Its primary mission was to report Jewish and Israeli current affairs without bias, and according to its co-founding producer, Alexander Zanzer, JN1 could accomplish this because it is an independent, non-profit organisation which does not depend on any nation, government, or political party.

[9] Both businessmen are prominent philanthropists in the international Jewish community, financing civil society events in Israel and Ukraine.

[6] One of the owners, Vadim Rabinovitch, symbolically released dozens of balloons bearing the channel logo into the sky to mark what he called "an historic day".

[13] As of April 2015, the website JN1.tv has become part of JewishNews.com Alexander Zanzer, the Brussels bureau chief, has said: [JN1] will not necessarily be pro- or anti-Israel; we'll let the public hear the Israeli perspective, and it'll be up to the viewers to decide whether they're right.

[3][4]Peter Dickinson, the Kyiv-based editor-in-chief, was quoted saying: We don't look at our channel as just being "news for Jews," it's a much wider enterprise than that, and I'm confident we'll get a lot of non-Jewish viewers coming by for the variety of our voice.

[14]Jordana Miller, a former CNN reporter and former network’s Tel Aviv bureau chief, stated adamantly that JN1 will not become a "propaganda station."

[1]And the European Jewish Union, of which JN1’s owners are the president and vice president, stated in a press release: JN1's main objective is to create a world-class media platform dealing with important and relevant topics, alongside other international providers such as CNN, Al Jazeera, BBC World Service, France 24, and Russia Today.

[6] The network had announced plans to open offices in other major world cities such as Washington D.C., London, Paris, Berlin, and Moscow; however, sources were not very consistent.

A yellow news ticker display at the bottom of the screen quickly reported major headlines for people who have just changed the channel or are not listening to the audio.

[9] When contacted by The National, Al Jazeera's Ossama Saeed, head of international and media relations, had this to say about JN1: We were the first on the scene 15 years ago and we have maintained our position as number one despite a lot of channels being launched since then.