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Hussam has been a lifelong human rights activist who is passionate about promoting democratic societies, in the US and worldwide, in which all people, including immigrants, workers, minorities, and the poor enjoy freedom, justice, economic justice, respect, and equality. Mr. Ayloush frequently lectures on Islam, media relations, civil rights, hate crimes and international affairs. He has consistently appeared in local, national, and international media. Full biography at: http://hussamayloush.blogspot.com/2006/08/biography-of-hussam-ayloush.html

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Al Jazeera English goes live. What has Fox News not been telling us.













Source: http://www.aljazeera.net/english

Al Jazeera English, the new international news channel from the Qatar-based television network, has begun broadcasting from its main studios in Doha.

The opening broadcast, which was expected to be available in 80 million households around the world, took place today and featured a clip introducing the channel.

Aiming to be the channel of reference for Middle East events, Al Jazeera also has broadcast centres Kuala Lumpur, London and Washington.

Al Jazeera, which celebrated its 10th anniversary on November 1, has revolutionised news media in the Arab world, and has also provoked controversy.

Wadah Khanfar, the director-general of Al Jazeera network, said on the eve of the first broadcast: "Our launch figure is over double the original target we set for ourselves."

"This is unprecedented in the broadcasting industry - no other international news channel has launched with such a high number of homes across the world.

In addition to cable and satellite, it will be available on broadband, IPTV, ADSL, terrestrial and mobile phone platforms.

To watch a live stream of Aljazeera:
http://europe.real.com/smil/aljazeera_us_lo.smil

To read news from website:
http://www.aljazeera.net/english

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Finally, we get to hear from a media not under the influence of major US corporations which are too aftraid to upset the Bush administration.

Anonymous said...

Wondering why Al-Jazeera is not available in the mainstream cable for subscription? Why would comcast or any other cable company deny the rights of any viewer?