{"id":1744,"date":"2006-11-14T09:13:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-14T09:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=1744"},"modified":"2006-11-14T09:13:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-14T09:13:00","slug":"2006-11-14-al-jazeera-english-to-launch-tomorrow-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=1744","title":{"rendered":"Al Jazeera English to launch tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"
I’m not in the habit of putting up press releases, but this one about the launch — finally! — of Al Jazeera English (note that it’s no longer Al Jazeera International, apparently the Emir of Qatar decided the whole Al Jazeera group was international, not just the English channel). Considering that AJE has changed not only its name but also its formula since it was announced over a year ago, there might be some surprises in store. The final product seems less ambitious than originally intended — there will be more time in Doha and less of the 360 around-the-globe stuff they’d bragged about (which seemed like marketing speak to me anyway.) But I have to admit I’m excited to see what they’re going to do with this channel and whether it’ll be more interesting than the soporific, badly produced BBC World or the rather bland CNN International.<\/em><\/p>\n

AL JAZEERA ENGLISH TO LAUNCH TOMORROW
-Worldwide distribution unveiled ahead of launch<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday 14 November 2006, Al Jazeera English, the first English language international news and current affairs channel headquartered in the Middle East, launches tomorrow Wednesday November 15th at 12.00 GMT to over 80 million cable and satellite households worldwide.

Broadcast across the globe, Al Jazeera English will far exceed its original launch target of 40 million cable and satellite homes. It will be distributed across all continents throughout the world and in addition to cable and satellite will be available on broadband IPTV, ADSL, terrestrial and mobile phone platforms.<\/p>\n

Major distributors of the channel include:
Canal Sat and TPS France
Kabel Deutschland Germany
Kabel BW Germany
HK Broadband Hong Kong
YES TV Israel
Sky Italia Italy
Astro Malaysia
Canal Digitaal The Netherlands
ORCUS New Zealand
Canal Digitaal Nordic Region
Digital Satellite
(Sky Guide 514) United Kingdom
Globecast United States<\/p>\n

Wadah Khanfar, the Director General of the Al Jazeera Network stated, “Our launch figure is over double the original target we set for ourselves and is unprecedented in the broadcasting industry – no other international news channel has launched with such a high number of homes across the world. We will continue to build on this figure after launch and will be looking to expand our reach significantly. This is another reflection of the strength of the Al Jazeera brand.”<\/p>\n

Commercial Director of Al Jazeera English Language Channel, Lindsey Oliver said, “I am absolutely delighted that our efforts have paid off and that Al Jazeera English will be launching with over 80 million cable and satellite households. We particularly appreciate the support that has been shown far and wide with distributors signing up to carry Al Jazeera English on the reputation of the Al Jazeera brand, our stated goals, our on air and off air teams, and without having seen the channel on air.”<\/p>\n

In addition to cable, ADSL, mobile platforms and satellite, Al Jazeera English will be available as a live stream to the one billion users of the Internet worldwide. Al Jazeera’s English language website, aljazeera.net\/english will be re-launched with the launch of the English language channel at 12.00 GMT tomorrow, to reflect the channel’s look and feel and editorial content. It will provide live streams of the channel together with RSS feeds, e-mail newsletters and interactive discussion boards. RealNetworks will provide Internet users with a free live stream of the channel. Users will also be able to access a high bandwidth stream via subscription from Real, and a high bandwidth pay-as-you-go service will also be available. <\/p>\n

The Complete list of Al Jazeera English launch platforms is as follows:<\/p>\n

Afghanistan
Tolo TV<\/p>\n

Australia
Transact
UBI TV<\/p>\n

Belgium
TV Vlaanderen<\/p>\n

Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dzemo
H & S<\/p>\n

Bulgaria
MSAT
SKAT<\/p>\n

Croatia
Vodatel<\/p>\n

Cyprus
Primetel<\/p>\n

Denmark
Canal Digitaal<\/p>\n

Estonia
Elion Ettevotted AS
AS STV
Teleset AS
City TV<\/p>\n

Finland
Canal Digitaal
TTV\/Elisa Co-operation Pool<\/p>\n

France
TPS
Canal Sat
Neuf\/Cegetel
Free
T Online
Tele 2
NOOS<\/p>\n

Germany
KDG (including Premiere)
Premiere Subscribers (FTA Digital Feeds)
DNMG (various smaller operators in Germany)
Kabel BW – Land Baden-Wuerttemberg
HanseNet Telekommunikation GmbH – Hamburg
netcologne GmbH Broadband – Cologne
Kabel Kiosk (Eutelsat)
Telecolumbus – Berlin, and other areas<\/p>\n

