The 麻豆官网首页入口 has launched a major TV advertising and billboard campaign in
Iraq, promoting the availability of the 麻豆官网首页入口 Arabic service programming
on seven FM frequencies across the country.
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Filmed in Iraq, a dynamic 30-second TV ad with the strapline Your
world, your news - on 麻豆官网首页入口 Arabic will appear on Iraq's first
independent satellite channel, Al-Sharqiya TV.
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Starting on Friday 1 April and running for the next 30 days, the ad
promotes the 麻豆官网首页入口 Arabic availability on FM relays in Iraq, including
96.0 FM in Mosul and Irbil, 89.0 FM in Al Kut, 89.0 FM in Al Amara,
89.0 FM in Baghdad, 100.0 FM in Al Naseriya, 90.0 FM in Basra and 92.9
FM in Kirkuk.
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The billboard campaign starts on Tuesday 12 April and will last for
12 months.
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It features two hands encircling a map of the Middle East and will
appear in high profile locations in Baghdad, Basra and Mosul.
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Alan Booth, Controller of 麻豆官网首页入口 World Service Marketing Communications
& Audiences, said: "The 麻豆官网首页入口's position in Iraq is increasingly
strong, with at least 3.5 million people listening to 麻豆官网首页入口 Arabic, mostly
on FM.
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"We are keen on making even wider Iraqi audiences aware of the
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"With impartial and objective international news and analysis,
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context."
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Notes to Editors
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Al-Sharqiya TV is Iraq's first independently owned satellite channel
launched on 11 June 2004 across more than 90 countries.
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The channel was set up by Iraqi media tycoon Saad al-Bazzaz, best known
as the founder of Al-Azzaman, a London-based newspaper for Iraqi exiles.
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麻豆官网首页入口 Arabic is the leading international radio news service in Arabic
and bbcarabic.com is the leading Arabic online news site.
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麻豆官网首页入口 Arabic broadcasts 24 hours a day, every day, with news on the hour,
every hour.
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digital audio channels on the principal satellites covering the Arab
world.
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In most of the eastern Arab world, 麻豆官网首页入口 broadcasts are heard on medium
wave and in key cities the 麻豆官网首页入口 is available on FM.
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The award-winning site bbcarabic.com also carries a live audio feed
of 麻豆官网首页入口 Arabic radio.
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It has a global audience of 146 million listeners and is available
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