[5] The founders had claimed that the channel aimed to voice the perspectives of the protesters while presenting a variety of political positions.
[2] Mohamed Morad stated that Ibrahim Eissa had first thought of the channel and explained that the television blackout that took place during the revolution had served as their inspiration.
[9] This announcement came after some speculations that the two other owners, Morad and Abu-Haiba were teaming up against Eissa and that they were involved in trying to have other investors take over each other's ownerships.
[7] Sources had claimed that Abu-Haiba and Morad were to leave Eissa as the channel's main manager after they sell their shares to publisher Walid al-Moallem and businessman Ahmed Heikal.
The controversy surrounding the channel's new owners took a different turn, when speculations arose about the political stance of businessman Nabil Hasan Kamel who partially took over Eissa's share.
[7] Owner Abu-Haiba then clarified that the talk show, Fil Midan (In the Square) would maintain and represent the channel's revolutionary stance.
[7] Abu-Haiba also announced that the channel was considering the diversification of its programs to include other non-political shows focusing on religion, sports, and art that pertained to a wider range of the Egyptian society.
Four prominent individuals have hosted the program: Ibrahim Eissa, Bilal Fadl, Mahmoud Saad, and Amr El-Leithy.
In December 2011, shortly after Amer buys Al Tahrir TV, Kandeel stopped airing his show and threatened to leave the channel if it does not maintain its revolutionary vision.
The program airs clips from other private, state and online talk shows[16] about specific themes.
[17] On her Facebook page, Sultan first reiterated the management of Al Tahrir TV's technical difficulty reasoning.
[18] Mohamed Al-Barghouti, the manager of Al Tahrir TV refuted such claims and argued that the episode was too long and that this was the reason it was not aired.
[21] Sources indicate that the channel's board initiated a conversation about a contractual change after Abdulrahman aired a clip from the controversial anti-Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) campaign Askar Kazeboon during her show.
[21] She was fired from the channel in July 2011 similarly after discussing on air a newspaper article written by a journalist who criticized the Egyptian military.