Ghana
Metro TV<\/p>\n

Greece
Nova
Teledome DSL<\/p>\n

Honduras
Cable Sula<\/p>\n

Hong Kong
HK Broadband<\/p>\n

Indonesia
XL<\/p>\n

Ireland
Digital satellite<\/p>\n

Israel
YES
Pelephone, Cellcom, Orange<\/p>\n

Italy
Sky Italia<\/p>\n

Jordan
Jump TV<\/p>\n

Kenya
Nation TV<\/p>\n

Kuwait
United Network Company<\/p>\n

Latvia
Baltkom
IZZI<\/p>\n

Lebanon
Cablevision<\/p>\n

Lithuania
Balticum<\/p>\n

Malaysia
ASTRO<\/p>\n

Maldives
Media Net<\/p>\n

Malta
Multiplus<\/p>\n

Middle East
NileSat (including subscribers to the Showtime network)
ArabSat<\/p>\n

New Zealand
ORCUS<\/p>\n

Norway
Canal Digitaal
Consoll IPTV
Next GenTel<\/p>\n

Poland
Cyfra Plus
Cyfrowy Polsat
Toya (Lodz)<\/p>\n

Portugal
Novis<\/p>\n

Qatar
Qatar Cable<\/p>\n

Romania
iNES Group
DTH Group<\/p>\n

South Africa
Vodacom<\/p>\n

Spain
Jazztelia TV
Orange TV
ZTV – Marina<\/p>\n

Sweden
Com Hem
Canal Digitaal<\/p>\n

Switzerland
NAXOO<\/p>\n

Thailand
Buddy TV<\/p>\n

The Netherlands
Canal Digitaal
Essent
Xtra Televisie<\/p>\n

Turkey
Turksat<\/p>\n

United Arab Emirates
Etisalat
Evision<\/p>\n

United Kingdom
Digital satellite (Sky Guide 514)
Vingo<\/p>\n

United States of America
GlobeCast
Fision
Jump TV
VDC<\/p>\n

Uganda
Nation TV<\/p>\n

-ENDS-<\/p>\n

Notes to Editors:<\/p>\n

If you are not a subscriber to one of the above systems, you can still access the channel from one of the satellites below or through our live web streaming on www.aljazeera\/english.net<\/p>\n

LIST OF AL JAZEERA ENGLISH WORLDWIDE SATELLITES<\/p>\n

-Hotbird 6 – Europe
-Hispasat 1 C – Spain
-Eurobird 1 – UK
-Astra 1KR – Europe
-Badr 2 – MENA
-Badr C – MENA
-Nilesat 101 – MENA
-Thor III – Nordic Region
-PAS10 – India
-Turksat 2A – Turkey
-Asiasat 3S – Asia
-Optus C1 – Australia
-Optus B3 – Australia
-PAS9 – Americas
-IA 13 – Americas
-IA 5 – Americas<\/p>\n

About Al Jazeera English<\/p>\n

Al Jazeera English is the world’s first English language news channel to be headquartered in the Middle East. Broadcasting from within the Middle East, looking outwards, Al Jazeera English will set the news agenda and act as a bridge between cultures. With unique access as the channel of reference for Middle East events, and broadcast centres strategically placed around the world in Doha, Kuala Lumpur, London and Washington DC, Al Jazeera English will balance the information flow from South to North, providing accurate, impartial and objective news for a global audience from a grass roots level, giving voice to different perspectiv
\nes from under-reported regions around the world.<\/p>\n

