Sky News to launch foreign language service

Sky News today announced plans for its first foreign language service in a move that will see it broadcast in Arabic across the Middle East and north Africa.

The free-to-watch channel will be run as a joint-venture between satellite broadcaster BSkyB and Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corp, owned by Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who is best-known in the UK for buying Manchester City football club.