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It was launched on 11 March 2008	Many of the staff who worked for the original BBC Arabic Television service went on to work for television, now one of BBC Arabic Television's main competitors
, BBC, June 22, 2011 External links [ ]	It is run by the BBC World Service and funded from the British television licence fee

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It was launched at 0956 GMT on 11 March 2008.

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BBC News Arabic: Ian Richardson, who set up the news department during that time blamed the short life of the channel on a clash with the owners over content
BBC News Arabic: It is run by the BBC World Service and funded from the British television licence fee
BBC News Arabic: The channel broadcasts 24 hours a day, showing live news programmes mixed with current affairs programmes, documentaries and occasional light entertainment

	Initially broadcasting for 12 hours a day, 24-hour programming began on 19 January 2009
In 2011, as the cut funding to the BBC, forcing the to close down its services in five languages, the government simultaneously increased funding to the BBC Arabic service, in the words of , to "assist the BBC Arabic Service to continue their valuable work in "	The website includes a 16:9 live stream of the channel

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Ian Richardson, 2018-03-24 at the , first published in The Independent and Al-Quds Al-Arabi, April 1997.

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Stream BBC News عربي music: Funding [ ] BBC Arabic Television is run by the
Stream BBC News عربي music: BBC Arabic Television is a television news channel broadcast to the Middle East by the BBC
Stream BBC News عربي music: The channel eventually relaunched at 0956 on 11 March 2008, with the first news bulletin airing at the top of the hour at 1000