Diaa Rashwan, Head of the State Information Service (SIS), announced that hundreds of international television channels, networks and media platforms will broadcast the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum live to peoples around the world, who are waiting to follow this cultural, tourism and historic event, unprecedented in its importance and significance for those interested in humanity's cultural heritage, in addition to the importance lent to this opening by the participation of the largest gathering of leaders and officials of the world's countries and of cultural and media figures in the international community.
The SIS head stated that the authority has granted media coverage permits to 450 correspondents representing 180 international media outlets, from accredited correspondents residing in Egypt and visitors who arrived specifically to convey this historic celebration to the world.
He explained that these media organizations include 70 European media outlets, 24 American media organizations and 30 media outlets from Asian countries, in addition to 48 Arab newspapers, television channels and websites.
He added that the media taking part in covering the museum's opening include 70 of the world's largest television channels and networks and the 35 most important international photo news agencies, along with newspapers and news websites.
Rashwan said that in addition to these numbers, the authority, in cooperation with the relevant institutions, has granted free live broadcast feeds to thousands of international television channels to broadcast the opening ceremony and related events, in addition to the participation of hundreds of photographers and media professionals accompanying leaders and official delegations.
The State Information Service has set up operations rooms at the authority's headquarters and at the Foreign Press Center to provide all facilities to correspondents to enable them to convey an image commensurate with the importance of this major event. Media professionals are being supplied around the clock with data and information, and, in cooperation with the National Press Authority, with the texts of the distinguished coverage by Egyptian media, especially that published in foreign languages, including "Al-Ahram Hebdo", which has prepared comprehensive files in French, the English-language "Al-Ahram Weekly" and "The Egyptian Gazette", as well as the "Ahram Online" website run by the Al-Ahram institution.
The State Information Service is also monitoring, following up and analyzing international media coverage of this event, and will inform Egyptian public opinion of it through the authority's reports and statements as soon as the celebration events end.
The SIS head praised the wide and professional coverage by Egyptian media befitting this major national occasion, especially as many of the world's newspapers and foreign media outlets convey this coverage to other peoples. According to the official page of the Egyptian Cabinet on "Facebook".
