Sky News Arabia, the 24-hour Arabic language multi-platform breaking news service, will launch on 6th May, 2012. The channel, which promises 'a new horizon' for news reporting across the Arab world, will be available on Transponder 14 on Arabsat Badr 4, Transponder 15 on Nilesat 201, on du IPTV and e-Life platforms plus in high definition on the OSN pay-TV platform.