Avi Melamed analyzing & discussing the latest events in Israel, the West Bank & Gaza for I24 News Arabic | May 2021
i24NEWS is an Israeli-based international 24-hour news television channel located in Jaffa Port, Tel Aviv, Israel.[1] It broadcasts in French, English, and Arabic. English channel offers a weekly magazine in Spanish. The channel’s owner is Patrick Drahi, and the CEO is Frank Melloul.
In February 2017, i24NEWS expanded into the North American market and opened bureaus in the United States.[2] The channel has studios in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Paris, New York, Washington and Los Angeles, and deploys correspondents in other locations across 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]
In 2020, following the Abraham Accords, i24NEWS signed a various of MoU[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 the opening of two bureaus in Rabat and Casablanca, from which the channel operates its studios.[14]
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