Link TV Offers Americans a Mosaic of Views from the Mideast

Since the start of the war in Iraq, producers at Link TV, the multicultural satellite channel for Americans, have found that their viewing audience has soared. This is due largely to the channel’s broadcast of a unique program called “Mosaic.”

The show consists of unedited daily news reports, translated into English, from more than 15 countries in the Middle East including Egypt, Lebanon, Israel, Syria, Iran and the Palestinian Authority.

“We have revolutionized the way television is functioning in the United States,” said Jamal Dajani, producer of “Mosaic.” “This was the first time the war in Iraq was not viewed solely through the lens of CNN.”

Reports originate from a diversity of sources, including independent and state-sponsored stations, secular, Islamic, and Christian-owned, and from countries both friendly and hostile to the US.

“During the war in Iraq, ‘Mosaic’ was a welcome and refreshing direct feed of news from that troubled region,” commented one viewer. “It offered balance where there was none.”

Link TV reaches nearly 20 million homes through distribution on Dish Network and DIRECTV. Archives of “Mosaic” broadcasts are available on the Link TV website.

Production of “Mosaic” is made possible by the Knight Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Internews Network co-founded Link TV in 1999.