Libya Alhurra TV

Not to be confused with Alhurra, a United States-based satellite channel in the Middle East

OR

The Tripoli, Libya based satellite channel inspired by the livestream and launched under separate management in September 2011.
Libya Alhurra TV
Type Online streaming via Livestream LLC
Country Libya
First air date
19 February 2011
Availability Libya
Headquarters Benghazi, Libya (from February 2011)
Launch date
19 February 2011
Official website
livestream.com/libya17feb
Language Arabic and English

Libya Alhurra TV (Arabic: قناة ليبيا الحرة), meaning Free Libya TV, is an Internet television channel founded by Mohamed Nabbous on 19 February 2011 at the start of the Libyan Civil War. It was the first private television station in Benghazi, in the east of the country.

The channel's purpose is to provide the world with news and exclusive on-ground footage from Benghazi during the civil war.

Libya Alhurra TV was the only TV broadcast from Benghazi when Muammar Gaddafi shut down Internet lines as the war began.[1] (A rebel-controlled radio station, Voice of Free Libya, was also broadcasting from Benghazi at that time.) Alhurra TV was able to bypass government blocks on the Internet in order to broadcast live images from Benghazi across the world.

On 19 March 2011, Nabbous was killed by pro-Gaddafi troops during the Second Battle of Benghazi. His wife Samra Naas announced his death on the same day and vowed to continue with the channel in his stead. Along with a remaining team member, the channel obtained, produced and broadcast [2] original contributions of raw footage from pro-opposition individuals both inside and outside the country.[3]

References

  1. "A Courthouse in Benghazi: The Nerve Center of the Libyan Revolution - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International". Spiegel.de. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  2. "Contextualizing the power of social media: Technology, communication and the Libya Crisis by Laura C. Morris". http://pear.accc.uic.edu. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2015. External link in |publisher= (help)
  3. "Online journalist Mohamed Nabbous killed in Libya". The Spy Report. Media Spy. 20 March 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
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