DOHA, Qatar--Can Al Jazeera find a home on U.S. cable networks? It's going to try next spring. The media company, which operates an Arabic-language news TV channel and Web sites, will open a 24-hour ...

It’s full steam ahead for Al Jazeera Intl. English-language news channel is gearing up for its long-awaited launch, disclosing its full lineup of bureaus and reporters at Mipcom last week. Qatar-based ...

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.

has emerged as the principal television news source in the Arab world, is going global with an international English-language spin-off designed for European and American audiences. Al Jazeera ...

Al-Jazeera Intl., the English-language version of the Qatar-based Arab satcaster, is poised to sign a deal for U.S. distribution. Newsie’s managing director, Nigel Parsons, told reporters in London ...

Al-Jazeera is going global. Qatar-based satcaster is launching an Urdu-language service aimed at the lucrative TV market in Pakistan and India. Its English-language service will bow in spring, and ...

Richard Gizbert, the former London-based ABC reporter who won an unfair-dismissal tribunal ruling in 2005 after refusing to go to Iraq to cover the war, has been hired by Arab satcaster Al-Jazeera for ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Al Jazeera cameraman Sami Muhyideen al-Haj was detained by Pakistani intelligence in ...

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 ...

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 ...