A friend of mine used to have the unenviable job of running Euronews, back in the days when it was owned by ITN. Basically, it’s a Eurovision feed with a voice track in umpteen different languages. A simple premise, and effective – like hitting someone over the head with a plank, instead of running them through with an épée. One of its most famous ideas was No Comment. Inspired by anyone who’s ever lost the dope sheet for an agency feed, it consisted of raw pictures run without script which told viewers just how bloody impossible it is to figure what’s going on when no one is actually telling you.

Anyway, Euronews is now getting carriage in the Middle East and North Africa. It will be available via Orbit. One more choice in your hotel bedroom.