Broadcast specialist Vision247 has announced the addition of Alaraby Television to its VisionTV service.
Broadcast specialist Vision247 has announced the addition of Alaraby Television to its VisionTV service. VisionTV is the first platform in the UK to host Alaraby Television. The channel is available with immediate effect on Freeview channel 244 in the International genre, desktop, EETV and via the VisionTV UK app.
Alaraby Television Channel Director Abbas Nasser said: “We are very pleased to join the VisionTV platform in the UK including the Freeview network, and we look forward to providing the best in Arabic content for our target audiences throughout the UK.
Alaraby Television will provide news, political, social, and cultural and entertainment prorammes in Arabic language to the 11 million UK Freeview users as well as those with EETV and the recently launched VisionTV UK app for smartphones and tablets.
VisionTV consists of more than 30 free-to-air channels, delivering a wide variety of both UK and international programming covering entertainment, sport, news, religion and shopping. VisionTV is the only portal on Freeview that aggregates multiple channels on one channel number.
Petra Oblak, Vision247 added: We are dedicated to bringing international content to the UK and welcome Alaraby Television as a new channel. The collaboration will enable us to offer a greater variety of content in Arabic language to our growing number of users.