Complimenting MEMRI's translations of the printed media, The MEMRI TV Monitor Project was launched in June 2004 to provide Western audiences with a timely summary of newsworthy items from Arab and Iranian television channels.
MEMRI operates a high-tech TV monitoring studio around the clock, overseeing every major Arab and Iranian television channel. The center has the capability to digitally capture video from satellite TV at the moment of broadcast and then translate and add subtitles to the clips. Additionally, each clip is converted into two formats; a high resolution format which is distributed to the media as well as a low resolution format for streaming video on the website. This process is effectively "Bridging the Language Gap Between the Middle East and the West." To date, there are more than 679 clips on the website with ones added daily at www.memritv.org
MEMRI TV clips have appeared on major networks such as CNN, FOX, ABC, NBC, MSNBC, WB, UPN, as well as throughout the world on television stations such as the BBC, EL Mundo (Spain), and Rai TV (Italy). In the printed media, MEMRI TV has been used in stories in leading news outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, London Times, The Weekly Standard, and many others.
MEMRI TV makes the otherwise almost unobtainable news content easily accessible through the website, which receives more than a million hits a month.
About the Project
MEMRI's TV monitoring center focuses on political, cultural, religious, social, and other developments and debates in the Arab and Muslim world including Iran. The project archive currently includes clips from more than 40 sources that cover Islamic leaders and clerics, Arab and Iranian journalists and editors (working in the Middle East and the West), academics and researchers, public opinion and policy makers, politicians (parliamentarians and government officials), military experts, intellectuals, and authors.
The Countries and Television Channels:
Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi TV
Bahrain: Bahrain TV,
Dubai: Al-Arabiya TV, Dubai TV, MBC
Egypt: Channel 1 TV, Channel 2 TV, Dream1 TV, Dream2 TV, Tanweer, Mihwar TV
Iran: Channel 1, Channel 2, Channel 3, Channel 4, Al-'Alam TV, Jaam-E-Jam1 TV, Jaam-E-Jam2 TV, Jaam-E-Jam3 TV, Sahar TV, IRINN, Tehran TV
Iraq: Al-Iriqiya TV, Al-Fayhaa TV (Iraq/UAE)
Jordan: Jordanian TV
Lebanon: New TV, Al-Manar TV, LBC TV, NBN, TeleLiban, Future Al-Mustaqubal, Heya TV
Libya: Libyan TV
London: ANB TV, ANN TV, Al-Mustaqila
Oman: Oman TV
Palestinian Authority: Palestinian Authority TV
Qatar: Al-Jazeera, Qatar TV,
Saudi Arabia: Channel 1 TV, Channel 2 TV, Al-Ekhbariya TV, Iqra TV, Al-Majd (Saudi Arabia/UAE)
Sudan: Sudan TV
Syria: Syrian TV
UAE: Al-Shariqa TV, Al-Fayhaa TV (Iraq/UAE), Al-Majd (Saudi Arabia/UAE)
United States: Al-Hurra TV
Yemen: Yemen TV
The Subjects:
Antisemitism, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Conspiracy Theories, Education, Jihad and Terrorism, Reform in the Middle East, Sermons from Mosques in the Middle East, Suicide (Martyrdom) Operations, U.S. and the Middle East, 2004 U.S. Elections, Christianity and the West, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Women, Europe and the Middle East, Cultural Issues, and Minorities in the Middle East.
Special Coverage of Ongoing current affairs:
Including Confessions of Captured Terrorists in Iraq, Tsunami Reactions, Iraqi Elections, Coverage of the Saudi Counter-Terrorism Conference, Anti-American Iranian TV coverage, Jihad on Saudi TV, Women's issues including Wife Beating, Ongoing events in Lebanon/Syria, and much more.
MEMRI is offering a subscription service for media, government officials, think tanks, and selected individuals, with the purpose of providing updates on content and special releases from WWW.MEMRITV.ORG
To sign up, email memritv@memri.org with "Subscribe" in the subject line. Alternatively, you may send a fax to (202) 955-9077. If you are already subscribed, there is no need to resubmit your information.
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