Arqiva launches new channel ARISE NEWS on Freeview
Arqiva has today announced the launch of global news and entertainment channel ARISE NEWS in standard definition on Freeview channel 136, using the more advanced Digital Video Broadcasting technology MPEG4 DVB-T2. ARISE News will be available to those Freeview viewers who are within the broadcast coverage of Arqiva’s new HD multiplex – around 72% of the UK population - provided they are watching a Freeview HD compatible iDTV or Freeview HD set top box. The ARISE News service should also be available to YouView, BT Vision and TalkTalk TV homes within this coverage area. Viewers can find out if they are able to receive this exciting new channel by using the coverage checker on the Digital UK website at www.digitaluk.co.uk ARISE News delivers real time international news and entertainment to global audiences, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, on cable, satellite, mobile devices and on the internet while celebrating diverse communities and cultures across all continents, including all that is African and Afropolitan. Mike Finchen, Director, Digital Terrestrial Television at Arqiva said: “We are delighted to welcome ARISE News to the Freeview platform. Most Freeview HD homes will be able to enjoy the rich cultural and educational content available on the channel. We at Arqiva are committed to broadcasting a variety of content to offer viewers great channel and programme choices.” Nduka Obaigbena, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief at ARISE NEWS, said: “Today, we reach yet another milestone as we launch on Freeview. ARISE News is committed to covering issues of the day and world events that matter from an uncommon perspective, engaging citizens of the world in an emerging new global order truly representing the experiences of the under-served communities often ignored by conventional media.” ARISE News joins other news channels, BBC News, BBC News HD, Sky News, Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera English HD, Al Jazeera Arabic and RT on Freeview. ARISE News is carried on Arqiva’s Com 7 HD Multiplex and will be available to viewers with Freeview HD products within the commercial HD network coverage areas. About Arqiva Arqiva, the communications infrastructure and media services company, operates at the heart of the broadcast, satellite and mobile communications markets. The company is at the forefront of network solutions and services in the digital world. Arqiva provides much of the infrastructure behind television, radio, satellite and wireless communications in the UK. Customers include major broadcasters such as the BBC, ITV, BSkyB and the independent radio groups, major telco providers including the UK’s four mobile network operators, and the emergency services.
www.arqiva.com About ARISE News ARISE News is an emerging 24-hour news and entertainment channel brought to you by a diverse team of over 500 world-class journalists, and broadcasters, behind-the-scenes and in front of camera: a team dedicated to offering perspectives seldom given airtime. With broadcast hubs in London, New York, Johannesburg and Lagos, ARISE News reports cold, hard facts, providing a range of opinions and insightful analysis - all day, every day and trusting our viewers to make up their own minds. The independence of ARISE News is guaranteed. There’s no State funding, no State agenda, whether in Africa, the Middle East, Western and Eastern Europe, Russia, China, Asia, the United States or the Americas.
www.arise.tv About Freeview Freeview is a subscription-free TV service offering over 50 providing over 60 digital channels as standard digital and a further 10 HD channels when using an HD television or HD set top box/ recorder. Over 95% of the most watched programmes in the UK are available on Freeview.
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