Echorouk News

Echorouk News, also written as Echourouk News and known in Arabic as الشروق نيوز, is an Algerian Arabic-language satellite television channel based in Algiers. It is part of Echourouk Group and focuses on continuous news coverage, current affairs, sports, weather, interviews, reporting, and documentary programming. The channel was established by Echourouk Group with the participation of intellectuals from Algeria and other parts of the Arab world, and began broadcasting on 19 March 2014. The channel's core offer is a rolling television news service. Its schedule has included a principal news bulletin, sports coverage, weather forecasts, field reports, correspondent-led reporting, and current-affairs programs. Echorouk News has also used magazine and talk-show formats to provide analysis and discussion around political, social, cultural, and regional issues. Programs identified in reference material include Echorouk Morning, Report, Reporters, and the Ramadan talk show Before Sohoor. Its documentary output has included profiles of sporting and public figures, such as the 2017 program on Algerian football figure Rabah Gherbi. Although its primary market is Algeria, satellite distribution and Arabic-language programming give the channel a broader potential audience across the Arab world and among Algerian and North African communities abroad. The channel has also pursued event programming beyond domestic news. One cited example is its broadcasting of Belgian First Division A football during the 2016–2017 season, demonstrating an effort to complement news with sports rights and audience-oriented live content. Echorouk News operates within Algeria's regulated audiovisual environment. Its programming and editorial output are therefore subject to national broadcasting rules and oversight by the country's audiovisual regulator. On 2 May 2025, the National Independent Authority for Audiovisual Regulation ordered a ten-day suspension after determining that content concerning African migrants used terminology that was dangerously racist and constituted hate speech and discrimination against undocumented migrants from African countries. The suspension is a significant documented regulatory event in the channel's history, but the available reference material does not establish a permanent closure or a change in ownership. The channel is otherwise characterized in the supplied material as an active Algerian news broadcaster.

Echorouk News was created as a television extension of Echourouk Group's media activities. The channel was established with the involvement of the group and a number of intellectuals from Algeria and the wider Arab world. It began broadcasting on 19 March 2014 from Algiers as an Arabic-language satellite news service. From its launch, the channel's identity centered on news and public-affairs coverage rather than entertainment programming. Its schedule included a principal news bulletin, sports news, weather forecasts, reports, and correspondent work. The service also developed recurring current-affairs formats. Echorouk Morning provided a morning television format, while Report and Reporters offered feature reporting and special coverage. Before Sohoor was presented as a Ramadan talk show, reflecting the channel's use of seasonal programming alongside its daily news output. The channel expanded its editorial mix through documentary production and sports content. A documented documentary project from 2017 focused on Rabah Gherbi, an Algerian football player and coach. Echorouk News also held rights to broadcast Belgian First Division A football during the 2016–2017 season. These activities placed the channel within a broader television-news model in which rolling information is supplemented by sports, profiles, interviews, and issue-oriented reports. Weather presentation has been a visible part of the service. Reference material identifies several presenters associated with the channel across different periods, including Siham Benmeziane, Kamelia Dina Boualili, and Hana Touati from 2017, as well as earlier presenters Cheikh Ferhat, Radia Sediki, Radah Kalloul, and Meriem Tahri. Samia Mouaki is identified as a correspondent. The available material does not provide a complete organizational chart or sufficient information to identify the channel's general manager, editor-in-chief, or corporate executives. Echorouk News broadcasts in Algeria's regulated audiovisual market and has been subject to oversight by the National Independent Authority for Audiovisual Regulation. On 2 May 2025, the regulator imposed a ten-day suspension after finding that content about African migrants used dangerously racist terminology and amounted to hate speech and discrimination against undocumented migrants from African countries. This is the clearest documented regulatory controversy associated with the channel. The available sources do not document a permanent shutdown, ownership transfer, or subsequent corporate restructuring. Accordingly, the channel's present status is recorded as active, while its precise current schedule and management remain insufficiently documented in the supplied sources.

• 2025

  Ten-day broadcast suspension

  [1]Echorouk Newsen.wikipedia.org

  The audiovisual regulator suspended the channel for ten days over content it characterized as racist, discriminatory, and constituting hate speech toward African migrants.

• 2017

  Expansion of weather and documentary programming

  [1]Echorouk Newsen.wikipedia.org

  Reference material identifies a new group of weather presenters from 2017 and a documentary on football figure Rabah Gherbi.

• 2016

  Belgian football rights

  [1]Echorouk Newsen.wikipedia.org

  The channel broadcast Belgian First Division A football during the 2016–2017 season.

• 2014

  Channel founded and launched

  [1]Echorouk Newsen.wikipedia.org

  Echorouk News was established by Echourouk Group with participation from Algerian and Arab intellectuals and began broadcasting on 19 March 2014.

An Algerian Arabic-language satellite news channel combining rolling news with current affairs, sports, weather, field reporting, and documentary programming.

• Television news · 2014

  News

  The channel's principal service is Arabic-language television news, including a main bulletin and continuing coverage of Algerian, regional, and international developments.

• Sports news and broadcasting · 2014

  Sports

  Sports output includes sports news and selected live or rights-based event programming. The channel's documented sports activity includes Belgian First Division A football during the 2016–2017 season.

• Morning current affairs · 2016

  Echorouk Morning

  A morning program combining news-oriented coverage with current-affairs discussion and magazine-style television. Reference material identifies the program as part of the channel's schedule from 2016.

• Investigative and special reporting

  Report and Reporters

  These formats present field reports, special reports, and work by Echorouk News reporters and correspondents, extending the channel's coverage beyond short-form bulletin news.

• Ramadan talk show · 2015

  Before Sohoor

  A talk-show format broadcast during Ramadan. It represents the channel's use of seasonal discussion programming alongside its regular news and current-affairs schedule.

• Documentary · 2017

  Rabah Gherbi…A Player and Coach with Excellence

  A documentary profile centered on Rabah Gherbi, described in reference material as a football player and coach. The program was associated with the channel in 2017.

• 2025

  Broadcast suspension over alleged racist and discriminatory content

  On 2 May 2025, Algeria's National Independent Authority for Audiovisual Regulation suspended Echorouk News for ten days. The authority said the channel had used dangerously racist terminology concerning undocumented migrants from African countries and that the content constituted hate speech and discrimination.

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• 2025

  Regulatory suspensionOther

  Background

  The audiovisual regulator determined that content concerning African migrants breached broadcasting standards through racist terminology, hate speech, and discrimination.

  Action taken

  The National Independent Authority for Audiovisual Regulation ordered a ten-day suspension of Echorouk News broadcasting on 2 May 2025.

  Aftermath

  The available reference material records the suspension but does not establish a permanent closure, financial penalty, ownership change, or later operational outcome.

  Source

• 2016

  Acquisition or use of Belgian football broadcasting rightsOther

  Background

  The channel sought to broaden its television offer beyond news and current affairs through international sports programming.

  Action taken

  Echorouk News broadcast Belgian First Division A football during the 2016–2017 season.

  Aftermath

  The rights arrangement added a documented international sports component to the channel's schedule; the available source does not provide financial or audience results.

  Source

1. 1Echorouk Newsen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Echorouk News official channel pagetv.echoroukonline.com