Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation

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Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation (PBC)
هيئة الإذاعة والتلفزيون الفلسطينية
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Agency overview
HeadquartersRamallah, Palestine
Agency executive
  • Ahmad Hazoury, general manager
Websitewww.pbc.ps

The Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation (PBC; Arabic: هيئة الإذاعة والتلفزيون الفلسطينية, romanized: Hayʾat al-ʾIḏāʿa wa-t-Tilifizyūn al-Filasṭīniyya) or Palestine Public Broadcasting Corporation (الهيئة العامة للإذاعة والتلفزيون الفلسطينية al-Hayʾa l-ʿĀmma li-l-ʾIḏāʿa wa-t-Tilifizyūn al-Filasṭīniyya), also known as Palestine TV, was established on 1 July 1994 and is within the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority. It has a subsidiary radio station known as the Voice of Palestine and a satellite channel known as Palestinian Satellite Channel. Palestine TV first began broadcasting in 1996 in Gaza. The first head of the PBC was Fatah activist and Arafat loyalist , former head of the .[1]

The PBC was funded partially by the US government until 1998.[2]

On 19 January 2002, the Israel Defense Forces used explosives to destroy the five-story main building and transmission tower of the PBC in Ramallah claiming retaliation for the killing of six people by a Palestinian gunman linked to Fatah. The Israeli Government later singled out PBC for broadcasting material deemed to be anti-Semitic or that incited violence.[3][4]

The broadcasting corporation is a former EBU associate member, and was alleged to have held negotiations with the EBU to become a full active members.[5] However, Palestine is not a member of the required organisations, and thus does not comply with the criteria.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Jamal, A (2005). Media politics and democracy in Palestine. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-84519-039-2, p. 78.
  2. ^ Brynen, Rex (2000). A very political economy: peacebuilding and foreign aid in the West Bank and Gaza. US Institute of Peace Press. ISBN 978-1-929223-04-6, p. 109
  3. ^ "Israel and the occupied territories". 2002 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. US Department of State.
  4. ^ BBC News Online, 'Palestinians seek $10m for radio attack', 24 January 2002.
  5. ^ Karhapää, Ilari (11 May 2007). "Palestinians wants to tell a different story". ESCToday. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  6. ^ Repo, Juha (6 June 2012). "New EBU members? Not very likely". esctoday.com. ESCToday. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

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