Egypt’s State Minister for Information Diaa Rashwan said 41 per cent of the television content covered by a national project to archive and digitise the country’s radio and television heritage was expected to be digitised by April. Rashwan made the remarks during a press conference held on Tuesday about the national project to digitise and preserve the country’s radio and television archives. The initiative covers material dating back to the establishment of Egypt’s national radio service in 1934, following legislation passed in 1926 to regulate privately operated radio stations, he said. Muslimani said presidential directives had given the project “an unprecedented historic push” after years of delays, praising political support for Egypt’s media institutions. It aims to preserve around one million audio and video tapes, representing up to 800,000 hours of rare historical content.