NRT HD | |
Picture Format: | 1080i (HDTV) |
Owner: | Nalia Media Corporation |
Area: | Iraq |
Headquarters: | Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq |
Sister Channels: | NRT 2 NRT 3 NRT 4 |
Webcast: | Live Stream |
Nalia Radio and Television (NRT) is a media network in the Kurdistan Region. It was formed in 2010 by freelance journalists who launched the first ever independent media network, funded by Nalia company.
Shaswar Abdulwahid Qadir is the owner and founder of Nalia Media Corporation and is built under the slogan of ‘Courage, Balance and Truth.’
In the first week of its launch (Feb 17, 2011), NRT TV was burned down to the ground,[1] but it was rebuilt. On October 26, 2013 there was an assassination attempt on owner and founder of NRT, Shaswar Abdulwahid Qadir which he survived although injured in his leg. Subsequently four more TV channels were added to the group named NRT2, NRT3(kids), NRT4 and NRT Arabic.
It has its main office in Sulaymaniyah, Nalia Media Corporation (NMC) and also has offices in Erbil, Baghdad, Brussels, Paris, London, Washington, and Diyarbakir.
NMC consists of: