Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation

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The Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation ( PBC , Arabic هيئة الإذاعة والتلفزيون الفلسطينية, DMG Haiʾat al-Iḏāʿa wa-t-Tilifikyūn al-Filasṭīniyya ) is a public service broadcaster in the Palestinian Territories , based in Ramallah , which operates radio and television programs . PBC is a member of ASBU and ABU . She is a former associate member of the EBU . This status no longer exists. The PBC's first director was Radwan Abu Ayyash , the former chairman of the Arab Journalists Association.

history

The PBC was founded on July 1, 1994 and, as the state broadcasting authority, was initially under the Palestinian Authority . Palestine TV began broadcasting in Gaza in 1996. The PBC was partially funded by the US government until 1998 .

On January 19, 2002, the Israel Defense Forces destroyed the five-storey main building and the communication tower of the PBC in Ramallah. The demolition was in retaliation for the killing of six Israelis by a Palestinian. The Israeli government accused the PBC of spreading anti-Semitic content and content that incited violence.

In 2010, the President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas converted the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation into an institution under public law by decree.

Radio and television

PBC produces a radio program, The Voice of Palestine , and a satellite television channel known as Palestine TV, the Palestinian Satellite Channel .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Palestine Public Broadcasting Corporation - ABU. Retrieved August 13, 2020 (American English).
  2. ↑ Ilari Karhapää: Palestinians wants to tell a different story ( en ) ESCToday. May 11, 2007. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  3. ↑ Juha Repo: New EBU members? Not very likely ( en ) ESCToday. June 6, 2012. Accessed August 1, 2020.
  4. ^ Amal Jamal: Media Politics & Democracy in Palestine . Sussex Academic Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-84519-643-1 , pp. 78 (English).
  5. ↑ Rex Brynen: A Very Political Economy: Peacebuilding and Foreign Aid in the West Bank and Gaza . Ed .: United States Institute of Peace. 2000, ISBN 978-1-929223-04-6 , pp. 109 (English).
  6. ^ Israel and the occupied territories ( en ) In: 2002 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices . US Department of State. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  7. ↑ Palestinians seek $ 10m for radio attack. BBC News Online, January 24, 2002; accessed August 11, 2002 .