Expansion outside the Middle East[edit] Al Jazeera English[edit] Main article: Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera English newsroom In 2003, Al Jazeera hired its first English-language journalists, among whom was Afshin Rattansi,[43] from the BBCs Today Programme. In March 2003, it launched an English-language website.[44] (see below) On 4 July 2005 Al Jazeera officially announced plans to launch a new English-language satellite service to be called Al Jazeera International.[45] The new channel started at 12h GMT on 15 November 2006 under the name Al Jazeera English and has broadcast centers in Doha (next to the original Al Jazeera headquarters and broadcast center), London, Kuala Lumpur and Washington D.C. The channel is a 24-hour, 7-days-a-week news channel, with 12 hours broadcast from Doha, and four hours each from London, Kuala Lumpur, and Washington D.C. Al Jazeera launched an English language channel, originally called Al Jazeera International, in 2006. Among its staff were journalists hired from ABCs Nightline and other top news outfits. Josh Rushing,[46] a former media handler for CENTCOM during the Iraq war, agreed to provide commentary; David Frost was also on board.[47][48] In an interesting technical feat, the broadcast of the new operation was handed off between bases in Doha, London, Washington, D.C., and Kuala Lumpur on a daily cycle. The new English language venture faced considerable regulatory and commercial hurdles in the North America market for its perceived sympathy with extremist causes.[49][50][51] At the same time, others felt Al Jazeeras competitive advantage lay in programming in the Arabic language. There were hundreds of millions of potential viewers among the non-Arabic language speaking Muslims in Europe and Asia, however, and many others who might be interested in seeing news from the Middle East read by local voices. If the venture panned out, it would extend the influence of Al Jazeera, and tiny Qatar, beyond even what had been achieved in the stations first decade. In an interesting twist of fate, the BBC World Service was preparing to launch its own Arabic language station in 2007. Al Jazeera Balkans[edit] Main article: Al Jazeera Balkans In 2011, Al Jazeera Media Network launched Al Jazeera Balkans based in Sarajevo and serving Bosnia and Herzegovina in both the Bosnian language and the Croatian language. The look and feel of the network is similar to Al Jazeera English. Al Jazeera America[edit] Main article: Al Jazeera America In January 2013, Al Jazeera Media Network purchased Current TV, which was partially owned by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore. Using part of Current TVs infrastructure, Al Jazeera launched an American news channel in August 2013. Though Current TV had large distribution throughout the United States on cable and satellite television, it averaged only 28,000 viewers at any time.[52] The acquisition of Current TV by Al Jazeera allowed Time Warner Cable to drop the network due to its low ratings, but released a statement saying that they would consider carrying the channel after they evaluated whether it made sense for their customers.[53][54][55][56][57][58] Time Warner Cable later began carrying Al Jazeera America in December 2013. Al Jazeera America began broadcasting on 20 August 2013. Sport channels[edit] Main article: beIN Sport beIN Sport is a global network of sports channels jointly owned and operated by Qatari Sports Investments, an affiliate of Al Jazeera Media Network and American media company Turner Broadcasting System, a subsidiary of Time Warner. It currently operates three channels in France – beIN Sport 1, beIN Sport 2 and beIN Sport MAX – and launched two channels in the United States (English and Spanish) in August 2012.[59] The channel also holds Canadian broadcast rights to several sports properties despite not yet having authorization to broadcast in Canada. In France, beIN Sport holds the rights to broadcast major football tournaments on French television, including Ligue 1, Bundesliga, the UEFA Champions League and the European Football Championships. In the United States and Canada, beIN Sport holds the rights to broadcast La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Copa del Rey, South American World Cup Qualifier and English Championship matches, in addition to Barca TV.[60] In October 2009, Al Jazeera acquired six sports channels of the ART.[61] On 26 November 2009, Al Jazeera English received approval from the CRTC, which enables Al Jazeera English to broadcast via satellite in Canada.[62] Availability[edit] The original Al Jazeera channel is available worldwide through various satellite and cable systems.