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Al Jazeera to launch digital streaming service in US again

NEW YORK, July 22, 2016

Al Jazeera Media Network is preparing to make its English language international news channel video content digitally available to US viewers again, according to a July 21 email sent to employees obtained by Reuters.

The move comes almost three months after it shut down its US cable television network, Al Jazeera America, citing economic challenges in the US media market.

Al Jazeera English reaches more than 305 million households in over 160 countries. But US viewers could not access its live stream coverage.

Al Jazeera English is in talks with cable carriers that carried the now defunct Al Jazeera America to make its live video stream available in the US starting in September, according to the email from Giles Trendle, acting managing director of Al Jazeera English and director of programmes.

"I am pleased to be able to say that, all going well, AJE will be available in the USA, across digital platforms, in September," the email stated. "The exact date will be fixed once we get the green light from our Legal team, who have been concluding deals with the cable carriers of AJAM."

The memo did not specify which cable carriers.

"We won't comment on internal memos that are informal and not definitive," said Hasan Salim Patel, a spokesman for Al Jazeera Media Network.

Qatar-based Al Jazeera Media Network shut down Al Jazeera America on April 30, three years after its high profile launch . At the time, the company said it would expand its international digital service in the US as more consumers use their mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets for news.  - Reuters




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