Al Jazeera English is building on the ground-breaking heritage of its sister Arab-language channel – Al Jazeera, which was responsible for changing the face of news within the Middle East, now extending that fresh perspective from regional to global.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m not in the habit of putting up press releases, but this one about the launch — finally! — of Al Jazeera English (note that it’s no longer Al Jazeera International, apparently the Emir of Qatar decided the whole Al Jazeera group was international, not just the English channel). Considering that AJE has changed not only its name but also its formula since it was announced over a year ago, there might be some surprises in store. The final product seems less ambitious than originally intended — there will be more time in Doha and less of the 360 around-the-globe stuff they’d bragged about (which seemed like marketing speak to me anyway.) But I have to admit I’m excited to see what they’re going to do with this channel and whether it’ll be more interesting than the soporific, badly produced BBC World or the rather bland CNN International.<\/em>
\nAL JAZEERA ENGLISH TO LAUNCH TOMORROW
\n-Worldwide distribution unveiled ahead of launch<\/strong>
\nTuesday 14 November 2006, Al Jazeera English, the first English language international news and current affairs channel headquartered in the Middle East, launches tomorrow Wednesday November 15th at 12.00 GMT to over 80 million cable and satellite households worldwide.
\n
\nBroadcast across the globe, Al Jazeera English will far exceed its original launch target of 40 million cable and satellite homes. It will be distributed across all continents throughout the world and in addition to cable and satellite will be available on broadband IPTV, ADSL, terrestrial and mobile phone platforms.
\nMajor distributors of the channel include:
\nCanal Sat and TPS France
\nKabel Deutschland Germany
\nKabel BW Germany
\nHK Broadband Hong Kong
\nYES TV Israel
\nSky Italia Italy
\nAstro Malaysia
\nCanal Digitaal The Netherlands
\nORCUS New Zealand
\nCanal Digitaal Nordic Region
\nDigital Satellite
\n(Sky Guide 514) United Kingdom
\nGlobecast United States
\nWadah Khanfar, the Director General of the Al Jazeera Network stated, “Our launch figure is over double the original target we set for ourselves and is unprecedented in the broadcasting industry – no other international news channel has launched with such a high number of homes across the world. We will continue to build on this figure after launch and will be looking to expand our reach significantly. This is another reflection of the strength of the Al Jazeera brand.”
\nCommercial Director of Al Jazeera English Language Channel, Lindsey Oliver said, “I am absolutely delighted that our efforts have paid off and that Al Jazeera English will be launching with over 80 million cable and satellite households. We particularly appreciate the support that has been shown far and wide with distributors signing up to carry Al Jazeera English on the reputation of the Al Jazeera brand, our stated goals, our on air and off air teams, and without having seen the channel on air.”
\nIn addition to cable, ADSL, mobile platforms and satellite, Al Jazeera English will be available as a live stream to the one billion users of the Internet worldwide. Al Jazeera’s English language website, aljazeera.net\/english will be re-launched with the launch of the English language channel at 12.00 GMT tomorrow, to reflect the channel’s look and feel and editorial content. It will provide live streams of the channel together with RSS feeds, e-mail newsletters and interactive discussion boards. RealNetworks will provide Internet users with a free live stream of the channel. Users will also be able to access a high bandwidth stream via subscription from Real, and a high bandwidth pay-as-you-go service will also be available.
