Al Jazeera, the first 24-hour Arabic news channel
Al Jazeera, primer canal de noticias árabe de 24 horas
- Date
- 1996 · confidence high
- Place
- Doha, Qatar
- Credited to
- Emirate of Qatar; journalists trained at BBC Arabic
- Field
- Communication
What it is
A satellite news channel based in Doha, launched on 1 November 1996. It broke state-media monopolies with open debate and coverage of regional conflicts, and dozens of pan-Arab channels followed it.
It is an innovation in media rather than technology; it is included for its effect on mass communication in the Arab world.
What it led to
- expansion of Arab media and satellite news
- Al Jazeera English (2006) and other editions
- debates over the role of satellite networks in regional politics