IRIB Ofogh (شبكه‌ی افق, ''Shibkâhi-ye 'Feq'', "The Horizon channel" in

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), is an

Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB; fa, صدا و سيمای جمهوری اسلامی ايران, ''Sedā va Sīmā-ye Jomhūri-ye Eslāmi-ye Īrān'', , formerly called National Iranian Radio and Television until the Iranian rev ...

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, is broadcast Worldwide. The channel is one of the newer television channels in

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and was launched on June 3, 2014 as a test airing only in Tehran, and began broadcasting trailers of its programs at the Alvand station, the third transmitter of Tehran,

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578, as channel 22. Ofogh TV channel began airing nationally on December 24, 2014 and officially established on February 27, 2015. The channel currently broadcasts 24 hours a day, which includes documentary, history and religious programs. Sayyed Javad Ramadan Nejad is currently managing the channel. He was appointed to this position in July 2014. According to Ramadan Nejad the channel director-general, the approach of channel's programs is cultural, artistic and social based on the discourse of the

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Launch

The first announcement of the launch of this channel was announced by Seyyed Ezzatollah Zarghami, former head of the

, on May 13, 2014. And on the eve of Khordad 3, coinciding with the Liberation of Khorramshahr, this channel owned an independent frequency as the twenty-second national media channel and started its experimental broadcast in

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and on February 27, 2015 began broadcasting globally.

Availability

TV

The channel's programs in Iran are available through ground analog transmitters on the UHF band and also Digital receivers. Also, the programs are broadcast via Badr 5 satellite in

and some parts of

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Internet

On the Internet, live watching this channel is possible through the live broadcast website of the

, the channel's website, as well as other websites such as telewebion and inet.

Programming

In the elementary design, it was planned that the programming on this channel will be based on an analytical approach to the issues of the

. Currently, in addition to analytical programs, the Iranian-Islamic lifestyle and awareness raising in society are also addressed.

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, combination programs,

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s, and clips were the first programs of this channel. Gradually, programs with various social, political, cultural, economic and other issues were added to the channel's broadcasting table.

Governance and corporate structure

IRIB Ofogh is a statutory corporation, independent from direct government intervention, with its activities being overseen by

. Some media productions in this channel are conducted with the participation of non-governmental organizations and institutions outside the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting.

Directorate

On June 24, 2014, Sayyed Javad Ramezan nejad, the former director of the documentary department of the IRIB TV4 television channels, was introduced as the director of the Ofogh channel, With the decree of the Vice-President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. Mohsen Naji is also the director of the television and combined programs of the channel.

Thinking council

In September 2017, Morteza Mirbagheri, the Vice-President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, appointed members of the thinking Council of the Ofogh channel in separate decrees. Accordingly,

Nader Talebzadeh Nader Talebzadeh ( fa, نادر طالب‌زاده) also known as Nader Ordoubadi was an Iranian conservative journalist and filmmaker. Early life Talebzadeh was born in 1953 or 1954 in Tehran. His father Mansour Talebzadeh Ordoubadi, was a ...

, Majid Shah Hoseini, Hamid Reza Ayatollahi, Hasan Khojest and Mohsen Naji were appointed as members of this council for one year.

Popular programs

Some of the popular programs of this channel as follows: * Time (عصر): This program is a dialog-driven program designed and produced by

. The program focuses on internal and external day-to-day issues, including political, cultural and social issues, with the participation of experts in domestic and foreign affairs in the events under discussion. * Elite Land (سرزمین نخبگان): This program addresses the lives of Iranian elites and entrepreneurs both inside and outside the country. * Seven Days and Seven Hours (هفت روز هفت ساعت): This program is a rally competition With the presence of artists from

and

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which has been filmed in both countries. The production of this program, which was shown in Nowruz 1397, has been performed by

Saeid Aboutaleb Saeid Aboutaleb ( fa, سعید ابوطالب) is an Iranian documentary filmmaker and conservative politician who served a member of the Parliament of Iran from 2004 to 2008 representing Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr. U.S. detainment i ...

and Mohammad Reza Zaeri. * Innovators (نوآوران): The program is produced by Meysam Behzadi, which aims at introducing new ideas and industrial and research projects provided by the creative young people of Iran. In each episode, guests come from among the successful Iranian youths who have presented a new idea or design. These designs are in various fields, including transportation, automotive, medicine, car design, industrial design, and so on.

References

External links

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IRIB Ofogh Live streaming
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