Aljazeera English on air by spring

[Township75]

The English-language Aljazeera news channel will be launched this spring with 250 journalists from 30 countries, Nigel Parsons, managing director of the new channel, said on the sidelines of the Aljazeera Media Forum in Doha, Qatar.



Veteran BBC television host Sir David Frost and Josh Rushing, a former US marine who was a Pentagon spokesman during the first months of the US-led invasion of Iraq, have signed with the Aljazeera International.

Aljazeera also announced on Tuesday a new service in Urdu, in advance of plans to offer similar services in French, Spanish and Turkish.

"We have brokered an agreement with the biggest cable company in Asia to offer this 24-hour new service meant to attract about 150 million viewers, most of them in Asia," Hamad al-Nuaimi, marketing manager, said.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/B4BA4C96-CC7B-4B4B-BAD1-15E672301092.htm

[CottonBear]

1. That's good news!

The Al Jazeera English language website is excellent. If I'm correct, Al Jazeera was founded by former BBC employees.
http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. I wonder if DISH will include it and if it will be on one of the sats I

receive from now.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. Good news

Now more people can find out another point of view as to what is going on in the world, if they will but take the time.

[Hand]

4. They've definitely got the best logo!