The Iranian state broadcaster Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) has announced plans to launch eight new satellite TV channels.
Quoted by the Tasnim News Agency, Ali Darabi, the station’s deputy head, said that three of the channels would be dedicated to sport, with one focusing solely on football.
He added that the five remaining channels would cover science and technology, economy, pilgrimage, culture and arts and tourism.
Darabi also said that the channels, the names of which have not yet been decided, would make their debuts in the next few months.
In addition, he dismissed a question as to how the channels would compete with foreign satellite services.
IRIB already has a large portfolio of TV channels, eight of which are national.
It includes Press TV, which along with nine other IRIB channels had their broadcasts on Hot Bird satellites terminated by Eutelsat and Arqiva in October 2012.
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