YouTube appoints Tarek Amin as Director for MENA region
Amin will effectively become part of the YouTube management team as of December 7th.
Amin will effectively become part of the YouTube management team as of December 7th.
The YouTube channel offers full episodes from Arab Telemedia Group’s content library, each available for a period of 60 days for free.
In May 2017, a total of 21 websites were blocked in Egypt, including Qatar’s Aljazeera.
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Apart from that, Alphabet reported total earnings for its first fiscal quarter of 2020, including revenue of $41.2bn and net income of $6.8bn.
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Programming will be available for free and will include films, shorts, documentaries, music, comedy, and conversations.
“Mansour” is currently available on Shahid VIP and will continue to be available on its YouTube Channel.
The channel falls within the country's culture ministry’s “Culture Is in Your Hands… Stay at Home” initiative, which strives to convince Egyptians to stay home during the outbreak.
The move is an attempt to curb the dissemination of rumours and hoaxes about the pandemic, YouTube said.
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