Al Jazeera English (AJE; ar, الجزيرة‎, translit=al-jazīrah, , literally "The Peninsula", referring to the Qatar Peninsula) is an international 24-hour English-language news channel owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network, which is owned by the monarchy government of Qatar. It is the first English-language news channel to be headquartered in the Middle East. Instead of being run centrally, news management rotates between broadcasting centres in Doha and London.

History

The channel was launched on 15 November 2006, at 12:00 PM GMT. It had aimed to begin broadcasting in June 2006 but had to postpone its launch because its HDTV technology was not yet ready. The channel was due to be called ''Al Jazeera International'', but the name was changed nine months before the launch because one of the channel's backers argued that the original Arabic-language channel already had an international scope. The channel was anticipated to reach around 40 million households, but it far exceeded that launch target, reaching 80 million homes. By 2009, the service could be viewed in every major European market and was available to 130 million homes in over 100 countries via cable and satellite, according to a spokeswoman for the network in Washington. The channel, however, has poor penetration in the American market, where it has been carried by only one satellite service and a small number of cable networks. Al Jazeera English later began a campaign to enter the North American market, including a dedicated website. It became available to some cable subscribers in New York in August 2011, having previously been available as an option for some viewers in Washington, D.C., Ohio and Los Angeles. The channel primarily reaches the United States via its live online streaming. It is readily available on most major Canadian television providers including

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and Bell Satellite TV after the

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approved the channel for distribution in Canada on 26 November 2009. Al Jazeera English and Iran's state-run Press TV were the only international English-language television broadcasters with journalists reporting from inside both Gaza and Israel during the 2008–2009 Israel-Gaza conflict. Foreign press access to Gaza has been limited via either Egypt or Israel. However, Al Jazeera's reporters Ayman Mohyeldin and Sherine Tadros were already inside Gaza when the conflict began and the network's coverage was often compared to CNN's initial coverage from inside Baghdad in the early days of the

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. The channel may also be viewed online. It recommends online viewing at its own websiteLIVE - Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera English or at its channel on YouTube.Al Jazeera English's Channel
YouTube Al Jazeera English HD launched in the United Kingdom on

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on 26 November 2013, and began streaming in HD on YouTube in 2015. On 1 January 2020, Al Jazeera English debuted a new major graphics package for the first time since the channel launched to coincide with remodeled main Doha studio, the last main studio of the channel's three in Doha, London, and Washington D.C. to receive an upgrade since the channel's launch in 2006.

Al Jazeera America

On 3 January 2013, Al Jazeera Media Network announced that it had purchased Current TV in the United States and would be launching an American news channel. 60% of the channel's programming would be produced in America while 40% would be from Al Jazeera English. That was later changed at the request of pay-television providers to almost 100% American programing. Regardless, Al Jazeera America maintained a close working relationship with Al Jazeera English. The channel aired ''Newshour'' in the morning and midday hours and cut to live Al Jazeera English coverage of large breaking international news stories outside of that. Al Jazeera English programmes '' Witness'', ''Earthrise'', ''

The Listening Post ''The Listening Post'' is a current affairs programme broadcast on Al Jazeera English, filmed and produced from AJE's hub in London at the Shard. History First aired in November 2006, along with Al Jazeera English, the show was an essential p ...

'', ''Talk To Al Jazeera,'' ''Al Jazeera Correspondent'' and ''

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'' along with '' Al Jazeera Investigates'' regularly aired on Al Jazeera America. On 13 January 2016, Al Jazeera America announced that the network would be terminated on 12 April 2016, citing the "economic landscape".

Al Jazeera UK

In 2014, Al Jazeera moved its UK London operations including its newsroom, studios and shows from Knightsbridge to its new space on floor 16 of The Shard. The last day of broadcasting from the Knightsbridge studios was September, 12th 2014. The space was officially opened on 3 November 2014, with the first Newshour broadcast on 10 October 2014. The new facility is capable of running an entire channel, independently of the Doha hub. In 2013 Al Jazeera Media Network began planning a new channel called ''Al Jazeera UK''. If launched, the British channel would broadcast for five hours during prime time as cut-in UK content aired on Al Jazeera English.

