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U.S.HeadquartersEstablishedinNewYorkCity
NewsBureausLocatedinNewYorkCityandWashington,D.C.NEWYORK–January27,2017–i24News,theonly24/7internationalnewsandcurrentaffairschannelfromtheheartoftheMiddleEast,announcedtodaythatitwilllaunchaU.S.newschannel,providingauniqueapproachtodomesticandinternationalnewsforAmericanaudiences.i24NewshasestablisheditsU.S.headquartersinNewYorkCity’sTimesSquare,withaseparatebureauinWashington,D.C.whichwillbothbestaffedbylocaljournalists.WithmajorstudiohubsnowintheU.S.,IsraelandEurope,i24NewswillofferlivenewsreportsdailytoAmericanviewers,establishingauniqueandconnectedinternationalnewsorganizationinthemarketplace.i24Newswasfoundedin2013byPatrickDrahi,thefounderandcontrollingshareholderofAlticeN.V.(Euronext:ATC,ATCB),andhasbecomealeadinginternationalnewsorganizationaroundtheworld.WithitsglobalheadquartersinTelAviv,i24NewsisavailableinmillionsofhouseholdsworldwideincludingEurope,Africa,AsiaandtheMiddleEast.ThenewU.S.channelwilllaunchonMonday,February13anditsfirstdistributionpartnerisAlticeUSA.“Whatbeganasadreamofourfoundertocreateasourcefornewswheredebateandmultipleperspectiveswerewelcome,hasbecomei24News–awell-respected,differentiatedglobalnewsorganizationwithatrackrecordofjournalisticexcellencearoundtheworld,”saidDexterGoei,PresidentofAlticeN.V.,andChairmanandCEOofAlticeUSA.“ContentiscoretoAltice’sglobalstrategy,andthisisanexcitingstepaswebringi24NewstotheU.S.andproviderefreshing,balancedcontentthatwillofferanewperspectiveondomesticandinternationalnewsthatconsumerscannotwatchanywhereelse.”“Inasocietywhereeverythinghasglobalimplications–frompoliticsandhealthcaretoeducationandsecurity–i24NewsintheU.S.willprovideanewvoiceasitmeldsdifferentpointsofviewwitheverydaydevelopments,”saidFrankMelloul,CEOofi24News.“Ilookforwardtoshapingi24Newstobecomethego-to-sourcefornewsandcurrenteventsanalysisontheissuesofmostimportancetoU.S.viewers,andamhonoredtoprovideanewmodelforshowcasinghowU.S.,MiddleEastandinternationalnewscancometogethereveryday.”NewsOrganizationi24NewsglobalheadquartersinTelAvivhasthreeseparatestudiosthateachbroadcastinadifferentlanguage–English,FrenchandArabic–amodelthatallowsviewersaccesstothesamenewsbutintheirpreferredlocallanguage.WiththelaunchofaU.S.headquartersandstudiosinNewYorkCityandWashingtonD.C.,i24NewsviewersaroundtheglobewillnowheardirectlyfromtheU.S.,andAmericanviewerswillbeconnectedtonewperspectivesfromaroundtheworld.i24Newscurrentlyhasmorethan250journalists,representing35differentnationalities.i24NewshasbuiltitsU.S.newsteamwithbest-in-classlocaltalentwithapproximately50positionstosupporttheNewYorkCityandWashingtonD.C.bureaus.TheU.S.newsteamwillbeannouncedinthecomingweeks.
ProgrammingProgrammingfori24NewsintheU.S.willincludehardnewsandinterviewswithafocusonbothdomesticandinternationalnews.TheU.S.channelwillbroadcastinEnglishandprovidecontentfromitsstudiosinNewYorkCity,Washington,D.C.,TelAvivandParis.Atitsinitiallaunch,i24NewswillbeavailableintheU.S.onAlticeUSA’sOptimumTV(OptimumTVChannel102)andSuddenlinkTVsystems(forchannellocationpleaseseelocallineup).Moredetailsonprogrammingandcontentwillbeavailableinthecomingweeks.AlticeGroup’sStrongPortfolioofNewsChannelsAlticeGrouphasastrong-portfolioofnewsorganizations.InFrance,BFMTVisthenumberoneratednewschannelandhasbeenexpandedwithBFMBusinessnewschannel,BFMSportnewschannel,andBFMParislocalnewschannel,whichareallthenumberoneratedchannelsintheircategories.IntheNewYorktri-statearea,AlticeUSAoperatesNews12Networks,whichisthecountry'sfirst,largest,andmostwatchedregionalnewsnetwork.
###AboutAlticeFoundedbytelecomentrepreneur,PatrickDrahi,Alticeisamultinationalcable,fiber,telecommunications,contentsandmediacompanywithpresenceinfourregions–WesternEurope(comprisingFrance,Belgium,Luxembourg,PortugalandSwitzerland),theUnitedStates,Israel,andtheOverseasTerritories(currentlycomprisingtheFrenchCaribbean,theIndianOceanregionsandtheDominicanRepublic).Alticeprovidesveryhighspeedbasedservices(highqualitypaytelevision,fastbroadbandInternetandfixedlinetelephony)and,incertaincountries,mobiletelephonyservicestoresidentialandcorporatecustomers.Alticeisalsoactiveinthemediaspacewithaportfolioofchannels(News,Sports,Lifestyleetc.)aswellasprovidingPremiumcontentonnonlinearplatforms;italsoproducesitsownoriginalcontent(Series,Moviesetc.).Altice(ATCA&ATCB)islistedonNYSEEuronextAmsterdam.MediaContacts:LisaAnselmo,[email protected],516-803-2362LindseyCalabrese,[email protected],516-803-1249
