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Future TV
Future Television (Arabic: تلفزيون المستقبل, Televizyon al-Mustaqbal) is a Lebanese free-to-air television station founded in 1993 by the Future Movement leader Rafic Hariri, a former Prime Minister of Lebanon. Future TV was also available via satellite in the Arab world, European Union, United States, Canada, and Australia, but is currently broadcast on a frequency of the Lebanese satellite service provider Cablevision. Politically, the channel supported the views of the Future Movement. The channel also had a sister channel, Future News, which remains defunct.
Future Television is a Lebanese owned and operated company founded in 1993.[citation needed] In October 1994, Future Television started a trial satellite broadcasting over the footprint of Arabsat 1D. Shortly after, Future International was launched on the Arabsat 2A transponder.[citation needed] In 1996, in compliance with the new Lebanese audio visual law, Future Television restructured its ownership. Future Television presently has around 90 new shareholders.[citation needed]
Future Television was forced into closing on 9 May, during the 2008 Lebanon conflict. After moving its broadcasting headquarters, the station was back on the air on 13 May at 4:30 p.m (Lebanese Local Time). On 16 May, the station went back to its original offices.[citation needed]
In September 2019, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced the suspension of work at his Future TV satellite television channel after 26 years of broadcasting, citing financial reasons for halting operations.[citation needed]
In a statement issued 18 September by his media office, Hariri said: “It is with a heavy heart that I announce today the decision to suspend work at Future TV and settle workers’ wages for the same financial reasons that led to the closing of Al-Mustaqbal newspaper. The decision was not an easy one for me or for the men and women of the Future Movement nor is it for the generation of the founding personnel and the millions of Lebanese and Arab viewers of Future TV who had stayed loyal to the station for more than a quarter of a century”.
The decision highlights the worsening financial crisis in which Hariri was trapped since the dissolution of Saudi-Oger, his father's construction and services company in Saudi Arabia. The company had been the pillar of the Hariri family fortune.
Future Television still broadcasts terrestrially, albeit to retain its license, airing reruns of its programs.
The main and direct competitors of Future TV are Murr Television and Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation
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Future TV
Future Television (Arabic: تلفزيون المستقبل, Televizyon al-Mustaqbal) is a Lebanese free-to-air television station founded in 1993 by the Future Movement leader Rafic Hariri, a former Prime Minister of Lebanon. Future TV was also available via satellite in the Arab world, European Union, United States, Canada, and Australia, but is currently broadcast on a frequency of the Lebanese satellite service provider Cablevision. Politically, the channel supported the views of the Future Movement. The channel also had a sister channel, Future News, which remains defunct.
Future Television is a Lebanese owned and operated company founded in 1993.[citation needed] In October 1994, Future Television started a trial satellite broadcasting over the footprint of Arabsat 1D. Shortly after, Future International was launched on the Arabsat 2A transponder.[citation needed] In 1996, in compliance with the new Lebanese audio visual law, Future Television restructured its ownership. Future Television presently has around 90 new shareholders.[citation needed]
Future Television was forced into closing on 9 May, during the 2008 Lebanon conflict. After moving its broadcasting headquarters, the station was back on the air on 13 May at 4:30 p.m (Lebanese Local Time). On 16 May, the station went back to its original offices.[citation needed]
In September 2019, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced the suspension of work at his Future TV satellite television channel after 26 years of broadcasting, citing financial reasons for halting operations.[citation needed]
In a statement issued 18 September by his media office, Hariri said: “It is with a heavy heart that I announce today the decision to suspend work at Future TV and settle workers’ wages for the same financial reasons that led to the closing of Al-Mustaqbal newspaper. The decision was not an easy one for me or for the men and women of the Future Movement nor is it for the generation of the founding personnel and the millions of Lebanese and Arab viewers of Future TV who had stayed loyal to the station for more than a quarter of a century”.
The decision highlights the worsening financial crisis in which Hariri was trapped since the dissolution of Saudi-Oger, his father's construction and services company in Saudi Arabia. The company had been the pillar of the Hariri family fortune.
Future Television still broadcasts terrestrially, albeit to retain its license, airing reruns of its programs.
The main and direct competitors of Future TV are Murr Television and Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation