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Coptic TV

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Type
  
Television

Country
  
Egypt

Availability
  
National; international

Motto
  
"Rubbina Mawgoood" ("God is with us")

Owner
  
Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria

Launch date
  
2007; 10 years ago (2007)

Coptic TV (CTV) is the official Coptic Orthodox TV station broadcasting in Arabic via satellite to Coptic Christians in Egypt and in North America. Tharwat Bassily, a business man, was instrumental in establishing the television network, which was started in 2007.

CTV subsequently started broadcasting in North America and abroad; their headquarters are located in Cairo, Egypt.

Free-to-Air satellite broadcasting

  • Hotbird 6 at 13° East for Europe & Middle East (freq.: 11054 MHz)
  • Galaxy 19 at 97° West for USA & Canada (freq.: 11867 MHz)
  • Optus D2 at 152.0° East for Australia (freq.: 12425 MHz)
  • Nilesat at 7° West for Middle East, North Africa, South Europe (freq.: 11355 MHz)
  • References

    Coptic TV Wikipedia