The viewers of al-Baraka satellite TV were astonished when the station suddenly went of the air without any prior notice last Tuesday afternoon. No less surprised were the station’s employees and management; they had received no notification from NileSat about any interruption.
Officially, the station was taken off the air because of some missing documents. If it fails to get its paperwork in order, the station might be closed permanently. But observers are saying that al-Baraka might well be the first victim of the controversial Arab satellite TV charter that was signed by the Arab League’s Information Ministers earlier this month.
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