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| Country | France |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | 32 African countries |
| Headquarters | Lyon, France (formerlyPointe-Noire,Congo) |
| Programming | |
| Languages | English, French |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9 and4:3) (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Euronews |
| History | |
| Launched | 20 April 2016; 9 years ago (2016-04-20) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| GOtv | Channel 47 |
| DStv | Channel 417 |
| Zuku TV | Channel 524 |
| AzamTV | Channel 235 |
| StarTimes | Channel 272 |
Africanews (styled asafricanews) is a 24/7pan-Africanmultilingualnews network located inLyon,France, previously headquartered inPointe-Noire,Republic of the Congo. The news channel began broadcasting online, and via TV and satellite on 20 April 2016.[1] The newsroom has 30 journalists and around 55 technical staffers.[citation needed]
Like its sister channelEuronews, Africanews runs news and weather summaries every half-hour.
Currently, the programs are broadcast in both English and French - most on-screen graphics and captions are bilingual. In 2016, the channel planned to expand and accommodate most of the continents' population and roll outSwahili, Arabic, Dutch/Afrikaans, Spanish and Portuguese content soon.[2]
The channel currently is broadcast in 33sub-Saharan countries and is accessible to 7.3 million homes viasatellite anddigital terrestrial television networks.[3] Africanews is available in the UK, along with a number of other international news channels, via online video subscription service NewsPlayer+[4] and alongsideEuronews onFreeview channel 271 via the Channelbox free streaming service.[5]