Programmes

In addition to those listed below, Al Jazeera English runs various programmes that are either entirely non-recurrent or consist of just a limited number of parts (

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format known as Special Series). All self-owned programmes, including former shows are shown in their entirety on Al Jazeera's website and YouTube. Licensed documentaries are available only on the website for a limited period of time, however. Currently running programmes on the channel are: *''

'' – the weekly documentary strand for issues of particular importance across Asia and for people of Asian origins elsewhere. Presenters or hosts have included Teymoor Nabili and

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*'' Al Jazeera Investigations'' – documentaries arising from the work of the Al Jazeera Investigative Unit. *''Counting the Cost'' – the weekly look at business and finance.Counting the Cost
Al Jazeera English Previously hosted by

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. *'' Empire'' – a monthly programme exploring global powers and their policies. A discussion with host Marwan Bishara and his guests *'' Fault Lines'' – the documentary series focused on the forgotten and the unreported aspects of life in the United States. Presented by:

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Sebastian Walker Sebastian Walker is an investigative journalist and an Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist, who is currently a correspondent and Middle-East bureau chief for ''Vice'' on Showtime and VICE News. Career Al Jazeera English Walker worked for Al ...

, Wab Kinew and formerly by Zeina Awad. *''Head To Head'' – A tough questioning interview programme presented by

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. Mostly filmed at Oxford Union. *'' Inside Story'' – the daily investigation and analysis of a topical issue, with the aid of three guests from within and outside of the country in question. Jane Dutton and

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are regular hosts, but most of the Doha-based news-presenters have also taken the chair, including:

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, Stephen Cole,

Adrian Finighan Adrian Richard Finighan (born 20 December 1964) is a Welsh journalist, working as a presenter and reporter for the television channel Al Jazeera English (AJE). He is now based at AJE's World headquarters in Doha but has also presented programme ...

, David Foster,

Divya Gopalan Divya Gopalan is a broadcast journalist, currently working for Al Jazeera English. Gopalan worked for CNN, NBC and CNBC in Hong Kong, first starting as a sports correspondent. She became a newsreader on Hong Kong's television and then worked f ...

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, Folly Bah Thibault. *''

'' – analysis of how the other news organizations are covering the stories of the week, plus examination of viewer-submitted news. Created, showrun, and presented from London by

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. *''My Zimbabwe'' - series about people living in the country such as Elias Libombo and writer Petina Gappah. *''News'': ** World news live from Al Jazeera's Doha broadcast centre ** World news live from Al Jazeera's London broadcast centre ** ''

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'' – an hour of world news and sport hosted from both of Al Jazeera's broadcast centres. **''Newsgrid'' − an interactive news and live post. Launched on 14 November 2016 as part Of Al Jazeera English's 10 Year Anniversary of broadcast. Also airs on Facebook Live,

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and the channel's YouTube Channel. *''

People & Power ''People & Power'' is a current affairs programme on Al Jazeera English which broadcasts once a week, on Wednesdays, and repeated throughout the week. The show is also shown on Al Jazeera America once a week on Thursdays. Each half-hour program ...

'' – a biweekly programme, originally presented by Dr.

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. *''

TechKnow ''TechKnow'' is a 30-minute news program on the Al Jazeera English and, formerly, Al Jazeera America networks. The show ran from April 2014 until December 2017, profiling advances and inventions in the areas of science, technology and medicine. Th ...

'' – weekly show showcasing bright spots and innovations in the world of science and technology in the United States and how they are changing lives. Segments are recorded in the field by a group of young, tech-savvy contributors with diverse backgrounds in science and technology. *''The Bottom Line'' - a weekly discussion show moderated by Steven Clemons Steve Clemons at the Al Jazeera's studios in Washington, DC. With different guests each week, the show delves into "the big issues" facing American society. *'' The Stream'' – a discussion programme focused on social media, daily from Monday to Thursday. Hosted by Femi Oke and

