Excerpt from report by private Sudanese newspaper Al-Ra’y al-Amm on 14 March
Trial broadcasting for a new private satellite channel, Al-Amal, started yesterday. Al-Amal crew includes a number of media specialists and learned Sudanese who prepare and present comprehensive programmes for Sudanese and Arab viewers.
Speaking to Al-Ra’y al-Amm, the owner of the media channel, Dr Awadh Ibrahim Awadh, said that the channel’s editorial line is purely national and that it carries a message to the whole Islamic world.
He added that all preparations had been made to offer an integrated media service to the Sudanese viewers who would find a variety of programmes that include news and political programmes as well as a variety of other cultural, sports and children programmes. [Passage omitted]
(Source: Al-Ra’y al-Amm, Khartoum, in Arabic 14 Mar 10 via BBC Monitoring)
Andy Sennitt adds: Transmissions are reported to be on Atlantic Bird 2 at 8 degrees West, 11595V, 27500, 3/4, DVB-S/MPEG-2.
