Future Television

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Country	Lebanon
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Owner	Future TV Network
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Launch date	February 15, 1993 (television network)
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Website	Future TV website
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Future Television (Arabic: تلفزيون المستقبل, Telviziyon Al Mustaqbal) is one of the most popular and highest rated televisions in Lebanon and the Arab World. It was founded in 1993 by the late Rafik Hariri, a former Prime Minister of Lebanon. Future TV is also available via satellite in Europe, the United States, Canada, and Australia. Politically, the channel supports the views of the Hariri family. Terrestrial television (also known as over-the-air, OTA, or broadcast television) is the traditional method of television broadcast signal delivery, by radio waves transmitted through open space, usually carrying unencrypted signals. ... A radio network is a network system which distributes radio programming to multiple radio stations. ... A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ... The Arab world The Arab world ( العالم العربي Al-Alam Al-Arabi) consists of more than twenty countries stretching from Mauritania in the west to Oman in the east. ... World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ... Advertising slogans are claimed to be, and often are proven to be, the most effective means of drawing attention to one or more aspects of a product or products. ... Market share, in strategic management and marketing, is the percentage or proportion of the total available market or market segment that is being serviced by a company. ... In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or ERP is determined by subtracting system losses from system gains. ... February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... A digital signal is a signal that is both discrete and quantized. ... A digital signal is a signal that is both discrete and quantized. ... An analog or analogue signal is any variable signal continuous in both time and amplitude. ... An analog or analogue signal is any variable signal continuous in both time and amplitude. ... In broadcasting and radio communication, a callsign or call sign (also call letters) is a unique designation for a transmitting station. ... In broadcasting and radio communication, a callsign or call sign (also call letters) is a unique designation for a transmitting station. ... This article needs cleanup. ... This article needs cleanup. ... This article needs cleanup. ... This article needs cleanup. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Website. ... Arabic (; , less formally, ) is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... The Arab world The Arab world ( العالم العربي Al-Alam Al-Arabi) consists of more than twenty countries stretching from Mauritania in the west to Oman in the east. ... Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri Rafik Bahaa Edine Hariri — Arabic: رفيق الحريری (short name) or رفيق بهاء الدين الحريري (long name) — (November 1, 1944 – February 14, 2005), was a Lebanese self-made billionaire and business tycoon, and was twice Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 to 2004. ... This page lists prime ministers of Lebanon. ...

Competitors

Its biggest competitors in Lebanon are LBCI and Murr Television. The latter was shutdown in 2003. Founded in August 1985, the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International, widely known as LBCI, is the first private television in Lebanon. ...

Popular Programs

Future TV has produced many popular programs including Super Star (Arabic version of Pop Idol), La Youmal (a comedy/skit show), Miss Elite Top Model, El Halka AlAd'af (Arabic version of The Weakest Link), El Fakh (Arabic version of The Trap) & Alakhbar (News & weather). Superstar may refer to any of the following : A widely acclaimed celebrity, such as a star of motion pictures or music, who has great popular appeal and is prominent, or who is a major attraction. ... Pop Idol was a British television series shown on ITV1; the show was a talent contest to find the best new young singer or pop idol in the UK. The Idol series has spun off dozens of successes such as American Idol, Canadian Idol, Indian Idol, and Australian Idol. ... Weakest Link UK Version The Weakest Link (now officially titled Weakest Link) is a television game show which first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two in 2000. ...

Its most famous talk show is Sireh wo infatahit (Arabic for Open for Discussion) hosted by Zaven Kouyoumdjian. The show, which discusses various social and political issues, is thought to be the highest rated talk show in the Arab World.

Future TV's longest running show is Khaleek bill bait (Arabic for Stay at Home) hosted by Zahi Wehbe. The show interviews artists and intellectuals from the Arab World. The show used to be co-hosted by Shahnaz Abdallah.

Future TV personalities

External links

• Future TV website