BBC News Arabic
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BBC News Arabic (
History
In 1994, BBC Arabic Television was launched by Rome-based
During the short life of BBC Arabic Television, there were several angry ‘liaison meetings’ with Orbit and the guarantees of editorial independence proved to be a sour joke, only barely obscured by a thin smokescreen about the BBC's alleged failure to observe "cultural sensitivities" – Saudi code for anything not to the Royal Family's liking. When it became clear to Orbit and Mawarid that it had, in their terms, created a monster not prepared to toe the Saudi line, it was only a matter of time before there would be a final parting of the ways.[2]
Many of the staff who worked for the original BBC Arabic Television service were eventually employed by Al Jazeera,[3] now one of BBC Arabic Television's main competitors.
Plans to relaunch the channel were announced in October 2005 and broadcasting was to start in Autumn 2007, but was delayed until 2008. The channel eventually relaunched at 0956
Funding
BBC Arabic Television is run by the
In 2011, as the
Service
BBC Arabic can also be seen via bbc.co.uk/Arabic/. The website includes a 16:9 live stream of the channel.
The channel broadcasts 24 hours a day, showing live news programmes mixed with current affairs programmes, documentaries and occasional light entertainment.
Newshour, an hour-long news bulletin is broadcast every evening at 18:00 GMT.
Other daily programmes are Nuqtat Hewar (16:06 GMT, a phone-in programme), and BBC Trending (15:00 GMT, looking at the news agenda from a social media perspective).
BBC news bulletins of either 30 or 60 minutes in duration are broadcast throughout the day, covering stories by journalists and correspondents around the world.
References
- ^ Cochrane, Paul. "Saudi Arabia's Media Influence". Arab Media and Society. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ Ian Richardson, The Arabic TV "Monster" Archived 2018-03-24 at the Wayback Machine, first published in The Independent and Al-Quds Al-Arabi, April 1997.
- ^ "The Failed Dream That Lead To Al Jazeera". Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
- ^ "BBC World Service receives government funding boost", BBC, 22 June 2011
External links
- Official website (in Arabic)
- 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