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'''Future Television''' ({{langx|ar|تلفزيون المستقبل}}, ''Televizyon al-Mustaqbal'') is a formerly defunct Lebanese [[free-to-air]] television station founded in 1993 by the [[Future Movement]] leader [[Rafic Hariri]], a former [[Prime Minister of Lebanon]]. Future TV was also available via satellite in the [[Arab world]], [[Member state of the European Union|European Union]], [[United States]], [[Canada]], and [[Australia]], but is currently broadcast on a frequency of the lebanese satellite service provider Cablevision. Politically, the channel supported the views of the [[Future Movement]]. The channel also had a sister channel, [[Future News]], which is remains defunct.


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== History ==
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'''Future Television''' ({{lang-ar|تلفزيون المستقبل}}, ''Televizyon al-Mustaqbal'') was a Lebanese [[free-to-air]] television station founded in 1993 by the [[Future Movement]] leader [[Rafik Hariri]], a former [[Prime Minister of Lebanon]]. Future TV was also available via satellite in the [[Arab World]], [[EU member states|European Union]], [[United States]], [[Canada]], and [[Australia]]. Politically, the channel supported the views of the [[Future Movement]]. The channel also had a sister channel, [[Future News]], which is also defunct.
Future Television was a Lebanese owned and operated company founded in 1993.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}} In October 1994, Future Television started a trial satellite broadcasting over the footprint of [[Arab Satellite Communications Organization|Arabsat]] 1D. Shortly after, Future International was launched on the Arabsat 2A transponder.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}} In 1996, in compliance with the new Lebanese audio visual law, Future Television restructured its ownership. Future Television presently has around 90 new shareholders.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}


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Future Television was forced into closing on May 9, during the [[2008 Lebanon conflict]]. After moving its broadcasting headquarters, the station was back on the air on May 13 at 4:30 p.m (Lebanese Local Time). On May 16, the station went back to its original offices.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}
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== History==
Future Television was a Lebanese owned and operated company founded in 1993. First launched in Lebanon on February 15, 1993, Future Television, although the youngest of the Lebanese stations back then, became the nation's fastest growing station.


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In September 2019, Lebanese Prime Minister [[Saad Hariri]] announced the suspension of work at his Future TV satellite television channel after 26 years of broadcasting, citing financial reasons for halting operations.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}
In October 1994, Future Television started a trial satellite broadcasting over the footprint of [[Arab Satellite Communications Organization|Arabsat]] 1D. The testing period lasted two months. Shortly after, Future International was launched on the Arabsat 2A transponder.

In 1996, in compliance with the new Lebanese audio visual law, Future Television restructured its ownership. Future Television presently has around 90 new shareholders, all from the Lebanese business, social and media elite.

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Future Television was forced into closing on May 9, during the [[2008 Lebanon conflict]]. After moving its broadcasting headquarters, the station was back on the air on May 13 at 4:30 p.m (Lebanese Local Time). On May 16, the station went back to its original offices.

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In September 2019, Lebanese Prime Minister [[Saad Hariri]] announced the suspension of work at his Future TV satellite television channel after 26 years of broadcasting, citing financial reasons for halting operations.


In a statement issued September 18 by his media office, Hariri said: “It is with a heavy heart that I announce today the decision to suspend work at Future TV and settle workers’ wages for the same financial reasons that led to the closing of Al-Mustaqbal newspaper. The decision was not an easy one for me or for the men and women of the Future Movement nor is it for the generation of the founding personnel and the millions of Lebanese and Arab viewers of Future TV who had stayed loyal to the station for more than a quarter of a century”.<ref name="thearabweekly">{{cite web |url=https://thearabweekly.com/cash-strapped-future-tv-suspends-operations-after-26-years-air |title=Cash-strapped Future TV suspends operations after 26 years on air |website=The Arab Weekly |date=21 September 2019 }}</ref>
In a statement issued September 18 by his media office, Hariri said: “It is with a heavy heart that I announce today the decision to suspend work at Future TV and settle workers’ wages for the same financial reasons that led to the closing of Al-Mustaqbal newspaper. The decision was not an easy one for me or for the men and women of the Future Movement nor is it for the generation of the founding personnel and the millions of Lebanese and Arab viewers of Future TV who had stayed loyal to the station for more than a quarter of a century”.<ref name="thearabweekly">{{cite web |url=https://thearabweekly.com/cash-strapped-future-tv-suspends-operations-after-26-years-air |title=Cash-strapped Future TV suspends operations after 26 years on air |website=The Arab Weekly |date=21 September 2019 }}</ref>


