Television in Iraq

Introduction The birth of television was originally introduced in the United States. The impact of this new technology is not only in the United States but also in other countries. In Iraq, TV quickly caused change, which led to the adjustment of daily life. Benefits and adverse effects vary, but overall, as with most other countries, the TV forms all the content broadcast images and views. Television replaced the past leisure activities.

Almost all Middle Eastern countries use PAL. In 1967, the first country in the Middle East that introduced color television was Iraq. In the mid-1970s Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar were closely followed, but Israel, Lebanon and Cyprus continued in black and white until the early 1980s. The Israeli television even erased the color signal using a device called mekhikon. The first color television service in Africa was introduced in Zanzibar, Tanzania in 1973. In 1973, Mauritius MBC played the OCAMM conference in color using SECAM. At that time, due to the opposition of the apartheid regime, South Africa did not have any television service at all, but in 1976 it finally started it. Nigeria used PAL for color transmission in the Benuee plateau of the north central region of the country in 1974, but the country like Ghana and Zimbabwe continued to use black and white in 1984.

When the first bomb explosion in Iraq was announced in 2003, kindergarten students were watching the news on TV with his grandfather. When a map showing Iraqi goal was displayed on the screen, the boy told his grandfather, "Were they the explosive places and they are looking after the old ones?" Old one "It's a fertile new moon - we are studying it - this is where civilization has begun - there are a lot of old things, are grandpa, are they taking care of the old one?"