International news platform TRT World is expanding its global distribution with Australia’s largest pay TV provider, Foxtel.TRT World, launched in 2015 and headquartered in Istanbul with four newsrooms located around the world, offers an alternative viewpoint on global and domestic events, challenging perceived narratives and providing a much needed new perspective on news.

TRT World will be available to Foxtel’s cable and satellite subscribers, airing on channel 652.

 

Ibrahim Eren, Deputy Director General of TRT, stated that “ we are pleased to announce signing of this agreement with Foxtel. TRT World is strengthening its worldwide position as a global news organisation and this deal will enable us to reach out to Australian homes to provide new perspectives from a unique point of view.”

 

Tony Pollitt, Foxtel’s Director of Business Affairs, Movies and Content Aggregation, added, “The addition of TRT World’s unique global perspective broadens the diversity of Foxtel’s international news coverage and gives our viewers a greater range of programming to help stay informed of developments taking place around the world, every day.”