Dzaïr TV

Dzaïr TV emerged as an Algerian Arabic-language satellite broadcaster in the early 2010s. The channel was set up by Algerian businessman Ali Haddad in collaboration with a number of Arab intellectuals from Algeria and the wider Arab world. Its stated launch date was 8 May 2013, which was also the date on which it began broadcasting programs. The service broadcast from Hydra, an area of Algiers, and presented itself as a television outlet for Algerian and Arab audiences. The channel’s format was general-interest rather than narrowly specialized. Its listed output included current-affairs content, sports, imported scripted entertainment and cartoons. Sports formed an important part of its identity and distribution proposition. Dzaïr TV and sister channels were associated with rights to broadcast the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2, the Algerian Handball Championship, the Algerian Basketball Championship and the Algerian Basketball Cup. This portfolio connected the channel with several domestic competitions rather than focusing exclusively on the country’s top football division. A named current-affairs and sports program was Dzaïr Foot Show, listed from 2017. The channel also scheduled the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory and a substantial set of animated programs, including Adventure Time, Ben 10, Chowder, Kral Şakir, Eliot Kid, SpongeBob SquarePants, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, The Powerpuff Girls, Teen Titans, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Tom and Jerry and Oggy and the Cockroaches. The breadth of this schedule indicates an effort to combine locally oriented information and sports with acquired international entertainment suitable for family viewing. Available reference material does not document later ownership, management, audience figures, financial results, regulatory disputes, major rebrandings or a confirmed closure date. It also does not provide enough evidence to determine whether the website remains operational or whether the channel continued broadcasting after the period covered by the available descriptions. The channel’s present status is therefore left unknown. Meryem Adjal is named as on-air staff, but the available source does not identify an executive leadership team.

• 2017

  Dzaïr Foot Show is listed in the programming

  [1]Dzaïr TVen.wikipedia.org

  The football-focused current-affairs program Dzaïr Foot Show is identified in the channel’s programming profile as dating from 2017.

• 2013

  Dzaïr TV begins broadcasting

  [1]Dzaïr TVen.wikipedia.org

  Dzaïr TV was founded and began broadcasting on 8 May 2013 as an Arabic-language satellite television channel associated with Hydra, Algiers.

An Algerian general-interest satellite channel combining Arabic-language current affairs with domestic sports coverage, imported entertainment and children’s programming.

• Television channel · 2013

  Dzaïr TV satellite channel

  The core Dzaïr TV service was an Arabic-language satellite channel broadcasting from Hydra in Algiers. Its general-interest schedule combined current affairs, sports, acquired television series and children’s animation for Algerian and potentially wider Arab audiences. The available reference material does not specify its satellite distribution parameters or current availability.

• Sports and current affairs program · 2017

  Dzaïr Foot Show

  Dzaïr Foot Show was a football-oriented program listed among Dzaïr TV’s current-affairs offerings. It is associated with the channel’s emphasis on Algerian and regional football discussion, although the available reference does not provide details about its presenters, episode count or production format.

1. 1Dzaïr TVen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Dzaïr TV official websitedzairtv.com