National Media Authority

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National Media Authority
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Type Broadcast radio , television and online
Country
Egypt
Availability National; international
Headquarters ERTU Building , Cairo , Egypt
Owner Government of Egypt
Launch date
1971 ; 53 years ago  ( 1971 )
Former names
Egyptian State Broadcasting ( ??????? ???????? ??????? )
Egyptian Radio and Television Union ([undefined] Error: {{Lang}}: no text ( help ) )
Official website
maspero .eg

The National Media Authority ( NTU ; Arabic : ?????? ??????? ??????? , romanized :  al-Hay?a l-Wa?aniyya li-l-?I?l?m ), known until 2017 as Egyptian Radio and Television Union ( ERTU ; Arabic: ????? ??????? ?????????? ?????? , romanized:  Itti??d al-?Idh??a wa-t-Tilifizy?n al-Mi?r? ), is the public broadcaster of Egypt, operated by the Egyptian government. [1] It is a member of the European Broadcasting Union .

History [ edit ]

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" (Arabic: ??? ??????? , romanized:  Hun? l-Q?hira ). It is considered the "First Program" ( ???????? ????? , al-Barn?maj al-?Awwal ) of the ERTU.

Later on three main new radio channels were added, namely the pan-Arab Voice of the Arabs ( ??? ????? , ?awt al-?Arab ) in 1953, Egyptian Radio's Second Programme ( ???????? ?????? , al-Barn?maj ath-Th?n? ) in 1957, and the pan-Arab Middle East Radio ( ????? ????? ?????? , ?Idh??at ash-Sharq al-?Awsa? ) 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 ( ??????? ???????? ??????? , al-?Idh??a l-?uk?miyya l-Mi?riyya ), 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 [ edit ]

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]

Radio [ edit ]

General stations [ edit ]

  • General Programme Radio ( ????? ???????? ????? , ?Idh??at al-Barn?maj al-??mm ) or Egyptian Radio ? established in 1934 as the main channel of the network
  • Voice of the Arabs ( ????? ??? ????? , ?Idh??at ?awt al-?Arab ) ? established in 1953 as a pan-Arab station
  • Second Program ( ???????? ?????? , al-Barn?maj ath-Th?n? ) ? established in 1957 (now replaced and converted into the Cultural Radio)
  • Middle East Radio ( ????? ????? ?????? , ?Idh??at ash-Sharq al-?Awsa? ) ? established in 1964 as a pan-Arab station
  • European Program Radio ( ????? ???????? ??????? , ?Idh??at al-Barn?maj al-??r?bb? ) ? broadcasting in English, French, Greek, Italian and German

Specialized (thematic) stations [ edit ]

  • Cultural Radio ( ????? ???????? ??????? , ?Idh??at al-Barn?maj ath-?Thaq?f? ) ? replaced the Second Program
  • Youth and Sports Radio ( ????? ?????? ???????? , ?Idh??at ash-Shab?b wa-r-?Riy??a ) ? established in 1975)
  • Radio Greater Cairo ( ????? ??????? ?????? , ?Idh??at al-Q?hira l-Kubr? ) ? established in 1981
  • Songs Radio ( ????? ??????? , ?Idh??at al-?Agh?n? ) ? established in 2000
  • News and Music Radio ( ????? ??????? ????????? , ?Idh??at al-?Akhb?r wa-l-M?s?q? )
  • Radio Masr or ( ????? ????? ??? , ?Idh??at R?diy? Mi?r ) or Egypt Radio ? established in 2009
  • Al Qur'an al Karim Radio ( ????? ?????? ?????? , ?Idh??at al-Qur??n al-Kar?m ) ? Muslim religious broadcasting
  • Educational Radio ( ??????? ????????? , al-?Idh??a t-Ta?l?miyya )
  • Voice of Palestine ( ??? ?????? , ?awt Filas??n )

Regional programming radio stations [ edit ]

  • North of Saaeed Radio ( ????? ???? ?????? , ?Idh??at Sham?l a?-?a??d )
  • Nile Valley Radio ( ????? ???? ????? , ?Idh??at W?d? n-N?l )
  • Middle Delta Radio ( ????? ??? ?????? , ?Idh??at Was? ad-Dilt? )
  • Radio Alexandria ( ????? ?????????? , ?Idh??at al-?Iskandariyya )

International stations [ edit ]

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

Television [ edit ]

National [ edit ]

  • 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 [ edit ]

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

Nile Television [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b "?? ?????? | ?????? ??????? ???????" . 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 .

External links [ edit ]

Media related to Egyptian Radio and Television Union at Wikimedia Commons

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