[63] Following the launch of Al Jazeera America, Al Jazeera English is no longer available in the United States. It had been available through live streaming over the Al Jazeera website, free to air DVB-S on the Galaxy 19 (and Galaxy 23 C-band) satellites, and it had been broadcast over the air in the Washington, DC DMA by WNVC on digital channel 30-5, and on digital channel 48.2 in the New York metro area, but those broadcasts were discontinued on 20 August 2013. Al Jazeera English had been available to cable TV viewers in Toledo, Ohio; Burlington, Vermont; New York City(WRNN rebroadcast), Washington State and Washington, D.C (a rebroadcast of WNVCs feed), but those sources were switched to Al Jazeera America on 20 August 2013. Many analysts had considered the limited availability of Al Jazeera English in the United States to be effectively a black out.[64][65] In contrast, in the United Kingdom, Al Jazeera English is available on the Sky and Freesat satellite platforms, as well as the standard terrestrial service (branded Freeview), thus making it available to the vast majority of UK households. On 26 November 2013 it launched a HD simulcast on certain terrestrial transmitters.[66] Al Jazeera can also be freely viewed with a DVB-S receiver in Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East as it is broadcast on the Astra 1M, Eutelsat Hot Bird 13A, Eutelsat 10A, Badr 4, Turksat 2A, Thor 6, Nilesat 102, Hispasat 1C and Eutelsat 28A satellites. The Optus C1 satellite in Australia carries the channel for free and from July 2012 is available at no extra charge to all subscribers to Australias Foxtel pay-TV service. For availability info of the Al Jazeera networks other TV channels, see their respective articles. Segments of Al Jazeera English are uploaded to YouTube.[67] Outside the United States, it is possible to watch Al Jazeera English over the internet from their official website. The low-resolution version is available free of charge,[68] while the high-resolution version is available under subscription fees through partner sites. In some countries that do not regularly offer Al Jazeera English through satellite or cable, the availability of internet video streaming receiver boxes, like those sold by Roku in the United States, offer the low-resolution stream without the use of a computer.[69] Al Jazeeras English division has also partnered with Livestation for Internet-based broadcasting.[70] This enables viewers to watch Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera America and Al Jazeera live worldwide with the exception of English and America in the United States. Al Jazeera is available in Canada on Bell Express Vu Channel 516, as part of the package International News I. Al Jazeera is available on Rogers Cable individually. Al Jazeera is also available on Shaw Cable TV Channel 513, as part of the package Multicultural Free preview until 8 March 2011 On 7 December 2010, Al Jazeera said its English language service has got a downlink license to broadcast in India. Satellite and cable companies would therefore be allowed to broadcast Al Jazeera in the country.[71] The broadcaster will be launched soon on Dish TV, and is considering a Hindi-language channel.[72] On the Web[edit] Al Jazeeras web-based service is accessible subscription-free throughout the world, at a variety of websites.[73] The station launched an English-language edition of its online content in March 2003. This English language website was relaunched on 15 November 2006, along with the launch of Al Jazeera English. The English and Arabic sections are editorially distinct, with their own selection of news and comment. Al Jazeera and Al Jazeera English are streamed live on the official site,[74][75] as well as on YouTube.[76][77] On 13 April 2009, Al Jazeera launched condensed versions of its English and Arabic sites for mobile device users. The Arabic version of the site was brought offline for about 10 hours by an FBI raid on its ISP, InfoCom Corporation, on 5 September 2001. InfoCom was later convicted of exporting to Syria and Gaddafi-ruled Libya, of knowingly being invested in by a Hamas member (both of which are illegal in the United States), and of underpaying customs duties.[78] Creative Commons[edit] On 13 January 2009, Al Jazeera released some of its broadcast quality footage from Gaza under a Creative Commons license. Contrary to business All Rights Reserved standards, the license invites third parties, including rival broadcasters, to reuse and remix the footage, so long as Al Jazeera is credited. The videos are hosted on blip.tv, which allows easy downloading and integration with Miro.