New survey shows record number of SAT-7 viewers
December 2016SAT-7, the leading Christian television broadcaster in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), is announcing record viewership numbers for its Arabic-language channels. With 21.5 million viewers, its audience has increased by 76 percent in the past five years. “The research shows remarkable growth for SAT-7 audiences in the MENA region. It is very encouraging, especially at a time when […]
Up to fifty thousand Iraqi Christians to gather in prayer for Iraq this Friday
November 2016Tens of thousands of displaced Iraqi Christians in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan are expected to attend a massive prayer gathering this Friday (18 December). Christ Day Erbil is the climax of 50 days of prayer and will gather Christians of all denominations to pray for the Church and nation. The six-hour event is being organised by Life Agape with the support […]
Myriam from Qaraqosh: longing for home
October 2016GIRL WHO FORGAVE ISIS CAN’T WAIT TO GO HOME TO QARAQOSH Almost two years after a SAT-7 interview with a ten-year-old displaced Iraqi girl went viral on the internet, the same girl told the channel she can’t wait to go home to Qaraqosh when the liberation of the Mosul area is completed. Myriam and her family spoke from the Erbil […]
Malatya murderers convicted but Turkish Christians “still don’t feel safe”
October 2016SAT-7 TÜRK Broadcasting Manager Gökhan Talas spoke this week following the long-awaited conviction of five men for the 2007 murders of three staff of a Turkish Christian publishing house where Talas and his wife also worked. On 28 September the criminal court in Malatya sentenced five Turkish men to life imprisonment for the premeditated murders of Turkish Christians Necati Aydin […]
Diversity and openness are keys to SAT-7’s success, says founder Terence Ascott
September 2016FOUNDER TERENCE ASCOTT IN 20th ANNIVERSARY BROADCAST INTERVIEW In an interview specially screened to mark Christian TV broadcaster SAT-7’s 20th anniversary year, founder and CEO Dr Terence Ascott encouraged viewers to test what they hear and to be open to fresh perspectives. Appearing on Forbidden, a talk show on SAT-7 ARABIC that tackles controversial and taboo topics, Dr Ascott talked […]
New opportunity for SAT-7 to share Christian hope in troubled Turkey
July 2016At a time of heightened anxiety in Turkey following the failed 15 July coup, Christian satellite TV broadcaster SAT-7 has been given a new opportunity to offer Turkish viewers words of hope and healing. Just days before the events that have plunged the country into crisis, SAT-7’s Turkish language channel announced it had begun broadcasting on the country’s D-Smart subscription […]
SAT-7’s viewer responses treble in just five years
May 2016Feedback “Evidence of a growing spiritual hunger” across the Middle East, says Christian broadcaster as it marks its 20th anniversary Viewer responses to SAT-7’s Christian broadcasts across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have risen threefold in just five years, from an average of 270 a day in 2010 to well over 800 a day in 2015. Not only […]
UK conference to show how satellite television is answering the heart cries of the Middle East
May 2016Tehran-born Nikoo Ordodary, presenter of a popular live youth show for Iran, will be one of several Middle East Christian broadcasters at SAT-7’s UK supporter conference, Envision on 21 May. Under the title “Answer the Cry”, they will all be speaking with one message: that satellite TV is sharing Christ in ways and among nations that no other method can […]