BA
Why didn't they just letterboxed Al Jazeera America, instead of cropping it to 4:3?
Also, this... I'm very jealous.
Also, this... I'm very jealous.
@AJBalkans crew from Sarajevo warching/welcoming a sister channel #aljazeeraamerica pic.twitter.com/tog4j4zjto
— Lamija Aleckovic (@Lalec509) August 20, 2013
CH
Seeing that Current TV was always in 4:3 SD, I suppose AJAM just has to work with what they have. If they're having this much trouble getting cable companies to even carry it, imagine how hard it'll be for them to get an HD feed.
Here's the end of Current TV and the first five minutes of AJAM:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB5milKq1bQ&feature=youtu.be
Here's the end of Current TV and the first five minutes of AJAM:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB5milKq1bQ&feature=youtu.be
MI
Is this what we can look forward to if they launch an AJUK? No AJE content and no live feed?
Glenn Greenwald of NSA leak fame did a interesting blog on AJA a month or so ago and the pressure executives have put on journalists to stick go mainstream - someone is quoted as the channel being likely to be "somewhere in between MSNBC and CNN, which no one will watch".
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jul/14/al-jazeera-marwan-bishara-email
It includes a rambling email from Marwan BIshara where he alleges the network polled audiences in the states to see how, er, anti-american they thought AJE shows were.
http://ggsidedocs.blogspot.com.br/2013/07/email-from-marwan-bishara-to-aj.html
If this is where they are headed, they may as well not bother. The whole reason AJE is exciting is that its more like a newspaper than an a straight down the line standard network, and speaks from a diversity of voices. There will be times when you disagree and agree with it, but that's part of the attraction. If AJA is the hopelessly mediocre to appeal to cable operators then there will be no reason to turn over. The same goes for AJUK, if it ever happens.
Glenn Greenwald of NSA leak fame did a interesting blog on AJA a month or so ago and the pressure executives have put on journalists to stick go mainstream - someone is quoted as the channel being likely to be "somewhere in between MSNBC and CNN, which no one will watch".
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jul/14/al-jazeera-marwan-bishara-email
It includes a rambling email from Marwan BIshara where he alleges the network polled audiences in the states to see how, er, anti-american they thought AJE shows were.
http://ggsidedocs.blogspot.com.br/2013/07/email-from-marwan-bishara-to-aj.html
If this is where they are headed, they may as well not bother. The whole reason AJE is exciting is that its more like a newspaper than an a straight down the line standard network, and speaks from a diversity of voices. There will be times when you disagree and agree with it, but that's part of the attraction. If AJA is the hopelessly mediocre to appeal to cable operators then there will be no reason to turn over. The same goes for AJUK, if it ever happens.
SN
Anddddd the clock is broken... 20:04 ET, 20:04 CT and 20:04 PT....
Tony Harris presenting first news programme?!
Anddddd the clock is broken... 20:04 ET, 20:04 CT and 20:04 PT....
CH
I haven't read as much about AJUK, but my impression is that AJ probably wouldn't have to prove themselves as much to the UK as much as they have to the U.S. AJAM scrapped their initial plans of being a hybrid channel into an "American channel through-and-through" and have done so much to appease the cable providers by blocking AJE from view in order to somehow prove that only paying cable customers will have access to some form of AJ content. I don't think AJ would be faced with these problems in the UK quite to the same extent as they are in the U.S. market.
I would imagine that when AJUK launches, it'll probably follow AJ Serbian's model of a hybrid channel of AJE and local content.
I would imagine that when AJUK launches, it'll probably follow AJ Serbian's model of a hybrid channel of AJE and local content.
MJ
I think that's the plan for AJUK - from what I've heard they'll cut in to AJE during UK primetime for few hours of broadcasting
I haven't read as much about AJUK, but my impression is that AJ probably wouldn't have to prove themselves as much to the UK as much as they have to the U.S. AJAM scrapped their initial plans of being a hybrid channel into an "American channel through-and-through" and have done so much to appease the cable providers by blocking AJE from view in order to somehow prove that only paying cable customers will have access to some form of AJ content. I don't think AJ would be faced with these problems in the UK quite to the same extent as they are in the U.S. market.
I would imagine that when AJUK launches, it'll probably follow AJ Serbian's model of a hybrid channel of AJE and local content.
I would imagine that when AJUK launches, it'll probably follow AJ Serbian's model of a hybrid channel of AJE and local content.
I think that's the plan for AJUK - from what I've heard they'll cut in to AJE during UK primetime for few hours of broadcasting
NY
Anddddd the clock is broken... 20:04 ET, 20:04 CT and 20:04 PT....
The ticker and clock are no longer on screen...and the lodo changed from the AJ symbol and the word "America" to ''Aljazeera America''
Tony Harris presenting first news programme?!
Anddddd the clock is broken... 20:04 ET, 20:04 CT and 20:04 PT....
The ticker and clock are no longer on screen...and the lodo changed from the AJ symbol and the word "America" to ''Aljazeera America''
MI
That's a good point - given that AJE is pretty much established here as it is, there is less to prove. Just looking at that youtube video above, it's amazing how American AJA looks, just in its voiceover and use of music, compared to how British AJE really is...
I haven't read as much about AJUK, but my impression is that AJ probably wouldn't have to prove themselves as much to the UK as much as they have to the U.S. AJAM scrapped their initial plans of being a hybrid channel into an "American channel through-and-through" and have done so much to appease the cable providers by blocking AJE from view in order to somehow prove that only paying cable customers will have access to some form of AJ content. I don't think AJ would be faced with these problems in the UK quite to the same extent as they are in the U.S. market.
I would imagine that when AJUK launches, it'll probably follow AJ Serbian's model of a hybrid channel of AJE and local content.
I would imagine that when AJUK launches, it'll probably follow AJ Serbian's model of a hybrid channel of AJE and local content.
That's a good point - given that AJE is pretty much established here as it is, there is less to prove. Just looking at that youtube video above, it's amazing how American AJA looks, just in its voiceover and use of music, compared to how British AJE really is...