Press TV News
Press TV is a 24-hour English language global news network. Its headquarters are located in Tehran, Iran, with worldwide bureaus in Beirut (Lebanon),Damascus (Syria),[citation needed] London (UK), Seoul (South Korea) and Washington DC (USA). Press TV carries news analysis, documentary talk shows and sports news worldwide with special focus on West Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East. Press TV is available in most parts of the world via 13 satellites,as well as cable[8] and Internet. It is free-to-air for almost all of its viewers, although some cable companies include it on their platforms.
Press TV is a 24-hour English language global news network. Its headquarters are located in Tehran, Iran, with worldwide bureaus in Beirut (Lebanon), Damascus (Syria),[citation needed] London (UK), Seoul (South Korea) and Washington DC (USA).
Press TV carries news analysis, documentary talk shows and sports news worldwide with special focus on West Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East. Press TV is available in most parts of the world via 13 satellites, as well as cable[8] and Internet. It is free-to-air for almost all of its viewers, although some cable companies include it on their platforms. Live video, audio, and FLV streaming is also available on its website.
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History of website and satellite TV launch
The channel's website launched in late January 2007. Test satellite transmissions were conducted in late April 2007. The launch date for the channel was July 3, 2007. On March 18, 2009, Press TV launched a new website with a modified graphical user interface.
Press TV offers round-the-clock news bulletins every half-hour, a series of repeating commentary programmes and round-table panel discussions, as well as documentary-style political films. In May 2009, Press TV CEO Mohammed Sarafraz announced that Press TV would "provide viewers with more newscasts while cutting down on its news analysis programs."
Press TV was created for the purpose of presenting news, images and arguments, especially on Middle Eastern affairs, to counter the news coverage that appears on broadcasts such those of BBC World, CNN International and Al Jazeera English.
Press TV has been praised for airing programs about under-reported stories around the world. According to mediachannel.org, "the government aims to use Press TV to counter what it sees as a steady stream of Western propaganda against Iran as well as offer an alternative view of world news." Iranian analyst Khorosh Ziabari agreed that it is "objectionable" for Press TV to serve as a government mouthpiece, though he pointed out that other stations, notably France 24, are also funded by national governments to disseminate propaganda and news from a national point of view.
Press TV has correspondents across East and South-East Asia including Shahana Butt, who reports from Indian Administered Kashmir. Munawar Zaman reports from New Delhi. Aamer Trambu is Press TV's news and current affairs correspondent for the Mumbai and South India region.
Sari Al-Khalili presents "INfocus" from Ramallah and files West Bank news reports. Shireen Yassin reports from Jerusalem. Reports were also filed by Preethi Nallu from Copenhagen; Mohammed Abd and Elmonem from Cairo.
Ali Rizk is Press TV's Beirut news director. Other staffers in Lebanon include correspondent Serena Shim, a Lebanese-American who was born in Detroit, and Sara Moussa, a producer who lived previously in the US.
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