\nThe Complete list of Al Jazeera English launch platforms is as follows:
\nAfghanistan
\nTolo TV
\nAustralia
\nTransact
\nUBI TV
\nBelgium
\nTV Vlaanderen
\nBosnia & Herzegovina
\nDzemo
\nH & S
\nBulgaria
\nMSAT
\nSKAT
\nCroatia
\nVodatel
\nCyprus
\nPrimetel
\nDenmark
\nCanal Digitaal
\nEstonia
\nElion Ettevotted AS
\nAS STV
\nTeleset AS
\nCity TV
\nFinland
\nCanal Digitaal
\nTTV\/Elisa Co-operation Pool
\nFrance
\nTPS
\nCanal Sat
\nNeuf\/Cegetel
\nFree
\nT Online
\nTele 2
\nNOOS
\nGermany
\nKDG (including Premiere)
\nPremiere Subscribers (FTA Digital Feeds)
\nDNMG (various smaller operators in Germany)
\nKabel BW – Land Baden-Wuerttemberg
\nHanseNet Telekommunikation GmbH – Hamburg
\nnetcologne GmbH Broadband – Cologne
\nKabel Kiosk (Eutelsat)
\nTelecolumbus – Berlin, and other areas
\nGhana
\nMetro TV
\nGreece
\nNova
\nTeledome DSL
\nHonduras
\nCable Sula
\nHong Kong
\nHK Broadband
\nIndonesia
\nXL
\nIreland
\nDigital satellite
\nIsrael
\nYES
\nPelephone, Cellcom, Orange
\nItaly
\nSky Italia
\nJordan
\nJump TV
\nKenya
\nNation TV
\nKuwait
\nUnited Network Company
\nLatvia
\nBaltkom
\nIZZI
\nLebanon
\nCablevision
\nLithuania
\nBalticum
\nMalaysia
\nASTRO
\nMaldives
\nMedia Net
\nMalta
\nMultiplus
\nMiddle East
\nNileSat (including subscribers to the Showtime network)
\nArabSat
\nNew Zealand
\nORCUS
\nNorway
\nCanal Digitaal
\nConsoll IPTV
\nNext GenTel
\nPoland
\nCyfra Plus
\nCyfrowy Polsat
\nToya (Lodz)
\nPortugal
\nNovis
\nQatar
\nQatar Cable
\nRomania
\niNES Group
\nDTH Group
\nSouth Africa
\nVodacom
\nSpain
\nJazztelia TV
\nOrange TV
\nZTV – Marina
\nSweden
\nCom Hem
\nCanal Digitaal
\nSwitzerland
\nNAXOO
\nThailand
\nBuddy TV
\nThe Netherlands
\nCanal Digitaal
\nEssent
\nXtra Televisie
\nTurkey
\nTurksat
\nUnited Arab Emirates
\nEtisalat
\nEvision
\nUnited Kingdom
\nDigital satellite (Sky Guide 514)
\nVingo
\nUnited States of America
\nGlobeCast
\nFision
\nJump TV
\nVDC
\nUganda
\nNation TV
\n-ENDS-
\nNotes to Editors:
\nIf you are not a subscriber to one of the above systems, you can still access the channel from one of the satellites below or through our live web streaming on www.aljazeera\/english.net
\nLIST OF AL JAZEERA ENGLISH WORLDWIDE SATELLITES
\n-Hotbird 6 – Europe
\n-Hispasat 1 C – Spain
\n-Eurobird 1 – UK
\n-Astra 1KR – Europe
\n-Badr 2 – MENA
\n-Badr C – MENA
\n-Nilesat 101 – MENA
\n-Thor III – Nordic Region
\n-PAS10 – India
\n-Turksat 2A – Turkey
\n-Asiasat 3S – Asia
\n-Optus C1 – Australia
\n-Optus B3 – Australia
\n-PAS9 – Americas
\n-IA 13 – Americas
\n-IA 5 – Americas
\nAbout Al Jazeera English
\nAl Jazeera English is the world’s first English language news channel to be headquartered in the Middle East. Broadcasting from within the Middle East, looking outwards, Al Jazeera English will set the news agenda and act as a bridge between cultures. With unique access as the channel of reference for Middle East events, and broadcast centres strategically placed around the world in Doha, Kuala Lumpur, London and Washington DC, Al Jazeera English will balance the information flow from South to North, providing accurate, impartial and objective news for a global audience from a grass roots level, giving voice to different perspectives from under-reported regions around the world.
\nAl Jazeera English is building on the ground-breaking heritage of its sister Arab-language channel – Al Jazeera, which was responsible for changing the face of news within the Middle East, now extending that fresh perspective from regional to global.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[60],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1744"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}