The decision highlights the worsening financial crisis in which Hariri has been trapped since the dissolution of Saudi-Oger, his father's construction and services company in Saudi Arabia. The company had been the pillar of the Hariri family fortune.<ref name="thearabweekly"/>
The decision highlights the worsening financial crisis in which Hariri was trapped since the dissolution of Saudi-Oger, his father's construction and services company in Saudi Arabia. The company had been the pillar of the Hariri family fortune.<ref name="thearabweekly"/>


== Competitors ==
== Competitors ==
The main and direct competitors of Future TV are [[Murr Television]] and [[Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation]]
The main and direct competitors of Future TV are [[MTV (Lebanon)|Murr Television]] and [[Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International|Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation]]


== Future Television brands ==
== Future Television brands ==
* '''Future TV Terrestrial''': A localized channel dedicated to the whole [[Lebanese people|Lebanese]] family, it was broadcast in Digital television format from Doha since 2003.
* '''Future TV Terrestrial''': A localized channel dedicated to the whole [[Lebanese people|Lebanese]] family, it was broadcast in Digital television format from Doha since 2003.
* '''Future TV International''': The channel is dedicated to [[Lebanese people|Lebanese]] citizens in the [[Arab World]] & [[Europe]], currently broadcasting archived Future TV Shows
* '''Future TV International''': The channel is dedicated to [[Lebanese people|Lebanese]] citizens in the [[Arab world|Arab World]] & [[Europe]], currently broadcasting archived Future TV Shows
* '''Future TV America & Australia''': The channel is dedicated to [[Lebanese people|Lebanese]] citizens in the [[Americas]] and [[Australia]].
* '''Future TV America & Australia''': The channel is dedicated to [[Lebanese people|Lebanese]] citizens in the [[Americas]] and [[Australia]].{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}


=== Defunct brands ===
=== Defunct brands ===
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* '''[[Future News]]''': This channel used to air news and political programs. The channel shut down on 20 August 2012 because the channel changed into a brand new version it was merged with the main future.
* '''[[Future News]]''': This channel used to air news and political programs. The channel shut down on 20 August 2012 because the channel changed into a brand new version it was merged with the main future.


== Popular programs==
== Programs ==
Future TV has produced many popular programs including [[Super Star (Arabic TV series)|SuperStar]] (Arabic version of [[Pop Idol]]), La Youmal لا يمل (a comedy/skit show), Miss Elite Top Model, El Halka Al-Ad'af (Arabic version of ''[[The Weakest Link]]''), El Fakh (Arabic version of ''[[Cash Trapped]]''),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86-%22%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%84%22-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%AA%D8%A3%D8%AA%D9%90 |title=نهاية تلفزيون "المستقبل": الأيام الجميلة لم تأتِ |website=alaraby.co.uk |date=20 September 2019 }}</ref> and Alakhbar (The News) which was usually broadcast daily at different times in [[Arabic language|Arabic]], [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]], and even [[Armenian language|Armenian]].{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}
Future TV has produced many programs including [[SuperStar (Arabic TV series)|SuperStar]] (Arabic version of [[Pop Idol]]), La Youmal لا يمل (a comedy/skit show), Miss Elite Top Model, El Halka Al-Ad'af (Arabic version of ''[[The Weakest Link]]''), El Fakh (Arabic version of ''[[Cash Trapped]]''),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86-%22%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%84%22-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%AA%D8%A3%D8%AA%D9%90 |title=نهاية تلفزيون "المستقبل": الأيام الجميلة لم تأتِ |website=alaraby.co.uk |date=20 September 2019 }}</ref> and Alakhbar (The News).{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}


