Kurd1

Kurd1, authorised by the French Higher Audiovisual Council (CSA) is an independent and non-political TV channel whose calling is educative and cultural. It is intended for the 35 to 40 million Kurds of the Near East and the European diaspora. An independent and civic initiative, Kurd1 aims at promoting, in the Kurdish population, the universal values of democracy, human Rights and secularism. Broadcasting in the Kurdish language, in an audiovisual scene that is, today, fragmentary and politicised, Kurd1 wants to innovate at once by its tone, by the quality of its programmes and its determination to be different, diversified and accessible to all, over and above all political divisions, borders or regional idiosyncrasies. As from 17.00 (5.00 p.m.) Paris time, on Monday 27 April 2009, Kurd1 will offer its viewers a daily 8 hour programme from Monday to Friday and about 20 hours a day on Saturdays and Sundays. Kurd1 plans to broadcast continuously round the clock as from Sept...