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, usually with one guest in the studio and a couple on Skype. An issue, itself often viewer-generated, is discussed by the team and viewers can contribute with comments on Twitter or Facebook, with some occasionally invited to join in on Skype. *''Talk to Al Jazeera '' – extended studio interviews with people of influence from around the world: **Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra of Thailand talked to: ''Veronica Pedrosa'' *''Viewfinder'' – Fresh perspectives through the lens of local filmmakers from around the globe. *'' Witness'' – the daily-turned-weekly documentary-slot for films by the best of the world's independent film-makers. The strand aims to shine a light on the events and people long-forgotten by the global media and on those that never merited a mention in the first place. *''

UpFront ''UpFront'' is a current affairs discussion, debate and analysis programme on Al Jazeera English. The show premiered on 4 September 2015 shortly after Al Jazeera moved into their new Washington D.C. hub. The show has a politics focus although othe ...

'' – hosted by

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, discussion, debate and analysis programme from Washington, D.C. *''AJ Go : Digital Series''- To have their grip on changing landscape of media and journalism Al Jazeera has introduced a bunch of mini series on social media platform. It basically focuses on analysis of social trends happening in different parts of world. They offer a humane view of seeing things rather than some hardcore political and dogmatized perspective. The objective is to extract some meaningful insight from raw stories taking place everyday which the mainstream media would have ignored otherwise. They include programmes like- ''Start Here'', ''Close Up'', ''Fork The System'', ''All Hail'', ''Media Theorised'', ''NewsFeed'', ''Between Us'', ''Project Force'', ''Fly On The Wall'', ''We Need To Talk'' etc.

Former programmes

These include programmes that have not had a new episode announced since 2014. *''48'' – weekly show hosted by Teymoor Nabili; Asian politics, business and current affairs *''Everywoman'' – hosted by

*''Inside Iraq'' – coverage of the Iraq War, hosted by

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*''Riz Khan'' – daily (Mon-Thu) viewer participation show, hosted by

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. Similar to CNN's '' Larry King Live'' **''Riz Khan One on One'' – Riz Khan sits down with a single guest for an extended interview *''Africa Investigates'' – African journalists risk their lives in order to reveal the truth about corruption and abuse across the continent *''Sportsworld'' – a daily sports programme hosted on rotation by members of Al Jazeera's sports team *'' The Café'' – a discussion programme, hosted by

. * ''Inside Story America'' – version of Inside Story focused on the United States. *''

The Fabulous Picture Show ''The Fabulous Picture Show'' is a television series on Al Jazeera English dedicated to international films. It is presented by Al Jazeera entertainment editor Amanda Palmer. The show features reports and interviews with filmmakers and actors, wi ...

'' – hosted by

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, offers some interviews and reports on movies, actors and directors. *''The Frost Interview ''(previously Frost Over The World) – this was hosted by

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. Frost died in 2013, and show still aired posthumously with the family's consent.

International bureaux

In addition to its two main broadcast centres, Al Jazeera English itself has 21 bureaux around the world that gather and produce news. It also shares resources with its Arabic-language sister channel's 42 bureaux, Al Jazeera Balkan's bureaux and Al Jazeera Turk's bureaux for 70 bureaux. This is a significant difference from the present trend: Al Jazeera presenter may also alternate between broadcast centres. All channels also share English-speaking correspondents with

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and Al Jazeera Balkans and vice versa.

Middle East and the Maghreb

Broadcast Centre: ''Doha:'' Al Jazeera English Headquarters
Anchors:

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, Jane Dutton,

Martine Dennis Martine Dennis is a British news anchor. She was most recently a presenter with Al Jazeera English, and before that BBC World News. Early life Martine Dennis was born on 28 January 1961 in London to Caribbean/Mauritian parents. She read En ...

Darren Jordon Darren Jordon (born 23 November 1960 in London, England) is a British journalist working for the Al-Jazeera 24-hour English-language news and current affairs channel, Al Jazeera English. He is also a former officer of the Jamaica Defence Forc ...

, Laura Kyle, Raheela Mahomed, Rob Matheson, Sohail Rahman, Folly Bah Thibault
Sports Desk: Andy Richardson
Weather Team:

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, Everton Fox,

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Correspondents & Reporters: Stan Grant (Principal Presenter);

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, Zeina Khodr (Lebanon), Imran Khan (Palestine),

Jamal Elshayyal Jamal Elshayyal (born c. 1984) is a British journalist, senior correspondent, and producer for Al Jazeera English. His focus is on countries within the MENA and Gulf Cooperation Council. Early life Elshayyal was born c. 1984 in Scotland and has ...

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Countries and Bureaux:

Sub-Saharan Africa

Correspondents:
''West Africa:'' Nicolas Haque (Senegal); Ahmed Idris &

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(Nigeria);
''East Africa:'' Catherine (Wambua-)Soi;
''Southern Africa:''

Haru Mutasa Harugumi Mutasa is a Zimbabwean broadcast journalist. She currently a journalist for Al Jazeera Career ;Early Career Mutasa began her career working for: the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), CNN, Television New Zealand (TVNZ), ...

; Tanya Paige; Countries and Bureaux:

Europe

Broadcast Centre: ''London:'' The Shard
Anchors:

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, Julie MacDonald,

Maryam Nemazee Maryam Nemazee ( fa, مریم نمازی) is an Iranian British broadcast journalist, currently working with Al Jazeera English. Career Al Jazeera English - London At Al Jazeera English, Nemazee is based at the European broadcast-centre, in Lo ...

, Barbara Serra, Lauren Taylor
Programme presenter:

Correspondents & Reporters: Neave Barker, Natacha Butler (Paris), Paul Brennan, Rory Challands (Moscow),

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, Dominic Kane (Berlin),

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(former CIS), Sonia Gallego, Emma Hayward, Laurence Lee (UK),

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, John Psaropoulos (Greece),

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Countries and Bureaux:

Americas

Broadcast Centre: ''Washington, D.C.:'' 1200 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Programme Hosts: Femi Oke &

;

; and

& Wab Kinew
Correspondents & Reporters:
''North America:'' James Bays, Gabriel Elizondo, Alan Fisher, Kimberly Halkett, Daniel Lak, Shihab Rattansi, Rob Reynolds, Kristen Saloomey,

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''South America:''

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Countries and Bureaux * Chicago, Illinois * New York City,

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* Los Angeles, California * Miami, Florida * San Francisco, California * Toronto, Ontario, Canada * Mexico City, Mexico *

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, Venezuela * São Paulo, Brazil * Buenos Aires, Argentina

Indo-Pacific

Correspondents & Reporters: Jamela Alindogan (Philippines), Katrina Yu (China), Steve Chao, Rob McBride (Korea & Japan),

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(Afghanistan),

(Hong Kong), Wayne Hay, Kamal Hyder (Pakistan), Florence Looi (Malaysia), Jessica Washington (Indonesia),

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Countries and Bureaux: * Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (AJMN Asia-Pacific headquarters) * Kabul, Afghanistan * Islamabad, Pakistan * New Delhi, India * Kathmandu, Nepal * Dhaka, Bangladesh * Colombo,

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* Beijing,

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* Seoul, South Korea * Tokyo,

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* Naypyidaw,

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* Bangkok, Thailand *

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, Indonesia * Manila, Philippines *

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, Vietnam *

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* Wellington, New Zealand * Hong Kong

Staff

Management

;Managing director: * 2004–2008 Nigel Parsons * 2008–2010:

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* 2010–2015: Al Anstey *2015–present: Giles Trendle

On-air staff

Al Jazeera English uses a combination of full-time 'staffers' and local freelancers. So long as the journalists are appearing – or are providing credited commentaries – regularly on-air, no distinction has been made as to their contractual arrangements. However, those who have received a recent on-air profile and whose names therefore appear in bold, may well be assumed to be on the staff.

