ERTU
State TV workers questioned over ‘anti-military’ report
Egypt
May 20, 2015
State TV workers questioned over ‘anti-military’ report
Egypt’s state TV is interrogating presenters over a video report which seemed to inadvertently show a banner criticizing the military. Hussein…
Govt creates company for FM radio management
Business
March 25, 2015
Govt creates company for FM radio management
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb has decreed the formation of an Egyptian joint venture, Radio al-Nil (Nile Radio), for the commercial…
500 plays stolen from Egyptian television union, posted on Internet
Egypt
February 26, 2015
500 plays stolen from Egyptian television union, posted on Internet
The Media Content Committee of the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU) said 500 recorded Egyptian, Arab and international plays were…
ERTU Chief: 34,700 employees in Maspero are paid LE220 million monthly
Egypt
November 11, 2014
ERTU Chief: 34,700 employees in Maspero are paid LE220 million monthly
Essam al-Amir, head of the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU) and the acting information minister, has stressed necessity to…
Screening rights for 200 movies forged, sold to Arab channel
Cinema/TV
October 23, 2014
Screening rights for 200 movies forged, sold to Arab channel
Broadcast rights of 200 Egyptian movies and plays have been illegally sold to an Arab channel by a scammer, the…
State TV bars workers from watching Al Jazeera
Egypt
January 10, 2014
State TV bars workers from watching Al Jazeera
Egypt's state TV has barred employees from watching Qatari-run Al Jazeera Mubasher Egypt within the organization's building. Al-Masry Al-Youm learned that…
Staff Brigadier General Tareq al-Mahdi to temporarily oversee Egyptian TV
Egypt
February 26, 2011
Staff Brigadier General Tareq al-Mahdi to temporarily oversee Egyptian TV
Staff Brigadier General Tareq Mahdi will supervise the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU) temporarily until a suitable person is…
Officials accused of squandering LE11 bn
Egypt
February 15, 2011
Officials accused of squandering LE11 bn
A number of workers at the Egyptian Radio and TV Union (ERTU) have submitted a complaint to the prosecutor general…
ERTU warns new regulations will soon take effect
Egypt
November 8, 2010
ERTU warns new regulations will soon take effect
The Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU) has sent notices to broadcasting companies and stations to press them to follow…
State TV cancels series production projects due to high costs
Egypt
October 28, 2010
State TV cancels series production projects due to high costs
Head of the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU), Osama al-Sheikh, said Egyptian state television will not purchase any new…