Nessma El Jadida ( ar, الجديدة نسمة,

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: New Breeze), formerly known as Nessma TV ( ar, قناة نسمة,

: "Breeze TV") and Nessma Rouge ( ar, نسمة روج,

: Red Breeze) was a commercial TV channel based in

Tunisia ) , image_map = Tunisia location (orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = Location of Tunisia in northern Africa , image_map2 = , capital = Tunis , largest_city = capital , ...

, targeting Tunisia and the

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countries. It was 25% formerly owned by the Italian company

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, controlled by

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. All programmes broadcast on this channel had subtitles in French or

Maghrebi Arabic Maghrebi Arabic (, Western Arabic; as opposed to Eastern or Mashriqi Arabic) is a vernacular Arabic dialect continuum spoken in the Maghreb region, in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Western Sahara, and Mauritania. It includes Moroccan, Alger ...

. It broadcast such programs as the Maghrebi version of ''

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'', called

Man sa yarbah al malyoon TV show launched on 27 November 2000, called ''من سيربح المليون'' (Who Will Win The One Million) was broadcast on MBC1 (English translation: ''Who will win the million?'', transliteration: ''Man sa yarbah al-malyoon''). Its host wa ...

. The TV channel was launched on 16 March 2007, by Nabil and Ghazi Karoui, in partnership with Berlusconi and Tarak Ben Ammar. It was created as a subsidiary of Karoui & Karoui World Group. On 27 October 2021, the channel was ordered to shut down by Tunisia's broadcasting regulator, which said it was operating without a license. The channel's studios were also raided by Tunisian state security forces, and may have been politically motivated, as Nessma owner

Nabil Karoui Nabil Karoui ( ar, نبيل القروي; born 1 August 1963) is a Tunisian people, Tunisian politician and businessman. One of the key figures in the Tunisian media landscape, Karoui is CEO of Karoui & Karoui World and owner of the Tunisian tel ...

(the runner-up in the

2019 Tunisian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Tunisia on 15 September 2019, the second direct vote for the presidency since the 2011 revolution. The elections had originally been planned for 17 and 24 November, but were brought forward after the death of ...

) who has since been recently and frequently jailed is a rival of President

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. The seizure was also sudden as the network had been unlicensed for years, but no action had previously been taken. The channel was granted a temporary license by HAICA to reoperate on 8 March 2022 after a negotiation between the representatives of the channel and the president of HAICA on 15 February 2022. The channel was officially relaunched on 11 March 2022. The channel is now owned by the new managing director Zied Riba under his company Maghreb Broadcast. The channel's name was also changed to Nessma El Jadida or New Nessma ( ar, الجديدة نسمة,

: "New Breeze"). The channel became available on the Iraqi satellite ShababSat on DMN.

Programming

Shows

* ''Bissiyassa'' * ''Braquage'' * ''Couzinetna Hakka'' * ''Dhayf Al Ousboua'' * ''

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Maghreb'' * ''Imine Issar'' * ''Jek El Mersoul'' * ''Les guignols du Maghreb'' * ''Memnoua Al Rjel'' * ''Moustawdaa Nessma'' * ''Ness El CAN'' * ''Ness El Hand'' * ''Ness Hollywood'' * ''Ness Nessma'' * ''Ness Sport'' * ''NetMag'' * ''Non Solo Moda'' * ''PlayR'' * '' Star Academy Maghreb''

Soap operas

* '' Aşk-ı Memnu'' * ''

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'' * ''Cello'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''Nsibti Laaziza''

Brand identity

File:Nessma TV logo.jpg, 2007–2013 File:Nessma logo 2016.png, 2016–2017 File:Logo de Nessma.png, 2017–2021

References

External links

Official website
{{Media in Morocco , state=collapsed Arabic-language television stations Mediaset television channels Television stations in Tunisia Television stations in Morocco Television stations in Algeria Television channels and stations established in 2007