Our programs are for television viewing and will not be available on the Internet anytime soon.

The dubbing is carried out by third party dubbing companies in various locations in the region.

FARSI1 aims at providing world class international entertainment to Farsi speaking viewers.

We select programs which seek to entertain the entire family audience and cultural sensitivity is a major consideration in our selection process.

FARSI1 has a dedicated team of professionals who screen and edit any material which may be deemed inappropriate, offensive or sensitive to viewers.

In fact, FARSI1 is one of the few Farsi channels that recognise special events and culturally significant days for Farsi viewers in the region. This includes rememberence days for great Farsi poets and the festival of Norooz. It also respects religious days of mourning and other important religious events such as Ramadan.

No. FARSI1 is a private, independent organization with absolutely no affiliations with any religious groups, persons or ideologies.

Both partners in the joint venture are commercial entities that are fully transparent and open on ownership.

MOBY Group is an Afghan owned and operated business. MOBY Group's owners are not ‘Zionists'. The owners of MOBY Group are Muslims originated from Afghanistan. For more information on MOBY Group, visit www.mobygroup.com.

News Corporation is a public company listed in the NY stock exchange. News Corporation is not owned by ‘Zionists'. More information about the company is available on its website www.newscorp.com.

FARSI1 is an independent venture and its day-to-day operations are run by an independent management team.

The ‘parasites' may be interference caused as a result of various factors including weather, use of certain equipment in the area or other factors. Where we have service interruption which affects all viewers, we will inform our viewers through email or through our website. We suggest that you contact your local satellite dish provider or cable company where you are experiencing difficulties which are specific to you or your region. You can also email us on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it providing us details of your problem and location of your satellite dish.

FARSI1 recognizes and respects the culture and traditions of Farsi-speakers in the region and programs are carefully selected to suit this audience. In terms of content censorship, we will try to strike a balance. While we sometimes need to edit parts of a show which may be deemed unacceptable or offensive to our viewers, we will work to keep the creative direction and the storylines as close to their originals as possible.

All programs will be aired again throughout the week. You can refer to our weekly schedule to find out the exact times.

FARSI1 endeavours to broadcast programs that appeal to its viewers. Programs such as 24 and Prison Break have proved popular and we will continue air these shows and others from a similar genre in the near future.

FARSI1 offers quality and compelling general entertainment programming from around the world dubbed in Farsi.

The content is devised in such a way that it appeals to people of all age groups and includes a good mix of international content including the US, Latin America and Asia.

Our Farsi content is dubbed in a manner that will allow easy comprehension by the majority of viewers in the region.

At this stage the focus is to launch Farsi dubbed programming sourced from around the world. Local programming will be considered at a later stage.

The channel will strictly broadcast entertainment programs. We do not plan to include political or general news content in our offering.

The channel targets the mass, Farsi-speaking audience across the Middle East and Western Asia. This region has over 100 million people who speak the Farsi language predominantly in Iran, Afghanistan, UAE and Tajekistan.

The channel will be available free-to-air via Hotbird 6 for the general reception by Farsi-speaking communities across the Middle East and Western Asia.

Satellite details:

Hotbird 6
Frequency: 11137 Mhz
Polarity: Horizontal
Symbol rate: 27500
FEC: 3/4

It's also available in the UAE on Evision (channel 251) and Du (channel 791).

FARSI1 is based out of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

FARSI1 is operated by Broadcast Middle East, a joint venture between MOBY Group and News Corporation.

MOBY Group is a dynamic organisation whose first major initiatives have developed into a now thriving media and entertainment business in Afghanistan. MOBY Group has developed the leading TV, radio and entertainment brands which have brought to the nation gripping locally produced drama and revived performing arts with programs such as Afghan Star, a talent quest, that has united Afghans around their ancient culture's shared love of music and song. MOBY Group's skill is developing world class integrated media industries in developing nations.

www.mobygroup.com

News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) had total assets as of September 30, 2009 of approximately US$55 billion and total annual revenues of approximately US$30 billion. News Corporation is a diversified global media company with operations in eight industry segments: filmed entertainment; television; cable network programming; direct broadcast satellite television; integrated marketing services; newspapers and information services; book publishing; and other. The activities of News Corporation are conducted principally in the United States, Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, Asia and Latin America.

www.newscorp.com

Hotbird is the most popular satellite and had the highest penetration in Farsi-speaking homes. It has a footprint over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, providing maximum distribution and viewership in these regions.

FARSI1 is the first international free-to-air Farsi language general entertainment channel. It offers a diverse slate of programming from around the world including 24, Second Chance, Story of a Mermaid, Prison Break, How I met your Mother, Dharma & Greg and Vecinos. FARSI1 prides itself on being a high quality channel. All programs are dubbed in Farsi so the whole family can sit back, relax and enjoy the shows.

FARSI1 has a dedicated team of professionals who screen and edit material which may be deemed inappropriate, insensitive or offensive to viewers.

FARSI1 is also one of the few Farsi channels that recognises special events and days of significance which may be important to viewers. This includes rememberence days for great Farsi poets and the festival of Norooz. It also respects religious days of mourning and other important religious events such as Ramadan.