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Satellite TV channel based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Al Aan or Alaan TV (Arabic: تلفزيون الآن) is a pan-Arab infotainment satellite television station based in Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates.
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Country | UAE |
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Broadcast area | Pan-Arab Region |
Headquarters | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Picture format | 576p (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Tower Media Middle East |
History | |
Launched | 2006 |
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Website | www |
Al Aan broadcasts from Dubai Media City.
Al Aan TV is free-to-air at Arabsat and Nilesat,[1] mobile phones, radio and smartphone applications.
In 2019-2020, Jenan Moussa, a roving reporter covering the Syrian Civil War and other major stories for Al Aan TV, succeeded in getting phone content of top German ISIL widow Omaima Abdi, including thousands of pictures showing her carrying a gun and also her husband Deso Dogg.[2] She returned to Hamburg and was living as if nothing happened. As a result of Jenan’s effort, Omaima Abdi was sentenced to three years and six months imprisonment.[2]
The channel came into the spotlight when it aired a rare video of a woman being stoned to death by Taliban in Orakzai Agency Pakistan.[3][4]
Al Aan TV was the only TV station in the world to film and report [5] the funeral of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi after his death in the 2011 Libyan civil war.[6][7]
Al Aan presents a set of news programs, covering the Arab and international news, around the clock, including: reports, opinions and analysis of experts, culture, sport, economy and communities’ affairs in addition to special segments for journalism to reveal local issues and serious cases.
Al Aan TV has a network of reporters distributed around the Arab World, among them is the reporter and journalist Jenan Moussa.
The old logo was replaced with the new one on 1 October 2021:
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