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Emirates 24/7, stylised asEmirates 24|7, is aDubai Media Incorporated 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 channelDubai One, presenting news and business stories of the week andUAE viewers' reactions.
The Emirates 24/7 web site evolved from the newspapersEmirates Today andEmirates Business24/7[1][2] and as of 2011[update] is led by Riyad Mickdady, Editor-in-Chief.[3]
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 SheikhAhmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the CEO of theEmirates airline;Fatima Al Jaber of Al Jaber Group;John Lipsky of theIMF; Guy Warrington, the BritishConsul-General to the UAE; andColin Firth, aHollywood actor.
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 formerWorld of Sports presenterOmar Butti. Additional reports are provided by Priyanka Dutt. It is filmed atDubai Media Incorporated’s studios.