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{{short description|Egyptian television channel}}
{{other uses|ONTV (disambiguation){{!}}ONTV}}
{{Update|date=March 2021}}
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'''ON''' ({{langx|ar|أون}}), also known as '''ON E''' ({{langx|ar|أون إي}}) and formerly known as '''ON TV''' ({{langx|ar|أون تي في}}), is an Egyptian digital television channel owned by the United Media Services (UMS), a company owned by the Egyptian [[General Intelligence Directorate (Egypt)|General Intelligence Service]] (GIS) since 2016.<ref name="dataloker">{{cite news |title=The Egyptian Naguib Sawiris launches a competing channel Al-Jazeera |url=http://dataloker.com/the-egyptian-naguib-sawiris-launches-a-competing-channel-al-jazeera.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707122732/http://dataloker.com/the-egyptian-naguib-sawiris-launches-a-competing-channel-al-jazeera.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 July 2012 |newspaper=Technology Data |date=30 September 2011 |access-date=10 May 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Saudi PR giant to fund TV channels run by Egyptian intelligence, report says |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-saudi-pr-giant-fund-tv-channels-run-egyptian-intelligence |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=Middle East Eye |language=en}}</ref> The station positions itself on its website as "the only politically independent Egyptian television station."<ref>{{cite news |title=معلومات عنا |url=http://ontveg.com/aboutus/ |newspaper=ontveg.com |access-date=10 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410105727/http://ontveg.com/aboutus/ |archive-date=10 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
It was started in 2008 as ON TV.<ref name="egypt.mom-rsf.org">{{Cite web|url=http://egypt.mom-rsf.org/en/media/detail/outlet/on-e/|title = On E}}</ref>
==Anchors, hosts, and reporters==
* [[Bassem Yousef]], ''[[Al Bernameg]]'' (formerly)
* Amr Adeeb, ''Kol Youm'' (formerly)
* [[Lamis Elhadidy]], ''Kelma Akhira'' (currently)
* [[Shreihan Abu-ELHassan]]   (presenters) " The Second Presenters Best in the Middle East for World " <ref>1</ref>
==Sister networks==
In September 2011, Hawa Ltd. launched ONTVLive, a 24-hour news network with a yearly budget of $3 million. ONTV and ONTVLive shared the same editorial staff and employs approximately 30 journalists scattered throughout Egypt. ONTVLive had attempted to orient itself as more [[pan-Arab]] than ONTV, employing presenters from other Arab nations, stationing correspondents in Sudan and Libya, and applying to the government of [[Qatar]] for the accreditation of an ONTVLive journalist to be stationed in [[Doha]].<ref name="dataloker"/> By 2016, ONTVLive changed its name to ON Live, and by 2018, ON Live ceased to exist along with DMC Sports.<ref>{{cite news |title=إغلاق قناتي "DMC Sports" و"ON Live" – اقتصاد مصر |url=https://eqtisadmisr.com/17877/إغلاق-قناتي-dmc-sports-وon-live/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014130103/https://eqtisadmisr.com/17877/إغلاق-قناتي-dmc-sports-وon-live/  |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 October 2018 |newspaper=eqtisadmisr.com |date=28 July 2018 |access-date=3 September 2018}}</ref>
In 2011, Hawa Ltd. also launched ONTVRamadan, a temporary channel that aired during the month of [[Ramadan]] and broadcast soap operas and "big budget drama."<ref name="dataloker"/>
In 2016, ON Time Sports, a television channel that is part of the ON TV network, was launched as ON Sport, but since 2020, Time Sports and ON Sport have merged into one TV channel, creating ON Time Sports. It broadcasts sports-related TV shows.
In 2017, ON Drama, a television channel that is part of the ON TV network, was launched. The channel broadcasts many Egyptian TV series.
In 2018, ON Time Sports 2, a television channel that is part of the ON TV network, was launched as ON Sport 2, but since 2020, Time Sports and ON Sport 2 have merged into one TV channel, creating ON Time Sports 2. A radio station called [[ON Sport FM]] was also launched in the same year as ON Sport 2 (now ON Time Sports 2).
In 2020, ON Time Sports 3, a television channel that is part of the ON TV network, was launched after the merger of Time Sports and ON Sport to create ON Time Sports.
