We will be contemporary in style and independent and incisive in our journalism." This enhanced multimedia service meets the needs of an audience with a very strong appetite for news and debate. Its presenters will include Rania Al Alattar Fida Bassil Tony El-Khoury Dalia Mohamed Osman Ayfarah Hasan Muawad Lina Musharbash and Dina Waqqaf.īBC World Service Director Nigel Chapman says: "BBC Arabic is renowned for broadcasting impartial and accurate news, and information which is strong on analysis and expertise. It also features the pioneering live multimedia interactive debating forum Nuqtat Hewar – already popular on radio and online – three days a week.Ī showcase of the best BBC documentaries and specially produced in-depth reports from the Arab world will reinforce the TV schedule. The channel also features news and current affairs programmes such as the twice-daily Newshour which highlights news, analysis, key interviews and debate on the top events making the news in the region and around the world that day. The TV channel’s schedule includes news headlines every 15 minutes and a full news summary every 30 minutes.īBC Arabic will draw on the BBC’s extensive newsgathering operation, harnessing the BBC’s resources of over 250 correspondents reporting from 72 bureaux around the world – the biggest newsgathering team in the world.Īdditional on-the-spot reporting and regional expertise comes from a vast network of local reporters and correspondents throughout the Arab world and beyond. BBC Arabic television is distributed on the Arabsat, Eutelsat and Nilesat satellite systems. It will move to 24/7 in the summer and is the BBC’s first publicly-funded international television service.īBC Arabic television will be freely available to everyone with a satellite or cable connection in the region, whether they are in North Africa, the Middle East or the Gulf. Initially broadcast for 12 hours a day, the television channel is part of the BBC’s integrated multimedia news service for the Arab world. More about Arabic TV from the BBC Press Office : The music for both the identity and the News title sequences is by Dave Hewson.
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