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Arabic news channel based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Television channel
Al Ekhbariya
(
Arabic
:
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) is a Saudi news and
current affairs
satellite TV
channel based in
Riyadh
, Saudi Arabia.
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Launched on 11 January 2004,
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its aim according to its director was to present "a new image of the Gulf Arab state" to the wider region and the world. After the hiring of several Saudi women, its first bulletin was read by the kingdom's first female news presenter Buthaina Al-Nassr.
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Correspondents are based across the Middle East, Europe and America to provide coverage of news stories from around the world.
The channel, like its main competitor
Al Jazeera
, is owned by its government and run by the
Ministry of Media
, along with other channels that are part of the Saudi Television network. The station is transmitted to the Middle East and the
Arabic speaking world
from the
Badr 4 satellite
at an orbital position of 26.0° East.
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