Gulf News agencies eye joint application project

Gulf News agencies eye joint application project

KUWAIT: The heads of news agencies in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries agreed on Wednesday in principle to establish a joint application project for Gulf News agencies, which allows GCC citizens to access official news directly from GCC news agencies. At their 22nd meeting, which was held via video communication technology (zoom), the presidents tasked the relevant committees to work on the creation of this application, which also allows GCC citizens to watch live broadcasts of various Gulf radio and television channels, view the archive of photos and videos of each news agency, and follow up on the social media networks of each agency.

The meeting agreed that the formation of a technical media committee would enhance cooperation and coordination between news agencies to facilitate the implementation of all recommendations for the establishment of this application. The application provides the service of pulling data from various sources for news agencies in the GCC countries and importing it into the database so that each country can access the information. In this regard, the director general of the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), Dr. Fatima Al-Salem, welcomed the joint application project proposed by Qatar.

Dr. Al Salem called for the need to appoint a