Syria TV | |
Launch Date: | 1995 |
Picture Format: | 4:3/16:9 1080i (HD), 576i (SD) |
Owner: | ORTAS |
Country: | Syria |
Language: | Arabic, French and English (some programs) |
Area: | Syria Middle East and North Africa Russia China Iran |
Headquarters: | Umayyad Square, Damascus, Syria |
Sister Channels: | Syrian News Channel, Syrian Drama TV, Syrian Education TV, Noor Al-Sham |
Online Serv 1: | Syria TV Live |
Online Chan 1: | Free |
Syria TV (Arabic: القناة الفضائية السورية), also known as Syrian Satellite Channel, is a satellite television channel a nationwide public broadcasting, state-funded by the Syrian General Organization of Radio and TV and broadcast throughout the world on various satellites. The television station is based in Damascus, Syria since 1995.[1] [2]
Syria TV features a variety of general-interest programs.
Most of the programmes are in Arabic. There is also a number of English programmes and some news broadcasts in English, French, Spanish, Russian and recently Turkish.
On May 26, 2013, Opposition forces opened fire on the Syria TV team near al-Daba'a village in the countryside of al-Qusayr in Homs province, injuring cameraman Asem al-Shaar.[3]