Al-Manar
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Al-Manar () is a Lebanese satellite television station owned and operated by the Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and banned paramilitary group Hezbollah, broadcasting from Beirut, Lebanon. 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.
Key facts
- Broadcasting network.network_name
- Al-Manar
- Broadcasting network.logo
- 200px|Al-Manar logo
- Broadcasting network.logo_caption
- Logo used since 2016
- Broadcasting network.country
- Lebanon
- Broadcasting network.motto
- Station of the resistance
- Broadcasting network.picture format
- 4:3 (576iSDTV)
- Broadcasting network.headquarters
- Haret Hreik, Beirut
- Broadcasting network.network_type
- Satellite television network
- Broadcasting network.available
- Webcast
- Broadcasting network.owner
- Hezbollah
- Broadcasting network.key_people
- Nasser Akhdar (director of programming); Abdallah Kassir (CEO)
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
قناة المنار
almanar.com.lb →Link to the official site · 31,231 chars · not written by Vinony
Described at
Al-Manar TV - LyngSat
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- english.almanar.com.lb
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- inception
- 1991-00-00
- described at URL
- www.lyngsat.com/tvchannels/lb/Al-Manar-TV.html
- streaming media URL
- www.almanar.com.lb/live
- web feed URL
- www.almanar.com.lb/rss
- native label
- قناة المنار
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Article
24 sectionsContents
- History
- Satellite broadcasting
- 2000s: Israeli attacks and global growth
- 2013 Bahrain crisis
- 2020s
- Content
- Programs
- Stance
- Journalistic standards and restrictions
- Allegations of antisemitism and conspiracy theories
- 9/11 Conspiracy theories
- Allegations of antisemitic programming
- Covid conspiracies
- Restrictions
- Restrictions in the US
- Broadcasting restrictions
- Internet and social media
- Broadcasting via illegal IPTV services and streaming devices
- Google and Apple applications
- See also
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
Al-Manar () is a Lebanese satellite television station owned and operated by the Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and banned paramilitary group Hezbollah, broadcasting from Beirut, Lebanon. 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.
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".