Why does Al Jazeera International’s launch keep getting delayed?
“They’re still completing the physical structure, the newsrooms, the studios, and all of the fiber-optic wire links between them, and it’s taking a them a lot longer than advertised,” Dave Marash tells the New York Sun. “He said some of the troubles stem from the cutting-edge, high-definition video equipment being deployed by the new network.”
In addition, the U.K. Guardian
says “officially, al-Jazeera International (AJI) is due to go on stream in September this year, but according to staff at the channel November or December is a more realistic prospect.” FishBowlDC has a long recap of the on again, off again launch date…
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