Israeli television station, I24 News, announced, on Tuesday it opened two offices in Morocco, becoming the first media outlet based in Israel to operate in Morocco.
“Opening these two offices is part of i24 News’ desire to expand its activities at the international level: Paris, New York, Washington, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Los Angeles and Dubai, and now Rabat and Casablanca,” AFP quoted the station saying in a statement.
Launched in 2013 by billionaire Patrick Drahi, 24 News broadcasts 24h news in three languages (French, English and Arabic); “We are responding to the aspirations of the Moroccan public by opening two new studios in the country,” its board chairman, Frank Malloul, said in the statement.
The announcement was made Monday night at a prestigious gala event held at the Chellah in Rabat, in the presence of over 300 honored guests, I24 News reported.
Channel’s CEO Frank Melloul said that “even before the signing of the normalization agreement between Israel and Morocco, and actually throughout i24NEWS’ activities in the past several years, we have seen that the channel has a loyal audience in Morocco.
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