Al Jazeera's coverage of the events in Egypt and Tunisia may be receiving acclaim around the world, but American viewers still have a hard time watching the network. However, Turks will soon have an Al Jazeera of their own.
Al Jazeera's coverage of the recent revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia have boosted the network's viewership around the world. And not it's gearing up for its most audacious project since the launch of Al Jazeera English: A new, fully autonomous Turkish-language news channel.
Turkey is not an Arabic-speaking country and the Turkish language is written in the Latin alphabet.
A formal launch date for the new network, named Al Jazeera Turk, has reportedly been scheduled sometime in the coming months. The Qatar-based network just bid Us$40 million to buy the Turkish Cine5 station, which is currently bankrupt and under the temporary supervision of Turkey's Savings Deposit Insurance Fund. Prior to bankruptcy,...
Al Jazeera's coverage of the recent revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia have boosted the network's viewership around the world. And not it's gearing up for its most audacious project since the launch of Al Jazeera English: A new, fully autonomous Turkish-language news channel.
Turkey is not an Arabic-speaking country and the Turkish language is written in the Latin alphabet.
A formal launch date for the new network, named Al Jazeera Turk, has reportedly been scheduled sometime in the coming months. The Qatar-based network just bid Us$40 million to buy the Turkish Cine5 station, which is currently bankrupt and under the temporary supervision of Turkey's Savings Deposit Insurance Fund. Prior to bankruptcy,...
- 2/9/2011
- by Neal Ungerleider
- Fast Company
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