MultiChoice has announced the launch of emerging global news and entertainment channel, ARISE NEWS on DStv and GOtv. ARISE NEWS will be on DStv channel 416 and GOtv channel 44 respectively, and will join other global news channels such as CNN, BBC, SKY News, CCTV, Al Jazeera, CNBC and Bloomberg on the MultiChoice platforms.
ARISE NEWS delivers real time international news and entertainment to global audiences, 24 hours a day, seven days a week across all platforms and celebrates diverse communities in all continents including all that is African and Afropolitan.
Managing Director, MultiChoice, John Ugbe said on the launch of ARISE NEWS, “We are glad to welcome ARISE NEWS to our bouquet of news channels on both DStv and GOtv. We have demonstrated over the years our support of ‘Africanness’. And what better way to prove this than to celebrate as ARISE NEWS comes home to Africa through our network. We have no doubt that uptake will be immediate, owing to its success across countries and continents for their immediacy in breaking news about world events.”
Nduka obaigbena , Chairman and editor-in-Chief of Arise News said: Today ARISE NEWS comes home to Africa by launching for the first time on African platforms following on its very successful launch in over 80 countries and territories including the United Kingdom, West, East and Central Europe, Middle East, North Africa and the United States telling the stories and experiences of underserved communities especially of the African continent while covering issues of the day and world events that matter.
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About MultiChoice: MultiChoice is Africa’s leading pay-television operator with presence in over 50 countries in the continent and its adjacent Indian Ocean islands, supporting it with world class subscriber management services for over 20 years. DStv and GOtv provide the best local and international channels, including first-run films, documentaries, children’s programming, news and sports.
MultiChoice Africa provides its digital satellite television service – DStv – to subscribers’ homes from two different satellites, namely: the Intelsat 20 (“IS 20”) Ku BAND and Eutelsat 36B (used to be called W7) Ku Band. The GOtv offering is on a DTT (DVB-T2) network which was established in 2011 and currently covers nine countries. This low cost mass market offering provides great family entertainment at a price everyone can afford.
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About Arise News: ARISE NEWS is a different kind of 24/7 news & entertainment channel. We provide coverage and perspective on global events seldom given airtime. From broadcast hubs in Lagos, Johannesburg, London and New York, we offer particular focus on emerging and frontier markets along with unrivalled expertise on all that is African, Afropolitan and Afripolitan across all continents. No State funding. No hidden agenda. No bias. Just a world of news & entertainment through a different lens.
