Ihlas News Agency
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İhlas Haber Ajansı is a Turkish
news agency which was founded in 1993.
IHA is one of the leading video news agencies in the world. According to a BBC
survey, IHA is the third biggest news agency worldwide based on criteria such as rapid access to international news, capacity of live footage and the number of technical facilities in foreign countries.
IHA has outweighed its regional and international competitors and has become the number one source of news from the Middle East
.
IHA is an immense source of visual and text-based news. Each day it processes an average of 125 video news segments, 800 text-based news stories and 450 photographs that reach its subscribers.
Having 155 offices with 700 reporters using more than 400 cameras, IHA has a huge capacity for generating news in many forms. The IHA inventory includes 24 fixed, flyaway and satellite uplink systems as well as 40 total uplink paths
, the Middle East
, and Central Asia
, and the Caucasus
upon an international crisis.
IHA trucks have provided uplink, editing and satellite services from Rome
(Öcalan crisis), Baghdad
, Kosovo
, and the 1999 earthquake in Turkey for many worldwide television stations. IHA has 78 Data link Stations in Turkey
, all of which are equipped with Betacam SP/SX and digital editing facilities, A/B Roll as well as post production suits.
, Abu Dhabi TV
, Alpha TV
(Greece), Al-Alam News Network
, Al Jazeera
, DR (Denmark), Dubai Business Channel, Egypt TV, IRIB, Khabar
, LBC
, MEN, N24
, Sat.1
, Pro7 and TV 2 (Norway)
.
IHA also has regular cooperation with CBS
, CNN
, Fox TV, NBC
, NHK
, RAI
and, ZDF
.
's (BBP) leader Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu
at his campaign before the local elections
, died following a helicopter crash
on March 25, 2009 in Kahramanmaraş Province
. He had initially survived the crash with injuries as the only one, and reported the accident in the mountainous area with deep snow, at which the pilot and four other passengers were killed. Güneş was found five days later far away from the crash site perished from cold.
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
news agency which was founded in 1993.
IHA is one of the leading video news agencies in the world. According to a BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
survey, IHA is the third biggest news agency worldwide based on criteria such as rapid access to international news, capacity of live footage and the number of technical facilities in foreign countries.
IHA has outweighed its regional and international competitors and has become the number one source of news from the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
.
IHA is an immense source of visual and text-based news. Each day it processes an average of 125 video news segments, 800 text-based news stories and 450 photographs that reach its subscribers.
Having 155 offices with 700 reporters using more than 400 cameras, IHA has a huge capacity for generating news in many forms. The IHA inventory includes 24 fixed, flyaway and satellite uplink systems as well as 40 total uplink paths
"Ready to Air" news
IHA is able to provide camera crews, editing, satellite transmission, logistic support, news info, archive pictures and office equipment to the correspondents of its subscriber companies as a package to cover any kind of news required.Satellite Data Casting System
IHA uses the Satellite Data Casting System (SDC), which enables compressed video data files to be sent to its clients in broadcast quality, without delay, at almost real-time. With just one mouse click, its subscribers can watch the preview of the stories in high quality format.SNG trucks
SNG trucks of IHA can also be deployed to EuropeEurope
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
, and Central Asia
Central Asia
Central Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...
, and the Caucasus
Caucasus
The Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia , is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between the Black and the Caspian sea...
upon an international crisis.
IHA trucks have provided uplink, editing and satellite services from Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
(Öcalan crisis), Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
, Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
, and the 1999 earthquake in Turkey for many worldwide television stations. IHA has 78 Data link Stations in Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, all of which are equipped with Betacam SP/SX and digital editing facilities, A/B Roll as well as post production suits.
Current customers
Some of the current customers of IHA are: Nova TV (Croatia), American Broadcasting CompanyAmerican Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
, Abu Dhabi TV
Abu Dhabi TV
Abu Dhabi Al Oula is an Arabic television station that originally launched in 1969 but was re-launched in 2000 and again in 2008. It broadcasts from Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates and is owned by Abu Dhabi Media Company...
