Al-Jazeera to broadcast in India

[Fact_ur_mine]

Al-Jazeera English has been granted a licence to broadcast in India by the country's information and broadcasting ministry.

"This is an exciting breakthrough that has been in the works for several years," said Al Anstey, the channel's managing director. "We know there is a great demand for our award-winning content."

Al-Jazeera English has a bureau in New Delhi. Its chief, Anmol Saxena, said: "We are certain that we will have a substantial following."

The potential audience, with an estimated 115m households, is huge.

Al-Jazeera to broadcast in India | Media | guardian.co.uk

 

[SpArK]

Good move.. let all of them compete for viewer-ships.

 

[StingRoy]

Good move indeed... will get to see more of the middle-eastern perspective to the news. Any idea if this will be in hindi or just english?

 

[TechLahore]

This is great! India, meet Riz Khan... Riz Khan, meet India!

 

[Hindutvadi]

Good move indeed... will get to see more of the middle-eastern perspective to the news. Any idea if this will be in hindi or just english?

Al-Jazeera english will be in english :p.

 

[Last Hope]

Atleast some news will come to belive in

 

[Markus]

So one more foreign channel coming to India to tap its vast cable audience.

I have fuckin 300+ channels in my set top box, so what do I watch ?

 

[Water Car Engineer]

This is great! India, meet Riz Khan... Riz Khan, meet India!

Isnt Riz Indian already?

 

[TechLahore]

Isnt Riz Indian already?

He was born in yemen but his dad comes from Azad Kashmir (aka, not the part of Kashmir occupied by India).

 

[Water Car Engineer]

He was born in yemen but his dad comes from Azad Kashmir (aka, not the part of Kashmir occupied by India).

He is Gujarati and Punjabi from what is know Pakistan's Kashmir.

So what does he call himself other then a Yemenese.....

 

[Bang Galore]

This is great! India, meet Riz Khan... Riz Khan, meet India!

India already met him when he was in CNN. He used to host many shows from India.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

India already met him when he was in CNN. He used to host many shows from India.

And he does a lot of interviews with Indians..

YouTube - One On One - Russell Peters - Sept 12, 08 Part 1

YouTube - One On One - Russell Peters - Sept 12, 08 Part 2

YouTube - Riz Khan - Shahrukh Khan - November 26, 20008 part 1

YouTube - Riz Khan - Shahrukh Khan - November 26, 20008 part 2

YouTube - One on One - Preity Zinta - 28 Feb 09 - Part 1

YouTube - One on One - Preity Zinta - 28 Feb 09 - Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yH9yma5zKI

etc
etc
etc

I am pretty sure a lot of Indians know him, I think.. I knew him for a long time. I like his interviews a lot.

 

[fallstuff]

Interesting to see Al Jazeera finally in India, or is it ?

Indians will get a chance to make up their opinions about Al Jazeera once they start beaming down. The moment of truth will come when issues such as India-Pakistan or Kashmir flares up. Then again, they have been broadcasting in Israel, so I take it they know their business well.

 

[TechLahore]

India already met him when he was in CNN. He used to host many shows from India.

Good, then I'm sure you'll continue to enjoy his perspectives as shared from the Al Jazeera platform!

 

[Kinetic]

Good move by I&B ministry and AJ! We should watch all side of the facts.