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• Al Jazeera English to celebrate one year anniversary

  November 14 2007 3:46pm (UTC+8)  -  Article by Kevin

  Al Jazeera English, the news and current affairs channel which today reaches more than 100 million homes worldwide, will celebrate its one year anniversary tomorrow. Since its launch in 2006 the channel has been "setting the news agenda" with award winning reporting from all corners of the world.
  
  "We can all be proud of our achievements. We proved the sceptics wrong and created a new channel that is already recognised as one of the major voices in global journalism," said Nigel Parsons - the Managing Director of Al Jazeera English.
  
  To mark the passing of its maiden year, Al Jazeera English will promote its extensive editorial scope with some of its best known presenters reporting live from key stories across the world.
  
  The channel will showcase its dedication to accurate hard-hitting journalism through the exclusive broadcast of up to date special reports and first person accounts from some of the children who have been directly affected by the complex issues at the core of many landmark stories.
  
  With it's four broadcast centres in Doha, Kuala Lumpur, London and Washington DC, Al Jazeera English is the first international TV news channel to provide a single 24-hour news feed to the entire English-speaking world.
  
  Just recently the channel was acclaimed for producing unparalleled and exclusive coverage from Myanmar, Burma – where undercover reporters vividly portrayed the violence that was used against protesters.
  
  Other high points in Al Jazeera English's remarkable first year included being the only English-speaking TV station covering the Hamas takeover from inside Gaza, with its own offices becoming part of the battleground, its unrivalled coverage of the conflict between the rebel and Government/NATO forces in Afghanistan, being the first to announce Tony Blair's new job after finishing as British PM, with the Middle East Quartet, and some historic one-on-one interviews with leading figure from all over the world.
  
  Al Jazeera English has achieved a global viewer footprint of more than 100 million homes just one year after going live and is carried by major cable and satellite operators across the globe. The channel continues to meet the growing demand from audiences worldwide with recent deals across all conventional platforms. The channel is also exploiting and expanding in all areas of new media, reaching millions of viewers through IPTV and mobile technologies.
  
  Al Jazeera English's dedicated channel on YouTube continues to be a huge success.
  
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