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Al Jazeera: Middle East
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Al Jazeera claims to be the only politically independent television station in the Middle East. The station remains partly dependent on the emir of Qatar for funding. Now rivaling the BBC in worldwide audiences Al Jazeera was started with a $150 million grant from the emir of Qatar; Source
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[O]f all this, Al Jazeera is an inhospitable place for advertisers who dislike divisive issues. The ad business tends to be more political in the Middle East than in more democratic parts of the world. Regional companies and multinationals alike avoid ruffling the feathers of their host governments.
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The original Al Jazeera channel is available worldwide through various satellite and cable systems.[18] In the U.S., it is available through subscription satellite and Free to Air DVB-S on the Galaxy-25 satellite. Al Jazeera can ... be freely viewed with a DVB-S receiver in Europe, Northern Africa, and the Middle East as it is broadcast on the Astra and Hot Bird satellites. In the UK, it is available on Sky platform.
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October 7, 2001 รข€“ Al Jazeera broadcasts a statement by Osama bin Laden two hours after the US-led coalition begins military strikes against Afghanistan. In it, bin Laden says the U.S. will have no rest until the Middle East conflict is resolved and U.S. military bases in the region are shut down.
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Al-Jazeera was founded nine years ago and has a global audience of more than forty million. The original Arabic channel, founded by the liberal Emir, was close to popular opinion in the Middle East, giving it access to information in the region that other broadcasters could not match.
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Since it began broadcasting in 1996, Al-Jazeera has made a name for itself by annoying both the US government and Arab regimes for its controversial coverage. Love it or hate it, it has revolutionized reporting in the Middle East.
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