Africanews
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| Launched | 20 April 2016 |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9 and 4:3) (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV) |
| Slogan | Africa Rising |
| Language | English, French |
| Broadcast area |
33 African countries
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| Headquarters | Pointe-Noire, Congo |
| Website | www |
Africanews is a 24-hour news channel based out of Pointe-Noire in the Republic of the Congo. The news channel is a subsidiary of France-based euronews and began broadcasting online, TV and via Satellite on 20 April 2016.[1]
Broadcast[edit]
Africanews runs news and weather summaries every half-hour.
Languages[edit]
Currently the programs are broadcast in both English and French - the on-screen captions are bilingual. The channel plans to expand and accommodate most of the continents population and plans to roll out Swahili, Arabic and Portuguese content soon.[2]
Distribution[edit]
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]
References[edit]
- ^ "Africanews is now LIVE on air and online". africanews.channel. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ^ "Parte Africanews, canale gemello di euronews, fatto in Africa, per l'Africa e gli africani". euronewsit. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ^ "Africanews joins continent's TV fray - BBC News". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
