Serhat Demir

IHA Ihlas News Agency

Having started its activities in 1993, Ihlas News Agency (IHA) is one of the leading video news agencies in worldwide based on criteria such as rapid access to international news, capacity of live footage and the number of technical facilities in foreign countries. Thanks to its unrivalled promptness in news transmission, IHA has outweighed its regional and international competitors and has become the number one source of news from the Middle East. IHA is an immense source of visual and text-based news. Each day IHA processes an average of 125 video news segments, 800 text-based news stories and 450 photographs that reach its subscribers. "Ready to Air" NEWS IHA is able to provide camera crews, editing, satellite transmission, logistic support, news info, archive pictures and office equipment to your correspondent as a package to cover any kind of news required by your channel. SNG Trucks SNG trucks can be deployed to Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia and the Caucasus upon an international crisis. IHA trucks have provided uplink, editing and satellite services from Rome (Ocalan crisis), Baghdad, Kosovo and the 1999 earthquake in Turkey for many worldwide television stations. Technical Facilities and Equipment Having 155 offices with 700 reporters using more than 400 cameras, IHA has a huge capacity for generating news in many forms. The IHA inventory includes 24 fixed, flyaway and satellite uplink systems as well as 40 total uplink paths. Current Customers Some of IHAs current customers are: ABC, Abu Dhabi, Alpha (Greece), al alam, al Jazeera, DR (Denmark), Dubai Business Channel, Egypt TV, IRIB, Khabar, LBC, MEN, N24, Sat1, Pro7 and TV2 (Norway). IHA also has regular cooperation with: CBS, CNN, Fox, NBC, NHK, RAI and ZDF. Ihlas News Agency is owned by Ihlas Holding. To find out more about Ihlas Holding