 Logo used since 2016 | |
| Type | Satellite television network |
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| Country | |
| Availability | Webcast |
| Motto | Station of the resistance |
| Headquarters | Haret Hreik, Beirut |
| Owner | Hezbollah (Lebanese Communication Group) |
Launch date | 4 June 1991 |
Picture format | 4:3 (576i · SDTV) |
Official website | english |
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Al-Manar (Arabic: المنار, romanized: al-Manār, lit. ''The Lighthouse'') is a Lebanese satellite television station owned and operated by the Islamist political party and paramilitary group Hezbollah,[1][2] broadcasting from Beirut, Lebanon.[3] The channel was launched on 4 June 1991 as a terrestrial channel and in 2000 as a satellite channel. It is a member of the Arab States Broadcasting Union. The station reaches around 50 million people.[4]
The station is considered one of Hezbollah's most important global propaganda tools, with the Danish Institute for International Studies describing it as "the very centrepiece of the entire [Hezbollah] media apparatus".[5]
It is banned in the United States, France, Spain, and Germany, and has run into some service and license problems outside Lebanon,[6] making it unavailable in the Netherlands,[7][8] Canada, and Australia.[9][10]
According to the RAND Corporation in 2017, "Al-Manar has an annual budget of roughly $15 million, much of it supplied by wealthy expatriate Lebanese donors and various Iranian community organizations, and income from the sale of its shows."[11]
- ^ Germany bans Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV Channel Archived 20 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine 21 November 2008, Ya Libnan
- ^ "Lebanon media guide". BBC News. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ Elise Labott and Henry Schuster (2006). "Lebanese media outlets' assets blocked". CNN.
- ^ BR, Sabina Wolf. ""Al-Manar TV": Islamistische Propaganda über deutsche Server". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ Friberg Lyme, Rune; Danish Institute for International Studies (2009). Hizb'allah's communication strategy: making friendns and intimidating enemies = Marskalstaven (PDF). Kopenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies. ISBN 978-87-7605-329-1.
- ^ "Commission of the European Communities" (PDF). Wales. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
- ^ Radio Netherlands Worldwide Blog Iranian commentator reacts to Dutch ban on two satellite TV stations Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 30 July 2006
- ^ Radio Netherlands Worldwide Blog Two Islamic TV stations banned in the Netherlands Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 30 July 2006
- ^ ABA News Release NR 135/2004 22 October 2004 ABA investigation into Al Manar programming on TARBS Retrieved 15 August 2006
- ^ "Cable broadcaster under investigation by ABA". ABC Australia. 14 November 2003.
- ^ Clarke, Colin P. (19 September 2017). "How Hezbollah Came to Dominate Information Warfare". RAND. Retrieved 15 November 2024.