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Country | Worldwide |
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Broadcast area | Worldwide |
Headquarters | 5530 Corbin Ave Unit 210 Tarzana, CA 91356 |
History | |
Launched | 1995 |
Founder | Nader Rafiee |
Former names | Omid-e Iran |
Links | |
Website | link |
Omid-e-Iran OITN (English: Hope of Iran) is an American television network, inaugurated in 1995. [1] The original mission was to broadcast television content and news to the Iranian American community of Southern California, however the scope broadened to the international Iranian community. [2] [ when? ][ citation needed ] The network was founded by Nader Rafiee, who started their journalist career on IRTV. [1] In 2004, it set up an office in Dubai, closer to Iran, airing six hours of programming locally. The channel is free-to-air and financed by commercial advertising. [1] Omid-e-Iran has programming in English and Persian languages. [1]
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