Middle East Television

Middle East Television (METV) is a Christian satellite television broadcasting network located in Limassol, Cyprus. Programming on METV includes a mixture of Christian programming, plus non-religious entertainment programs like The Red Green Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Lone Ranger and NFL Football.

Middle East Television
TypeReligious and General Entertainment Broadcasting
Country
Cyprus
AvailabilityAll of Western Asia (except Yemen), as well as Afghanistan, Egypt, Greece, Libya, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
OwnerMessianic Vision
Launch date
April 10, 1982
Official website
metv.org

History

On April 10, 1982, a Christian-based television station South Lebanon, Hope TV, was donated to the Christian Broadcasting Network, and became METV. At this time METV broadcast from Marjayoun.[1] In Israel, METV was known for broadcasting WWF wrestling that was not available on Israeli TV.

On June 5, 1997 METV launched its 24-hour programming broadcast on the Israeli satellite Amos 2. This increased the potential audience from 11 million to 70 million viewers with a signal that is now reaching all of Western Asia (except Yemen), as well as Afghanistan, Egypt, Greece, Libya, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. In anticipation of the Israeli decision to pull out of Southern Lebanon, Middle East Television began searching for a new broadcast facility in May 1999.

On May 2, 2000, Middle East Television completed the construction of its new station and began its digital broadcast from Cyprus. METV was sold to a like-minded ministry, LeSEA Broadcasting, in July 2001.

In September 2016, LeSEA sold the station to Sid Roth's Messianic Vision, Inc.[2]

The logo of METV, prior to the LeSEA Broadcasting purchase, used to be three cedar trees, in honor of the Flag of Lebanon.

gollark: Oh, are prayers proof-of-work-based like bitcoin?
gollark: Is that a problem?
gollark: Hmm, at 10W of power utilization and 70 megaprayers per second, it's only 140 nanojoules per prayer.
gollark: But I doubt people use the entire processing capacity of their brain for prayers, given that a lot does vision processing and muscle control and whatever.
gollark: How much energy do people usually pray with? IIRC human brains run on something like 20W.

See also

References
  1. https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/israel/2019/january/middle-east-pullouts-news-perspective-on-a-tragic-history
  2. https://sidroth.org/metv-press-release/
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