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{{Short description|Internet television channel}}
{{Infobox broadcasting network
{{Infobox broadcasting network
|network_name=Libya Alhurra TV
|network_name=Libya Alhurra TV
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|country= Libya
|network_logo=[[File:Libyaalhurra.png|120px]]
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|headquarters=[[Benghazi]], [[Libya]] (from February 2011)
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|country={{flag|Libya|1951}}
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|headquarters=[[Benghazi]], [[Libya]]
|network_type=[[Streaming media|Online streaming]] via [[Livestream|Livestream LLC]]
|network_type=[[Streaming media|Online streaming]] via [[Livestream|Livestream LLC]]
|available=Worldwide
|available=[[Libya]]
|slogan=
|slogan=
|founder=[[Mohammed Nabbous]]
|founder=[[Mohamed Nabbous]]
|launch_date=17 February 2011
|launch_date=19 February 2011
|airdate=17 February 2011
|airdate=19 February 2011
|website=http://www.livestream.com/libya17feb
|website={{URL|livestream.com/libya17feb}}
|language=[[Arabic]] and [[English language|English]]
|language=[[Arabic]] and [[English language|English]]
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'''Libya Alhurra TV''' ({{lang-ar|قناة ليبيا الحرة}}), meaning '''Free Libya TV''', is an Internet television channel founded by [[Mohamed Nabbous]] on 19 February 2011 at the start of the [[2011 Libyan Civil War|Libyan Civil War]]. It was the first private television station in [[Benghazi]], in the east of the [[Libya|country]].
{{About|a Libyan independent television station|the United States government-owned television network|Alhurra}}
'''Libya Alhurra TV''' ({{lang-ar|قناة ليبيا الحرة}}) is a TV station founded by [[Mohammed Nabbous]] on 17 February 2011. The station is the the first private television station established in [[Benghazi, Libya]]. Although Libya Alhurra TV is technically "private," it receives substantial funding from the US government, through the [[Broadcasting Board of Governors]], which is a U.S. Agency overseeing U.S. strategic communications. Accordingly, U.S. Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] and former director of [[Radio Free Europe]] S. Enders Wimbush sit on the Board of Directors for Alhurra TV's parent company, Middle East Broadcasting Company. <ref name="Alhussa About Us page">{{Cite web
|url = http://www.alhurra.com/sub.aspx?id=266 |work = AlHussa About Us Page
|title = March 19 - 4:43pm
|publisher = AlHussa
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|date = 29 March 2011
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|accessdate = 22 March 2011
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The channel's purpose is to provide the world with news, and exclusive on-ground footage from [[Benghazi, Libya|Benghazi]] during the strong [[2011 Libyan uprising]]. [[Libya Alhurra TV]] was the only broadcast coming out of Benghazi when [[Muammar Gaddafi]] shut down internet lines when the [[2011 Libyan uprising|February 2011 uprising]] began.<ref name="spiegel1">{{cite web
The channel's purpose is to provide the world with news and exclusive on-ground footage from Benghazi during the civil war.
Libya Alhurra TV was the only TV broadcast from Benghazi when [[Muammar Gaddafi]] shut down Internet lines as the war began.<ref name="spiegel1">{{cite web
|url = http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,749227-2,00.html
|url = http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,749227-2,00.html
|title = A Courthouse in Benghazi: The Nerve Center of the Libyan Revolution - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
|title = A Courthouse in Benghazi: The Nerve Center of the Libyan Revolution - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
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|date = 4 March 2011
|date = 4 March 2011
|accessdate = 19 March 2011
|accessdate = 19 March 2011
}}</ref> (A rebel-controlled ''radio'' station, [[Voice of Free Libya]], was also broadcasting from Benghazi at that time.) Alhurra TV was able to bypass government blocks on the Internet in order to broadcast live images from Benghazi across the world.
}}</ref> Alhurra TV was able to bypass government blocks on internet in order to broadcast live images from Benghazi across the world. On March 10, 2011, the Washington Post reported that the US Broadcasting Board of Governors (which includes Hillary Clinton) and the US State Department were funding tech firms that helped political dissidents in Libya, Egypt, and Tunisia communicate through the internet, while evading government censors. <ref name="Washington Post: US Funding Tech Firms That Help Dissidents Evade Government Censors">{{Cite web

