Dubai One launches English news
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 Entertainment channel Dubai One has entered the local news business. It broadcast the first edition of Emirates News, a daily English-language news bulletin, on February 1. The bulletin focuses on local news, business and culture. The move comes two months after the launch of City 7 TV, another Dubai-based English-language entertainment channel with a focus on local news.
The station’s general manager, Najla Al Awadi, said in a press conference that as 80 percent of Dubai’s population speaks English, there is a “huge opportunity.” She noted that as a government-backed station, Dubai One would be “the official voice of Dubai. We’ll be offering transparent, credible and serious news.”
Emirates News, which is sponsored by UAE telecom Etisalat, is broadcast every night at 7:30 PM UAE time.
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