site by Philip Weiss has always been interesting, but I as it were the impression he surpasses himself since the beginning of political events that shook the Arab world and the first result was the departure of President Ben Ali of Tunisia. It is right on this site much interesting information as well as value analysis by observers from diverse backgrounds including Philip Weiss himself that I wonder if it the moderate Zionist he was still up at Goldstone.
I offer an admittedly short article under the heading "Why they hate us" but that says a lot about what may happen to freedom of information in a country where capitalist monopolies collude with the executive and reminds us that the television channel Al Jazeera remains unavailable on cable television networks in the U.S..
Across the Atlantic, as Scott McConnell points out, no need of an alibi CSA to achieve this ...
Americans can not really find any niche for Al Jazeera?
by Scott McConnell , Mondoweiss (USA) 1 st March 2011 translated from English by Djazaïri
Today NPR's Morning [NPR is a network of independent radio] was devoted to a program on Al Jazeera , focusing the efforts of Arab governments to prevent the Arabs to watch this channel by blocking its signal by various means. Reporter Deborah Amos reports on actions to disrupt the reception of the channel and the game of cat and mouse between the television station and the Arab autocrats who try to block it.
In America, it is much more easy. Barely a whisper of the government, and cable operators make themselves so that the station is unavailable. Amos says that the chain has been "excluded from the market by cable operators reluctant against him" after it has been termed "anti-American" by the Bush administration. No attack against hi-tech satellite signals was necessary.
Given the important role that he has been recognized in the coverage of the Egyptian revolution, Al Jazeera English tries a new both access to American television market. But this is far from won. "
Take for example Comcast, the largest cable operator in the country. Marketwatch published an article today which reports that" with hundreds of channels , including many in high definition, Comcast has limited bandwidth allocated to new channels, making it difficult for a new channel to plead his cause, especially if it is perceived as occupying a "niche 'market.
I try to sympathize with the leaders of Comcast, which shame they had to abandon the programs they broadcast a channel to broadcast programming to niche from the Middle East. For example, by consulting the list of channels broadcast by Comcast, I see that there are five channels devoted to hockey, one devoted to jewelry, three slots for the National League of American Football (which are now the scouting combines ) and about 150 channels that mostly show bad movies. And then, of course, this important niche: Channel 501 which offers "Women of military alone and naked" and Channel 502 which presents "Girl on Girl 14," the channel 547 provides "First Time Porn Audition", the 548 offers "Real film sex couples" and 549 "18 Year Old Facial. "Not to mention, for those with tastes that correspond to very specific niches, two other channels devoted to" adult programs on demand. ".
But it is a system of free enterprise, and Comcast may not have enough "bandwidth" for a programming niche of Al Jazeera kind in English.
I offer an admittedly short article under the heading "Why they hate us" but that says a lot about what may happen to freedom of information in a country where capitalist monopolies collude with the executive and reminds us that the television channel Al Jazeera remains unavailable on cable television networks in the U.S..
Across the Atlantic, as Scott McConnell points out, no need of an alibi CSA to achieve this ...
Americans can not really find any niche for Al Jazeera?
by Scott McConnell , Mondoweiss (USA) 1 st March 2011 translated from English by Djazaïri
Today NPR's Morning [NPR is a network of independent radio] was devoted to a program on Al Jazeera , focusing the efforts of Arab governments to prevent the Arabs to watch this channel by blocking its signal by various means. Reporter Deborah Amos reports on actions to disrupt the reception of the channel and the game of cat and mouse between the television station and the Arab autocrats who try to block it.
In America, it is much more easy. Barely a whisper of the government, and cable operators make themselves so that the station is unavailable. Amos says that the chain has been "excluded from the market by cable operators reluctant against him" after it has been termed "anti-American" by the Bush administration. No attack against hi-tech satellite signals was necessary.
Given the important role that he has been recognized in the coverage of the Egyptian revolution, Al Jazeera English tries a new both access to American television market. But this is far from won. "
Take for example Comcast, the largest cable operator in the country. Marketwatch published an article today which reports that" with hundreds of channels , including many in high definition, Comcast has limited bandwidth allocated to new channels, making it difficult for a new channel to plead his cause, especially if it is perceived as occupying a "niche 'market.
I try to sympathize with the leaders of Comcast, which shame they had to abandon the programs they broadcast a channel to broadcast programming to niche from the Middle East. For example, by consulting the list of channels broadcast by Comcast, I see that there are five channels devoted to hockey, one devoted to jewelry, three slots for the National League of American Football (which are now the scouting combines ) and about 150 channels that mostly show bad movies. And then, of course, this important niche: Channel 501 which offers "Women of military alone and naked" and Channel 502 which presents "Girl on Girl 14," the channel 547 provides "First Time Porn Audition", the 548 offers "Real film sex couples" and 549 "18 Year Old Facial. "Not to mention, for those with tastes that correspond to very specific niches, two other channels devoted to" adult programs on demand. ".
But it is a system of free enterprise, and Comcast may not have enough "bandwidth" for a programming niche of Al Jazeera kind in English.
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