BBC Arabic Television is a news and information television channel broadcast to the Middle East by the BBC. It was launched at 0956GMT on 11 March 2008. The service was announced in October 2005 and was to start broadcasting in Autumn 2007, but was delayed. Presenters include Hassan Muawad, Tony Khouri, Lena Do, Rania Al-Attar and Dalia Mohammed. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This article is about a television transmitting location or company. ... The term television channel generally refers to either a television station or its cable/satellite counterpart (both outlined below). ... A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ... Satellite television is television delivered by way of communications satellites, as compared to conventional terrestrial television and cable television. ... A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ... The World in Plate Carrée Projection In English, world is rooted in a compound of the obsolete words were, man, and eld, age; thus, its oldest meaning is Age of Man. ... This article is an overview article about the Crown chartered British Broadcasting Corporation formed in 1927. ... Arabic redirects here. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... is the 70th day of the year (71st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (common) era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...

BBC Arabic Television is run by the BBC World Service; as such, it is funded from a grant-in-aid from the British Foreign Office and not the television licence that is used to fund the BBC's domestic broadcasting. The service is based in the Egton Wing of Broadcasting House in London, but some technical aspects are managed at the BBC World Service's Bush House. Initially the service is broadcasting for 12 hours per day; 24-hour programming will begin later in the year. The BBC World Service is one of the most widely recognised international broadcasters, transmitting in 33 languages to many parts of the world through multiple technologies. ... The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Whitehall, seen from St. ... This article is about a licence that is required to own or operate a television or radio. ... For other uses, see Broadcasting House (disambiguation). ... The portico of Bush House Bush House is a building between Aldwych and The Strand in London. ...

People can watch BBC Arabic via www.bbcarabic.com, which will screen 16:9 live streaming of the channel.

Twice a day an hour-long news bulletin, BBC Newshour, is broadcast. In this programme, the top stories of the day are analysed and covered by BBC correspondents around the world. Other bulletins are half-an-hour long. The top stories are broadcast on the channel every 15 minutes.

This is not the first time that the BBC has attempted to set up an Arabic television service. The previous attempt closed on April 21, 1996, after 2 years on air, when the BBC's partners, Orbit Communications Corporation (owned by King Fahd's cousin, Prince Khaled) pulled the plug after the BBC broadcast an episode of Panorama that was critical of the Saudi Arabian government. Many of the staff who worked for the original BBC Arabic Television service went on to work for Al Jazeera television ^[1]. Al Jazeera will be one of the new BBC service's main competitors. is the 111th day of the year (112th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Orbit Satellite Television and Radio Network was the world’s first fully digital, multi-channel, multi-lingual, pay television service, providing perfect sound and picture quality at all times. ... King Fahd of Saudi Arabia King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz (born in Riyadh in 1923) is the king and prime minister of Saudi Arabia and leader of the House of Saud. ... Panorama is a long-running current affairs documentary series on BBC television, launched on 11 November 1953 and focusing on investigative journalism. ... The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a country on the Arabian Peninsula. ... Al Jazeera logo Al Jazeera (الجزيرة), meaning The Island or The (Arabian) Peninsula (whence also Algiers) is an Arabic television channel based in Qatar. ...

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External links

• BBC Press Release
• BBC Arabic.com (Arabic)
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• The Failed Dream That Lead To Al Jazeera