Nessma El Jadida

Coordinates: 36°46′N 10°17′E / 36.767°N 10.283°E / 36.767; 10.283

Nessma El Jadida (Arabic: الجديدة نسمة, translation: New Breeze), formerly known as Nessma TV (Arabic: قناة نسمة, translation: "Breeze TV") and Nessma Rouge (Arabic: نسمة روج, translation: Red Breeze) was a commercial TV channel based in Tunisia, targeting Tunisia and the Maghreb countries. It was 25% formerly owned by the Italian company Mediaset, controlled by Silvio Berlusconi. All programmes broadcast on this channel had subtitles in French or Maghrebi Arabic. It broadcast such programs as the Maghrebi version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, called Man sa yarbah al malyoon.

Nessma El Jadida

Logo of the channel from 2022 to the present
Country	Tunisia Algeria Morocco Libya Mauritania
Broadcast area	North Africa Middle East Europe Americas Asia
Headquarters	Khalil Karoui Studio, Radès, Tunis, Tunisia
Programming
Language(s)	Arabic French
Picture format	576i SDTV
Ownership
Owner	Maghreb Broadcast (75%) Mediaset (25%) Former owners: Karoui & Karoui Interactive (50%) Mediaset (25%) Quinta Communications (25%)
History
Launched	March 16, 2007; 15 years ago (2007-03-16) (original) March 11, 2022; 10 months ago (2022-03-11) (relaunch)
Replaced	Nessma Red (2013–2016) Nessma Green (2013–2013) Nessma Blue (2013–2016)
Links
Website	www.nessma.tv

The TV channel was launched on 16 March 2007, by Nabil and Ghazi Karoui, in partnership with Berlusconi and Tarak Ben Ammar.^[1] It was created as a subsidiary of Karoui & Karoui World Group.^[2]

On 27 October 2021, the channel was ordered to shut down by Tunisia's broadcasting regulator, which said it was operating without a license. The channel's studios were also raided by Tunisian state security forces, and may have been politically motivated, as Nessma owner Nabil Karoui (the runner-up in the 2019 Tunisian presidential election) who has since been recently and frequently jailed is a rival of President Kais Saied. The seizure was also sudden as the network had been unlicensed for years, but no action had previously been taken.^[3][4]

The channel was granted a temporary license by HAICA to reoperate on 8 March 2022 after a negotiation between the representatives of the channel and the president of HAICA on 15 February 2022.^[5]

The channel was officially relaunched on 11 March 2022. The channel is now owned by the new managing director Zied Riba under his company Maghreb Broadcast. The channel's name was also changed to Nessma El Jadida or New Nessma (Arabic: الجديدة نسمة, translation: "New Breeze"). ^[6] The channel became available on the Iraqi satellite ShababSat on DMN.

Programming

Shows

• Bissiyassa
• Braquage
• Couzinetna Hakka
• Dhayf Al Ousboua
• Envoyé spécial Maghreb
• Imine Issar
• Jek El Mersoul
• Les guignols du Maghreb
• Memnoua Al Rjel
• Moustawdaa Nessma
• Ness El CAN
• Ness El Hand
• Ness Hollywood
• Ness Nessma
• Ness Sport
• NetMag
• Non Solo Moda
• PlayR
• Star Academy Maghreb

Soap operas

• Aşk-ı Memnu
• Bab al-Hara
• Cello
• Kurtlar Vadisi
• Muhteşem Yüzyıl
• Nsibti Laaziza

Brand identity

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  2007–2013

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  2016–2017

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  2017–2021

References

1. Vivarelli, Nick (2010-05-07). "Nessma TV programs for change". Variety. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
2. "Nessma TV: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
3. "Tunisia's media regulator shuts down Nessma TV and al-Quran al-Kareem radio station over licensing issues". Committee to Protect Journalists. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
4. "Tunisia closes TV station of president's political rival". Deutsche Welle. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
5. "Plus d'écran noir pour Nessma TV en vertu d'une autorisation temporaire de diffusion de la Haica". African Manager (in French). 8 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
6. "Nessma TV powraca pod inną nazwą". satkurier.pl (in Polish). 14 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

External links

• Official website (in French)