In a year when the Easter festival falls at the same time in the Eastern and Western church calendars, Christian satellite TV broadcaster SAT-7 will transmit worship services from all the main denominations and from churches in Syria, Egypt and Lebanon. Through its Arabic, Farsi and Turkish language channels it will give Christian viewers and others across the region access […]
There was a record attendance at last week’s annual conference of SAT-7, the Middle East Christian satellite TV broadcaster. Held for the first time in Turkey, from 26-28 March, SAT-7’s annual ‘Network’ conference attracted 250 people from 25 countries, an indication of the growing concern for the troubled Middle East region among many people around the world. Contributors from Iran, […]
Independent judges award prizes to SAT-7 film-makers A new short film competition designed to promote dialogue across communities in post-Arab Spring countries has been co-sponsored by Christian broadcaster SAT-7. (Pic: Winning film directors, from front right, Tamer Arnest, Shokry Zikry and John Ikram) SAT-7 and national television stations aired the first awards ceremony live from the Nile Hall in downtown […]
SAT-7, the Christian satellite television broadcaster watched by over 15 million Arabic-, Farsi- and Turkish-speaking viewers in the Middle East and North Africa, will hold its annual “Network” conference in Turkey for the first time next week (26-28 March). During SAT-7’s international gathering of television producers, supporters and partner representatives, church leaders and SAT-7 staff from across the region will […]
Canon David Porter, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Director for Reconciliation, will highlight the strategic ministry of Christians in peace-building in the Middle East at an evening event organised by SAT-7 at Belfast Bible College on Saturday 12 April (7.30 pm). David Porter has wide experience of peace building and chaired the Northern Ireland Civic Forum working group on peace building […]
More Middle Eastern viewers than ever before can now watch SAT-7’s Christian television channels on the go thanks to new iOS apps released in January for Apple iPhones. The new apps come fast on the heels of similar ones launched in August 2013 for Android phones. SAT-7’s four main channels – SAT-7 ARABIC, KIDS, PARS (for Farsi speakers) and TÜRK […]
Last updated 23 December 2013 A united Christian service of prayer in Damascus will be broadcast on satellite television across the Middle East on Christmas Day, 25th December. Christian broadcaster SAT-7 will transmit the two-hour programme from the event at 9pm Damascus time on the SAT-7 ARABIC channel (on Nilesat/AB7 at 7 degrees West, Txp 8, 11,353 GHz, Vertical and […]
On November 29th, over 6,000 Egyptian Christians gathered for a third annual, National Day of Prayer. Hundreds of thousands more participated through a live television broadcast by the SAT-7 ARABIC channel. Entitled “They shall come to the Desire of All Nations,” the event was held at the Wadi Natroun convention centre midway between Cairo and Alexandria. SAT-7 aired a live […]
Thousands of Egyptian Christians are expected to gather for a third national day of prayer for their country this Friday, 29 November – and hundreds of thousands more will participate through a live television broadcast by the Christian SAT-7 ARABIC channel. Entitled “They shall come to the Desire of All Nations”, the event will be held at the Wadi Natroun […]
SAT-7 CEO and founder Dr Terence Ascott will be a key speaker at the 2013 conference of the Fellowship of European Broadcasters (FEB) this week as delegates from across the continent consider the challenge “Changing Media – Unchanging Message”. Dr Ascott will explain how SAT-7’s commitment to stay at the forefront of media developments is proving vital in serving audiences […]