Egypt Future TV

**Egypt Future TV** () was a privately owned Egyptian television channel that was launched in February 2007. It was the first channel to be launched in Egypt following the Egyptian revolution. The channel operates on Nilesat Frequency 11823-vertical and its slogan was "The People Want to Liberate The Minds".

## Channel launch
### Founders
The channel was launched before President Hosni Mubarak stepped down on February 11, 2011. Its ownership was first divided amongst three different people. The first was Ibrahim Eissa, a journalist known for his controversial journalistic career under Mubarak's regime. The channel first operated with limited funds and it announced on its Facebook page that it was the first of its kind because it was not associated with businessmen. Eissa had recently launched a new newspaper in July 2011 also named Al Tahrir, but there is no connection between the channel and the newspaper. and the perceived impact of these changes on the channel's political position. It was announced in October 2011 that Eissa was giving away his share, which was estimated to cover 24% of the channel's total shares  This change in the channel's ownership triggered a series of criticisms by the channel's television reporters  and led to major controversies.

## Program controversies
Several of the channel's programs were subjected to controversies that threatened the sustainability of the programs and/or their television hosts.

### *Fil Midan*
*Fil Midan* was a program that alternated between different television hosts on different days. Four prominent individuals have hosted the program: Ibrahim Eissa, Bilal Fadl, Mahmoud Saad, and Amr El-Leithy. In September 2011, Fadl had temporarily stopped hosting his portion of the show. But in October 2011, he announced via his Twitter account that he had permanently left the channel. In September 2011, Saad also quit the program and the channel due to personal reasons that he did not wish to expose. El-Leithy similarly decided to quit hosting the program in October 2011. In February 2012, Eissa quit *Fil Midan* and now no longer works for the channel. *Fil Midan* was now hosted by another individual.

### *Qalam Rūsas*
*Qalam Rūsas* was a program hosted by journalist Hamdy Kandeel. In December 2011, shortly after Amer buys Al Tahrir TV, Kandeel stopped airing his show and threatened to leave the channel if it does not maintain its revolutionary vision. Kandeel feared that the change in ownership would instigate a change in the channel's political stance. This announcement came after Kandeel had decided to resume the show when the channel's board confirmed the channel's unchanging policies and confirmed that the channel would not intervene with his show. about specific themes. In January 2012, the program was due to air an episode titled "Celebrating What on the 25th of January?" The episode was scheduled to air during the regular hours of the program on Fridays, but instead, the channel aired a television series. However, later on, she posted that Al Tahrir TV had deliberately prevented the channel from airing and that she was planning to film the episode again from her house to post it online. Sultan dismissed this claim and further claims by Egypt Future TV that she had submitted the episode to the channel's management late.

### *Al Youm*
Dina Abdulrahman was the television host of *Al Youm*. On February 11, 2012, Abdulrahman was not permitted to present her daily show *Al Youm* on Al Tahrir TV. The channel indicated that this was as a result of disagreements regarding Abdulrahman's contract. During the same episode of her show, she confronted a major general about the article.

## Name change
In March 2020, Al Tahrir TV announced it will change its name to FOX by March 23, 2020.

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