Sharjah: Sharjah Media Corporation (SMC) is preparing to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Sharjah TV at a special ceremony that will take place at the corporation’s headquarters in Sharjah at 10.30am on February 13. A number of programmes about the channel’s inception in 1989 will be presented by SMC, and a number of media figures who have significantly contributed to the development of Sharjah TV will be honoured during the ceremony. Sharjah TV was among the first broadcasters in the region to move from terrestrial to satellite transmission in 1996 to become the first Arabic cultural channel.