Emirates 24/7, stylised as Emirates 24, 7, is a

Dubai Media Incorporated Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI) is the official media organization of the government of Dubai. It was established in 2003 as a State-owned enterprise, state-owned company comprising a number of print, radio and TV channels under its umbrella, incl ...

news website and television news programme, respectively. The televised news programme, Emirates 24/7, is a 30-minute segment broadcast weekly on Dubai Media Inc.'s television channel

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, presenting news and business stories of the week and

UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a federal elective monarchy made up of seven emirates, with Abu Dhabi serving as i ...

viewers' reactions.

Website

The Emirates 24/7 web site evolved from the newspapers ''Emirates Today'' and ''Emirates Business24/7'' and is led by Riyad Mickdady, Editor-in-Chief.

TV programme

The programme Emirates 24/7 was launched in early 2010, originally hosted by Rebecca McLaughlin. Katie Jensen became the programme's Presenter in November 2010. In its first season, Emirates 24/7 interviewed guests including Emirates Airlines’ Sheikh

Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum (; born 1 December 1958) is an Emirati businessman, politician and member of Dubai's ruling Al Maktoum family, who is the current chairman and CEO of Emirates Airline and the Emirates Group, second vice chairm ...

, the Al Jaber Group’s

Fatima Al Jaber Fatima Obaid Al Jaber () (born 1965) is the chief operating officer of the United Arab Emirates-based Al Jaber Group. The conglomerate was established by her father, Obaid Al Jaber. Prior to her appointment as COO, she held a career in the Abu Dhab ...

, the

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’s

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, the British

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to the UAE Guy Warrington and

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actor

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. Emirates 24/7 was relaunched for its second season on 18 January 2011, becoming a weekly one-hour programme covering news, current affairs, business, sport and entertainment. Its slogan was "People, culture, trends, ideas, lifestyle: if it makes a difference to your life, Emirates 24/7 will tell you why." The programme is presented by Katie Jensen and former '' World of Sports'' presenter Omar Butti. Additional reports are provided by Priyanka Dutt. It is filmed at

’s studios.

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Emirates 24 7 2010 Emirati television series debuts Dubai One original programming 2010s Emirati television series