Oh boy, Al Jazeera is getting competition.
Qatar to launch Al Jazeera counterweight
Justin Vela
May 4, 2014 Updated: May 5, 2014 13
00 ABU DHABI //
Qatar is launching a new television station as a political counterweight to Al Jazeera amid concern the network has become too supportive of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The new station is to be an Arabic-language news channel based in London and broadcasting across the Arab world. It is one of several new media ventures launched under the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who succeeded his father in June and is seeking to put his own stamp on the countrys vast soft power machine.
The driving force behind the new station is Azmi Bishara, the Palestinian director of the Doha-based Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies, and a close confidant of the emir
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Qatar plans new TV network as counterweight to Al Jazeera | The National
Qatar to launch Al Jazeera counterweight
Justin Vela
May 4, 2014 Updated: May 5, 2014 13
00 ABU DHABI //Qatar is launching a new television station as a political counterweight to Al Jazeera amid concern the network has become too supportive of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The new station is to be an Arabic-language news channel based in London and broadcasting across the Arab world. It is one of several new media ventures launched under the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who succeeded his father in June and is seeking to put his own stamp on the countrys vast soft power machine.
The driving force behind the new station is Azmi Bishara, the Palestinian director of the Doha-based Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies, and a close confidant of the emir
Read more at:
Qatar plans new TV network as counterweight to Al Jazeera | The National
