BBC News Arabic
television channel
BBC News Arabic (Arabic: بي بي سي نيوز عربي), formerly BBC Arabic Television, is a television news channel broadcast to the Arab World by the BBC. It was launched on 11 March 2008. It is run by the BBC World Service and funded from the British television licence fee.
| BBC News Arabic بي بي سي نيوز عربي | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Country | United Kingdom Egypt |
| Broadcast area | Middle East |
| Network | BBC World Service |
| Headquarters | Broadcasting House, London |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Literary Arabic |
| Picture format | 720p60 (16:9 HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | BBC |
| History | |
| Launched | 11 March 2008 |
| Links | |
| Website | bbc.co.uk/arabic |
| Availability | |
| Cable | |
| Rogers Cable (Canada) | Channel 881 |
| Dish Network (United States) | Channel 658 |
| Satellite | |
| Hot Bird 13B | 11727 V / 27500 / 3/4 |
| Hot Bird 13D | 11117 V / 27500 / 3/4 |
| Badr 4 | 11996 H / 27500 / 3/4 |
| Intelsat 19 | 12646 H / 28066 / 3/4 |
| Nilesat 102 | 12207 V / 27500 / 3/4 |
| Anik F3 | 11911 L / 20000 / 3/4 |
| beIN | Channel 204 |
| Zuku TV (Kenya) | Channel 842 |
| IPTV | |
| Bell Fibe TV (Canada) | Channel 769 |
| Streaming media | |
| BBC Arabic | Watch live |
| Sling TV | Internet Protocol television |
Other websites
change- Official website
(in Arabic) - Live video stream
- BBC Press Release
- The Failed Dream That Lead To Al Jazeera
- Faisal Abbas: "BBC Arabic TV 'should try to be different, " BBC 12 March 2008
- Eric Pfanner: "BBC Set to Open Its New Arab World TV Channel in New York Times 4 March 2008
- "BBC launches Arabic TV channel," BBC 11 March 2008
