The establishment of a TV network broadcasting films and serials with Arabic subtitles, has been proposed to Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. Announcing this, the deputy director for international affairs of IRIB noted that once the proposal is approved, the 24-hour network will be launched for the Middle East region.
“As per the latest studies, most of the families residing in the Middle East are interested in such films and serials due to their ethical values,” Mohammad Sarafraz added.
(Source: IRNA)
on Aug 29th, 2008 at 15:14
IRIb is a huge pharse and all Iranians know it. They do their best to watch anything but their lousy propagandistic TV channels and they are especially pissed off by the latest blow from MBC Perisa movies channel , broadcasting American made movies. IRIB including their \
on Aug 29th, 2008 at 16:12
Eli, if IRIB is such a huge farce maybe it should consider launching a comedy channel
On a serious note, IRIB Arabic Al-Alam News TV Channel is quite popular in the Gulf. Curiously, Al-Alam also runs the English news website. As if PressTV.com wasn’t enough.
In terms of TV entertainment Iran has come a long way since Khomeini’s time. The racy Iranian soap operas might appeal to many Arab viewers. (See http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/irans-tv-adds-entertainment-to-propaganda )
Iranian movies have won an international acclaim on quite a few movie festivals in the West.