Arab news channel will try to woo people away from CNN and others. But first step will be finding a carrier. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, research ...

After months of delays, the long-awaited premiere of Al-Jazeera’s English-language satcaster is set for a November launch, with European distribution set and a U.S. cable deal soon to be announced.

“It hasn’t disappointed us,” says Al Jazeera International’s Lindsey Oliver. She says it’s taken about a year to talk to cable and satellite operators about Al Jazeera’s English-language network.

Arabic satcaster Al-Jazeera is sponsoring a $1.4 million initiative to fund independent film and TV production. The Al-Jazeera Sponsorship Fund, dubbed Riaya, will offer grants to support and develop ...

This just in: Al-Jazeera, an Arabic television news channel, has begun to broadcast its programs in English. While it has yet to strike a deal with any cable company or major satellite provider in the ...

Joanne Levine, executive producer of programming for the Americas at al-Jazeera, discusses her op-ed piece, "Al-Jazeera, as American as Apple Pie," which appeared in Sunday's Washington Post. She ...

LONDON Launching an international TV station from scratch is always challenging. When the station is Al-Jazeera Intl. with all the baggage that comes from being sister channel to the Arab satcaster ...

In a country's hinterlands, a distant region seldom visited by outsiders, a television crew investigates why so many residents are fleeing the area. When local officials catch wind of the crew's ...