, Alpha TV
Alpha TV
Alpha TV is a Greek terrestrial channel . The station features a mix of Greek and foreign shows with an emphasis on entertainment programs. The studios are located near Athens...
(Greece), Al-Alam News Network
Al-Alam News Network
Al-Alam is an Iranian Arabic satellite TV station.The network's political coverage tends to be the most popular; however, other subjects, such as commentaries, analysis, business and sports also get a share of the audience. Programs are broadcast for over 300 million Arabic-speaking people around...
, Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera is an independent broadcaster owned by the state of Qatar through the Qatar Media Corporation and headquartered in Doha, Qatar...
, DR (Denmark), Dubai Business Channel, Egypt TV, IRIB, Khabar
Khabar
The Khabar Agency is a major media outlet in Kazakhstan. It was established in 1995, known originally as the National Television News Agency. It is currently one of the largest networks in the country, and broadcasts daily in Russian and Kazakh. Additionally, Khabar runs the satellite channel...
, LBC
LBC
LBC Radio operates two London-based radio stations, with news and talk formats. LBC was Britain's first legal commercial Independent Local Radio station, providing a service of news and information to London. It began broadcasting on 8 October 1973, a week ahead of Capital Radio...
, MEN, N24
N24 (Germany)
N24 is a television news channel based in Germany. It is owned N24 Media GmbH. It was previously owned and operated by ProSiebenSat.1 Media. N24 provides regular news updates to ProSiebenSat.1 Media properties like kabel eins and ProSieben.-History:...
, Sat.1
Sat.1
Sat.1 is a privately owned German television broadcasting station. Sat.1 was the first privately owned television broadcasting station in Germany, having started one day before RTL Television....
, Pro7 and TV 2 (Norway)
TV 2 (Norway)
TV 2 is the largest commercial television station in Norway. Over 30% of the time Norwegians spend watching TV is spent watching TV 2. The station has 65% of the market for TV commercials in Norway....
.
IHA also has regular cooperation with CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
, CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
, Fox TV, NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
, NHK
NHK
NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
, RAI
RAI
RAI — Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A. known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian state owned public service broadcaster controlled by the Ministry of Economic Development. Rai is the biggest television company in Italy...
and, ZDF
ZDF
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
.
Reporter died after helicopter crash
A reporter of IHA from Sivas, İsmail Güneş, who accompanied Great Union PartyGreat Union Party
The Great Union Party is a nationalist political party in Turkey, created on January 29, 1993. It is considered to be close to the Grey Wolves organization, and is related to the "Alperen Ocakları" tendency, which operated a synthesis between Islamism and Turkish Nationalism, and separated itself...
's (BBP) leader Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu
Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu
Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu was a Turkish politician and member of the Parliament of Turkey. He was the leader and founder of the Great Union Party , a right-wing, nationalist political party....
at his campaign before the local elections
Turkish local elections, 2009
Turkey held local elections on 29 March 2009. The overal winner was the ruling party Justice and Development Party, although the party saw a decline in its vote relative to the 2007 general election...
, died following a helicopter crash
2009 Medair TC-HEK helicopter crash
The 2009 Medair TC-HEK helicopter crash occurred on March 25, 2009 at around 16:00 EET when a Bell 206L-4 LongRanger, tail number TC-HEK, operated by Medair while on a charter flight en route from Çağlayancerit in Kahramanmaraş Province to Yerköy in Yozgat Province struck Mount Keş in central Turkey...
on March 25, 2009 in Kahramanmaraş Province
Kahramanmaras Province
Kahramanmaraş is a province of Turkey. Its provincial capital is Kahramanmaraş city, the traffic code is 46.-Districts:Kahramanmaraş province is divided into 10 districts :*Afşin*Andırın*Çağlayancerit*Ekinözü*Elbistan*Göksun*Kahramanmaraş...
. He had initially survived the crash with injuries as the only one, and reported the accident in the mountainous area with deep snow, at which the pilot and four other passengers were killed. Güneş was found five days later far away from the crash site perished from cold.