On 28 January, the authorities in Egypt returned all confiscated equipment (in good condition) to the SAT-7 studio in Cairo, more than three months after its seizure by the country’s Censorship Police.
The authorities came to the SAT-7 offices with a search warrant on 10 October 2015 and removed much of the studio’s production equipment. SAT-7’s Director Farid Samir was temporarily detained, facing charges associated with licensing issues, but was released after six hours.
The work of the Egypt team was limited after the raid. No live shows were able to run and relatively few programmes were recorded.
