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SAT-7 KIDS:
FIRST ARABIC CHRISTIAN CHANNEL
FOR CHILDREN ON THE AIR
SAT-7 KIDS is now broadcasting in the Middle East and North Africa
When SAT-7 first began broadcasting in 1996, the channel consisted of a two hour, once-a-week broadcast, with twenty minutes devoted to children. In the late 1990’s the children’s programming director, Rita El Mounayer, shared in staff meeting that one day the SAT-7 children’s programmes would have their own channel. According to Terence Ascott, SAT-7 CEO, “At the time not many people believed that her dream was in any way realistic. But today the SAT-7 KIDS channel is on the air! And that has a lot to with her persistence and the hard work of all our staff. Mabrouk!” (congratulations in Arabic). Today the SAT-7 KIDS channelis broadcasting from the Hotbird satellite platform and can be watched in every nation in the “I had tears in my eyes when the KIDS channel came on the air. I cried because of God’s blessings. I was so happy to see the SAT-7 KIDS channel finally on the air. It’s amazing to see it, and amazing that God uses imperfect vessels like us to bring about things like this,” said Rita El Mounayer, who is now SAT-7’s Programming Director responsible for all SAT-7’s Arabic programming. SAT-7’s team of children’s producers, writers, editors, actors and technicians have been working for more than a year and a half making new programmes for the channel. Andrea Mounayer, SAT-7’s Children’s Programming Manager in “I truly believe that if you want to change the face of Arab society, you have to start with a child. And one day I believe that a child who has grown up with SAT-7 KIDS, and had their life influenced by the channel, will become the leader of a nation,” adds Rita. Over 100 million children under the age of 15 live in the Arab world and over half have access to satellite television channels.* SAT-7 KIDS can be watched on Hot Bird 6 Satellite, 13 Degrees East, Transponder 157, 11,642 MHz, Horizontal Polarity, 27.5 MSym/sec, FEC ¾ [*According to BBC reports and independent satellite television research conducted by the Arab Advisors Group.] ENDS
Note to the Editor: - SAT-7 broadcasts across over 20 countries in the North Africa - SAT-7 creates and transmits a creative range of culturally appropriate, politically sensitive, high quality programmes, most of which are made locallyat studios in - SAT-7 is free to view and never asks for funds on air. It is supported by the generosity of supporters around the world who want to help make God’s Love visible across the - Independent research indicates that well over five million viewers watch SAT-7’s wide range of programmes each week. - These programmes include popular Middle Eastern drama, documentaries, news reports from around the region, children’s shows and programming for women: all - SAT-7’s work supports a wide range of Christian traditions in the region. - Over 200 million people in the access to Satellite television. - With half the region’s population under 25, and high levels of illiteracy, television is increasingly the medium of communication in the region. SAT To see a growing church in the SAT 7’s For further details about the work of SAT-7 and to support our work: Queries relating to this article: Tel: 01249 765865 email:office@sat7trust.org
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