Television
The most popular television stations were the independent Al Sharqiya, Al Baghdadia TV and state-owned Al Iraqiya.
- Al Iraqiya (Arabic: العراقيّة al-ʿIrāqiyyä) is a terrestrial television network in Iraq that was set up after the fall of Sadaam Hussein.
- Ishtar TV (Syriac:ܥܫܬܪ, is an Assyrian broadcasting channel which has its headquarters in Erbil, Iraq. The channel was launched in the summer of 2005 and is funded by the Kurdistan Regional Government. The network broadcasts mostly in Assyrian (Ashuri), but Arabic and Kurdish are heard as well.
- Kanal4 is an entertainment television channel, targeting Kurdish people living in North Iraq and surrounding areas.
- Al-Zawraa TV was an anti-American TV network. The station appeared to close down in July 2007 after its transmissions via the Arabsat satellite were jammed.
- Al Sharqiya, Iraq's first privately owned satellite TV station
- Al Sumaria, an independent Iraqi satellite TV network
- Nawa TV, an Iraqi TV station broadcasting in Arabic and Kurdish
- Al Forat, the SIIC TV station from Baghdad
- Ashur TV- is affiliated with the Assyrian Democratic Movement.
- Biladi TV
- Baghdad TV
- Al-Ifaq TV, channel of Nuri al-Maliki
- Al-Rasheed TV
- Ahlulbayt TV
- Al Masar
- Al Fayha
Arabic-language satellite broadcasts from neighboring countries were increasingly popular:
- Al-Baghdadia TV is an independent Iraqi-owned Arabic-language satellite channel based in Cairo, Egypt. Recently, the station became best known for journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi, who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush.
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