GM
I wonder if they will stream the Launch Day on Youtube like Al Jazeerza Balkans did. That was actually quite interesting to watch.
JO
AlJazeera Arabic simualcasted the launch of AlJazeera English, too. It would be nice if Sky News did the same, atleast to promote the service.
(Warning, its quite loud!)
I wonder if they will stream the Launch Day on Youtube like Al Jazeerza Balkans did. That was actually quite interesting to watch.
AlJazeera Arabic simualcasted the launch of AlJazeera English, too. It would be nice if Sky News did the same, atleast to promote the service.
(Warning, its quite loud!)
LJ
I wonder will Sky News UK station more correspondents in their Sky News Arabia bureaux and if so I wonder will they deliberately focus more on stories in that region. It would have been ideal for the Arab Uprisings last year.
FO
I gather it was a requirement for applicants to reporting roles for SNA to be fluent in English and Arabic, so I imagine Sky News Arabia's correspondents will be able to do lives and the like for Sky News UK. Although I guess it would be too time consuming and impractical for them to do separate English report packages, so maybe the UK channel might choose to station their own separate correspondents in some of the bureaus.
Certainly having access to reporters and footage from bureaus ranging from Syria to Morocco and Iraq to Saudi Arabia should greatly enhance Sky's overall coverage of the region.
I wonder will Sky News UK station more correspondents in their Sky News Arabia bureaux and if so I wonder will they deliberately focus more on stories in that region. It would have been ideal for the Arab Uprisings last year.
I gather it was a requirement for applicants to reporting roles for SNA to be fluent in English and Arabic, so I imagine Sky News Arabia's correspondents will be able to do lives and the like for Sky News UK. Although I guess it would be too time consuming and impractical for them to do separate English report packages, so maybe the UK channel might choose to station their own separate correspondents in some of the bureaus.
Certainly having access to reporters and footage from bureaus ranging from Syria to Morocco and Iraq to Saudi Arabia should greatly enhance Sky's overall coverage of the region.
DA
Dave
Founding member
Just seen an article about Sky News in the weekly free magazine out here.
Nothing news but it will be in HD and free to view in the Middle East.
http://www.abudhabiweek.ae/features/54-movers-and-shakers/7776-reaching-for-the-sky
Nothing news but it will be in HD and free to view in the Middle East.
http://www.abudhabiweek.ae/features/54-movers-and-shakers/7776-reaching-for-the-sky
Last edited by Dave on 16 January 2012 1:28pm
JP
Suggestion is that the launch of the full Sky News Arabia website with news reports etc. will take place in February. Presumably mobile apps won't be too far behind and then obviously the television channel will appear in the Spring if all goes according to plan.
The set will be installed in a few weeks time,
https://twitter.com/#!/shocksolutions
Joe Khawly will be covering the Yemeni elections for SNA,
https://twitter.com/#!/joekhawlySky
And the Riyadh correspondent has arrived in Saudi Arabia after a meeting of all the reporters at the Abu Dhabi HQ.
https://twitter.com/#!/Algabbani
The set will be installed in a few weeks time,
Quote:
Preparing equipment for the Sky News Arabia studio and getting ready for our trip to Abu Dhabi to install it all in a couple of weeks time.
https://twitter.com/#!/shocksolutions
Joe Khawly will be covering the Yemeni elections for SNA,
Quote:
Soon I will be covering the elections in #Yemen.
https://twitter.com/#!/joekhawlySky
And the Riyadh correspondent has arrived in Saudi Arabia after a meeting of all the reporters at the Abu Dhabi HQ.
https://twitter.com/#!/Algabbani
Last edited by jpeg987 on 24 January 2012 3:42pm - 2 times in total
FO
The full website launches on February 21st, the channel will apparently follow in April.
https://twitter.com/#!/joekhawlySky
Quote:
#SkyNewsArabia's website will be #launch on the 21st of #February, and the #TV in April. Keep following us for more updates
https://twitter.com/#!/joekhawlySky
SU
Martin Stanford has just been talking to a correspondent captioned on screen as 'Sky News Arabia Correspondent'. Is this the first time a Sky News Arabia correspondent has being used on the UK channel?
SK
I was going to say the same thing. And no, no one has been used from Sky Arabia yet.
Martin Stanford has just been talking to a correspondent captioned on screen as 'Sky News Arabia Correspondent'. Is this the first time a Sky News Arabia correspondent has being used on the UK channel?
I was going to say the same thing. And no, no one has been used from Sky Arabia yet.
FO
The Head of Output for SNA appeared on Sky News UK live from Abu Dhabi this morning,
https://twitter.com/#!/SkyNewsPR
https://twitter.com/#!/haniziadeh/status/165026897514864640/photo/1
Interestingly this picture appears to be taken from the international version of Sky News HD, which has been rolled out in a good few countries.
Also noticed a few tweets about the channel from a Sky UK producer on Twitter,
https://twitter.com/#!/SkyAnwar
Quote:
Live now on @skynews: Dr Yasser Thabet Director of Ouput for Sky News Arabia on football violence in #Egypt
https://twitter.com/#!/SkyNewsPR
https://twitter.com/#!/haniziadeh/status/165026897514864640/photo/1
Interestingly this picture appears to be taken from the international version of Sky News HD, which has been rolled out in a good few countries.
Also noticed a few tweets about the channel from a Sky UK producer on Twitter,
Quote:
Met the Sky News team in Abu Dhabi - Adrian Wells and Nick Phipps. Both v upbeat about the launch of Sky News Arabia in April. Studios are ready and staff beginning to move in, recruitment in full swing. V interesting to hear their views on the hurdles overcomed.Nick and Adrian left me in no doubt the channel is going to shake up the way news is covered by Arabic language channels...And Sky News will benefit from having access to English speaking correspondents from Sky News Arabia in locations where....we currently have no bureaus i.e Cairo, Gaza and remarkably, Riyadh. Exciting times..
https://twitter.com/#!/SkyAnwar
FO
It's going to be on the Sky platform in the UK. Although I doubt the market for an Arabic language news channel in the UK is particularly large (or even existent?). Will be good to see from a presentation point of view though, and hopefully Sky will carry the HD version aswell.
With all of these adverts now on Sky News UK, does this mean the Arabic channel will be broadcast here as well?
It's going to be on the Sky platform in the UK. Although I doubt the market for an Arabic language news channel in the UK is particularly large (or even existent?). Will be good to see from a presentation point of view though, and hopefully Sky will carry the HD version aswell.