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Al Jazeera English is a 24-hour English-language news and current affairs TV channel headquartered in Doha, Qatar. It is the sister channel of the Arabic-language Al Jazeera. The station broadcasts news features and analysis, documentaries, live debates, current affairs, business, technology, and sports. The station claims to be the first global high-definition television network.[1] Al Jazeera English is the world’s first English-language news channel headquartered in the Middle East.[2] The channel aims to provide both a regional voice and a global perspective to a potential world audience of over one billion English speakers but without an Anglo-American worldview.[3] Instead of being run under central command, news management rotates around broadcasting centers in Kuala Lumpur, Doha, London and Washington, DC, "following the sun." Al-Jazeera is owned by the government of Qatar.[4] Al Jazeera is the first English language network headquartered in the middle east and one the few foreign media outlets to have bureaus in Gaza and Harare. The station also aims "to give voice to untold stories, promote debate, and challenge established perceptions", and to "set the news agenda, bridging cultures and providing a unique grassroots perspective from under-reported regions around the world".[5]
[edit] PhilosophyAl Jazeera English has stated objectives of emphasizing news from the developing world, of "reversing the North to South flow of information" and of "setting the news agenda" (also the channel's slogan). Some observers, including media scholar Adel Iskandar, have commented that this focus can be seen, in the eyes of Western viewers, as casting Al Jazeera English as a global "alternative" news network, though the entire Al Jazeera brand has been heavily mainstreamed in many parts of the world.[6] Other Al Jazeera English slogans and catchphrases include: "All the News | All the Time", "Fearless Journalism" and "If it's newsworthy, it gets on air, whether it's Bush or Bin Laden." Al Jazeera's Code of Ethics mirrors some of these statements. The English brand identity and its "EVERY ANGLE | EVERY SIDE" promotional positioning was led by Director of Creative, Morgan Almeida, "to preserve the amazing Arabic heritage and extend this in a language familiar to diverse global audiences". [edit] Launch and reachThe channel was launched on 15 November 2006. It had aimed to commence global broadcasting in June 2006 but had to postpone its launch because its HDTV technology was not ready.[7] The channel was due to be called Al Jazeera International, but the name was changed nine months prior to launch when it was absorbed into the Network administration.[8] The channel had expected to reach around 40 million households, but it far exceeded that launch target, reaching 80 million homes.[9] As of 2009, Al Jazeera's English-language service can be viewed in every major European market, and is available to 130 million homes in over 100 countries via cable and satellite, according to Molly Conroy, a spokeswoman for the network in Washington.[10] However the channel is noted for its poor penetration in the North American market, where it is not carried by virtually any cable networks except local networks in Toledo, Ohio, and Burlington, Vermont.[11] On November 26, 2009, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission approved "a request to add Al Jazeera English (AJE) to the lists of eligible satellite services for distribution on a digital basis and amends the lists of eligible satellite services accordingly."[12][13] Al Jazeera English has begun a campaign to enter the North American market, including a dedicated website IwantAJE.com. In 2008 Al Jazeera's English language channel won the Golden Nymph award in the category of Best 24 Hour News Program at the Monte Carlo Television Festival. The jurors especially singled out Nour Odeh, Al Jazeera's Gaza correspondent, for her bravery in reporting from the Gaza Strip. Al Jazeera English also received nominations in several other news categories, as for example for the Best News Documentary award for the report Inside Myanmar – The Crackdown.[14] Al Jazeera English and Press TV were the only international English-language television broadcasters with journalists reporting from both inside Gaza and Israel during the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict. Foreign press access to Gaza has been limited via either Egypt or Israel. However, Al Jazeera's reporters Ayman Mohyeldin and Sherine Tadros were already inside Gaza when the conflict began.[15][16][17] The channel is also currently available for viewing online. The channel recommends online viewing via Livestation, a free software (live, high quality), at its website (live, low quality), or at its YouTube channel.[18] [edit] ProgrammesRegular/recurrent programmes on the channel are:
In addition to the above, Al Jazeera English runs various programmes that are either entirely non-recurrent or consist of just a limited number of parts (miniseries format). Also cf. the channel's Programmes and Programme Schedule pages. [edit] International bureauIn addition to its four broadcast centres, Al Jazeera English has 21 supporting bureaux which gather and produce news. It also shares resources with the Arabic language channel's 42 bureaux and is planning to add further bureaux, to be announced as they open.[19] Also Al Jazeera presenters can alternate between broadcast centres. [edit] Middle EastBroadcast Centre: Doha (map) Bureaux & Correspondents [edit] AfricaBureaux: Cairo, Abidjan, Nairobi, Johannesburg, and Harare. Correspondents: Amr El Kahky, Haru Mutasa, Mohammed Adow, Mohamad Vall, Yvonne Ndege [edit] EuropeBroadcast Centre: London (map) Bureaux & Correspondents: [edit] The AmericasBroadcast Centre: Washington DC (map) Bureaux & Correspondents: [edit] Asia and AustralasiaBroadcast Centre: Kuala Lumpur (map) Bureaux & Correspondents [edit] ControversiesIn February 2006, former ABC News journalist Dave Marash joined Al Jazeera English on a two-year contract to become its Washington-based anchor. The Washington Post quoted Marash saying, "The goal here is to be able to give the best-reported, most transparent report of all the English-language news channels."[20] In March 2008, Marash left the channel. He cited a decreasing trend in editorial input from Washington, and that the Qatar-based management were exerting control on the channel's overseas bureaus. "To put it bluntly, the channel that's on now - while excellent, and I plan to be a lifetime viewer - is not the channel that I signed up to do," he said.[21] [edit] Personalities and staffPersonalities who have joined the channel include[22] (previous employers in brackets):
