Africanews

Last updated
africanews
Africanews logo.svg
Country France
Broadcast area
32 African countries
Headquarters Lyon, France
(formerly Pointe-Noire, Congo)
Programming
Language(s)English, French
Picture format 576i (16:9 and 4:3) (SDTV),
1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner Euronews
History
Launched20 April 2016;8 years ago (2016-04-20)
Links
Website www.africanews.com
Availability
Terrestrial
GOtv Channel 47
DStv Channel 417
Zuku TVChannel 514
AzamTVChannel 235
StarTimes Channel 272
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Alternative logo

Africanews (styled as africanews) is a 24/7 pan-African multilingual news network located in Lyon, France previously headquartered in Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo. The news channel began broadcasting online, and via TV and satellite on 20 April 2016. [1] The newsroom has 30 journalists and around 55 technical staffers.[ citation needed ]

Contents

Broadcast

Like its sister channel Euronews, Africanews runs news and weather summaries every half-hour.

Languages

Currently, the programs are broadcast in both English and French - most on-screen graphics and captions are bilingual. In 2016, the channel planned to expand and accommodate most of the continents' population and roll out Swahili, Arabic, Dutch/Afrikaans, Spanish and Portuguese content soon. [2]

Distribution

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Availability of Africanews via cable and satellite

The channel currently is broadcast in 33 sub-Saharan countries and is accessible to 7.3 million homes via satellite and digital terrestrial television networks. [3] Africanews is available in the UK, along with a number of other international news channels, via online video subscription service NewsPlayer+ [4] and alongside Euronews on Freeview channel 271 via the Channelbox free streaming service. [5]

Programmes

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References

  1. ↑ "Africanews is now LIVE on air and online". africanews.channel. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  2. ↑ "Parte Africanews, canale gemello di euronews, fatto in Africa, per l'Africa e gli africani". euronewsit. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  3. ↑ "Africanews joins continent's TV fray - BBC News". BBC News. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  4. ↑ "NewsPlayer+ goes live in UK". advanced-television.com. 19 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Channelbox adds news channels". May 10, 2021.
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