Current

On-air staff currently working for the station (previous employer in brackets) include: ;A *

( ABC News, France 3) – correspondent: ''Arab states'' *

( Dubai One, Bloomberg, CNBC) – presenter: ''Newshour: Doha'' *

( BBC,

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) – weather-presenter: Doha ;B * Neave Barker ( RT) – correspondent: ''Europe'' *

(

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) – presenter: ''Newshour: London'' *

– co-host: '' The Stream'' * Marwan Bishara (

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) – host: '' Empire'' ;C *

– presenter: ''Newshour: Doha'' *

(Kanal Pik) – correspondent: ''Europe'' * Stephen Cole ( BBC World, CNN International,

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) – presenter: ''Newshour: Doha'' ;D *

(BBC World) – presenter: ''Newshour: Doha'' * Jane Dutton ( CNN, CNBC, BBC) – news-presenter (Doha) & presenter: '' Inside Story'' & ''Inside Syria'' ;E *

– correspondent: Doha, & presenter * Farrah Esmail – sports presenter: Doha ;F *

(CNN) – presenter: ''Newshour: Doha'' * Alan Fisher (

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) – correspondent: ''USA – Washington, DC'' *

– presenter & correspondent: ''former-USSR states'' * Everton Fox (BBC World) – weather-presenter: Doha *

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Recruitment

The late veteran British broadcaster

joined Al Jazeera English in 2005 to host his show ''Frost Over the World''. Former BBC and CNN anchor

, who previously had been the host of the CNN talk show '' Q&A'', also joined. He hosts his shows ''Riz Khan'' and ''Riz Khan's One on One''. Former U.S. Marine Josh Rushing joined Al Jazeera in September 2005. He had been the press officer for the United States Central Command during the

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, and in that role had been featured in the documentary '' Control Room''. When subsequently joining Al Jazeera, Rushing commented that "In a time when American media has become so nationalized, I'm excited about joining an organization that truly wants to be a source of global information...." Rushing worked from the Washington DC broadcasting centre until the formation of Al Jazeera America, he now works from AJAM's San Francisco hub. Former CNN and BBC news anchorwoman and award-winning journalist Veronica Pedrosa also joined the team, along with CNN producer James Wright, and Kieran Baker, a former editor and producer for CNN, who had been acting general manager, Communications and Public Participation for

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'' presenter, announced he was joining Al Jazeera International. The network announced on 12 January 2006 that former ''

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'' correspondent Dave Marash would be the co-anchor from their Washington studio. Marash described his new position as "the most interesting job on Earth". On 6 February 2006, it was announced that the former BBC reporter Rageh Omaar would host the weeknight documentary series, ''Witness''. The managing director for Al Jazeera English was previously

, who replaced Nigel Parsons in May 2008. The current managing director is Al Anstey. In mid 2014 Al Jazeera English froze employment of both permanent and freelance staff for its Qatar network and cut freelance pay rates by 30-40% without warning, while at the same time Al Jazeera lodged a $150 million claim for compensation against Egypt, arguing that by arresting and attacking Al Jazeera journalists, seizing the broadcaster's property and jamming its signal, the Egyptian government has violated its rights as a foreign investor in the country and put the $90 million it has invested in Egypt since 2001 at risk.

Al Jazeera Investigative Unit

Formed in 2010, in its own words: ''the role of Al Jazeera Investigations is not to report the news, but to make the news''. The Unit, is based at the Network headquarters in Doha, but also has representation in London and Washington, DC. The unit is an Al Jazeera Media Network asset and its reports appear equally on the other channels, tailored appropriately for the relevant language and audience. The documentaries are presented as specials under their own strand: '' Al Jazeera Investigates''. The Unit's investigations have included the documentary ''What Killed Arafat?'' which explains how Yasser Arafat died. This film won a CINE Golden Eagle Award and was nominated for a BAFTA. In 2013, Al Jazeera released a follow-up named "Killing Arafat" which revealed findings of scientific analysis of the exhumed remains of the Palestinian leader that discovered traces of polonium in his bones. The Arafat findings led news agendas globally. Other major investigations have included: * ''How to Sell a Massacre'', in which concealed cameras record an Australian political party promising to soften anti-gun laws while seeking millions in political funding from America's gun lobby. * ''Generation Hate'', which exposes secret links between one of France's largest political parties and a movement calling for the expulsion of Muslims from Europe. * ''Football's Wall of Silence'', which investigates the deadly scandal of long-term sexual abuse of young players in British football. * ''Broken Dreams'': The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which revealed that Boeing's workers feared to fly the plane they build, citing quality concerns and alleging drug use on the job. * ''The Labour Files'', a four-part series based on what it claimed to be the "largest leak of documents in British political history" which aims to show that "a coup by stealth" was conducted against the Labour Party (UK)'s elected leader, Jeremy Corbyn. The current manager of Investigative Journalism for the Al Jazeera Media Network is Phil Rees. Before that, it was Clayton Swisher. Other leading figures include: Peter Charley, Will Thorne, Deborah Davies, Will Jordan, Simon Boazman, David Harrison, Kevin Hirten, James Kleinfeld and Jason Gwynne.

