from May 1934 to December 1947. In December 1947, the contract with Marconi was suspended in favour of an Egyptian national broadcasting station. The station is known also for its call "This is Cairo" (Template:Lang-ar). It is considered the "First Program" (Template:Lang-ar) of the ERTU.

Later on three main new radio channels were added, namely the pan-Arab Voice of the Arabs (Template:Lang-ar) in 1953, Egyptian Radio's Second Programme (Template:Lang-ar) in 1957, and the pan-Arab Middle East Radio (Template:Lang-ar) in 1964. All four stations broadcast on high powered medium wave transmitters covering most of the Middle East and North and East Africa.

Egyptian television began broadcasting six hours daily on 21 July 1960, with a state-run channel that held a monopoly on terrestrial broadcasts.

In 1971,[2] a new decree established the Arab Radio and Television Union, and created four distinct sectors: radio, television, engineering, and finance, each of which had a chairman who reported directly to the minister of information. The name of the Union was changed to the Egyptian Radio and Television Union, the name by which it is still known. Today, its total daily broadcast time on its various channels amounts to 490 hours.

Already in 1950 its predecessor, the Egyptian State Broadcasting (Template:Lang-ar), was one of the founding members of the European Broadcasting Union in 1950. After the admittance of the Israel Broadcasting Service in 1958, it cancelled its active memberships, as did the Syrian Broadcasting Services. It was readmitted as an active member 1 January 1985.

Services & subsidiaries

The NMA is an Egyptian SOE that runs a large spectrum of radio, television and satellite channels, in addition to television and film production facilities. It does this directly as well as through a host of companies that include:[1]

  • Nile Radio Network

Radio

General stations

Specialized (thematic) stations

Regional programming radio stations

International stations

  • Radio Cairo (International) including Radio Cairo World Service 1 to 7 (various channels, shortwave and satellite)

Television

National

  • ERTU 1 – Generalist and informative programming. It began its broadcasts in 1960.
  • ERTU 2 – focused on fiction, entertainment and current affairs programming, launched in 1961.
  • Al Masriya – Channel aimed at the Egyptian diaspora, available since 1990.
  • Channel Egypt

Regional

There are six state-owned broadcast and satellite channels in Egypt:

Nile Television

Nilesat allowed for the launch of several specialized TV channels in addition to Egyptian Satellite Channel (ESC) and Nile TV. All are owned by the Egyptian state.

Specialized channels include:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "عن الهيئة | الهيئة الوطنية للإعلام". www.maspero.eg. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
  2. ^ Hussein Amin. "Strengthening the Rule of Law and Integrity in the Arab World" (PDF). Arab Center for the Development of the Rule of Law and Integrity. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 2011-07-01. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
  4. ^ http://www.ertu.org/nile_chan/NL_comedy.html[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 2011-07-01. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
  6. ^ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 2011-07-01. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
  7. ^ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 2011-07-01. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
  8. ^ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
  9. ^ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
  10. ^ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 2011-05-02. Retrieved 2011-05-22.

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