BBC launches Arabic television news channel

BBC Arabic television – the BBC's news and information channel in the Arabic language – launches on Tuesday 11 March 2008 at 10.00 GMT, it was announced today (Monday 3 March).

Initially broadcast for 12 hours a day, the television channel is part of the BBC's integrated multimedia news service for the Arab world. It will move to 24/7 in the summer and is the BBC's first publicly-funded international television service.

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