Availability

The channel is available in many countries, mostly via satellite, sometimes via cable. The channel is also available online. Al Jazeera English provides a free HD stream on its website for unlimited viewing. It is available free worldwide. They also provide a free stream on their YouTube page. Previously, before Al Jazeera provided an official stream, a low quality

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stream was available for viewing. Al Jazeera news segments are frequently included on the American public television program

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. Al Jazeera can also be streamed on any iOS or

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device with an internet connection using a free application. Al Jazeera English is also available on connected TV and OTT streaming services like Pluto TV and Haystack News. Along with a free unlimited high-quality stream on the official Al Jazeera English website, Online subscriptions allowing unlimited viewing may be purchased from Jump TV, RealPlayer, and VDC. Headlines from Al Jazeera English are available on Twitter. Al Jazeera English's website also contains news reports and full episodes of their programs that can be viewed for free on their website. The videos are hosted by YouTube, where viewers can also go to find the videos.

Europe

Al Jazeera English is available in the UK and Ireland on

channel 235,

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channels 513 and 880, Freesat channel 203 and Virgin Media channel 622. The channel initially began test streaming Al Jazeera English (then called "Al Jazeera International") in March 2006 on

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s Thor, Türksat and Eutelsat 25A were added to the satellites carrying it. Eutelsat 28A carried the test stream on frequency 11.681 under the name "AJI".

Africa

Al Jazeera English is available in Sub Saharan Africa mainly via

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and

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' satellite and terrestrial TV platforms. It is also available

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on satellites like Belintersat 51.5°E and Nilesat 201. In Northern Africa, Al Jazeera English is available on telcos like

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. It is also available via satellite, on Badr°26E and various local cable operators.

Oceania

In New Zealand, Al Jazeera English is available 24 hours a day on Freeview (New Zealand) channel 16 and

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channel 90. From October 2013, Freeview (New Zealand) broadcast on the Kordia operated free-to-air DVB-T terrestrial network. Prior to the December 2012 analog switchoff

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re-broadcast various Al Jazeera programmes in Auckland on its free-to-air UHF channel. TV One was going to replace BBC World with this service during their off-air hours of 01:30 to 06:00 from 1 April 2013, however opted to run infomercials instead.

Asia

In April 2010, Al Jazeera English was taken off air in Singapore Singtel TV with unspecified reasons, according to the official Al Jazeera English website. On 7 December 2010, Al Jazeera said its English language service has got a downlink license to broadcast in India. Satellite and cable companies would therefore be allowed to broadcast Al Jazeera in the country. The channel launched on Dish TV in November 2011, and is considering a Hindi-language channel. Tata Play satellite service broadcasts this on Channel 637 (SD) in India.

Americas

On 26 November 2009, the

approved "a request to add Al Jazeera English (AJE) to the lists of eligible satellite services for distribution on a digital basis and amends the lists of eligible satellite services accordingly". Al Jazeera English became available on

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, Videotron and Bell Satellite TV on 4 May 2010. Al Jazeera English is available via satellite across all of

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free to air via Globecast on Galaxy 19 on the

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in DVB format. As of 2011, only a small number of Americans were able to watch the channel on their televisions. Among the markets where it was available were Bristol County, Rhode Island,

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, and Washington, DC. Industry giant

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originally planned to carry Al Jazeera English in 2007, but reversed its decision shortly before the channel's launch, citing "the already-saturated television market". The two major American satellite providers, DirecTV and

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, had similar plans but also changed their minds, with speculation that the decision may have been influenced by allegations by the