==Ahmed Shafik interview and resignation==
On Wednesday, March 2, 2011, ONTV announced on its website that Prime Minister [[Ahmed Shafik]], who had been appointed by ousted president [[Hosni Mubarak]] before his resignation, would be joined by ONTV financier Naguib Sawiris and Kamel Abu El-Maged on talkshow host [[Reem Maged]]'s program, ''[[Baladna bel Masry]]''. This discussion was to be followed by [[Yosri Fouda]]'s hosting of novelist [[Alaa Al Aswany]], author of ''[[The Yacoubian Building]]'', and veteran journalist [[Hamdy Kandeel]] on the program ''Akher Kilam''.<ref name="onislam">{{cite news |title=The Episode That Toppled an Egyptian Cabinet |first=Youmna|last=El-Saeed| url = http://www.onislam.net/english/culture-and-entertainment/media/451394-the-episode-that-toppled-an-egyptian-cabinet.html |newspaper=onislam.net |date=9 March 2011 |access-date=10 April 2012}}</ref> The first two hours of the broadcast featured Shafik responding to softball questions by Sawiris as he defended the Egyptian government and the [[Supreme Council of the Armed Forces]]' handling of the post-revolution transition. Shafik agreed to stay on after midnight, however, to join the discussion with Al Aswany and Kandeel. Al Aswany was highly critical of Shafik over the remaining two hours in the broadcast, and Shafik became clearly irritated. At one point, Al Aswany accused Shafik, saying "[i]f your son had been one of those who got run over by the police cars, you would not have remained silent like that."<ref>{{cite news |title=In Egypt, Television Confronts State; TV Wins | url = http://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/07/in-egypt-television-confronts-state-tv-wins/ |newspaper=Connected in Cairo |date=7 March 2011 |access-date=10 April 2012}}</ref> Shafik attempted to defend his previously-publicized plan to turn [[Tahrir Square]] into an Egyptian version of [[London]]'s [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]], where protesters could gather to make speeches. Al Aswany responded, accusing him of "ignoring the more than 300 people who died in the protests and wanting to give out 'sweets and chocolate.'" ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' wrote that Shafik retorted, "'wanting the people to stay in a clean place is wrong?' ... 'We should find out who killed them first,' answered Mr. Aswany."<ref name="wsj">{{cite news |title=Egypt PM Undone by TV Debate |first=David |last=Luhnow | url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704076804576180862540155764 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=5 March 2011 |access-date=10 April 2012}}</ref> Al Aswany furthermore accused Shafik of being a holdover of the regime that Egyptians had struggled to topple, and that he was unfit to represent Egyptians in the post-revolution era.<ref name="onislam"/>
The episode led to Shafik's announcement of his resignation as [[Prime Minister of Egypt|Egyptian Prime minister]] the next day. His poor performance and the vocal reaction to his responses, as well as the response to Al Aswany's fierce questioning of him, allegedly "helped push Egypt's military rulers into acceding to protester demands and pushing out Mr. Shafiq".<ref name="wsj"/> Importantly, the episode was argued to be "the first real political debate between a prime minister and opposition figures in Egypt",<ref>{{cite news |title=Unforgettable night in the Arab TV history | url = http://egyptianchronicles.blogspot.com/2011/03/unforgettable-night-in-arab-tv-history.html |newspaper=Egyptian Chronicles |date=3 March 2011 |access-date=10 April 2012}}</ref> as interviews of government figures under the [[Mubarak regime]] generally involved sets of prepared questions and would never be so contentious. The interview has been called "the episode that toppled an Egyptian cabinet.<ref name="onislam"/>  The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' dubbed the interview "the TV talk show that played the biggest part in speeding up his imminent resignation."<ref>{{cite news |title=EGYPT: TV showdown imperils former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik | url = http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2011/03/egypt-the-live-tv-showdown-that-axed-former-prime-minister-shafik.html |newspaper=The Los Angeles Times |date=3 March 2011 |access-date=10 April 2012}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[ON Sport FM]]
*[[Reem Maged]]
*[[Yosri Fouda]]
*[[Bassem Youssef]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{youtube|channel=UCpuCos88YFmYxjHamHhEJhA}}
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