Suggestive Status unknown Operating company Syria

Sama TV

Also: SAMA Al-Arab TV

Referenced by name in this register's sama-al-fan entity as part of the "film studios" element of Reuters' description of the family's businesses, and carries its own logo (samatv_trans) on Sama Alsham Group's homepage carousel. Its detail-page link on the homepage does not resolve to distinct content — it returns the CEC subsidiary page instead, a Wayback playback quirk rather than evidence the two are connected. No independent contact details recovered.

Record

Sector: Media — television
Parent: Sama Alsham Group
Confidence: Consistent with the hypothesis but explainable other ways. Do not rely on it.

Shefaa Hamsho Othman's own Facebook profile lists her as working in design at Sama TV — the first named staff member found for this entity, and notable for connecting to Gaia's owner Anas Othman by marriage (see anas-othman).

Findings citing this entity

Gaia's own owner is married into a Hamsho-surnamed householdStrong

Sources

Sama Alsham Group — homepage (2017) samaalsham.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 Displays a logo carousel/grid of group member companies, each linking to its own subsidiary detail page. Source of the logo files matched to entities in this register.
Sama Alsham Group — Message from the CEO samaalsham.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 Signed "Ahmad Saber Hamcho, Chief Executive Officer". Also carries the group's full activity list and its three foreign subsidiaries.
Shefaa Hamsho Othman — Facebook profile Facebook · retrieved 2026-08-12 Manually reviewed, not self-hosted here. Lists work "Designing at Sama TV — قناة سما الفضائية الصفحة الرسمية", location Damascus, and "Married to Anas Othman" since 27 February 2016 — consistent with Anas Othman's own profile.