United Media Services Company has appointed Albert Shafiq as the chairman of ON TV Network, the company said in a statement. Shafiq was previously the chairman of Al Nahar TV Network in 2016 before being appointed the chairman of Extra News TV Channel. Shafiq also supervised the development of Egyptian state TV channel Al Oula. He founded Egypt’s ON TV channel in 2008, and ON TV Live in 2011, as well as ONA News Agency in 2012. This comes less than two weeks after UMS reshuffled its board of directors. The company has also said it plans to list on the EGX and is looking to launch a regional news channel.

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