[79][80][81][82][83][84][85] Al Jazeera also offers over 2,000 Creative Commons-licensed still photos at their Flickr account. Citizen journalism[edit] Al Jazeera accepts user-submitted photos and videos about news events through a Your Media page, and this content may be featured on the website or in broadcasts.[86] The channel used the Ushahidi platform to collect information and reports about the Gaza War, through Twitter, SMS and the website.[87][88] Plans[edit] Future projects in other languages include Al Jazeera Urdu, an Urdu language channel to cater mainly to Pakistanis and possibly some Indians.[89] A Kiswahili service called Al Jazeera Kiswahili was to be based in Nairobi and broadcast in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.[90] However, those plans were cancelled due to budget constraints.[91] Al Jazeera has been preparing to launch a Turkish language news channel called Al Jazeera Türk. On 10 February 2011, Al Jazeera acquired Turkeys Cine 5 television channel.[92] Al Jazeera Turk launced Its website with news in 2014. The channel also has plans to launch a Spanish-language news network to cater mainly to Spain and Hispanic America, like the Iranian cable TV network HispanTV. Al Jazeera has also been reported to be planning to launch an international newspaper.[93] Al Jazeera Arabic began using a chroma key studio on 13 September 2009. Similar to Sky News, Al Jazeera broadcast from that studio while the channels main newsroom was given a new look. The channel relaunched, with new graphics and music along with a new studio, on 1 November 2009, the 13th birthday of the channel. Towards late 2014 Al Jazeera Media Network plans to launch an online only channel called AJ+. The channel will be based out of the former Current TV studios in San Francisco, California and will have outposts in Doha, Kuala Lumpur and other locations. It will be independent of all of Al Jazeeras other channels and will be mostly in an on demand format. Attacks on and censorship of Al Jazeera[edit] Algeria[edit] On 27 January 1999, several Algerian cities lost power simultaneously, reportedly to keep residents from watching a program in which Algerian dissidents implicated the Algerian military in a series of massacres.[33][34][37] On 4 July 2004, the Algerian government froze the activities of Al Jazeeras Algerian correspondent. The official reason given was that a reorganization of the work of foreign correspondents was in progress. The international pressure group Reporters Without Borders says, however, that the measure was really taken in reprisal for a broadcast the previous week of another Al-Itijah al-Mouakiss debate on the political situation in Algeria.[94] Bahrain[edit] In May 2000, Bahrain banned Al Jazeera broadcast due to channels comments about Bahrains municipal elections, labelling it as serving Zionism.[95] China[edit] In May 2012 Chinese authorities refused to renew Al Jazeera correspondents press credentials and visa, or allow a replacement journalist. Al Jazeera consequently closed its bureau in Beijing.[96] Egypt[edit] During the 2011 Egyptian protests, on 30 January, the Egyptian government ordered the TV channel to close its offices. A day after, on 31 January, Egyptian security forces arrested six Al Jazeera journalists for several hours and seized their camera equipment. There were also reports of disruption in Al Jazeera Mubashers Broadcast to Egypt.[97][98][99] The channel was also criticized for being sympathetic to Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood and it was closed for the same reasons in September 2013.[100] Iraq[edit] The Iraqi interim government closed the offices of Al Jazeera in Baghdad in August 2004.[101] Then Iraqi prime minister Iyad Allawi accused the channel of inciting hatred in the country.[101] At the end of April 2013, the Iraqi government led by Nouri Al Maliki once again ordered to stop Al Jazeera broadcasting due to the alleged role of the channel in encouraging the sectarian unrest.[102] Israel[edit] On 13 March 2008, Israel announced an embargo/boycott/sanctions of the Arabic broadcaster al-Jazeera, accusing it of bias particularly during coverage of the conflict in the Gaza Strip and of slanted coverage favoring Hamas. Ministers will refuse to do interviews and according to some reports, will deny visa applications from its staff. Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Majali Wahbe accused the Qatari-owned station of prioritizing/focusing exclusively on Palestinian suffering, and ignoring Israeli suffering. We have seen that Al-Jazeera has become part of Hamas . . . taking sides and cooperating with people who are enemies of the state of Israel, said Whbee, a Druse Arab. The moment a station like Al-Jazeera gives unreliable reports, represents only one side, and doesnt present the positions of the other side, why should we cooperate?, adding: These reports are untrustworthy and they hurt us, and they arouse people to terrorist activities. Israeli officials backed their claim by saying al-Jazeera had covered the Gaza incursion but not the Palestinian rocket attacks against the Israeli city of Ashkelon. Wahabi said that the Israeli Foreign Ministry would send letters of complaint to the government of Qatar and Al Jazeera. Officials of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Fatah party also accuse al-Jazeera of being biased in favour of Hamas, with which it is at political loggerheads, and prominent Fatah official and former Gaza strongman Mohammed Dahlan has organized a lawsuit against the broadcaster.[103][104][105][106] Al-Jazeera eventually agreed to discuss coverage of Mideast conflict,[107] and the issue was apparently settled. In February 2009, Israel again imposed sanctions on Al Jazeera after Qatar closed the Israeli trade office in Doha in protest to the Gaza War. Initially, Israel contemplated declaring Al Jazeera a hostile entity and shutting down its Israel offices, but after a legal review, the Israeli government decided instead to impose limited measures to restrict Al Jazeeras activities in the country. All Al Jazeera employees would not have their visas renewed, and the Israeli government would issue no new visas. Al Jazeera staff would also not be allowed to attend government briefings and reduced access to government and military offices or interview Knesset members. The station would only be allowed access to three official spokespersons: The Prime Ministers Office, the Foreign Ministry, and the IDF Spokespersons Unit.[108] In August 2011, Samer Allawi, Al Jazeeras Afghanistan bureau chief, was arrested by Israeli authorities on charges of being a member of Hamas. Walied Al-Omary, Al Jazeeras bureau chief in Israel and the Palestinian territories, said the military court accused Allawi of making contact with members of Hamass armed wing.[109] A co-leader of The Committee to Protect Journalists said Israel must clarify why it continues to hold Samer Allawi.[110][111] Allawi was held in prison over a month, he was charged $1400 fine after pleading guilty to having met with Hamas, a militant groups seen as a terrorist group by Israel and most of the West, and promised to skew storylines in their favor, but never did go ahead with this.[112][113][114][115][116][117][118][119] Palestinian National Authority[edit] On 15 July 2009, the Palestinian National Authority closed down Al Jazeeras offices in the West Bank, apparently in response to claims made on the channel by Farouk Kaddoumi that PA President Mahmoud Abbas had been involved in the death of Yasser Arafat. In a statement announcing the decision, the Palestinian Information Ministry said the stations coverage was unbalanced and accused it of incitement against the PLO and the PA.[120] On 19 July 2009, President Abbas rescinded the ban and allowed Al Jazeera to resume operations.[121] United States[edit] On 13 November 2001, during the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, a U.S. missile strike destroyed Al Jazeeras office in Kabul. There were no casualties.[122] When Al Jazeera reported events featuring very graphic footage from inside Iraq, Al Jazeera was described as anti-American and as inciting violence because it reported on issues concerning national security.[123] On Monday, 24 March 2003, two Al Jazeera reporters covering the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) had their credentials revoked.[124] The NYSE banned Al Jazeera (as well as several other news organizations whose identities were not revealed) from its trading floor indefinitely. NYSE spokesman Ray Pellechia claimed security reasons and that the exchange had decided to give access only to networks that focus on responsible business coverage. He denied the revocation has anything to do with the networks Iraq war coverage.[125][126] However, Robert Zito, the exchanges executive vice president for communications, indicated that Al Jazeeras graphic footage broadcast on Saturday, 22 March 2003, led him to oust Al Jazeera.[124] The move was quickly mirrored by NASDAQ stock market officials.[127] The NYSE ban was rescinded a few months later.[128] In addition, Akamai Technologies, a U.S. company whose founder was killed in the 11 September World Trade Center attack, canceled a contract to provide web services for Al Jazeeras English language website.[129][130] Death of Tareq Ayyoub[edit] Main article: Tareq Ayyoub On 8 April 2003, Al Jazeeras office in Baghdad was hit by a missile, killing reporter Tareq Ayyoub and wounding another.[131] Al Jazeera reports that it had mailed coordinates for their office to the U.S. State Department six weeks earlier and that these should have clearly identified their location.