BBC launches BBC Arabic TV Service
Posted by Paul • Friday, March 14. 2008 • Category: satellite tv
The BBC have started a publicly funded Arabic language international TV service, which is freely available on satellite and cable within the Middle East and North Africa.
Currently it will broadcast for just twelve hours a day, from 1000 UTC to 2200 UTC, but the intention is to run a 24-hour service later in the year. Funding for the station is from a government grant and savings made by closing the BBC World Service's Eastern European radio services.
The station's website can be found at bbcarabic.com.