Bio

Background and Format: Launched in March 2008 BBC Arabic Television is a news and information television channel broadcast to the Middle East by the BBC. The BBC also runs a website that serves as an Arabic language news portal and provides online access to both the TV and radio broadcasts. The radio service is broadcast from Broadcasting House in London as well as from a BBC Bureau in Cairo. Production Company: BBC Schedule Times: More information can be viewed http://www.bbc.com/arabic/tvandradio/2013/05/000000_bbcarabic_livetv Target Audience: The target audience is viewers and listeners across the Middle East and North Africa. Stats: Due to licence restrictions, we are not able to list the audience figures for individual shows. Refer to main BBC World Service page for overall figure or view www.barb.co.uk for more information. Tips for PRs: The BBC switchboard will put you through to the news desk. Stories relating to Arab world and its diaspora, particularly technology, the arts and international development are of interest The BBC cannot accept traditional product press releases because the BBC cannot endorse products The BBC will not carry out competitions Other Information: The YouTube Channel can be viewed at www.youtube.com/user/BBCArabicNews and the Google+ account can be viewed at https://plus.google.com/+bbcarabic/posts Awards: 2017 - Online Media Awards, Best Campaigning / Investigative Journalism: Shame (winner) 2017 - British Media Awards, Editorial Campaign of the Year: Shame (gold) Alerts: Gorkana Consumer Alert: Thursday 29th January 2009 The BBC has enhanced its multimedia service this week by extending the BBC Arabic television broadcasts to 24 hours a day and introducing five new television presenters from across the Arab world – Makki Helal, Dima Izzedin, Malak Jaafar, Tareq Naser and Nouran Sallam. They can be reached at arabic.planning@bbc.co.uk Gorkana Alert: Wednesday 5th March 2008 BBC Arabic is launching a television service on Tuesday 11th March 2008 at 10am, to work alongside their radio and internet (www.bbcarabic.com) offerings. The television service will be freely available on satellite and cable in North Africa, the Middle East and the Gulf, with a schedule which includes news headlines every 15 minutes and a full news summary every 30mins. There is a twice daily news and current affairs programme, Newshour, which highlights news, analysis, key interviews and debate on the top events making the news in the region and around the world that day. The channel will be based at Broadcasting House in London. For further information please contact the press office on +44 (0)20 7557 2941, or Peter Connors on peter.connors@bbc.co.uk