Belqees TV announced today that it has halted its satellite broadcast, citing compelling and uncontrollable circumstances, after ten years of continuous coverage of Yemeni affairs. The channel said it will now limit its operations to social media platforms.
The channel aired its final news bulletin from its broadcast headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey, issuing a statement explaining the force majeure conditions that led to its shutdown. The statement reviewed its decade-long journey, after which the channel’s YouTube livestream went off-air permanently. Belqees had been the only Yemeni TV channel to broadcast live on YouTube 24 hours a day.
Belqees TV launched on February 11, 2015, during a highly sensitive ..
