Al Iraqiya
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Type | Satellite television network |
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Country | Iraq |
Availability | International |
Owner | Iraqi Government |
Launch date
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2003 |
Official website
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www.imn.iq |
Al Iraqiya (Arabic: العراقيّة al-ʿIrāqiyyä) is a satellite and terrestrial public broadcaster and television network in Iraq that was set up after the fall of Saddam Hussein. It is an Arabic language network that serves upwards of 85% of Iraq's population, and is viewed by a significant percentage (about 40%).
The channel began under the name IMN as part of the Iraqi Media Network (or Shabeket al-Elam Iraqi in Arabic) project undertaken. The Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) was the contractor for this Defense Department project.[citation needed]
Included in the programming is the very aggressive Political Actuality program “Burning Issues” that tackles the very sensitive subject of terrorism in Iraq, hosting both the victims and the arrested/convicted perpetrators.
On May 31, 2006, Ali Jaafar, a sports anchorman for Iraqi state television, was gunned down in Baghdad.
See also
Harris Corporation took over the project from SAIC and completed—on time and in budget—two TV channels, a national newspaper, and radio stations.
External links
- Official website (Arabic)
- Official website
References
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- Articles containing Arabic-language text
- Articles with unsourced statements from May 2008
- Official website not in Wikidata
- Articles with Arabic-language external links
- Iraqi television networks
- Arab media
- Arabic-language television stations
- External services (broadcasting)
- Television channels and stations established in 2003
- Iraq stubs
- Television station stubs