I24 News (United States)
| i24 News | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Launched | 13 February 2017 |
| Owned by | i24 News |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Slogan | "See Beyond" |
| Language | American English |
| Headquarters |
Jaffa Port, Tel Aviv New York City (U.S. originated broadcasts) |
| Sister channel(s) |
News 12 Networks |
| Website |
www |
Availability | |
| Cable | |
| Altice USA (Optimum areas) | Ch. 102 |
| Altice USA (Suddenlink areas) | available on all systems, channel number varies by area |
| Streaming media | |
| i24 News | Live |
i24NEWS is an English language international news television channel that is owned by Altice USA. It is the English version of i24NEWS. The network began broadcasting in the US on February 13, 2017. It is live from 6-10 p.m. Eastern Time and at other times broadcasts from Israel. The channel in the US is not remotely a sister channel of the main i24NEWS, it broadcasts live from Israel and America.
History
Original English Channel
The original channel went live on 17 July 2013. Melloul has stated that it will battle prejudice and ignorance about Israel with “facts and diversity.”[1][2]
Arab Israeli journalist Lucy Aharish was the lead anchor of the original English-language branch of the channel from July 2013 until she resigned in January 2016. Her show "The News Today" was replaced by "News Now with Merav Savir". News Now was cancelled after only a few months of broadcast, ahead of changes to the Network.
On 8 December 2016 all programming on the English channel officially ended in preparation for launching in America. The channel broadcast 10 minutes of news on the Hour from 8AM to 11PM (local time) and replaced "Morning Edition", "The Daily Beat" and "The Lineup" with a 26-minute news bulletin, repeated at half past.
Current English Channel
The launch of i24NEWS was announced on January 27, 2017. The channel is operated out of headquarters Jaffa.
Live programming is broadcast from Times Square in New York with an additional bureau in Washington, DC. Approximately 50 journalists were hired to staff the two locations.[3] The channel uses resources from its Jaffa headquarters .
Initial distribution is limited to Altice USA-owned Optimum and Suddenlink cable systems.
Among the first journalists hired were David Shuster who is also the managing editor, Michelle Makori, and Dan Raviv (a 40+ year veteran of CBS News). The channel acquired many of its debut behind-the-scenes talent from the former Al Jazeera America.[4]
References
- ↑ Move over Al Jazeera, Israel’s own 24-hour TV news station is about to go live By Danna Harman, Haaretz, July 3, 2013
- ↑ The Israeli Answer to Al Jazeera By Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, July 29, 2013.
- ↑ http://wtop.com/money/2017/01/tel-aviv-based-i24-news-launches-us-dc-bureau/
- ↑ http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/david-shuster-named-anchor-managing-editor-of-i24news/320314