NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR In September, Panayiotis Keenan was promoted to Executive Director of SAT-7 PARS. Bringing 17 years of work experience in the television industry, Keenan has been working with SAT-7 PARS since 2015, first as Production Manager and then Senior Manager. Keenan’s expertise in television production, his understanding of the needs of the Persian-speaking world, and his passion for developing the channel will help the SAT-7 PARS team take the channel to new levels of excellence. “I am honoured to be appointed the Executive Director of the SAT-7 PARS channel. It is a channel that is already established and has won the viewers’ hearts with its wholesome programs.” says Keenan. FIRST TAJIK SHOW One of SAT-7 PARS’ goals is to produce more programs in Afghan and Tajik dialects. Almost all viewers can understand Iranian Farsi, but the channel wants to connect with viewers in their mother tongue where possible. In 2017, this goal became a reality. SAT-7 PARS partnered with Media Mission the Messengers and IRR-TV, to produce the first Tajik program to be broadcast on the channel, Our Salvation Is In Him. The show includes a time of testimony and traditional songs in the Tajik dialect. The program has been renewed for a new season in 2018, and there are plans for more Tajik and Dari programs and resources to be produced in the future. Behind the scenes preparations for the production of the documentary Crystal Death