|
|

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.

Business 24|7 reports that Arab media is now passing through a significant transitional period developing from traditionalism towards having reliable content, says Dr. Sulaiman Al Hattlan, CEO of Arab Strategy Forum, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation. He told Emirates Business that digital media is facing reliability and credibility challenges, where non-digital media have the opportunity and the authority to better investigate the content and present it with higher credibility.