I24 News
| i24NEWS | |
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| Launched | 17 July 2013 |
| Owned by | Patrick Drahi |
| Picture format |
576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Slogan | "See Beyond" |
| Language | English, French, Arabic |
| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Affiliates | Israel Television News Company |
| Headquarters | |
| Website | www |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Astra 19.2°E (Europe) | 11068 V / 22000 / 5/6 (French) |
| Hot Bird 13B (Europe, Maghreb, Middle East) | 11471 V / 27500 / 5/6 (Arabic/English) |
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AsiaSat 5 (Asia, Middle East, Africa) |
3960 H / 30000 / 5/6 (Arabic/English) |
| SES-4 (Africa) | 11671 V / 5/6 (French) |
| SES-5 (Africa) | 11843 H / 27500 / 2/3 |
| Eutelsat 70B (Asia) | 11565 H / 11401 / 2/5 |
| Canalsat (France) | Channel 112 (French) |
| Canalsat (Africa) | Channel 175 (French) |
| Sky Italia (Italy) | Channel 537 (English) |
| Cyfrowy Polsat (Poland) | Channel 235 (English) |
| Movistar+ (Spain) | Channel 128 (English) |
| Cable | |
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Numericable (France) |
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| Numericable (Belgium) |
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| Numericable (Luxembourg) | Channel 88 (French) |
| Numericable (French West Indies) |
Channel 161 (French) |
| Altice USA (Optimum) | Channel 102 |
| IPTV | |
| Free (France) | Channel 88 (French) |
| Bouygues (France) | Channel 165 (French) |
| Orange (France) | Channel 181 (French) |
| SFR (France) | Channel 271 (French) |
| Swisscom (Switzerland) |
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| Cabovisão (Portugal) |
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| Streaming media | |
| i24news.tv | En, Fr, Ar |
| Dailymotion | En, Fr, Ar |
| YouTube | English |
i24NEWS is an Israeli international 24-hour news and current affairs television channel located in Jaffa Port, Tel Aviv, Israel. It broadcasts in French, English and Arabic. The channel's owner is Patrick Drahi, and the CEO is Frank Melloul.
The network began broadcasting in the US on 13 February 2017. The English channel is broadcast from New York between 6 and 10 p.m. Eastern Time and at other times broadcasts from Israel.
The channel went live on 17 July 2013. Melloul stated that it would battle prejudice and ignorance about Israel with “facts and diversity.”
Arab Israeli journalist Lucy Aharish was the lead anchor of the English-language branch of the channel from July 2013 until she resigned in January 2016.
On 8 December 2016 all programming on the English channel officially ended in preparation for launching in America. The channel broadcast 10 minutes of news on the Hour from 8 am to 11 pm (local time) and replaced "Morning Edition", "The Daily Beat" and "The Lineup" with a 26-minute news bulletin, repeated at half past.
The launch of i24NEWS in the United States was announced on 27 January 2017. The channel is operated out of headquarters Jaffa.
Live programming in the US is broadcast from Times Square in New York with an additional bureau in Washington, DC. Approximately 50 journalists were hired to staff the two locations. The channel uses resources from its Jaffa headquarters .
Among the first journalists hired were Michelle Makori, Anchor and Editor -in-Chief, David Shuster who is also a managing editor,and Dan Raviv (a 40+ year veteran of CBS News). The channel acquired many of its debut behind-the-scenes talent from the former Al Jazeera America.
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