Ali Asker
2008-12-31 05:25:49 UTC
New Kurdish Satellite TV Kurd 1
Presentation
A new Kurdish language satellite Television Channel will soon be starting up
from Paris, France.
ITS OBJECTIVES
To meet the need for news, information, culture and entertainment of the
Kurdish population of Europe and the Near East.
To help the integration of over a million Kurds living in the countries of
the European Union and make them aware of Europe's democratic values.
To develop, through programmes and discussions, a culture of pluralism and
dialogue in the Kurdish population.
Kurd1's registered offices and principal means of production and
broadcasting are Paris-.based. It also has studios in Iraqi Kurdistan and
envisages working with independent production companies in Turkey and
several other European countries.
ITS PUBLIC
Kurd1 has the ambition of addressing the Kurdish population of the Near East
and of Europe as a whole, beyond the borders, the political and religious
divisions or the regional and local particularities.
As it means to be a vehicle for defending, promoting and spreading the
Kurdish language and Kurdish culture, it will target, as a priority, a
public that, hitherto has been the most disadvantaged: children, young
people and women, working people who are illiterate or have had little
schooling, layers of society deprived of access to culture and entertainment
in their own language.
ITS PROGRAMMES
To meet the needs for culture, knowledge and entertainment of as wide a
working class audience as possible, Kurd1 will offer rich and varied
programmes covering, in particular, cartoons, broadcasts on youth, health,
hygiene, sport, music, history and language courses.
Compared with existing channels, it innovates by offering fiction films,
series and serials, documentaries on wildlife, history, and current events,
dubbed and subtitled in the Kurdish language.
LANGUAGE
The channel will broadcast all its programmes in the Kurdish language. The
style of speech will be simple and popular, accessible to the widest number,
including an illiterate public.
THE OPERATING TEAM
The Kurd1 team, directed by Kendal Nezan, President of the Kurdish Institute
of Paris, includes, in addition to Kurds, European professionals (French,
British, Belgian, Italian).
Financed b private Kurdish capital, Kurd1 is supported by the principal
cultural organisations of the Kurdish diaspora and enjoys the support of
many intellectuals, artists and NGOs in Kurdistan.
The editorial and technical team will include about sixty journalists,
administrative and technical staff. It will, to a great extent, be based on
Paris where its offices and main studio will be located. Certain programmes
and broadcasts will be decentralised to Stockholm, Berlin and Cologne.
It will also have regular correspondents in the principal cities of Europe
as well as in the United States, in Russia, the Caucasus, Iran, Syria, and
the Lebanon, with offices in Iraqi Kurdistan (Irbil) and Turkey (Istanbul
and Diyarbekir).
President of Kurd1: Kendal Nezan
Technical Director: Jacky Degorre
Advisors: Michel Thoulouze
Nick Collinson
Patrick Hoste
Anna Toscano
Paul Herrades
Fabrice l'Hopitalier
FINANCING
Advertising and sponsoring - Television
Initially financed by private capital contributions from Kurds in Europe,
the Kurd1 channel expects to reach its financial break-even point towards
its fifth year of activity, thanks to advertising revenue and sponsoring.
As an independent channel addressing a substantial public (a large part of
the 40 million Kurds) Kurd1 should interest Western advertisers wishing to
make their products known to the Kurdish public as well as Kurdish firms
engaged in property development, transport and services. Moreover the
Departments concerned with integration of European countries wishing to
address messages to Kurdish immigrants, as well as national or international
institutions wishing to disseminate messages regarding hygiene, public
health and preventive measures, would also be potential advertisers on
Kurd1, which intends to tap the bulk of the Kurdish language advertising
market.
Some productions on the channel (tourism, history, music) could also fairly
rapidly enjoy sponsorship.
Advertising and sponsoring - Web
Kurd1 will develop a web site that is both informative and entertaining,
putting its programmes on line. This site is likely to become the most
important Kurdish language site and receive a very great number of hits. The
high level of Kurd1's site hits will attract a growing volume of advertising
and sponsorship.
Other revenue sources
The Kurd1 Channel expects to generate revenue through on-line chats and
video. It also expects subsidies from the European Union and from countries
sheltering large Kurdish communities (France, Germany Sweden, etc.) to help
it develop and last.
CONTACTS
TV KURD - Projet Kurd1
1, rue Michelet, 94200 Ivry sur Seine
Tél : +33 (0)1 46 58 61 61
Information : ***@kurd1.com
Tél : +33 (0)1 45 21 65 61
Administration :
KURD 1
5, rue de Castiglione, 75001 Paris
Tél : +33 (0)1 45 21 65 61
***@kurd1.com
Presentation
A new Kurdish language satellite Television Channel will soon be starting up
from Paris, France.
