Nile TV International is a public Egyptian television channel. It is the second Egyptian
satellite television
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news network in Egypt, and the first
Arab
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satellite channel to broadcast its programs in foreign languages;
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
,
French, and formerly
Hebrew
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.
Nile TV International is broadcast on four satellites, allowing for its transmission to reach the whole
Arab world
The Arab world ( ar, اَلْعَالَمُ الْعَرَبِيُّ '), formally the Arab homeland ( '), also known as the Arab nation ( '), the Arabsphere, or the Arab states, refers to a vast group of countries, mainly located in Western A ...
, the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. Moreover, it is also broadcast as a terrestrial channel on the
UHF band.
In July 2009, Nile TV International became formally part of the News Center of the
Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU), headed by
Abdel-Latif el-Menawy.
Hebrew service
There used to be a two-hour daily Hebrew service. The broadcast could be viewed outside of Egyptian borders from 6:00 PM CAT to 8:00 PM CAT, and aimed to represent a pan-Arab view.
Administration
The channel's current president is Sameh Ragaee, who was previously the president of Al-Nile Al-Akhbar (Nile News) Channel. He took the post in 2014. The former president, Dr. Mervat Mohsen, had to resign because of a mistake caused by the shift supervisor, who broadcast a documentary on former Egyptian president
Mohamed Morsi
Mohamed Mohamed Morsi Eissa al-AyyatThe spellings of his first and last names vary. survey of 14 news organizations plus Wikipedia in July 2012Shahira Amin
Shahira Amin ( ar, شهيرة أمين ) is an Egyptian journalist, the former deputy head of Egyptian state-owned Nile TV and one of its senior anchors. She resigned from the position on February 3, 2011. She said she quit over what she "consid ...
*
Yousef Gamal El-Din
Shows
*''Panorama News''
*''Mondays''
*''Front Line''
*''Open to Question''
*''Arab Affairs''
*''Business World''
*''Nile Cruise''
*''Cairo Watch''
*''Egypt Today''
In Ramadan 2009, the channel embarked on a daily two-hour talk show which aired from downtown Azhar park. "Egyptian Nights" aired 30 episodes and included several high-profile guests and extensive reporting.
References
External links
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ERTU
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1994 establishments in Egypt
Television stations in Egypt
Arabic-language television stations
International broadcasters
Television channels and stations established in 1994
Government-owned companies of Egypt
State media
Mass media in Cairo
Multilingual news services