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 Al Jazeera Arabic TV.
The 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. The channel was due to be called Al Jazeera International, but the name was changed one day prior to launch.
The channel had expected to reach around 40 million households, but it far exceeded that launch target, reaching 80 million homes. The channel is now one of the three biggest global English language 24 hour news channels, the other two being BBC World and CNN International.
The station broadcasts factual programming including news features and analysis, documentaries, live debates, current affairs, business and sport. The station claims to be the first global high-definition television network.
Al Jazeera English is the world’s first English-language news channel headquartered in the Middle East.
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. Instead of being run under central command, news management rotates around broadcasting centres in Kuala Lumpur, Doha, London and Washington, D.C. "following the sun".
Al 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". The latter is the channel's main slogan. Some observers 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[2].
Other Al Jazeera English slogans and catchphrases include:
• "EVERY ANGLE, EVERY SIDE",
• "ALL THE NEWS, ALL THE TIME",
• "fearless journalism" and
• "If it's newsworthy, it gets on air, whether it's Bush or Bin Laden."
The 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. The channel was due to be called Al Jazeera International, but the name was changed one day prior to launch.
The channel had expected to reach around 40 million households, but it far exceeded that launch target, reaching 80 million homes. The channel is now one of the three biggest global English language 24 hour news channels, the other two being BBC World and CNN International.
The station broadcasts factual programming including news features and analysis, documentaries, live debates, current affairs, business and sport. The station claims to be the first global high-definition television network.
Al Jazeera English is the world’s first English-language news channel headquartered in the Middle East.
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. Instead of being run under central command, news management rotates around broadcasting centres in Kuala Lumpur, Doha, London and Washington, D.C. "following the sun".
Al 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". The latter is the channel's main slogan. Some observers 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[2].
Other Al Jazeera English slogans and catchphrases include:
• "EVERY ANGLE, EVERY SIDE",
• "ALL THE NEWS, ALL THE TIME",
• "fearless journalism" and
• "If it's newsworthy, it gets on air, whether it's Bush or Bin Laden."