Al Aan TV
Satellite TV channel based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Al Aan or Alaan TV (Arabic: تلفزيون الآن) is a pan-Arab infotainment satellite television station based in Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates.
| Country | UAE |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Pan-Arab Region |
| Headquarters | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Programming | |
| Language | Arabic |
| Picture format | 576p (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Tower Media Middle East |
| History | |
| Launched | 2006 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
History and Profile
Al Aan broadcasts from Dubai Media City.
Al Aan TV is free-to-air at Arabsat and Nilesat,[1] mobile phones, radio and smartphone applications.
In 2019–2020, Jenan Moussa, a reporter covering the Syrian Civil War for Al Aan TV, published pictures obtained from the phone of Omaima Abdi, a female Islamic State member and the widow of Denis Cuspert. The pictures showed Abdi alongside her husband and holding a gun.[2] She had since returned to Germany and was living freely in Hamburg. As a result of Moussa's reporting, Omaima Abdi was sentenced to three years and six months imprisonment in Germany.[2]
The channel came into the spotlight when it aired a rare video of a woman being stoned to death by Taliban in Orakzai Agency, Pakistan.[3][4]
Al Aan TV was the only TV station in the world to film and report [5] the funeral of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi after he died in the 2011 Libyan civil war.[6][7]
Akhbar Al Aan
Al Aan presents a set of news programs, covering the Arab and international news, around the clock, including: reports, opinions and analysis of experts, culture, sport, economy and communities’ affairs in addition to special segments for journalism to reveal local issues and serious cases.
Al Aan TV has a network of reporters distributed around the Arab World, among them is the reporter and journalist Jenan Moussa.

