Spiegel: US-sponsored television in the Middle East is "Cheaper than an Invasion"
Here's another in a long line of features on Alhurra, this one from Spiegel.
Posted by Matthew Burton on June 5, 2005 at 11:05 PM in Alhurra | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (276)
U.S. Planning Arab-Language TV Broadcasts to Europe (Alhurra)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration plans to begin Arab-language satellite-television broadcasts to Europe later this year in a new escalation of its information war against Islamic extremism, officials say.
Three-and-a-half years after Islamic militants based in Germany helped mount the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, U.S.-backed TV channel Alhurra expects to transmit 24-hour programing to European Muslim communities seen as potential breeding grounds of extremism. More
Posted by Matthew Burton on March 1, 2005 at 11:31 PM in Alhurra, Public diplomacy | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (131)
Washington Post on Alhurra
Va.-Based, U.S.-Financed Arabic Channel Finds Its Voice
"...Alhurra, a network with 150 reporters based in Springfield, is the U.S. government's largest and most expensive effort to sway foreign opinion over the airwaves since the creation of Voice of America in 1942." More
Posted by Matthew Burton on October 15, 2004 at 05:52 PM in Alhurra, Public diplomacy | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (117)
Arab Advisors Group releases Saudi media audience study
Al Jazeera viewers base in Saudi Arabia is 5 times larger than United States Sponsored AlHurra's audience. Al Hurra's credibility scores are quite bad in contrast with those of Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya.
A new scientific survey by the Arab Advisors Group revealed that close to 89% of Arab households in Saudi Arabia have Satellite TVs. The results also revealed that Arab SAT TV Viewers in Saudi Arabia have little trust in AlHurra News Channel. In contrast Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya news channels have much higher credibility amongst a much larger viewers base. The survey covered all channels viewed in Saudi Arabia be they news, music, sports and general entertainment. Radio listening patterns were also covered by the survey.
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Posted by Matthew Burton on September 5, 2004 at 11:17 AM in Al Arabiya, Alhurra, Aljazeera, Middle East media | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (99)
Alhurra criticized by Allawi
U.S. funded Iraqi TV criticized
BAGHDAD, Aug. 29 (UPI) - Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., says Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi believes the U.S.-funded satellite TV station Alhurra is "a waste of money."
"We've done a really poor job on the diplomatic front, and if this latest effort is also a bust, we need to know about it and we need to retool," Schiff told the Los Angeles Daily News after returning from Baghdad and meeting with Iraqi officials and U.S. military. "At least in the view of the new prime minister, it's still missing the mark."
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Posted by Matthew Burton on August 29, 2004 at 12:16 PM in Alhurra | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (86)
Tigris Tales: Real politics is replacing propaganda, thanks to our new-wave media. We even have satire now!
Click here to view Tigris Tales from the Guardian
Posted by Vanessa Hetherington on May 26, 2004 at 05:34 PM in Al-Iraqiya/Iraqi Media Network, Alhurra, Native media, New television | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (75)
Arabs are watching US TV channel Alhurra--survey Reuters
WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - The controversial U.S. Arabic-language TV channel Alhurra is winning viewers as a news source in the Arab world despite rising anti-American attitudes in the region, according to a U.S.-financed poll released on Thursday.
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Posted by Vanessa Hetherington on April 29, 2004 at 02:19 PM in Alhurra, Middle East media, New television, Public diplomacy | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (408)
A new look to Arab news by Muafac Harb (news director, Alhurra and Radio Sawa)
There is something very important to be said about competition, especially within the media. With the onslaught of cable and satellite networks in the United States, Americans can easily watch a news story on four or five different channels, to ensure they get a balanced and accurate idea of what is going on in the world and filter through any biases, whether real or imagined.
That is essentially the idea behind Alhurra (Arabic for "Free One"), the latest Arabic-language news and information channel to come to the Middle East: to present factual and accurate reporting to viewers in the 22 Arab countries we reach, thereby providing them with a fresh perspective of the news that affects them. Once people have a better understanding of the world around them, they become part of the global debate.
Click here to read more.
Posted by Vanessa Hetherington on April 22, 2004 at 02:33 PM in Alhurra, Middle East media, Public diplomacy | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (131)
