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Nart Bouran leaves to head new Arabic TV channel
Tuesday 15 February 2011
Nart Bouran, pictured, Reuters' director of television, is leaving to run BSkyB's new Arabic service. He will have overall responsibility for the 24-hour, free-to-air news and current affairs channel Sky News Arabia.
The channel will launch in Spring 2012 as a joint venture between Sky and Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corporation, a private investment firm owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan of Abu Dhabi’s ruling family.
BSkyB said the venture will offer a fresh, independent and innovative approach to broadcasting news in the Middle East and North Africa. It plans to employ 180 multimedia journalists and be based in the Twofour54 media zone in UAE capital Abu Dhabi with support from a network of news bureaux including offices in London and Washington.
Bouran is a former Reuters sales manager in Abu Dhabi. He has held positions including director general of the Jordan Radio and Television Corporation, director of news for Abu Dhabi TV and APTN’s regional executive for the Middle East and North Africa. ■
- SOURCE
- The Guardian
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