A News, a new TV station by Turkuvaz Media Group, will be launched on April 3, offering English-language news about Turkey, the region and the world.
The station brands itself as "a national and domestic English-language news channel" and aims to provide an accurate account of Turkey in response to the misperceptions about the country.
A News, through a network of correspondents in 175 countries and over 1,000 staff working behind the screens, aims to make a name for itself among its various competitors.
The news station, with seven regional offices in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Bursa, Antalya, Diyarbakır and Trabzon, already has a strong presence in 81 provinces and 375 districts across Turkey.
Through the Turksat 4A satellite, A News will be available for viewers in Europe, Iran, Russia and the Balkans.
With the Es'hailSat satellite, A News will be available in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Spain, Portugal, Sudan, Yemen, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Morocco, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, the UAE, Mauritania, Tunisia, Algeria and Somalia.
A News will be available for American viewers via pay-TV in the U.S.
When combined, the network will reach an audience of more than 1 billion.
Here is the frequency information of A News, which will be available across all platforms in Turkey:
• Turksat 4A Satellite Frequency: 11999 Mhz Symbol Rate: 11666 FEC : 3/4 Polarization : Vertical Moduation : DVBS2-8PSK
• Digiturk 140. Channel
• Tivibu 188. Channel
• D- Smart 289. Channel
• Teledünya 6. Channel
• Turkcell TV
