IRIB Ofogh

{{Infobox television channel

| name = IRIB Ofogh

| logo = IRIB Ofogh Logo.png

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| launch_date = June 3, 2014

| picture_format = 16:9 (1080p, HDTV,{{Cite web|url=http://www.pririb.ir/portal/newsview/43340|date=2020|title=رونمایی از گرافیک جدید شبکه افق، همزمان با آغاز پخش HD شبکه|access-date=2020-12-05|archive-date=2021-02-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225044225/http://www.pririb.ir/portal/newsview/43340|url-status=dead}} 576i, SDTV)

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| owner = IRIB

| area = Asia
Guyana

| country = Iran

| language = Persian

| headquarters = Tehran

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| website = [http://www.ofoghtv.com www.ofoghtv.com]

| terr_serv_1 = Jamaran

| terr_chan_1 = CH43 UHF Digital

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| online_chan_1 = [http://live.irib.ir IRIB Ofogh Live Streaming]

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IRIB Ofogh (شبكه‌ی افق, Shibkâhi-ye 'Feq, "The Horizon channel" in Persian), is an Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting television channel, is broadcast Worldwide.

The channel is one of the newer television channels in Iran and was launched on June 3, 2014 as a test airing only in Tehran, and began broadcasting trailers of its programs at the Alvand station, the third transmitter of Tehran, frequency 578, as channel 22.{{cite news|title=نگاهی به 15 برنامه شاخص "افق"/ شبکه گفتمان انقلاب اسلامی چقدر موفق بوده است؟|url=https://www.mashreghnews.ir/news/698469/نگاهی-به-15-برنامه-شاخص-افق-شبکه-گفتمان-انقلاب-اسلامی-چقدر|access-date=Apr 10, 2018|agency=Mashregh News|date=Mar 7, 2017}} Ofogh TV channel began airing nationally on December 24, 2014 and officially established on February 27, 2015.{{cite news|title=Ofogh Channel officially launched / special attention to music|url=https://www.mehrnews.com/news/2507756/|access-date=Apr 10, 2018|agency=Mehr News Agency|date=Feb 27, 2015}} The channel currently broadcasts 24 hours a day,{{cite web|title=List of Channel Programs Broadcast|url=http://ofoghtv.ir/playlist|website=ofoghtv|access-date=Apr 10, 2018|archive-date=October 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022012408/http://ofoghtv.ir/playlist|url-status=dead}} which includes documentary, history and religious programs.

Sayyed Javad Ramadan Nejad is currently managing the channel. He was appointed to this position in July 2014.{{cite news|title=معاون سیما حکم مدیر شبکه افق را ابلاغ کرد|url=http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13930403001324|access-date=Apr 10, 2018|agency=Fars News Agency|date=Jun 24, 2014|archive-date=April 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410203230/http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13930403001324|url-status=dead}}

According to Ramadan Nejad the channel director-general, the approach of channel's programs is cultural, artistic and social based on the discourse of the Islamic Revolution.{{cite news|title=Ofogh TV channel launched|url=http://www.iribnews.ir/fa/news/75447/افتتاح-شبکه-تلویزیونی-افق|access-date=Apr 10, 2018|agency=TV and Radio News Agency|date=Feb 27, 2015}}

Launch

The first announcement of the launch of this channel was announced by Seyyed Ezzatollah Zarghami, former head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, on May 13, 2014. And on the eve of Khordad 3, coinciding with the Liberation of Khorramshahr, this channel owned an independent frequency as the twenty-second national media channel{{cite news|title=Ramadan Nejad became the director-general of the Ofogh channel|url=http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13930401000375|agency=Fars News Agency|publisher=Apr 10, 2018|date=Jun 24, 2014|access-date=April 10, 2018|archive-date=September 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912193154/http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13930401000375|url-status=dead}} and started its experimental broadcast in Tehran and on February 27, 2015 began broadcasting globally.{{cite news|title="افق" جدید سیما افتتاح شد/آرزوی شهید آوینی پس از 23 سال به حقیقت پیوست|url=https://www.mashreghnews.ir/news/393125/افق-جدید-سیما-افتتاح-شد-آرزوی-شهید-آوینی-پس-از-23-سال-به-حقیقت|access-date=Apr 10, 2018|agency=Mashregh News|date=Feb 27, 2015}}

