i24news launches on Sky Italia

Israel-based international news channel i24news launches today in Italy, joining the Sky Italia pay TV platform. 

The channel will take slot number 537 on the EPG and be available in English.

The deal marks the latest launch by i24news, which in recent weeks has gone live on Polish DTH platform Polsat and started airing in Spain for the first time on DTH operator Canal+.

i24news launched in July and covers international news “through the eyes of Israeli society.” The network broadcasts from the port of Jaffa in Israel, is available on cable and satellite pay-packages in three languages. It is also available for free on satellite in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East via 13 Hotbird, Astra 19.2, ITS 4, AsiaSat 5 and can be streamed over the web.