DW-TV, Germanys international TV service, has entered into a cooperation agreement with Lebanese NBN, National Broadcasting Network. DW Director General Erik Bettermann and NBN Chairman Nasser Safieddine signed the contract in Beirut. Betterman sees the agreement as a further step towards improved cultural dialogue between Europe and the Arab world.
At the core of the cooperation agreement lies a comprehensive exchange of documentaries, features and reports. It is also planned to coproduce magazine programmes.
The cooperation agreement extends Deutsche Welles presence in the Arab world further. On 28 February 2005 DW-TV started broadcasting three hours daily in Arabic. DW-RADIO and DW-WORLD.DE also offer programming in Arabic.
DW-TV is an international source for news and information from Germany and Europe 24 hours per day. From Berlin programmes are sent to five continents by satellite. Thousands of cable operators and TV stations as well as over 5.800 hotels worldwide distribute DW-TV programming. DW-TV broadcasts in 4 languages and reaches more than 210 million households in Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America.