i24news

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i24news
I24 official logo.png
Launched 17 July 2013 (2013-07-17)
Owned by Patrick Drahi
Picture format 16:9
Slogan "See Beyond"
Country Israel
Language English, French, Arabic
Broadcast area Worldwide
Affiliates Channel 2 (Israel)
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Website www.i24news.tv
Availability
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)
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 (French)
Cable
Numericable
(France)		 <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • Channel 60 (French)
  • Channel 68 (English)
  • Channel 69 (Arabic)
Numericable
(Belgium)		 <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • Channel 357 (French)
  • Channel 358 (English)
Numericable (Luxembourg) Channel 88 (French)
Numericable
(French West Indies)		 Channel 161 (French)
IPTV
Free (France) Channel 88 (French)
Bouygues (France) Channel 165 (French)
Orange (France) Channel 181 (French)
SFR (France) Channel 271 (French)
Swisscom (Switzerland) <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • Channel 342 (French)
  • Channel 557 (English)
Cabovisão (Portugal) <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • Channel 108 (French)
  • Channel 110 (English)
Streaming media
i24news.tv En, Fr, Ar
Dailymotion En, Fr, Ar
YouTube English
LiveStation English

i24news is an international 24-hour news and current affairs television channel based in Jaffa Port, Tel Aviv, Israel.[1] It broadcasts in French,English and Arabic, with the French-branch considered primary. The channel's owner is Patrick Drahi, and the CEO is Frank Melloul.


History

The channel went live on 17 July 2013. Melloul has stated that that will battle prejudice and ignorance about Israel with “facts and diversity.”[2][3]

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.

Distribution

i24news is currently only available outside of Israel. It is offered in France (including West Indies), Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland and Africa. The channel is also streamed live on its website in all three languages. Patrick Drahi has asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to allow i24news to be broadcast in Israel.[4] The channel recently signed an agreement enabling it to be broadcast in Germany on Kabel Deutschland.[5] i24news is broadcast in the United States via the Jewish Life Television network.[6]

News Team

The English channel news team consists of diplomacy and defense correspondents, anchors, editors, producers and journalists.

English News Anchors

English Relief Presenters

  • Tal Heinrich
  • Lauren Izso, occasionally presents news bulletins on weekends and fills in on some shifts
  • Johnathan Regev
  • Danny Swibel

English Magazine Anchors

Outside of the i24News studios

English Programming

Programming on i24news includes:[7]

  • i24news desk previously called "The News" a ten minute news bulletin at the top of the hour and half past.
  • Morning Edition / Sunday Review - Sunday to Friday with Yael Lavie, who anchors the i24news early program. News from around the world along with the viral sprial that is the Web review, plus culture from across the globe.
  • The Daily Beat - Monday to Friday, Meredith Ross anchors a full hour of news, sport and top stories.
  • The Line Up - Monday to Friday, Nurit Zunger anchors news from around the world with Middle East perspective.
  • News Now - Monday to Friday, Merav Savir anchors the latest news from around the world.
  • Culture - Weekly. The latest cultural buzz & trends.
  • Faceoff - Weekly. A weekly confrontational in-depth look at the news of the hour, and the people who make it.
  • Defense - Weekly. Military & strategic affairs.
  • Economy - Weekly. International Business & financial news.
  • Mid East Focus - Weekly
  • Insight - Weekly
  • Sport - Weekly. A tour around the world of sports.
  • The Tube - Weekly. Web & social networks news.
The control room of studio 2. The central studio mainly used for the English channel.

See also

References

Inside the i24news studio in Jaffa

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  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Move over Al Jazeera, Israel’s own 24-hour TV news station is about to go live By Danna Harman, Haaretz, July 3, 2013
  3. ↑ The Israeli Answer to Al Jazeera By Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, July 29, 2013.
  4. ↑ http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-drahi-asks-netanyahu-to-air-i24news-in-israel-1000918748
  5. ↑ http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2014/04/01/i24news-signs-german-swiss-deals/
  6. ↑ Patrick Drahi’s Israeli News Channel I24news To Air In US By JLTV, Jewish Business News, Mar 18th, 2014
  7. ↑ http://www.i24news.tv/en/tv/schedule/programs
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