ITS OBJECTIVES
To meet the need for news, information, culture and entertainment of the
Kurdish population of Europe and the Near East.
To help the integration of over a million Kurds living in the countries of
the European Union and make them aware of Europe's democratic values.
To develop, through programmes and discussions, a culture of pluralism and
dialogue in the Kurdish population.
Kurd1's registered offices and principal means of production and
broadcasting are Paris-.based. It also has studios in Iraqi Kurdistan and
envisages working with independent production companies in Turkey and
several other European countries.
ITS PUBLIC
Kurd1 has the ambition of addressing the Kurdish population of the Near East
and of Europe as a whole, beyond the borders, the political and religious
divisions or the regional and local particularities.
As it means to be a vehicle for defending, promoting and spreading the
Kurdish language and Kurdish culture, it will target, as a priority, a
public that, hitherto has been the most disadvantaged: children, young
people and women, working people who are illiterate or have had little
schooling, layers of society deprived of access to culture and entertainment
in their own language.
ITS PROGRAMMES
To meet the needs for culture, knowledge and entertainment of as wide a
working class audience as possible, Kurd1 will offer rich and varied
programmes covering, in particular, cartoons, broadcasts on youth, health,
hygiene, sport, music, history and language courses.
Compared with existing channels, it innovates by offering fiction films,
series and serials, documentaries on wildlife, history, and current events,
dubbed and subtitled in the Kurdish language.
LANGUAGE
The channel will broadcast all its programmes in the Kurdish language. The
style of speech will be simple and popular, accessible to the widest number,
including an illiterate public.
THE OPERATING TEAM
The Kurd1 team, directed by Kendal Nezan, President of the Kurdish Institute
of Paris, includes, in addition to Kurds, European professionals (French,
British, Belgian, Italian).
Financed b private Kurdish capital, Kurd1 is supported by the principal
cultural organisations of the Kurdish diaspora and enjoys the support of
many intellectuals, artists and NGOs in Kurdistan.
The editorial and technical team will include about sixty journalists,
administrative and technical staff. It will, to a great extent, be based on
Paris where its offices and main studio will be located. Certain programmes
and broadcasts will be decentralised to Stockholm, Berlin and Cologne.
It will also have regular correspondents in the principal cities of Europe
as well as in the United States, in Russia, the Caucasus, Iran, Syria, and
the Lebanon, with offices in Iraqi Kurdistan (Irbil) and Turkey (Istanbul
and Diyarbekir).
President of Kurd1: Kendal Nezan
Technical Director: Jacky Degorre
Advisors: Michel Thoulouze
Nick Collinson
Patrick Hoste
Anna Toscano
Paul Herrades
Fabrice l'Hopitalier
FINANCING
Advertising and sponsoring - Television
Initially financed by private capital contributions from Kurds in Europe,
the Kurd1 channel expects to reach its financial break-even point towards
its fifth year of activity, thanks to advertising revenue and sponsoring.
As an independent channel addressing a substantial public (a large part of
the 40 million Kurds) Kurd1 should interest Western advertisers wishing to
make their products known to the Kurdish public as well as Kurdish firms
engaged in property development, transport and services. Moreover the
Departments concerned with integration of European countries wishing to
address messages to Kurdish immigrants, as well as national or international
institutions wishing to disseminate messages regarding hygiene, public
health and preventive measures, would also be potential advertisers on
Kurd1, which intends to tap the bulk of the Kurdish language advertising
market.
Some productions on the channel (tourism, history, music) could also fairly
rapidly enjoy sponsorship.
Advertising and sponsoring - Web
Kurd1 will develop a web site that is both informative and entertaining,
putting its programmes on line. This site is likely to become the most
important Kurdish language site and receive a very great number of hits. The
high level of Kurd1's site hits will attract a growing volume of advertising
and sponsorship.
Other revenue sources
The Kurd1 Channel expects to generate revenue through on-line chats and
video. It also expects subsidies from the European Union and from countries
sheltering large Kurdish communities (France, Germany Sweden, etc.) to help
it develop and last.
CONTACTS
TV KURD - Projet Kurd1
1, rue Michelet, 94200 Ivry sur Seine
Tél : +33 (0)1 46 58 61 61
Information : ***@kurd1.com
Tél : +33 (0)1 45 21 65 61
Administration :
KURD 1
5, rue de Castiglione, 75001 Paris
Tél : +33 (0)1 45 21 65 61
***@kurd1.com