# Emirates 24/7

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Emirati media outlet

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**Emirates 24/7**, stylised as **Emirates 24|7**, is a [Dubai Media Incorporated](/source/Dubai_Media_Incorporated) news website and television news programme, respectively. The televised news programme, Emirates 24/7, is a 30-minute segment broadcast weekly on Dubai Media Inc.'s television channel [Dubai One](/source/Dubai_One), presenting news and business stories of the week and [UAE](/source/UAE) viewers' reactions.

## Website

The Emirates 24/7 web site evolved from the newspapers *Emirates Today* and *Emirates Business24/7*[1][2] and as of 2011[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emirates_24/7&action=edit) is led by Riyad Mickdady, Editor-in-Chief.[3]

## TV programme

The programme Emirates 24/7 was launched in early 2010, originally hosted by Rebecca McLaughlin. Katie Jensen became the programme's Presenter in November 2010. In its first season, Emirates 24/7 interviewed guests, including Sheikh [Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum](/source/Ahmed_bin_Saeed_Al_Maktoum), the CEO of the [Emirates](/source/Emirates_(airline)) airline; [Fatima Al Jaber](/source/Fatima_Al_Jaber) of Al Jaber Group; [John Lipsky](/source/John_Lipsky) of the [IMF](/source/IMF); Guy Warrington, the British [Consul-General](/source/Consul-General) to the UAE; and [Colin Firth](/source/Colin_Firth), a [Hollywood](/source/Hollywood_(film_industry)) actor.

Emirates 24/7 was relaunched for its second season on 18 January 2011, becoming a weekly one-hour programme covering news, current affairs, business, sport and entertainment. Its slogan was "People, culture, trends, ideas, lifestyle: if it makes a difference to your life, Emirates 24/7 will tell you why."

The programme is presented by Katie Jensen and former *[World of Sports](/source/World_of_Sports_(TV_Series))* presenter [Omar Butti](/source/Omar_Butti). Additional reports are provided by Priyanka Dutt. It is filmed at [Dubai Media Incorporated](/source/Dubai_Media_Incorporated)’s studios.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Emirates Business 24/7 to become online publication | Uae – Gulf News"](http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/media/emirates-business-24-7-to-become-online-publication-1.645084).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Bartlett, Rachel (June 24, 2010). ["Emirates Business 24/7 newspaper moves online-only"](https://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2010/06/24/emirates-business-newspaper-moves-online-only/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-emirates247_aboutus_3-0)** ["About Us"](http://www.emirates247.com/about-us-1.108). Emirates 24|7. 2011. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110820181444/http://www.emirates247.com/about-us-1.108) from the original on 2011-08-20. Retrieved 2011-06-05.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.emirates247.com)

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