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i24NEWS is a 24-hour news television channel created by journalists and reporters from Israel.[1] It broadcasts in languages such as French, English, Hebrew, and Arabic. The English channel offers a weekly broadcast in Spanish, as well. The broadcast owner is Patrick Drahi, and the CEO is Frank Melloul. The company is based in Tel Aviv, Israel, but the broadcast network reports news from all over the world.[2]
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| Country | Israel |
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| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Affiliates | Israel Television News Company |
| Headquarters | |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Hebrew |
| Picture format | HDTV 1080i |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Patrick Drahi |
| History | |
| Launched | 17 July 2013 |
| Links | |
| Webcast | https://video.i24news.tv/ |
| Website | https://www.i24news.tv/ |
In early 2017, the channel paired up with the US to expand their channel. By 2018, the company had studios in Tel Aviv, Paris, New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, which it still has. It still deploys correspondents in other locations around the world.[3] In September 2021, following the Abraham Accords, the channel received a broadcasting license from the United Arab Emirates and opened its Gulf bureau in Dubai Media City.[4][5][6] In May 2022, the channel launched its operations in Morocco with two new bureaus in Rabat and Casablanca.[7]
The channel went live on 17 July 2013. Melloul stated that it would battle prejudice and ignorance about Israel with "facts and diversity".[8][9]
Arab Israeli journalist Lucy Aharish was the lead anchor of the English-language branch of the channel from July 2013 until she left 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 0800 to 2300 (local time), replacing "Morning Edition", "The Daily Beat" and "The Lineup".
The launch of i24NEWS in the United States was announced on 27 January 2017. The channel is operated out of its headquarters in Jaffa.
Live programming in the US is broadcast from Times Square in New York, New York, as well as from an additional bureau in Washington, D.C.. Approximately 50 journalists were hired to staff the two locations, and the channel uses resources from its Jaffa headquarters.
Among the first journalists hired were Michelle Makori, anchor and editor-in-chief; David Shuster, managing editor; and Dan Raviv, a veteran of CBS News. The channel acquired many of its debut behind-the-scenes talent from the former Al Jazeera America[citation needed].
Haaretz, in a report on 2 December 2019, indicated that i24NEWS, in order to secure an English broadcast license, gave Benjamin Netanyahu favoritism in its coverage.[10] The channel denied the allegations.
In 2020, following the Abraham Accords, i24NEWS signed a variety of memoranda of understanding[11] and partnership agreements with leading companies in the UAE. i24NEWS became the first Israel-based channel to be broadcast in the UAE. In 2021, the channel received a UAE broadcast license and launched its studios[12] in Dubai Media City, the regional hub for media organizations in the Gulf.
In 2022, i24NEWS launched its operations in Morocco[13] and opened bureaus in Rabat and Casablanca.[14]
On 29 October 2023, the i24 launched i24 Freedom, a 24-hour international channel devoted to the ongoing Israel–Hamas War.
On 30 June 2024, i24NEWS launched a Hebrew language channel.[15][16]
i24NEWS started broadcasting in Israel on August 29, 2018.[17] It is offered in France (including the French West Indies), Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland and across the African continent. The channel is also streamed live on its website in all three languages.
The channel signed an agreement enabling it to be broadcast in Germany on Kabel Deutschland.[18] i24NEWS was initially broadcast in the United States via the Jewish Life Television network,[19] but following the acquisition of Cablevision by Drahi-owned Altice USA (formerly Cablevision with a public brand of Optimum), i24NEWS is now broadcast on many US cable and TV operators, among them: Optimum channel 14, Suddenlink channel 49, Mediacom channel 228, Xfinity channel 1118, Spectrum and others.[20]
i24NEWS English is available in the UK, along with a number of other international news channels, via online video subscription service NewsPlayer+.[21]
In January 2021, i24NEWS became the first Israeli-based channel available in the UAE, on the country's leading content provider Etisalat.[22] Later that year, DU became the second operator to add the channel to its subscribers in the UAE.[23]
Starting October 2021, i24NEWS is available in Australia on Flash streaming service.[24]
Anchors at i24 past and present include:[25]
In addition to up-to-the-minute news, the channel also features a variety of current affairs shows and reports on such subjects as economy, defense, sport, hi-tech and other topics. Culture magazine shows and special interviews are broadcast between the hourly news updates.
High-definition (HD) broadcasting started in March 2017 via satellite using Hot Bird 13C-capacities (French and English feed only).
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