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channel 806 meo portugal channel 203 por hypp.tv malaysia channel 402 unifi malaysia channel 402 cht mod taiwan channel 155 kt qook tv south korea channel 176 moja tv bosnia and herzegovina channel 6 open iptv bosnia and herzegovina channel 502 canalsat channel 104 tivibu turkey channel 76 max tv macedonia channel 655 zap cape verde channel 8 por streaming media official website watch live free flash streaming available in english french persian ukrainian ukrainian is available worldwide ; english and french are not available in canada or the united states tvplayer watch live uk only euronews is a multilingual news media service headquartered in lyon france . created in 1993 it aims to cover world news from a pan european perspective . naguib sawiris an egyptian businessman is chairman of its supervisory board . the sawiris family owns 53 % of the media through media globe networks . contents 1 content 2 history and organisation 2.1 general 2.2 language availability 2.3 acquisition by naguib sawiris 3 presentation 4 broadcast 5 logos 6 bureau locations 7 see also 8 references 9 external links content edit as a rolling news channel headlines from both europe as well as the world are broadcast in thirty minute intervals . each interval starts with a 10 minute news bulletin followed by a promo of the coming show and a market update . if the space time is long enough a weather report will be broadcast followed by the news headlines . next is shows about society cinema music ... end is no comment and a weather report . brief magazine segments typically fill in the remaining schedule focusing on market data financial news sports news art and culture science weather european politics and press reviews of the major european newspapers . 2 these item slots will occasionally be preempted by breaking news or live television coverage . some segments are displayed without commentary under the banner no comment which has been the channel s signature program since its launch . 3 history and organisation edit euronews headquarters in lyon . general edit in 1992 following the first persian gulf war during which cnn s position as the preeminent source of 24 hour news programming was cemented the european broadcasting union decided to establish euronews to present information from a european perspective . the channel s first broadcast was on 1 january 1993 from lyon . an additional broadcast studio was set up in london in 1996 . it was founded by a group of ten european public broadcasters 4 cybc france t l visions rai rtbf rtp rtve former shareholder tmc former shareholder yle ertu in 1997 the british news broadcaster itn purchased a 49 percent share of euronews for 5.1 million from alcatel alsthom . 5 itn supplies the content of the channel along with the remaining shareholders which are represented by the socemie soci t editrice de la cha ne europ enne multilingue d information euronews consortium . euronews sa is the operating company that produces the channel and holds the broadcasting licence . it is co owned by the 10 founders and vgtrk trt t pbs snrt rtvslo rt ntu srg ssr tvr svt mtg ertt entv the broadcast switched from solely analogue to mainly digital transmission in 1999 . in the same year the portuguese audio track was added . the russian audio track appeared in 2001 . in 2003 itn sold its stake in euronews as part of its drive to streamline operations and focus on news gathering rather than channel management . 6 on 6 february 2006 ukrainian public broadcaster natsionalna telekompanya ukra ny ntu purchased a one percent interest in socemie . 7 on 27 may 2008 spanish public broadcaster rtve decided to leave euronews to promote its international channel tve internacional . it also cited legal requirements to maintain low debt levels through careful spending as a factor influencing its decision to leave . 8 in february 2009 the turkish public broadcaster trt became a shareholder in the channel and joined its supervisory board . 9 trt purchased 15.70 % of the channel s shares and became the fourth main partner after france t l visions 23.93 % rai 21.54 % and vgtrk 16.94 % . language availability edit language launch 1 english 1 january 1993 1 french 1 january 1993 1 german 1 january 1993 1 italian 1 january 1993 1 spanish 1 january 1993 6 portuguese november 1999 7 russian september 2001 8 arabic 12 july 2008 9 turkish 30 january 2010 10 persian 27 october 2010 11 ukrainian 24 august 2011 12 greek 18 december 2012 13 hungarian 30 may 2013 acquisition by naguib sawiris edit in february 2015 the channel s executive board has approved the bid by an egyptian telecom businessman naguib sawiris to acquire a 53 % controlling stake in the media outlet . the deal raised a number of questions over euronews future editorial posture and its independence . 