Availability

= TV =

The channel's programs in Iran are available through ground analog transmitters on the UHF band and also Digital receivers. Also, the programs are broadcast via Badr 5 satellite in Iran and some parts of Asia.{{cite web|title=Iransat satellite - Badr 5 At 26 degrees east|url=http://satellite.irib.ir/iransat.php|website=Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting|access-date=Apr 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127180500/http://satellite.irib.ir/iransat.php|archive-date=November 27, 2015|url-status=dead}}

= Internet =

On the Internet, live watching this channel is possible through the live broadcast website of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting,{{cite web|title=Live streaming of Ofogh channel|url=http://www1.live.irib.ir/#ofogh|website=Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting|access-date=Apr 17, 2018|archive-date=December 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216160015/https://www1.live.irib.ir/#ofogh|url-status=dead}} the channel's website,{{cite web|title=Live stream of Ofogh channel|url=http://ofoghtv.ir/live|website=Ofogh TV|access-date=Apr 17, 2018}} as well as other websites such as telewebion{{cite web|title=Live stream of Ofogh channel|url=http://www.telewebion.com/live/ofogh|website=telewebion|access-date=Apr 17, 2018}} and inet.{{cite web|title=Live stream of Ofogh channel|url=http://live.inet.ir/channel/ofogh|website=inet|access-date=Apr 17, 2018|archive-date=April 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418031548/http://live.inet.ir/channel/ofogh|url-status=dead}}

Programming

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In the elementary design, it was planned that the programming on this channel will be based on an analytical approach to the issues of the Islamic Revolution. Currently, in addition to analytical programs, the Iranian-Islamic lifestyle and awareness raising in society are also addressed.{{cite news|title=Iranian Islamic lifestyles approach in Ofogh channel|url=https://www.parsnews.com/بخش-فرهنگی-6/389582-رویکرد-سبک-زندگی-ایرانی-اسلامی-در-شبکه-افق|access-date=Apr 11, 2018|agency=parsnews|date=Aug 25, 2016}}

Documentaries, combination programs, animations, and clips were the first programs of this channel. Gradually, programs with various social, political, cultural, economic and other issues were added to the channel's broadcasting table.{{cite news|title=The Ofogh Channel is based on the look at the Iranian Islamic lifestyle / Details of the official opening of the Ofogh Channel|url=https://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/5140060/شبکه-افق-بر-پایه-نگاه-به-سبک-زندگی-ایرانی-اسلامی-بنا-شده-است-جزییات-افتتاح-رسمی-شبکه-افق-شاید-سیروس-مقدم-صدام-را-نسازد|access-date=Apr 11, 2018|agency=Young Journalists Club|date=Feb 22, 2015}}

Governance and corporate structure

IRIB Ofogh is a statutory corporation, independent from direct government intervention, with its activities being overseen by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting.

{{cite news|title=حکم مدیر کانال "افق" ابلاغ شد|url=https://www.mashreghnews.ir/news/321256/حکم-مدیر-شبکه-افق-ابلاغ-شد|access-date=Apr 15, 2018|agency=Mashregh News|date=Jun 24, 2014}} Some media productions in this channel are conducted with the participation of non-governmental organizations and institutions outside the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting.{{cite news|title=Ofogh Channel officially opens on March 8; Broadcast will be up to 8 hours|url=http://www.nasimonline.ir/Content/Detail/982415/شبکه-افق-رسما-از-8-اسفند-افتتاح-می-شود؛-پخش-بزودی-به-8-ساعت-می-رسد|access-date=Apr 15, 2018|agency=Nasimonline|date=Feb 22, 2015}}

= Directorate =

On June 24, 2014, Sayyed Javad Ramezan nejad, the former director of the documentary department of the IRIB TV4 television channels, was introduced as the director of the Ofogh channel, With the decree of the Vice-President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting.

