El Hiwar El Tounsi

El Hiwar El Tounsi is an Arabic-language television channel in Tunisia.[1] In March 2015 it was the most widely watched television channel in Tunisia, with a 26.7% market share.[2]

The channel was launched in 2003 by Tahar Ben Hassin, a left-wing émigré in Paris, as an unlicensed satellite station broadcasting political programmes opposed to the Ben Ali regime.[3] After the Tunisian Revolution the channel relocated to the Manouba suburb of Tunis, switching to digital terrestrial broadcast and gradually becoming a mainstream television channel.[4][5][6] In 2014 the founder sold the channel to a group of investors headed by Asma Fehri.[7]

References
  1. Edward Webb (11 April 2014). Media in Egypt and Tunisia: From Control to Transition?. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-137-40996-6.
  2. "SigMag Mars". Sigma Conseil. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  3. "Le local d'El Hiwar Ettounsi attaqué par les salafistes, selon son directeur". Actualité de Tunisie. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  4. "Chaînes TV autorisées Comment El Hiwar a survécu". Leaders.com.tn. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  5. "Tunisie : RAI 1, El Hiwar Ettounsi et Nessma désormais disponibles sur la TNT". THD. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  6. "Tahar Ben Hassine veut transformer El Hiwar Ettounsi en chaîne populaire". TeK'n'Kult. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  7. "Télévision: Tahar Ben Hassine explique pourquoi il a vendu Al-Hiwar Ettounsi". Kapitalis. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
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