Aleppo Today

{{Short description|Syrian domestic television broadcaster}}

{{Infobox television channel

| name = Aleppo Today
{{lang|ar|قناة حلب اليوم}}

| logo = شعار قناة حلب اليوم.jpg

| logo_caption =

| launch_date = {{start date and age|2011|12|1|df=y}}

| picture_format = 576i (SDTV)

| country = Syria

| headquarters = Istanbul, Turkey

| area =

| language = Arabic

| parent = Aleppo Today Channel

| sister_channels =

| website = {{URL| https://halabtodaytv.net/}}

| online_serv_1 = Halab Today TV

| online_chan_1 = [https://halabtodaytv.net/ Watch live]

}}

Aleppo (Halab) Today ({{langx|ar|قناة حلب اليوم}}) is a Syrian television news channel. The channel's broadcast features music and images with a news ticker running at the bottom of the screen that provides important updates to the citizens of Aleppo.{{cite web|last=Amos|first=Deborah|title=In Syria, Aleppo Today Is Must-See TV For Survival|url=https://www.npr.org/2012/11/28/166054186/syrians-turn-to-aleppo-tv-for-survival|publisher=NPR|date=28 November 2012|accessdate=10 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129200544/https://www.npr.org/2012/11/28/166054186/syrians-turn-to-aleppo-tv-for-survival|archive-date=29 November 2012|url-status=live}}

The channel originally broadcast from Aleppo but in 2012 moved its operations outside of Syria to Istanbul, Turkey due to pressure from the Ba'athist regime.{{cite web|last1=Tuysuz|first1=Gul|last2=Watson|first2=Ivan|title=Aleppo Today TV becomes vital news source amid Syria's chaos|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/12/world/meast/syria-underground-tv|publisher=CNN|date=13 December 2012|accessdate=10 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213041557/https://www.cnn.com/2012/12/12/world/meast/syria-underground-tv/index.html|archive-date=13 December 2012|url-status=live}} The channel broadcasts on Nilesat and online.

Operations

The channel relies on a network of correspondents in and around Aleppo and a staff that works three shifts to provide 24-hour coverage, focusing particularly on military developments in the area.

Staff

Many of the reporters and editors working for the channel have remained anonymous, but some of the known staff include a former editor Samir Kanjo and his replacement Feras Dibbeh.

Funding

According to Dibbeh, the channel's funding comes from anonymous Aleppine businessman.

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