 [edit] RecruitmentVeteran British broadcaster Sir David Frost joined Al Jazeera English[23] to host his show Frost Over the World. Former BBC and CNN anchor Riz Khan, who previously had been the host of the CNN talk show Q&A, also joined. He hosts his shows Riz Khan and Riz Khan's One on One. Former U.S. Marine Josh Rushing joined Al Jazeera in September 2005.[24] He had been the press officer for the United States Central Command during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, and in that role had been featured in the documentary Control Room. When subsequently joining Al Jazeera, Rushing commented that "In a time when American media has become so nationalized, I'm excited about joining an organization that truly wants to be a source of global information..."[25] Rushing works from the Washington, DC broadcasting centre. Former CNN and BBC news anchorwoman and award winning journalist Veronica Pedrosa also joined the team,[26] along with CNN producer James Wright, and Kieran Baker, a former editor and producer for CNN, who most recently was Acting General Manager, Communications and Public Participation for ICANN. On 2 December 2005, Stephen Cole, a senior anchor on BBC World and Click Online presenter, announced he was joining Al Jazeera International.[27] The network announced on 12 January 2006 that former Nightline correspondent Dave Marash would be the co-anchor from their Washington studio. Marash described his new position as "the most interesting job on Earth."[28] On 6 February 2006, it was announced that the former BBC reporter Rageh Omaar would host the daily weeknights documentary series, Witness.[29] The managing director for Al Jazeera English is Tony Burman, who replaced Nigel Parsons in May 2008.[30] [edit] AvailabilityThe channel is available in many countries, mostly via satellite, sometimes via cable. The channel is also available online. It can be streamed live worldwide for free through Livestation. A low quality RealVideo stream allows viewing. Al Jazeera news segments are frequently included on the American public television program Worldfocus. Online subscriptions allowing unlimited viewing may be purchased from Al Jazeera on Jump TV, Real, VDC. Headlines from Al-Jazeera English are available on twitter. According to the Al Jazeera English Watch Now webpage, not all services are available everywhere due to licensing/distribution restrictions. The New York Times on 16 April 2007 reported that Al Jazeera English would begin running segments from its shows on the Internet video-sharing site YouTube.[31] Al Jazeera YouTube site. Al Jazeera English is available in the UK and Ireland on Sky's digital satellite platform on channel 514, and on Freesat, channel 203. In the United States, Al Jazeera is available on Buckeye Cable (Channel 220) in Toledo, Ohio. It is also available in Burlington, Vermont, Houston, Texas, and Washington, DC.[32] The channel is not widely available on cable and was dropped by Comcast, a cable company with a subscriber base of over 12 million people, a month prior to the channel's launch due to "the already-saturated television market there" and a perception in some circles that the channel gives airtime to terrorists.[33][34] However, Al Jazeera English is available via satellite across all of North America free to air on Galaxy 19 on the Ku band in DVB format. On November 26, 2009, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission approved "a request to add Al Jazeera English (AJE) to the lists of eligible satellite services for distribution on a digital basis and amends the lists of eligible satellite services accordingly."[12][13] In New Zealand, Triangle TV re-broadcasts various Al Jazeera programmes in Auckland and Wellington on free-to-air UHF channels. As does Stratos (free-to-air over Freeview satellite and terrestrial). The channel initially began test streaming Al Jazeera English (then called "Al Jazeera International") in March 2006 on Hot Bird, Astra 1E, Hispasat, AsiaSat3S, Eurobird 1 and Panamsat PAS 10. Telenors Thor, Türksat and Eurobird 2 were added to the satellites carrying it. Eurobird 1 carried the test stream on frequency 11.681 under the name "AJI". [edit] Quotations
These are some quotes from Al Jazeera staff that were broadcast on Al Jazeera English: Josh Rushing: "Do the right thing, for the right reason. And that's what I see Al Jazeera doing." Josh Rushing: "I care more about the truth, and getting the truth in my story, than I do about controlling the message, like I did before when I was a spokesperson." Dave Marash: "We're gonna seek out the areas neglected by the Western-oriented media." Rageh Omaar: "I think one thing you can definitely say about Al Jazeera is that it will and does evoke a reaction." Riz Khan: "In my lifetime as a journalist, there will not be another channel launched on this scale." Barbara Serra: "If it's newsworthy, it gets on air, whether it's Bush or Bin Laden." Bob Geldof: "I say what I like, I'm not beholden to anyone, if you don't like it, f— [inaudible] off."[35] Tony Burman: "Gaza will probably be for Al Jazeera what the Gulf War was for CNN. People forget, CNN was created in 1980. What did they call it, the Chicken Noodle Network? It was ridiculed really until 1991 when the Gulf War happened. It all of a sudden became an important part of American media culture. Our coverage of Gaza [which was released for rebroadcast by other networks for free][36] is a reminder to a lot of people that there are a lot of important aspects to a lot of stories, not just the Middle East, that are being denied them."[37] [edit] Trivia
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