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State TV website hacked, message posted criticizing bias
Egypt
November 20, 2011
State TV website hacked, message posted criticizing bias
Hackers attacked the website of Egypt's state TV on Sunday to protest what they called its biased coverage of the…
Minister suspends state TV director over football broadcast
Egypt
November 8, 2011
Minister suspends state TV director over football broadcast
Information Minister Osama Heikal has ordered the suspension of television director Ahmed al-Hun, who directed the broadcast of the Ahly…
Information minister vows to investigate errors in Maspero coverage
Egypt
October 17, 2011
Information minister vows to investigate errors in Maspero coverage
Egypt's information minister met on Monday morning with Pope Shenouda III and vowed to investigate state TV coverage of the…
Committee: State TV did not incite attack on Maspero protesters
Egypt
October 17, 2011
Committee: State TV did not incite attack on Maspero protesters
A week after at least 27 civilians died during a Coptic protest, a committee described by Egyptian officials as "impartial"…
State TV official: Maspero coverage host should reveal who incited her
Egypt
October 15, 2011
State TV official: Maspero coverage host should reveal who incited her
A state TV official has asked the host of a state-run channel to disclose the name of the official she…
SCAF asks government to form fact-finding committee on Maspero violence
Egypt
October 10, 2011
SCAF asks government to form fact-finding committee on Maspero violence
The ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) said on Monday that it had asked the government to form…
Egypt benchmark stock index plummets on overnight violence
Egypt
October 10, 2011
Egypt benchmark stock index plummets on overnight violence
CAIRO - Egypt’s benchmark stock index fell sharply early Monday, dragged down by investor panic after the country’s capital was…
A firsthand account: Marching from Shubra to deaths at Maspero
Egypt
October 10, 2011
A firsthand account: Marching from Shubra to deaths at Maspero
The march from the Cairo district of Shubra was huge, like the numbers on 28 January. In the front row…
Egyptian court clears ex-TV chief of corruption charges
Egypt
September 9, 2011
Egyptian court clears ex-TV chief of corruption charges
A Cairo court on Thursday cleared the former head of Egypt's television and radio union, Osama El Sheikh, of charges…
Egyptian TV bans parts of show parodizing former regime officials
Egypt
August 16, 2011
Egyptian TV bans parts of show parodizing former regime officials
Egypt's state-run TV has refused to air parts of a sitcom that parodize officials from the regime of former President…