Mohsen Naji is also the director of the television and combined programs of the channel.{{cite news|title=دست اندرکاران موکب رسانه ای افق تقدیر شدند|url=http://ofoghtv.ir/web/guest/-/دست-اندرکاران-موکب-رسانه-ای-افق-تقدیر-شدند|access-date=Apr 17, 2018|agency=ofoghtv|date=Dec 5, 2017}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

= Thinking council =

In September 2017, Morteza Mirbagheri, the Vice-President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, appointed members of the thinking Council of the Ofogh channel in separate decrees. Accordingly, Nader Talebzadeh, Majid Shah Hoseini, Hamid Reza Ayatollahi, Hasan Khojest and Mohsen Naji were appointed as members of this council for one year.{{cite news|title=انتصاب اعضای حقیقی شورای اندیشه‌ورزی شبکه افق از سوی معاون سیمای رسانه ملی|url=http://www.mizanonline.com/fa/news/350674/انتصاب-اعضای-حقیقی-شورای-اندیشه‌ورزی-شبکه-افق-از-سوی-معاون-سیمای-رسانه-ملی|access-date=Apr 17, 2018|agency=mizanonline}}

Popular programs

Some of the popular programs of this channel as follows:

Time (عصر): This program is a dialog-driven program designed and produced by Nader Talebzadeh. The program focuses on internal and external day-to-day issues, including political, cultural and social issues, with the participation of experts in domestic and foreign affairs in the events under discussion.
Elite Land (سرزمین نخبگان): This program addresses the lives of Iranian elites and entrepreneurs both inside and outside the country.{{cite news|title=The "Land of Elite" program is broadcast on Ofogh channel|url=http://www.mizanonline.com/fa/news/73045/مجموعه-سرزمین-نخبگان-به-روی-آنتن-شبکه-افق-می-رود|access-date=Apr 17, 2018|agency=Mizanonline|date=Sep 3, 2015}}
Seven Days and Seven Hours (هفت روز هفت ساعت): This program is a rally competition With the presence of artists from Iran and Lebanon which has been filmed in both countries. The production of this program, which was shown in Nowruz 1397, has been performed by Saeid Aboutaleb and Mohammad Reza Zaeri.{{cite news|title=The production of "seven days and seven hours" began / Rally of Iranian and Lebanese artists|url=https://www.mehrnews.com/news/4237850/|access-date=Apr 17, 2018|agency=Mehr News Agency|date=Feb 26, 2018}}{{cite news|title="Seven Days and Seven Hours" is broadcast from the Ofogh Channel in Nowrouz|url=http://iqna.ir/fa/news/3698502/هفت-روز-هفت-ساعت-نوروز-از-شبکه-افق-پخش-می‌شود|access-date=Apr 17, 2018|agency=iqna|date=Mar 10, 2018}}
Innovators (نوآوران): The program is produced by Meysam Behzadi, which aims at introducing new ideas and industrial and research projects provided by the creative young people of Iran. In each episode, guests come from among the successful Iranian youths who have presented a new idea or design. These designs are in various fields, including transportation, automotive, medicine, car design, industrial design, and so on.{{cite news|last1=YJC|title=Innovators come to the Ofogh Channel|url=https://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/6155529/نوآوران-به-شبکه-افق-می‌آیند|access-date=Apr 17, 2018|agency=yjc|date=Jul 6, 2017|language=fa-IR}}{{cite web|title=Innovators|url=http://ofoghtv.ir/program?progNo=18812|website=ofoghtv|access-date=Apr 17, 2018|archive-date=April 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408210056/http://ofoghtv.ir/program?progNo=18812|url-status=dead}}