Al Jazeera to Launch English Language Sigital Streaming Service in U.S.
Reuters via St. Louis Post-Dispatch | July 21, 2016
The move comes almost three months after it shut down its U.S. cable television network, Al Jazeera America, citing economic challenges in the U.S. media market.
Al Jazeera English reaches more than 305 million households in over 160 countries. But U.S. viewers could not access its live stream coverage.
Al Jazeera English is in talks with cable carriers that carried the now defunct Al Jazeera America to make its live video stream available in the U.S. starting in September, according to the email from Giles Trendle, acting managing director of Al Jazeera English and director of programs.
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| (Al Jazeera: Breaking into the US news market. As Al Jazeera buys the US cable channel Current TV, what kind of journalism can it offer Americans? January 12, 2013.) (+Video) http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/listeningpost/2013/01/201311113732647954.html |
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| "Al-Jazeera has gone from being lauded for its coverage of protesters in Tahrir Square to being accused of partisan reporting." Source: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/feb/08/what-went-wrong-with-al-jazeera-and-how-can-it-be-fixed |
<more at http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/al-jazeera-to-launch-english-language-digital-streaming-service-in/article_5958570c-ab8e-58af-bcfb-20d6627dd9f5.html; related articles and links: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/mar/27/al-jazeera-lay-off-500-staff-worldwide-oil-price-slump (Al-Jazeera to lay off 500 staff worldwide. Broadcaster announces 10% reduction in workforce amid tougher global media environment and oil price slump. March 27, 2016) and https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/feb/08/what-went-wrong-with-al-jazeera-and-how-can-it-be-fixed (What went wrong with al-Jazeera – and how can it be fixed? The faltering of the Arab spring makes it even more important for the Middle East’s most influential media organisation to rediscover its voice. February 8, 2016)>
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