Al-Jazeera in English and other languages
The Qatar-based satellite broadcaster will launch an English-language edition this spring, and versions in Urdu, French, Spanish, and Turkish have also been announced.
The Qatar-based satellite broadcaster will launch an English edition in spring, but versions in Urdu, French, Spanish and Turkish have also been announced. According to Pressetext, the English Al-Jazeera International will employ around 250 journalists from 30 countries in four correspondent offices in London, Washington, Kuala Lumpur and Moscow. With an estimated 40 million viewers worldwide, Al-Jazeera is one of the best-known satellite broadcasters outside the Arab world. The Emir of Qatar, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani, founded the channel in 1996 in order to offer the entire Arab world a news channel that was not subject to censorship.
