Report: All-news satellite TV channel to start broadcasting in Egypt in August

Published January 28th, 2004 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

An All-news satellite TV channel to be named Haikal ‏  

‏will start broadcasting in Egypt in August, according to the Egyptian magazine Almusawar, to be published on Friday. Among its founders is the well-known Egyptian writer Muhammad Hasanain ‏Haikal, and businessmen from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt in addition to contributions by a number of Arab expatriates in the US and Canada, said the report.

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