10 11 12 presentation edit this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . april 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message the channel employs an unusual presentation style initially rather than using in vision presenters it showed only video footage with recorded voice overs . this aims to prevent bias . in 2011 however extended news items featured in vision reporters including occasional pieces to camera . the principal sources of footage come from aptn associated press television news and reuters tv these being the partner agencies of the european broadcasting union . it also draws upon resources from agence france presse italian ansa portuguese lusa german dpa spanish efe and russian itar tass . broadcast edit the channel is available in 350 million households in 155 countries worldwide . it reaches more than 170 million european households by cable satellite and terrestrial . it also began to secure availability on multimedia platforms such as iptv and digital media . 13 euronews launched an application for mobile devices android iphone and ipad which is called euronews live . the application is free of charge and is available on android market and app store . 14 the following countries also broadcast euronews through terrestrial channels for a limited amount of time armnews.eu sweden in russian face tv bosnia herzegovina in english cybc dtv platform cyprus in english and greek also simulcasted by rik 2 when its programming is over france 3 france in french ert greece in english and greek tl lebanon in arabic daily at 8 00 rt one rt news now ireland in english extremadura tv 15 arag n tv 7rm murcia spain in spanish 16 tvm malta in english rtp2 and rtp a ores portugal in portuguese tvr news romania in romanian evk russia k russia in russian tv koper capodistria slovenia in italian rsi la 1 & rsi la 2 switzerland in italian and german rts un switzerland in french and english ut 1 ukraine in ukrainian on weekdays at 15 15 trt haber turkey in turkish the channel s programmes are also available by podcast and it has also maintained a youtube channel since october 2007 . 17 in 2012 the largest belarusian state network mtis stopped broadcasting euronews for unknown reasons . 18 19 in 2013 the new commercial channel planet tv started broadcasting euronews dubbed in slovenian after antenna tv sl purchased a major stake in the company . euronews airs after closedown or sign off of planet tv but both call sign logos are displayed . in september 2016 euronews disappeared from the freesat channel list in the uk . citation needed logos edit identifying graphic used with logo below logo used from 26 october 1998 to 3 june 2008 logo used from 3 june 2008 to 17 may 2016 the current euronews logo is the fifth . from 1 january 1993 to 26 october 1998 the logo was in the lower right corner of the screen between 26 october 1998 and 4 june 2008 it was in the upper left corner of the screen and since update between 4 june 2008 and 17 may 2016 it has been in the upper right corner of the screen and from 17 may 2016 it is in the lower left corner of the screen . 1 january 1993 8 february 1997 blue lowercase word euro in yellow parallelogram and yellow uppercase word news . 8 february 1997 26 october 1998 white lowercase word euro above and blue lowercase word news below . 26 october 1998 4 june 2008 blue rectangle enclosing white camel case word euronews . since update 4 june 2008 ; white lowercase word euronews on a neutral grey background featuring a white circle symbolizing both the world and star circle on the flag of europe . on 25 january 2016 euronews was accused of plagiarism by the congolese media group africanews because the lyon based channel has used the logo africanews for its african subsidiary in 2016 . but africanews in democratic republic of congo has been existing since 2005 and can be found on the internet . its responsibles sent some letters to french authorities and managing director of euronews michael peters in order to change the related logo and not to use it for the african subsidiary of euronews . 20 21 22 since 17 may 2016 silver white lowercase word euronews followed by a small circle at foot of the last letter all on a light navy background . bureau locations edit euronews primarily broadcasts out of its headquarters in lyon but also maintains a number of international bureaux for editorial or marketing purposes in athens brussels budapest doha dubai istanbul london paris and washington d.c. citation needed see also edit africanews eurosport european union portal journalism portal lyon portal television portal