i24NEWS is an

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international news television channel owned by

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. It is the English version of i24NEWS. The network began broadcasting in the US on February 13, 2017. It is live from 6 to 10p.m. Eastern Time and at other times broadcasts from Israel.

History

Original English channel

The original channel went live on 17 July 2013. Franck Melloul, the CEO, stated that it would battle prejudice and ignorance about Israel with “facts and diversity.” Arab Israeli journalist Lucy Aharish was the lead anchor of the original English-language branch of the channel from July 2013 until she resigned in January 2016. Her show, ''The News Today'', was replaced by ''News Now with Merav Savir''. ''News Now'' was cancelled after only a few months of broadcasting, ahead of changes to the network. On 8 December 2016, all programming on the English channel officially ended in preparation for launching in America. The channel broadcast 10 minutes of news on the hour, from 8am to 11pm (local time), and replaced ''Morning Edition'', ''The Daily Beat'', and ''The Lineup'' with a 26-minute news bulletin, repeated at half past each hour.

Current English channel

The launch of i24NEWS in the United States was announced on January 27, 2017. The channel is operated out of its headquarters in Jaffa. Live programming is broadcast from

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, with an additional bureau in

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. Approximately 50 journalists were hired to staff the two locations. The channel uses resources from its Jaffa headquarters. Initial distribution is limited to

-owned Optimum and Suddenlink cable systems. In November 2017,

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began to roll out the channel nationwide. December 2019, it was added to AT&T U-Verse on channels 223 and 1223. Among the first journalists hired were Michelle Makori, who is also the Editor-in-Chief,

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, who is also the managing editor, and Dan Raviv, a veteran of over 40 years with CBS News. The channel acquired many of its initial behind-the-scenes personnel from the former

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channel.

News Team

* Michelle Makori – Host of ''ClearCut'' and ''Crossroads'' *

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– National correspondent and fill in host *

– Host of ''Stateside'' and ''Crossroads''

Programming

* ''i24NEWS DESK'', previously called ''The News'', a 10-minute news bulletin (occasionally 26 minutes) at the top of the hour and half past * ''Daily Dose'' * ''Perspectives'' * ''The Rundown'' * ''Debrief'' * ''Crossroads'' * ''ClearCut'' * ''Stateside''

References

External links

* 24-hour television news channels in the United States English-language television stations in the United States Television channels and stations established in 2017 Altice USA {{US-tv-station-stub