 The programs begin with an hour late on the schedule announced by a reading of the Koran followed by a reading of a letter of the presidency of the republic and a multicast gala throughout the evening.The channel takes its name from a reference to the Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca and is the first private television channel in Tunisia until the creation of Nessma in 2007.A partnership agreement with France Télévisions was signed on 23 February 2007.