Release: AJE Distribtion unveiled
Al Jazeera English to launch November 15 – Worldwide distribution unveiled ahead of launch
Published On 23 Nov 2006
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.
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Major distributors of the channel include:
Canal Sat and TPS (France)
Kabel Deutschland & Kabel BW (Germany)
HK Broadband (Hong Kong)
YES TV (Israel)
Sky Italia (Italy)
Astro (Malaysia)
Canal Digitaal (The Netherlands)
ORCUS (New Zealand)
Canal Digital (Nordic Region)
Sky – Channel 514 (United Kingdom)
Globecast (United States)
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.”
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.”
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.
For full details of AJE’s distribution carriers, visit our guide to watching Al Jazeera English
Notes to Editors:
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.net/english.
About Al Jazeera English
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 perspectives from under-reported regions around the world.
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.
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