|url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/09/AR2011030905716.html |work = Washington Post
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On 19 March 2011, Nabbous was killed by pro-Gaddafi troops during the [[Second Battle of Benghazi]]. His wife Samra Naas announced his death on the same day and vowed to continue with the channel in his stead. Along with a remaining team member, the channel obtained, produced and broadcast <ref name="TechnologyandLibyaCrisis2">{{cite web
|title = US Funding Tech Firms That Help Dissidents Evade Government Censors
|url = http://pear.accc.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/5318/4166#author
|publisher = Washington Post
|title = Contextualizing the power of social media: Technology, communication and the Libya Crisis by Laura C. Morris
|date = 10 March 2011
|publisher = http://pear.accc.uic.edu
|accessdate = 22 March 2011
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|date = 1 December 2014
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|accessdate = 15 August 2015
}}</ref>
}}</ref>
original contributions of raw footage from pro-opposition individuals both inside and outside the country.<ref name="deathannounce">{{Cite news

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| title = Online journalist Mohamed Nabbous killed in Libya
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On March 19, 2011, Nabbous was killed by pro-Gaddafi troops during the [[Second Battle of Benghazi]]. His wife Perdita, announcing his death on the same day, vowed to continue with the channel in his stead, and requested original contributions of raw footage from pro-opposition individuals both inside and outside the country.<ref name="deathannounce">{{Cite news
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| title = Online journalist Mohammed Nabbous killed in Libya
| work = The Spy Report
| work = The Spy Report
| publisher = Media Spy
| publisher = Media Spy
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| url = http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2011/03/20/online-journalist-mohammed-nabbous-killed-in-libya/
| url = http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2011/03/20/online-journalist-mohammed-nabbous-killed-in-libya/
| accessdate = 20 March 2011
| accessdate = 20 March 2011
| archive-date = 6 January 2012
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| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120106111634/http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2011/03/20/online-journalist-mohammed-nabbous-killed-in-libya/
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==References==
==References==
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[[Category:2011 establishments in Libya]]

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[[Category:Arabic-language television stations]]
[[Category:Internet television channels]]
[[Category:First Libyan Civil War]]
[[Category:Mass media in Benghazi]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 2011]]
[[Category:Television stations in Libya]]
[[Category:Television stations in Libya]]
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[[Category:Internet television channels]]

Revision as of 23:09, 15 August 2023

Libya Alhurra TV
TypeOnline streaming via Livestream LLC
Country
Libya
First air date
19 February 2011
AvailabilityLibya
HeadquartersBenghazi, Libya (from February 2011)
Launch date
19 February 2011
Official website
livestream.com/libya17feb
LanguageArabic and English

Libya Alhurra TV (Arabic: قناة ليبيا الحرة), meaning Free Libya TV, is an Internet television channel founded by Mohamed Nabbous on 19 February 2011 at the start of the Libyan Civil War. It was the first private television station in Benghazi, in the east of the country.

The channel's purpose is to provide the world with news and exclusive on-ground footage from Benghazi during the civil war.

Libya Alhurra TV was the only TV broadcast from Benghazi when Muammar Gaddafi shut down Internet lines as the war began.[1] (A rebel-controlled radio station, Voice of Free Libya, was also broadcasting from Benghazi at that time.) Alhurra TV was able to bypass government blocks on the Internet in order to broadcast live images from Benghazi across the world.

On 19 March 2011, Nabbous was killed by pro-Gaddafi troops during the Second Battle of Benghazi. His wife Samra Naas announced his death on the same day and vowed to continue with the channel in his stead. Along with a remaining team member, the channel obtained, produced and broadcast [2] original contributions of raw footage from pro-opposition individuals both inside and outside the country.[3]

References

  1. ^ "A Courthouse in Benghazi: The Nerve Center of the Libyan Revolution - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International". Spiegel.de. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Contextualizing the power of social media: Technology, communication and the Libya Crisis by Laura C. Morris". http://pear.accc.uic.edu. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ "Online journalist Mohamed Nabbous killed in Libya". The Spy Report. Media Spy. 20 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
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