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administration of "anti-American bias" in the channel. With Al Jazeera's coverage of the

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, the channel drew acclaim and received renewed attention. ''The New York Times'' reported on 1 February 2011 that 1.6 million U.S. viewers had tuned in via Internet stream, and stated that new discussions were underway with carriers. The following month, it was announced that Al Jazeera entered carriage negotiations with

and Time Warner Cable. Salon.com described the channel's English-language coverage as "mandatory viewing for anyone interested in the world-changing events currently happening in Egypt", while ''

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'' contributor Jeff Jarvis claimed it was "un-American" for operators to not carry the network. When Al Jazeera covered the Libyan Civil War, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton noted an increasing American audience for the network, saying that "viewership of Al Jazeera is going up in the United States because it's real news. You may not agree with it, but you feel like you're getting real news around the clock instead of a million commercials and—you know—arguments between talking heads and the kind of stuff that we do on our news which—you know—is not particularly informative to us, let alone foreigners." On 1 February 2011, Internet appliance Roku posted on its Facebook page that the English-language Al Jazeera Live would be streaming on Roku devices through a private channel called Newscaster and also through the BBC channel. It permitted the announcement following unrest in Egypt so American viewers can watch the latest events going on in the Middle East. A Roku user must add the private channel Newscaster from the Roku website. On 1 August 2011, Al Jazeera English began airing 23 hours a day in New York City as part of a sublet agreement with cable channel RISE, a former Spanish-language network, which is carried on WRNN-TV's DT2 subchannel (the other hours were used to meet FCC E/I and local programming guidelines). The network aired on Time Warner Cable on channel 92 and on Verizon FiOS on channel 481. On 2 January 2013, Al Jazeera announced that it had acquired the U.S.-based cable TV channel Current TV for a reported $500 million. With this acquisition, Al Jazeera launched a new channel, called Al Jazeera America, with a heavy dose of U.S. domestic news along with Al Jazeera English programming and news, to an estimated 40 million U.S. households—putting it in direct competition with CNN, MSNBC and

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. Due to contracts with U.S. cable and satellite carriers for Al Jazeera America the official Al Jazeera English live stream was geo-blocked in the United States on 18 August 2013. With the launch of Al Jazeera America, Al Jazeera English was excluded from all US services carrying or providing the channel, including YouTube, with Al Jazeera America material replacing all Al Jazeera English video content and live streams. Most Al Jazeera English video content was no longer officially available in the United States. In April 2014 the Al Jazeera English show ''Empire'' wasn't geo-blocked in the United States. Shortly after the programs ''Indian Hospital'', ''Viewfinder'', ''Lifelines: The Quest for Global Health'' and ''Head to Head'' were available also. These programs were the only AJE shows officially non-geoblocked for American viewing during the time that Al Jazeera America was in existence. With the closure of Al Jazeera America in April 2016 it was expected that the official live stream of Al Jazeera English and access to its programmes would eventually be restored to the United States. The online live stream of Al Jazeera English was made available to viewers in the United States once again in September 2016.

Controversies

Al Jazeera English journalists Egyptian detainment

In December 2013, three Al Jazeera English journalists ( Peter Greste,

and Baher Mohamed) were arrested in their Cairo Marriott hotel rooms and detained on charges of delivering "false news" and "aiding a terrorist organization" in Egypt following the

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. Al Jazeera was one of several websites to which the Egyptian government blocked access after accusing the network of ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, which was removed from power during the 2013 coup. Egypt has been accused of limiting freedom of expression in an attempt to suppress opposition to President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Al Jazeera, BBC and other news organizations launched the Twitter and social media campaign #FreeAJStaff. Calls from the United Nations, European Union and the United States for the journalists' release were ignored. Greste, Fahmy and Mohamed had trials adjourned more than ten times. Questionable evidence included video from other news organizations claiming to be from Al Jazeera English, inaudible audio recordings, pictures from a family vacation, a music video and video of sheep. On 23 June 2014, the journalists were found guilty. Greste and Fahmy were sentenced to seven years in prison, while Mohamed was sentenced to 10 years. The ruling was denounced by fellow journalists, including some at BBC, CNN and ABC News Australia. World leaders from

