Press releases
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2017 4 items
SAT-7 to launch educational channel for refugees
A new satellite television channel, SAT-7 ACADEMY is set to launch on 1 September. Broadcasting round-the-clock in Arabic, the channel will offer millions of displaced or refugee children complementary learning opportunities through a variety of television programs.
SAT-7 PARS doubles its potential audience as it launches on a new satellite
Persian Christian TV-channel SAT-7 PARS is now live on Yahsat, which is one of the most viewed satellite platforms in Iran. Yahsat has attracted an estimated 10 million viewing households in the country.
SAT-7 responds to Egypt church bombings
On Sunday morning a bomb ripped through the Palm Sunday Communion Service at St George’s in Tanta in Egypt, killing 27 and injuring many more. It was followed shortly afterwards by a suicide bomber detonated outside St Mark’s Cathedral in Alexandria where Pope Tawadros, the leader of the Coptic Church, had led worship.
Syrian refugees to get new educational TV channel
Millions of children who have been displaced by the conflict in Syria are facing a bleak future because of missing out on schooling. From this summer, SAT-7 ACADEMY, a new educational TV channel from SAT-7 will bring hope to these children, and to millions more out-of-school kids across the Middle East and North Africa.