[132] Dima Tareq Tahboub, the widow of Tareq Ayyoub, continues as of 2003 to denounce her husbands death and has among other things written for The Guardian and participated in a documentary broadcast on Al Jazeera English.[133] On 30 January 2005, The New York Times reported that the Qatari government, under pressure from the Bush administration, was speeding up plans to sell the station.[134] Al Jazeera bombing memo[edit] Main article: Al Jazeera bombing memo Also see OConnor - Keogh official secrets trial. On 22 November 2005, the UK tabloid The Daily Mirror published a story claiming that it had obtained a leaked memo from 10 Downing Street saying that former U.S. President George W. Bush had considered bombing Al Jazeeras Doha headquarters in April 2004, when United States Marines were conducting a contentious assault on Fallujah.[135] Website attacks[edit] Immediately after its launch in 2003, the English site was attacked by one or several hackers, who launched denial-of-service attacks, and another hacker who redirected visitors to a site featuring an American flag.[136][137] Both events were widely reported as Al Jazeeras website having been attacked by hackers.[138] In November 2003, John William Racine II, also known as John Buffo, was sentenced to 1,000 hours of community service and a $1,500 U.S. fine for the online disruption. Racine posed as an Al Jazeera employee to get a password to the networks site, then redirected visitors to a page he created that showed an American flag shaped like a U.S. map and a patriotic motto, court documents said.[139] In June 2003, Racine pleaded guilty to wire fraud and unlawful interception of an electronic communication.[140] As of 2012, the perpetrators of the denial-of-service attacks remain unknown. Editorial independence[edit] Al Jazeera is owned by the government of Qatar.[2][3][4][5][6][7] While Al Jazeera officials have stated that they are editorially independent from the government of Qatar,[141][142] this assertion has been disputed.[8] In 2010, United States Department of State internal communications, released by WikiLeaks as part of the 2010 diplomatic cables leak, claim that the Qatar government manipulates Al Jazeera coverage to suit political interests.[143][144] In September 2012, The Guardian reported that Al Jazeeras editorial independence came into question when the channels director of news, Salah Negm, stepped in at the last minute to order that a two minute video covering a UN debate over the Syrian civil war include a speech by the leader of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.[8] Staff members protested that the speech was not the most important aspect of the debate, and that it was a repetition of previous calls for Arab intervention.[8] The Guardian also claimed in September 2012 that Qatar has taken steps in recent years to consolidate control of Al Jazeera English.[8] Criticism and controversy[edit] Main article: Al Jazeera controversies and criticism While Al Jazeera has a large audience in the Middle East, the organization and the original Arabic channel in particular have taken criticism and been involved in several controversies.[145][dead link] Following the Arab spring revolutions, Al Jazeera have been accused of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood and dissimulating realities about their violence and assaults. Egypt and Syria 2013[edit] Twenty-two members of staff of Al Jazeeras Egyptian bureau announced their resignation on 8 July 2013, citing bias coverage of the ongoing Egyptian power redistribution in favour of the Muslim Brotherhood.[146][147][148] Al Jazeera claims that the resignations were done under pressure from the Egyptian Military. In January 2013 a former New Editor at Al Jazeera, who was from Syria, and had been at Al Jazeera for nearly a decade was fired without cause given, but in an interview stated their belief that it was linked to his/her resistance of ongoing strong pressure to conform to biased coverage of the Syrian civil war. The former Editor stated that the Muslim Brotherhood was controlling the Syrian file at Al-Jazeera with both organizations biasing news coverage in favour of the Brotherhood ousting the Syrian government of Assad by force and warning the then-editor the majority [in Syria] is with the Muslim Brotherhood and [taking power] is within our grasp so thank your god if you get a pardon when we become the government. The source named the names of several other former employees who resigned in protest, including director of the Berlin bureau Aktham Sleiman, a Syrian, who was, at the beginning, with the [Syrian] opposition but resisted what the interviewee terms the lies and despicable [political and ethnic] sectarianism and concluded that Al-Jazeera has lied and is still lying about Syria and in favour of armed overthrow and of the Muslim Brotherhood.