Posted on 04/30/2007 10:32:48 AM PDT by 3AngelaD
Nearly six months after its debut, Al-Jazeera's English language television has gained strong viewership across Europe and in parts of Asia, Australia — and even Israel, according to station executives and local companies that carry it.
But no major cable or satellite provider in the United States is carrying the channel, a decision the network blames on political pressure. U.S. carriers, however, say there is simply no market....
Nearly 100 million households worldwide receive Al-Jazeera's English service, almost half as many as CNN, station executives say. Since January, it has been broadcasting news to 550,000 Israeli homes on Yes TV, the country's largest cable provider.
“It's extraordinary that while the rest of the world is happy to watch us ... the U.S. stands in splendid isolation,'' said Al-Jazeera English Managing Director Nigel Parsons at the station's headquarters in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar.
Station executives said they expected a dogged battle for American airwaves because Al-Jazeera's Arabic channel has been excoriated by the Bush administration as a mouthpiece for terrorists including al-Qaida's Osama bin Laden...
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