NBN
The National Broadcasting Network (NBN) was founded in 1996 by Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker and head of Amal movement, Nabih Berri, pursuant to Decree No. 10059 of January 10, 1998.
In September 2000, NBN launched its satellite channel via Nile Sat to cover the Arab World, Europe and Africa. Since 2004, NBN has been available in the United States, through Reach Media Inc and in North America, Latin America, Australia and Canada as part of ART.
NBN is the official television of the Lebanese Amal movement.
Ali Hamdan is chair of NBN’s board of directors and Mohammad Noureddine is its news director.
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Ownership Type
Private
Geographic Coverage
National
Content Type
Free content
Media Companies / Groups
The National Broadcasting Network (NBN) SAL
Ownership Structure
NBN is the television of the Amal Movement led by Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri. However, the Berri family itself only appears through three shareholders, Nabih Berri's siblings Mahmoud and Amina, as well as his sister-in-law Samira Assi, owning a total of 19.70%. The other major shareholders are close political allies of Berri and leading officials of the Amal Movement, from the Hamdan family (29.8%), Ahmad Hussein. Also listed is William Mjalli (9.89% of the shares), who is in fact the chief-of-staff of former Deputy Prime Minister Issam Fares.
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William Mjalli
William Mjalli was the chief of staff of former Deputy Prime Minister Issam Fares, who is a co-owner of LBCI.
Ahamd Hussein
Mohamad Abani
Abbas Nasrallah
General Information
Founding Year
1996
Affiliated Interests Founder
Speaker of Parliament since 1992, alongside affiliates with the Amal Movement and associates of Berri's office: Raja Shafiq Wahab, Youssef Ali Ghaith, Badri Ali Ghaith, Shadi Bahjat Ghaith, Khalil Ali Hamdan, Ali Abdallah Jammal, Samira Hussein Assi, Joseph Salim Chidiac, Samir Said Mokbel, Nehmeh Youssef Tohmeh, Ali Ahmad Ahmad, Nabih Mhanna Shami, Riyah Kamel Jaber, Yassine Kamel Jaber, Rassil Mohamad Rouh Ghandour, Naji Elias Azar, Ahmad Hussein Hussein, Oumniya Mustafa Berri, Oussama Siraj Mohamad Zahran.
Affiliated Interests Ceo
New CEO after Kassem Soueid's resignation in 2023.
Affiliated Interests Editor-In-Chief
News Director
Contact
Phone: +961 (1) 803981
Website: www.nbn.com.lb
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Further Information
Headlines
Chidiac, M. (2014). La television mise à nu. L'Orient des Livres. (Available in French only).
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2024 audience share for all outlets is based on data provided by ELKA. Cumulative amounts are used to assess the audience share indicator. 2024 and 2021 data on shareholder fractions, company information, revenue, and management are acquired by the collaborative investigative efforts of SEEDS for Legal Initiatives and the Samir Kassir Foundation. Audience share data is unavailable for online outlets.
