Murr Television, marketed and known as MTV Lebanon, is a Lebanese

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 ...

based in Naccache,

Metn District Matn ( ar, قضاء المتن, '), sometimes spelled Metn (or preceded by the article El, as in El Matn), is a district (''qadaa'') in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon, east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The district capital is J ...

History

Founded in 1991 by Gabriel Murr, a Lebanese businessman and politician. MTV was shut down in 2002 as it was found guilty of violating article 68 of the electoral law of 1999 which bans propaganda during the election process but, since other Lebanese channels did not comply with the law either, some observers suspect that the closure was due to MTV’s criticism of the Lebanese government and of Syria. As well as lawsuit againt

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In 2005, the Lebanese parliament decided to amend article 68 and reopen the station after the Syrian troops withdrew from Lebanon and the anti-Syrian opposition coalition won a majority in Lebanon’s parliament, but the station remained closed. The station reopened its doors seven years later, on April 7, 2009, two months before the 2009 parliamentary elections.

TV program

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'' (Middle East & North Africa; Season 4) ''(Celebrity Singing Show)'' * ''

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'' – ''Yalla Nerkos!'' ''(Talent show)'' * ''Hayda Haki'' ''(Comedy-oriented talk and variety show)'' * ''Mafi Metlo'' * ''

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''/''Menna w Jerr'' * '' Talk of the Town'' * ''

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''/''Heik Min Ghanni'' * '' The Doctors'' * '' Vendredi tout est permis''/''Layle Jnoun'' (الليلة جنون) * ''

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''/''Kel Mayle 3ayle'' * '' Chance of a Lifetime''/''Lamin el Malayin'' * ''

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'' * ''Tahkik'' * ''Al Hal Enna'' * Who Knows/Meen Byaaref (Celebrity quiz show) * ''Ktir Salbeh'' (2010–2012)

Production

MTV produces all their productions at 'Studiovision' studios .

Website and mobile application

MTV requires a subscription for “premium” content, but they offer some content for free.

References

External links

* * {{Television in Lebanon 1991 establishments in Lebanon 2002 disestablishments in Lebanon Television channels and stations established in 1991 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2002 Television channels and stations established in 2009 2009 establishments in Lebanon Mass media in Beirut Television stations in Lebanon Arabic-language television stations