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TRT ARABIC ON AIR
ISTANBUL (A.A) - 05.04.2010 - Turkey's state-run Radio and TV Corp. (TRT) has launched a new TV channel broadcasting in Arabic.
05.04.2010 - Update : 05.04.2010
TRT Director-General Ibrahim Sahin said Sunday that TRT's new channel would enable Turkey and Arab countries to know each other directly and better.
Sahin said at a ceremony at Istanbul's Dolmabahce Palace marking the opening of the TRT Arabic that the TV channel would reach 350 million people throughout the Arab world through 3 satellites.
"The TRT Arabic will be on air for 24 hours a day. We will broadcast a range of programs from politics to sports, from movies to TV series. Istanbul-based channel will also broadcast live from Cairo, Beirut, Damascus and Ankara," he added.
Established on May 1, 1964, TRT Ankara Television started its first test-runs in 1968. TRT's second channel TRT-2 went on air in 1986. TRT's international channel TRT-INT started broadcasting in Europe in 1990. Last year, TRT began broadcasting in Kurdish.
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Sahin said at a ceremony at Istanbul's Dolmabahce Palace marking the opening of the TRT Arabic that the TV channel would reach 350 million people throughout the Arab world through 3 satellites.
"The TRT Arabic will be on air for 24 hours a day. We will broadcast a range of programs from politics to sports, from movies to TV series. Istanbul-based channel will also broadcast live from Cairo, Beirut, Damascus and Ankara," he added.
Established on May 1, 1964, TRT Ankara Television started its first test-runs in 1968. TRT's second channel TRT-2 went on air in 1986. TRT's international channel TRT-INT started broadcasting in Europe in 1990. Last year, TRT began broadcasting in Kurdish.
Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. Please contact us for subscription options.
 - 05.04.2010 - Turkey's state-run Radio and TV Corp.
(TRT) has launched a new TV channel broadcasting in Arabic.
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