El Hiwar Et Tounsi

El Hiwar Et Tounsi ("Tunisian Dialogue") is television channel in Tunisia.^[1] In March 2015 it was the most widely watched television channel in Tunisia, with a 26.7% market share.^[2]

The channel was launched in 2003 by Tahar Ben Hassin, a left-wing émigré in Paris, as an unlicensed satellite station broadcasting political programmes opposed to the Ben Ali regime.^[3] After the Tunisian Revolution the channel relocated to the Manouba suburb of Tunis, switching to digital terrestrial broadcast and gradually becoming a mainstream television channel.^[4]^[5]^[6] In 2014 the founder sold the channel to a group of investors headed by Zamel Fehri and Aziz Jemal.^[7]

References

^ Edward Webb (11 April 2014). Media in Egypt and Tunisia: From Control to Transition?. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-137-40996-6.
^ "SigMag Mars". Sigma Conseil. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
^ "Le local d'El Hiwar Ettounsi attaqué par les salafistes, selon son directeur". Actualité de Tunisie. 27 May 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
^ "Chaînes TV autorisées Comment El Hiwar a survécu". Leaders.com.tn. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
^ "Tunisie : RAI 1, El Hiwar Ettounsi et Nessma désormais disponibles sur la TNT". THD. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
^ "Tahar Ben Hassine veut transformer El Hiwar Ettounsi en chaîne populaire". TeK'n'Kult. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
^ "Télévision: Tahar Ben Hassine explique pourquoi il a vendu Al-Hiwar Ettounsi". Kapitalis. Retrieved 24 April 2015.