France 24 Arabe

France 24 Arabic is a French free-to-air international news television channel operating in the 24-hour news format. The primary language of broadcasting is Arabic. The channel is owned and operated by France Médias Monde, the French state-owned international broadcasting company, and is headquartered in Paris, France . France 24 launched its Arabic service in December 2006 as the first Western news channel to broadcast in Arabic, initially with four hours of daily programming. The channel expanded to 10 hours per day on April 27, 2009, and finally to 24-hour broadcasting on October 12, 2010 . The channel is available to 574 million households worldwide on five continents, with a particular focus on Arabic-speaking audiences in the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and the global diaspora .

On air, France 24 Arabic features continuous rolling news coverage, including breaking news, political analysis, economic reports, cultural programming, sports news, and weather updates. The channel\'s editorial mission is to cover global news from a French and European perspective, promoting balanced debate and an open outlook on international diversity while recognizing the diversity of the world through its opinions and religions . The channel is designed around a regular schedule with particular emphasis on live broadcasting and interactivity, including viewer participation through social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter . The editorial team includes journalists from all nationalities across the Arab world, working alongside French and English editors under the responsibility of the managing editor of the Arabic cluster .

Flagship programs on France 24 Arabic include ضيف ومسيرة, a weekly program that receives a prominent Arab personality to discuss their life journey, airing on Saturdays at 6:15 pm Paris time. Recent episodes have featured interviews with Egyptian media figures Hafez El Mirazy and Mahmoud Saad discussing their personal and professional experiences in journalism and politics . The channel also broadcasts Truth or Fake, a five-minute program presented by Dana Mansour that helps audiences distinguish fact from fiction in online content, produced as a special edition for France\'s Press and Media in Schools Week . Additional programming includes Live from Paris, Politics, Voices of the Net featuring young people circumventing state censorship through social media, The Observers from the participatory site of the same name, Face-Off (an international and Middle Eastern press review), Correspondent Round Table, Press Club, and Beyond Business offering analysis of state-enterprise relations .

France 24 Arabic is available throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, Africa, and worldwide via satellite on multiple platforms including Hot Bird, Arabsat, and Nilesat, as well as on cable networks and IPTV services . Viewers can watch online the live broadcast of France 24 Arabic through the official France 24 website at france24.com/ar and via the France 24 mobile application, available for iOS and Android devices, which offers 24-hour live streaming, on-demand news clips, full episodes of programs, and push notifications for breaking news . The channel\'s digital presence includes a revamped website and app launched in October 2024, featuring a dynamic homepage highlighting breaking news, a breaking news mode synchronized with live broadcasts, simplified news summaries, navigation by geographic zones, and a replay page for on-demand content .

France 24 Arabic strives to provide impartial, reliable news coverage from a French perspective, empowering Arabic-speaking audiences to form their own opinions about world events. The mission of the channel is to promote healthy debate and balanced ideas, striving for an open outlook on international diversity and its pressing challenges, with news, economy, culture, sports, and weather as its editorial pillars . The channel is part of France Médias Monde, which also includes Radio France Internationale and Monte Carlo Doualiya, together broadcasting to the world in 21 languages . Thanks to modern digital platforms and satellite technology, France 24 Arabic provides the opportunity to watch online the live broadcast on any device - from smartphones to Smart TVs - ensuring that Arabic-speaking audiences across the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and around the world can access its French-perspective news coverage wherever they are.