A Tale of Two Cities - Mumbai & Bombay

Program supplied by Faizal Sayed Media Associates
Courtesy: Government of India
Saturday 17th October 2009 at 19h00 on CTV

The Friday Sermon well received

The first episode of The Friday Sermon was aired at 15h30 on CTV Friday afternoon and noted to be well received by the public with request for copies and bookings to film at various mosques being made until late on Friday afternoon. The initial delay in broadcast was resolved by the CTV technical crew at the Final Control Centre according to production manager Ahmed Mohamed of FSMA.
Today the team was seen filming at The Jumuah Mosque in Cape Town which will be aired at 14h00 on CTV next week Friday.

15h30 on CTV today !

Technical dificultues at the Final Control Centre has been resolved according to technicians at CTV. The program will now air at 15h30 today.

Friday Sermon Transmission delayed

Due to technical difficulties on CTVs part, the tranmission is currently delayed. The problem stems at final control at CTV and not that from the producers of The Final Sermon. Updates to follow shortly.

Episode 1 - Husami Mosque - 16 October 2009

From The Husami Mosque In Cravenby Estate, Cape Town.

The Talk Revolves Around Islam As A Moderate And Balanced Way Of Life, Which Will Be Given By Sheigh Riyaad Fataar, A Graduate Of The Al Azar University In Cairo, Egypt And The Officiating Imam At The Husami Mosque.

If you have any comments or feedback about this talk, feel free to comment below.

The Sun Flower Fund Documentary

Program supplied for broadcast by Faizal Sayed Media Associates.

Documentary on Sun Flower Fund and campaign for leukaemia sufferers.

Broadcast times this week

Friday 16th October on CTV at 15h10

A Tale of Two Cities - Mumbai & Bombay

Program supplied for broadcast on CTV by Faizal Sayed Media Associates.
Courtesy - Government of India
Broadcast times this week:
Friday 16th October on CTV at 17h30
Saturday 17th October on CTV at 19h00

Eid with the Kumars - 30 minute coverage

On air shortyly - 30 minute program produced by FSMA on the annual
Eid celebration held by the High Commission of India. The production
features a host of dignitaries like the Minister of Economic
Development, Mr. Ebrahim Patel and Cape Town Mayor Mr. Dan Plato
airing their views on this event held by Mr.. Mridul Kumar, head of
the High commission of India. The event is held in an effort to
forge closer ties with India and South Africa and shows a unique
level of religious tolerance and understanding whereby the Embassy
embarks on joining Muslims on Eid by organising a related event for
them. Broadcast details to follow shortly.

Responses as far away as Brisbane to The Friday Sermon

Salaams & Congratulations on your achievements ,

 

Our sincere duahs are with you .I will circulate this news from CT so that we can stride to achieve what you have done . We are fortunate in that we have a local Brisbane TV station . I will approach them --would appreciate any negotiating imput from your side .

 

The closest we got to transmitting is linking lectures on the Masjid web-site and few days after that the household will have access to it .

 

Hope all goes well for you and that and to let you know that you have ignited the  spark that will set Brisbane alight .

Our local Imaam is Akraam Baksh ex Pelican Park

 

Salaams & good wishes

 

Yaghyah  Kahn

Brisbane

Huge public response to The Friday Sermon

Before the first episode even gets aired, the producers have been bombarded with public interest surrounding the new concept series for South Africa, The Friday Sermon which now brings the Jumuah lecture from various Mosques into the home every Friday at 14h00 on CTV.
Numerous emails, calls and messages are being received enquiring about which Mosques are being visited and numerous calls for repeat broadcasts. Clearly a historic moment in broadcasting dawns on the Muslim community on Friday afternoon as the first episode of The Friday Sermon goes on air. More updates to follow.

FAIZAL SAYED TO PRODUCE LIVE TELETHON ON TV

Producer & TV show Host Faizal Sayed is tasked with producing the marathon 8 live episodes of the much publicised Telethon airing on the same day on CTV on the 29th of October 2009.

CTV will run an all day live program entertaining Viewers with a host of celebrities and more packed into 8 episodes of one hour each going out live. A record for any channel. More information on this production to follow shortly.

How to tune in to Cape Town TV

CTV is a free-to-air channel - in other words anyone in our transmitter range can tune into us without the need for a set top box or a decoder. You will find Cape Town TV on the UHF band. Press Menu on your TV or remote control; go to the Search function; let it search on the UHF band; press Stop when you see the Cape Town TV channel; store the channel.

Our signal is coming to you from the Tygerberg transmitter site - so if you can see Tygerberg hill and your antenna is pointing that way it will be plain sailing - all you need to do is to retune your television set. Other areas close by may also be able to look at our signal which is on the UHF band, and beaming to the greater Cape Town area.

See the coverage map below to find out if you will be able to receive the signal (blue area on map). Those areas not in line-of-sight of Tygerberg Mountain will not be able to receive it - e.g. areas such as Camps Bay, Llundudno, Hout Bay, Stellenbosch, Malmsbury etc. will not receive it.

PRESS RELEASE: New Television Series To Bring The Jumuah Lecture Into The Home.

With the ever increasing need to have more Islamic content on television in South Africa, comes the announcement of a new series entitled “The Friday Sermon” which now sees the Friday lecture, a part of the Jumuah proceedings being broadcasted on CTV, the regional Cape Town Television station, every Friday at 14h00.

The 30-minute program is the creation of FSMA Television & Film Production Specialists. According to Producer and Host Faizal Sayed, the program was designed as a service to the Muslim and broader community to bring the lectures from different Mosques to a viewer who cannot attend Friday Prayers and those who would in addition to attending the Jumuah proceeding watch one from a different mosque via television.

CTV, the regional television channel, who is now back on air is to broadcast the series every week which goes on air with the first episode starting on Friday the 16th of October 2009

“The series is really aimed to be a service to the people and at the same time ensure that a message of religious tolerance, unity and morality is received by the viewer says Sayed the series producer who has also moved into the political arena.

Many challenges are faced during the filming process as one is dealing with huge crowds in mosques on Fridays, but thus far people have been very happy about the series and accommodating, according to Production Manager Ahmed Mohamed of FSMA.

More information on The Friday Sermon is available on www.FSMA.co.za as well as on a Facebook group called “The Friday Sermon on CTV”. For any program related enquiries feel free to email info@FSMA.co.za