Its most famous talk show was ''Sireh wo infatahit'' سيرة وأنفتحت (Arabic for ''Open for Discussion'') hosted by [[Zaven Kouyoumdjian]]. The show, which discussed various social and political issues, was thought to be the highest rating talk show in the Arab World.
Its most famous talk show was ''Sireh wo infatahit'' سيرة وأنفتحت (Arabic for ''Open for Discussion'').{{citation needed|date=September 2024}} Future TV's longest running show was ''Khaleek bill bait'' خليك بالبيت (Arabic for ''Stay at Home''). The show interviewed artists and intellectuals from the Arab World.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

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

A show called "Transit" presented by talented anchor Najat Sharafeddine airing Sunday nights on Future Television was competing with a lot of other "Media Talk shows" aired on Lebanese and Middle Eastern TV corporations.


== Logos ==
== Logos ==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Future_1993.PNG|Future TV original logo used from 1993 to 2003.
File:Future 1993.PNG|Future TV original logo used from 15 February 1993 to 2003.
Image:Future_Television.svg|Future TV second logo used from 2003 to 2007.
File:Future Television.svg|Future TV second logo used from 2003 to 2007.
Image:Future logo.png|2007-August 20, 2012.
File:Future logo.png|Future TV third logo used from 2007 to 20 August 2012.
File:Future tv logo 2012.jpg|from August 20, 2012 – September 2019.
</gallery>
</gallery>


== Future TV personalities==
== Future TV personalities ==

===Past===
*[[Shahnaz Abdallah]]
*[[Najwa Qassem]]
*[[Joumana Nammour]]
*[[Rima Maktabi]]


===Present===
=== Past ===
*[[Chef Chadi Zeitouni]]
* [[Najwa Qassem]]
*[[Mahmoud Sammoura]]
* [[Rima Maktabi]]
*[[Sahar El Khatib]]
*[[Mounir Hafi]]
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*[[Zaven Kouyoumdjian]]
*[[Zahi Wehbe]]
*[[Salman Sarriyiddine]]
*[[Lina Doughan]]
*[[Najat Sharafeddin]]
*[[Youmna Tayyara]]
*[[Ali Hamade]]
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*[[Maya Zankoul]]
*[[Nadim Koteich]]
*Maria Fahel
*[[Tal3at Feek]]


==Affiliated Media==
=== Present ===
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* [[Zaven Kouyoumdjian]]
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* [[Maya Zankoul]]


== Affiliated Media ==
Al-Mustaqbal newspaper, also owned by the Hariri family, closed its print operations in January for similar reasons, thus threatening the survival of Hariri's Future Movement as a political project while Hezbollah's media empire remained very active despite the militant group's own financial woes.
Al-Mustaqbal newspaper, also owned by the Hariri family, closed its print operations in January for similar reasons, thus threatening the survival of Hariri's Future Movement as a political project while [[Hezbollah]]'s media empire remained very active despite the militant group's own financial woes.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}


==References==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{reflist}}


==External links==
== External links ==
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* {{webarchive |url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20080218091638/http://www.future-news.tv/ |title=Future-news.tv official website |date=2008-02-18}} {{in lang|ar}}
*{{official website}}
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*{{webarchive |url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20080218091638/http://www.future-news.tv/ |title=Future-news.tv official website |date=2008-02-18}} {{in lang|ar}}


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Latest revision as of 01:51, 19 November 2024

Future Television
CountryLebanon
Broadcast areaWorldwide
HeadquartersBeirut, Lebanon
Programming
Language(s)Arabic
Armenian
French
English
Picture format576i (SDTV)
Timeshift serviceFuture International
Ownership
Sister channelsFuture News
History
Launched15 February 1993 (1993-02-15) (relaunched on 20 October 2024 (2024-10-20))
Closed19 September 2019 (2019-09-19)
Links
Websitefuture.com.lb
Availability
Terrestrial
NilesatUHF service
Bell Fibe TVChannel 743 (SD) 4:3
Cablevision (Lebanon)Back to Basic package - General (free-to-air)
Streaming media
Cablevision+ (IPTV in Lebanon)Channel No. 9 - General

Future Television (Arabic: تلفزيون المستقبل, Televizyon al-Mustaqbal) is a formerly defunct Lebanese free-to-air television station founded in 1993 by the Future Movement leader Rafic Hariri, a former Prime Minister of Lebanon. Future TV was also available via satellite in the Arab world, European Union, United States, Canada, and Australia, but is currently broadcast on a frequency of the lebanese satellite service provider Cablevision. Politically, the channel supported the views of the Future Movement. The channel also had a sister channel, Future News, which is remains defunct.

