Move over Al Jazeera, Israel’s own 24-hour TV news station is about to go live
Haaretz Daily Newspaper
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In less than a week, if all goes according to plan, i24News – a first of its kind Israeli 24-hour international TV news station – will go live. The station will broadcast in English, French and Arabic from its spanking new studios in the Jaffa port – to audiences across the globe.
Frank Melloul, 39, a Swiss-born former French diplomat who was instrumental in launching and running France’s 24 hour news station – France24, was brought in several months ago to build up and run the endeavor. He came at the request of Franco-Israeli telecom tycoon Patrick Drahi, the moneyman behind the project.
