Al-Manar

Also known as Al-Manar TV

Al-Manar () is a Lebanese satellite television station owned and operated by the Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and banned paramilitary group Hezbollah, broadcasting from Beirut, Lebanon. The channel was launched on 4 June 1991 as a terrestrial channel and in 2000 as a satellite channel. It is a member of the Arab States Broadcasting Union. The station reaches around 50 million people.

Key facts

Broadcasting network.network_name: Al-Manar
Broadcasting network.logo: 200px|Al-Manar logo
Broadcasting network.logo_caption: Logo used since 2016
Broadcasting network.country: Lebanon
Broadcasting network.motto: Station of the resistance
Broadcasting network.picture format: 4:3 (576iSDTV)
Broadcasting network.headquarters: Haret Hreik, Beirut
Broadcasting network.network_type: Satellite television network
Broadcasting network.available: Webcast
Broadcasting network.owner: Hezbollah
Broadcasting network.key_people: Nasser Akhdar (director of programming); Abdallah Kassir (CEO)

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History
Satellite broadcasting
2000s: Israeli attacks and global growth
2013 Bahrain crisis
2020s
Content
Programs
Stance
Journalistic standards and restrictions
Allegations of antisemitism and conspiracy theories
9/11 Conspiracy theories
Allegations of antisemitic programming
Covid conspiracies
Restrictions
Restrictions in the US
Broadcasting restrictions
Internet and social media
Broadcasting via illegal IPTV services and streaming devices
Google and Apple applications
See also
Notes
Bibliography
Further reading
External links

The station is considered one of Hezbollah's most important global propaganda tools, with the Danish Institute for International Studies describing it as "the very centrepiece of the entire [Hezbollah] media apparatus".