[149][150] In August, 2013, Memri translated an 17 August 2013 clip from Al Jazeera, in which Gamal Nasser, a former Muslim Brotherhood official and Al Jazeera commentator, said that General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is of Jewish origin and implementing a Zionist plan to divide Egypt.[151][152] Documentaries[edit] Al Jazeeras coverage of the invasion of Iraq was the focus of an award-winning 2004 documentary film, Control Room by Egyptian-American director Jehane Noujaim. In July 2003, PBS broadcast a documentary, called Exclusive to al-Jazeera on its program Wide Angle.[153] In 2008, Al Jazeera filmed Egypt: A nation in waiting, which documented trends in Egypts political history and foreshadowed the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.[154] Another documentary, Al-Jazeera, An Arab Voice for Freedom or Demagoguery? The UNC Tour[155] was filmed two months after the 11 September 2001 Terrorist Attack. Awards and accolades[edit] 1999 Prince Claus Award for Creating Spaces of Freedom, in Amsterdam In December 1999, Ibn Rushd (Averoes) Fund for Freedom of Thought in Berlin awarded the Ibn Rushd Award for media and journalism for the year to Al Jazeera.[156] In March 2003, Al Jazeera was awarded by Index on Censorship for its courage in circumventing censorship and contributing to the free exchange of information in the Arab world.[157] In April 2004, the Webby Awards nominated Al Jazeera as one of the five best news Web sites, along with BBC News, National Geographic, RocketNews and The Smoking Gun. According to Tifanny Schlain, the founder of the Webby Awards, this caused a controversy as [other media organisations] felt it was a risk-taking site.[158] In 2004, Al Jazeera was voted by brandchannel readers as the fifth most influential global brand behind Apple Computer, Google, Ikea and Starbucks.[159] During the 2011 Egyptian protests, the online magazine Salon wrote that Al Jazeeras Egypt coverage embarrasses U.S. cable news channels.,[160] and WikiLeaks commented on their Twitter feed that Yes, we may have helped Tunisia, Egypt. But let us not forget the elephant in the room: Al Jazeera + sat dishes.[161] On 4 March 2011, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Al Jazeera provided more news coverage than the opinion-driven coverage of American mass media.[162] Most American media outlets declined comment. Michael Clemente of Fox News called the comments curious, while not directly refuting them. Secretary Clintons remarks contrast dramatically to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfelds complaints of bias early in the previous decade.[163] However, Rumsfeld apparently changed his opinion and expressed in 2011 that he was delighted by Al Jazeera English.[164] Competitors[edit] In response to Al Jazeera, a group of Saudi investors created Al Arabiya in the first quarter of 2003. Despite (especially initial) skepticism over the stations Saudi funding (cf. History) and a perception of censorship of anti-Saudi content,[165] Al Arabiya has successfully emulated Al Jazeera, garnered a significant audience share, and has also become involved in controversy – Al Arabiya has been severely criticised by the Iraqi and US authorities and has had journalists killed on the job.[166][167] In order to counter a perceived bias of Al Jazeera, the U.S. government in 2004 founded Al Hurra (the free one). Al Hurra is forbidden to broadcast to the US under the provisions of the Smith–Mundt Act. A Zogby poll found that 1% of Arab viewers watch Al Hurra as their first choice.[168] while an Ipsos-MENA poll from March–May 2008 showed that Al Hurra was drawing more viewers in Iraq than Al Jazeera.[169] Citing these figures, Alvin Snyder, author and former USIA executive, referred to Al Hurra as a go to network in Iraq.[170] Another competitor is Al Alam, Established in 2003 by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, it broadcasts continuously. It seeks to address the most challenging issues of the Muslim and Arab world and the Middle East. A further competitor is the Rusiya Al-Yaum channel – the first Russian TV news channel broadcasting in Arabic and headquartered in Moscow, Russia. Rusiya Al-Yaum started broadcasting on 4 May 2007. The Channel is established and operated by RIA Novosti, the same news agency that launched Russia Today TV in December 2005 to deliver a Russian perspective on news to English-speaking audiences, and Rusiya Al-Yaum is indeed a translation of Russia Today into Arabic. The BBC launched BBC Arabic Television on 11 March 2008, an Arabic-language news channel in North Africa and the Middle East.