A volume of 315 hours of TV programs have been exchanged during the year 2019. In terms of numbers, 135 various cultural programs were exchanged, 15 episodes of ‘Fee Roubouaa Al Watan Al Arabi’’ dealing with tourism in the Arab world, and 13 episodes of the “Annual Documentary Program” on Arab women initiatives , in addition to the coverage of 11 festivals and cultural events from various Arab countries.
This period has also witnessed a live coverage of religious rituals from the holy Mosque in Mecca (Tarawih prayers) during the holy month of Ramadan added to the exhaustive coverage of the Hajj pilgrimage, whereas the contributions were modest in some other categories such as ‘’Min Dhakeerat televiun ’’ dealing with old tv programs, with only 9 programs exchanged, and the series of “Fen wa Tarab” on music galas with 7 episodes offered.
It is also worth mentioning the exchange of 11 good quality programs that had won awards at the Arab Radio and Television Festival 2019, and 6 other programs co-produced by 6 Arab tv organizations on “Environmental issues in the Arab world”.
19 Arab tv organizations participated in the program exchanges during the period from 1-1 to 31-12-2019 : Saudi TV contributed with an hourly volume of 107 hours, corresponding to (34%) of the total program exchanges, followed by Iraqi TV in the 2nd position with 64 hours (20%) and Tunisian tv with 24 hours (7%).