Livestation aggregated international news channels online and offered them in a number of ways: In late 2016, the service closed down without notice. Between mid-June 2013 and mid-July Livestation was unavailable to some subscribers due to technical issues. The service was originally based on peer-to-peer technology acquired from Microsoft Research. and is now an independent company called Livestation Ltd. It was originally developed by Skinkers Ltd. Livestation was a platform for distributing live television and radio broadcasts over a data network. 15, 2006.Mandatory (sign up / sign in via Facebook or Twitter) as of early-2015Ĭross-platform including iOS, Android Former: Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, Linux The first program presented by Al-Jazeera’s English channel from television studios in Doha, Qatar, Nov. Of course, if you want to send a message to your local cable provider that you want them to carry Al Jazeera, you can send them an email saying so by using the I Want Al Jazeera English campaign. If this past week is any clue, millions of people in the US are eager to catch a different perspective on events in the Middle East regardless of their political background. Of course it seems that in today’s world, most cable providers should simply make international news sources like Al Jazeera a standard part of it television service. Just add LiveStation in options and in seconds you have Al Jazeera on your flat-screen. Now, Roku offers access to Al Jazeera live video using the CDNTWO Channel. The easiest is if you have a Roku tv-top media player. If playing video on our computer or phone is a hassle, there are even a couple option for watching on your TV. And there are several Android phone apps that stream live video from Al Jazeera. Again the quality isn’t great, but if you really want better image, you can upgrade to a LiveStation Pro package which quality this reporter cannot vouch for.įor those of you with smartphones, there is a handy Al Jazeera iphone app that you can download for free. It is free and allows you to play live video from both Al Jazeera English (as well as Arabic). Most modern computers with up-to-date plug-ins can watch this way, but the quality isn’t great and the signal can drop a lot.Īnother option is to download the desktop player from LiveStation. There are a number of options from a built-in Adobe Flash player to Real Player to Youtube to other video formats. You can even do it for free.įirst of all, you can stream live Al Jazeera English video right from their website. Weather you agree with Al Jazeera’s editorial polices or not, it remains an indispensable source of information on the Middle East.īut getting live access to Al Jazeera in the US is far from impossible. Even DishTV satellite service as limited Al Jazeera service and adding the channel to free-to-air satellite service can be exorbitant.Īl Jazeera has had a hard time breaking in to US markets after being bashed in the US media and by politicians for airing the perspective of groups the US government opposes like Hamas and Hezbollah and for airing taped messages from people associated with the Al Qaeda terrorist network. Just three local cable networks carry Al Jazeera English. US cable news networks, National Public Radio and others have rushed reporters to Egypt in the past week to give eye-witness coverage to events there, but no one has had hours upon hours of live coverage and commentary from the as well as the cultural and political background simply missing from US news networks.īut for most people in the US Al Jazeera is unavailable. Their reporters and film crews have faced arrest, beatings and death in Iraq, Palestine and now Egypt where they have been particularly targeted by the pro-Mubarak forces on the street. While Al Jazeera is basically a mainstream news network sanctioned by the Qatar government and ruling elites, it’s perspective on developments in the Arab world and its access to eyewitness reporting and local voices makes it a unique view for US audiences. Al Jazeera, the Doha, Qatar-based satellite news network has been a key way for the world to access live footage of the protests in Tahrir Square, Cairo, as well as view interviews with activists in the street and Egyptian commentators. People all over the world have had their eyes on Egypt the past ten days because of the dramatic events unfolding there.
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