, and the channels alhurra channel. Also, we have eight radio sawa streams, websites, and numerous social media platforms. . Why alhurra well, alhurra was launched back in 2004. This was on the tail end of the iraq war. There was a believe that the focused, iraqcentric information there was a need to broadcast local news on iraq. With the middle east, there was the arab channel. Budget andis the employees . Mbn is about 600 employees, both here in the u. S. We have correspondents in the middle east and in europe, too, with a budget of about 110 million that has held relatively constant in recent years to support the different activities. We have retained the staffing with, but we have done so allocation to accommodate and adapt to some of the changes that have occurred in the communications in the middle area particularly in the of digital media. What kind of technology do you use . We have an hd channel. The standard definition channels. Delivery,tellite which is a benefit to us, beca
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