Egyptian Nilesat to host South Sudan satellite TV
By Roba Gibia
October 12, 2008 (CAIRO) – Egypt will host Southern Sudan Television in its Nilesat satellite broadcasting company, the southern Sudan government minister of information said today.
Minister Gabriel Changson arrived in the Egyptian capital since October 8, for talks with his Egyptian counterpart Anas Al-Faqih on cooperation between the two ministries. He is accompanied by Engineer Victor Bullen, Director for Program Administration, Youssef Michael, Director for News and Political Programs and Lucia Massimo.
The Egyptian government agreed also to provide technical assistance, train South Sudan cadres in television and radio, installation of FM radios to connect the ten states of South Sudan and exchange of programs between the two ministries.
The two sides agreed further to have correspondent of South Sudan TV in Cairo and Egyptian Nile TV in Juba for the exchange of programs.
Established in July 1996, Nilesat operates with two satellites in the orbital position 7 degrees west. It is broadcasting now 385 digital TV channels in the KU band, and 98 digital radio channels, in addition to data transmission and turbo internet services.
According to the signed cooperation agreement reached, fifteen South Sudan Arabic trainees in television and radio will commence their one month training course in Cairo on November 15, 2008. A second batch of fifteen English trainees in same field will start their one month course on December 15, 2008.
The training of the South Sudanese television and radio technicians and journalists in Egypt is going to be a long term on-going training courses to the government of Southern Sudan.
The GoSS Minister of Information and the accompanying delegation visited the media production center or city on October 9, 2008 in the sixth of October city.
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lojur lokiden
Egyptian Nilesat to host South Sudan satellite TV
CARE MUST BE TAKEN;
When somebody offers you something, you have to take care because he/she might be having an ulterior motive. We must not forget that the egyptians are within those who plans to wipe out the southerners from their fertile land. The Egyptians are killing southerners in Egypt but the GoSS is reluctant on that. So the Arabs have to laugh and give the southerners a sweet and when they keep quiet ,they(the Egyptians) will replace with a stone then we crush at it again,since we don`t talk, since we don`t have a government that is caring for the citizens but a government with officials that are making stomach competition; whose belly is more protruded?-that`s their game, they are active in it!
WE ARE NOT LEARNING FROM THE PAST. THE GOV`T WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING THAT THE EGYPTIANS HAVE DONE AND THOSE THAT THEY WILL DO.
we always allow some people to play games on and by ourselves, what a shame!!
The world is/will enjoy laughing at us.
kuur Deng
Egyptian Nilesat to host South Sudan satellite TV
I think Egyptian will not scapt the scripture in the bible even if they can provide south Sudan with all needs.The only intest for Egyptian is river Nile but God almighty knows what He can do.Punishment is punishment they should know that we suffered for 21 year old unlike Isearal.
south Sudan is an independent country that can do her own things with any help from outside.