[171] This is the second time that the BBC has launched an Arabic language TV channel; as mentioned above, the demise of the original BBC World Service Arabic TV channel had at least contributed to the founding of the original Al Jazeera Arabic TV channel. Deutsche Welle began broadcasting in Arabic in 2002. On 12 September 2011, the German international broadcaster launched DW (Arabia), its Arabic language television channel for North Africa and the Middle East.[172] The network has expanded from an initial two-hour block to 16 hours of daily programming in Arabic starting March 2014. The schedule is completed with 8 hours of English language programming. In February 2014, DW (Arabia) announced the acquisition of reprise transmission rights of Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssefs popular show AlBernameg.[173] When Euronews started broadcasting its programs in Arabic on 12 July 2008, it entered into competition with Al Jazeera. Arabic is the eighth language in which Euronews is broadcast, after English, French, German, Russian, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. Since the launch of Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera directly competes with BBC World and CNN International, as do a growing number of other international broadcasters such as Deutsche Welle, France 24, NHK World, and Russia Today. Al Jazeera America is in direct competition with American networks CNN, MSNBC, FOX News Channel and in certain markets The Blaze and Russia Today. Network[edit] Al Jazeera Media Network operates a number of specialty channels besides its original flagship news channel. As of late 2013, the Al Jazeera networks TV channels include:[174] There are currently two channels under construction. Launched in Website Al Jazeera the original international Arabic-language 24 hour news channel broadcasting from Doha, Qatar and bureaus around the world 1 November 1996 aljazeera.net/channel beIN Sport / beIN Sports Arabia originally a popular Arabic-language sports channel, Now in several languages and regions 2003 and 2012 beinsports.net beIN Sports Arabia +1 2004 beIN Sports Arabia +2 2004 beIN Sports Arabia +3 2008 beIN Sports Arabia +4 2008 beIN Sports Arabia +5 August 2009 beIN Sports Arabia +6 August 2009 beIN Sports Arabia +7 August 2009 beIN Sports Arabia +8 August 2009 beIN Sports Arabia HD beIN Sports 24 Hour Sports News Channel (several languages) beIN Sport In France, United States, Indonesia and Russia. 2012 beinsport.fr, beinsport.tv beIN Sports Canada 2014 beinsportsplay.tv/ Al Jazeera Mubasher (a.k.a. Al Jazeera Live) a live politics and public interest channel (similar to C-SPAN, Houses of the Oireachtas Channel or BBC Parliament), which broadcasts conferences in real time without editing or commentary 2005 mubasher.aljazeera.net Al Jazeera Childrens Channel (a.k.a. JCC) a childrens interest channel, broadcasting to the differing age-groups under the titles: Baraem and JeemTV 2005 jcctv.net Al Jazeera English a global English-language 24 hour news channel broadcasting from Doha, Qatar; London, United Kingdom, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Washington, DC, USA 2006 aljazeera Al Jazeera Documentary Channel an Arabic language documentary channel 2007 doc.aljazeera.net Al Jazeera Training Center an Arabic language, Graphics and Media Training Center 2004 training.aljazeera.net Al Jazeera Mubasher Misr a version of Al Jazeera Mubasher focused on Egypt catering to a predominantly Egyptian audience 2011 mubasher-misr.aljazeera.net Al Jazeera Balkans a version of Al Jazeera in the Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian language(s) stationed in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina catering to a predominantly Balkan audience 2011 balkans.aljazeera Al Jazeera America a version of Al Jazeera that is based in the United States, airing domestic and international news catering to a predominantly American audience 2013 america.aljazeera Al Jazeera Kiswahili Kiswahili version of Al Jazeera to be based in East Africa. (Under construction) aljazeerakiswahili Al Jazeera Türk a version of Al Jazeera that will be in the Turkish language(s) stationed in Istanbul catering to and broadcasting around Turkey. Currently online only. 2014 (Under construction) aljazeera.tr AJ+ English language digital online only news channel based primarily on YouTube 2014 (Under Construction) plus.aljazeera See also[edit] Portal icon Middle East portal Portal icon Television portal Al Jazeera effect Al Jazeera controversies and criticism References[edit] Jump up ^
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