History

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Future Television was a Lebanese owned and operated company founded in 1993.[citation needed] In October 1994, Future Television started a trial satellite broadcasting over the footprint of Arabsat 1D. Shortly after, Future International was launched on the Arabsat 2A transponder.[citation needed] In 1996, in compliance with the new Lebanese audio visual law, Future Television restructured its ownership. Future Television presently has around 90 new shareholders.[citation needed]

Future Television was forced into closing on May 9, during the 2008 Lebanon conflict. After moving its broadcasting headquarters, the station was back on the air on May 13 at 4:30 p.m (Lebanese Local Time). On May 16, the station went back to its original offices.[citation needed]

In September 2019, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced the suspension of work at his Future TV satellite television channel after 26 years of broadcasting, citing financial reasons for halting operations.[citation needed]

In a statement issued September 18 by his media office, Hariri said: “It is with a heavy heart that I announce today the decision to suspend work at Future TV and settle workers’ wages for the same financial reasons that led to the closing of Al-Mustaqbal newspaper. The decision was not an easy one for me or for the men and women of the Future Movement nor is it for the generation of the founding personnel and the millions of Lebanese and Arab viewers of Future TV who had stayed loyal to the station for more than a quarter of a century”.[1]

The decision highlights the worsening financial crisis in which Hariri was trapped since the dissolution of Saudi-Oger, his father's construction and services company in Saudi Arabia. The company had been the pillar of the Hariri family fortune.[1]

Competitors

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The main and direct competitors of Future TV are Murr Television and Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation

Future Television brands

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  • Future TV Terrestrial: A localized channel dedicated to the whole Lebanese family, it was broadcast in Digital television format from Doha since 2003.
  • Future TV International: The channel is dedicated to Lebanese citizens in the Arab World & Europe, currently broadcasting archived Future TV Shows
  • Future TV America & Australia: The channel is dedicated to Lebanese citizens in the Americas and Australia.[citation needed]

Defunct brands

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  • Zein TV: This channel had programs aimed at a younger adult audience, with discussions and content relevant to Arab youth. Reasons for shutting down this channel remain unclear.
  • Future News: This channel used to air news and political programs. The channel shut down on 20 August 2012 because the channel changed into a brand new version it was merged with the main future.

Programs

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Future TV has produced many programs including SuperStar (Arabic version of Pop Idol), La Youmal لا يمل (a comedy/skit show), Miss Elite Top Model, El Halka Al-Ad'af (Arabic version of The Weakest Link), El Fakh (Arabic version of Cash Trapped),[2] and Alakhbar (The News).[citation needed]

Its most famous talk show was Sireh wo infatahit سيرة وأنفتحت (Arabic for Open for Discussion).[citation needed] Future TV's longest running show was Khaleek bill bait خليك بالبيت (Arabic for Stay at Home). The show interviewed artists and intellectuals from the Arab World.[citation needed]

Logos

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  • Future TV original logo used from 15 February 1993 to 2003.
    Future TV original logo used from 15 February 1993 to 2003.
  • Future TV second logo used from 2003 to 2007.
    Future TV second logo used from 2003 to 2007.
  • Future TV third logo used from 2007 to 20 August 2012.
    Future TV third logo used from 2007 to 20 August 2012.

Future TV personalities

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Past

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Present

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Affiliated Media

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Al-Mustaqbal newspaper, also owned by the Hariri family, closed its print operations in January for similar reasons, thus threatening the survival of Hariri's Future Movement as a political project while Hezbollah's media empire remained very active despite the militant group's own financial woes.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Cash-strapped Future TV suspends operations after 26 years on air". The Arab Weekly. 21 September 2019.
  2. ^ "نهاية تلفزيون "المستقبل": الأيام الجميلة لم تأتِ". alaraby.co.uk. 20 September 2019.
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