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and the United Kingdom deemed the trials politically motivated and called the ruling an attack on

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in Egypt by al-Sisi a day earlier. Calls for amnesty, clemency and pardons by various governments and news agencies were ignored by the Egyptian government, who said their justice system was independent. There were also calls for the United States to end or suspend funding for the Egyptian military in response to the case. Greste was released from prison and deported to Australia on 1 February 2015. On 29 August 2015, Fahmy, Greste and Mohamed were sentenced to three years in prison in a decision heavily criticized internationally. The Government of Canada worked to have Fahmy pardoned and deported. On 23 September 2015, Fahmy and Mohamed were pardoned by el-Sisi, along with 100 other people, and released from prison.

Expulsion from China

Al Jazeera English's longtime China correspondent

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was expelled from the country in 2012. The Chinese government did not provide any public reasons but was known to have been unhappy over a documentary the channel had aired on China's prison system. On 8 May 2012, reporters from the Beijing press corps asked about the expulsion at the Chinese Foreign Ministry's daily press briefing. Officials did not provide an explanation, and deleted most of the questions when they published their official transcript. Chan later worked at Al Jazeera America.

Criticism

As with Al Jazeera's Arabic counterpart, the network has received criticism from having bias from several sides.

Allegations of anti-American bias

Emmy award-winning journalist

, who served as a veteran correspondent for ABC's ''

'', resigned from his position as Washington anchor for Al Jazeera English in 2008. Marash cited "reflexive adversarial editorial stance" against Americans and "anti-American bias". According to the media scholar Marwan M. Kraidy, when launching the English network, Al Jazeera framed the new channel as a competitor to BBC and CNN, but with coverage oriented towards the

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. It is often unclear whether recent discussions of anti-American bias at Al Jazeera are referring also to Al Jazeera English or only to Al Jazeera's Arabic-language channel. There are significant differences in tone between the English and Arabic-language channels. (According to bilingual Palestinian journalist Daoud Kuttab, "The English channel uses more neutral terminology; the Arab channel is much harsher.") An example of this is a 2011 claim by Bill O'Reilly that Al Jazeera is "anti-Semitic" and "anti-American" and a subsequent defense of Al Jazeera against these claims made by former Al Jazeera English anchor Dave Marash on the ''

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''. Another example concerns statements by former US Secretary of Defense

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, who in April 2004 denounced Al-Jazeera's Arabic-language coverage of the Iraq War as "vicious, inaccurate and inexcusable", but took a more conciliatory tone in a 2011 interview for '' Frost Over The World'', Al Jazeera English's news and public affairs program hosted by

, praising the network as "an important means of communication in the world". The government of which Rumsfeld was part had deliberately targeted Al Jazeera journalists in Iraq and Afghanistan, and discussed bombing its headquarters in Doha. On 12 October 2008, Al Jazeera English broadcast interviews with people attending a

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United States presidential election rally in

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, with interviewees making comments about Barack Obama such as "he regards white people as trash" and "I'm afraid if he wins, the blacks will take over"...The report received over two million views on YouTube. Following this, '' The Washington Post'' ran an

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, claiming the news channel was deliberately encouraging "anti-American sentiment overseas", which was criticized by Al Jazeera as "a gratuitous and uninformed shot at Al Jazeera's motives", as the report was just one of "hundreds of hours of diverse coverage". Criticism of an Anti-American bias has been dwindling as their coverage of the Arab Spring received wide acclaim and calls for the network to be added to U.S. television. Subsequent endeavours have been seen as tests by Al Jazeera to see whether it can get rid of the hostility Americans feel toward it. One example was a day's worth of special coverage marking the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001. Al Jazeera has also launched '' The Stream'', a show based in Washington D.C. that discusses social media, which targets an American audience. On 2 January 2013, Al Jazeera purchased the American channel Current TV and rebranded as Al Jazeera America in August 2013. On 13 January 2016, Al Jazeera America announced that the network would be terminated on 12 April 2016, citing the "economic landscape".

Awards

As of May 2017, Al Jazeera English has won more than 150 prizes, medals and awards.

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