Why can't people in US watch Al Jazeera?

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Post by mih » Sat, Jan 29, 2011, 7:55 PM UTC

Why can't people in US watch Al Jazeera?
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Post by araneae » Sat, Jan 29, 2011, 8:25 PM UTC

They can. http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

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Post by spooneybarger » Sat, Jan 29, 2011, 8:28 PM UTC

araneae wrote: post #2

They can. http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

Whenever I try, it barely works and usually crashes. Right now, barely works would be a kind description.

The stations I get via cable/sat tv etc don't have scaling problems of this sort. They might have crap coverage and you could argue that is a scaling issue of some sort but.. at least I can manage to watch.

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Post by Luc » Sat, Jan 29, 2011, 8:33 PM UTC

spooneybarger wrote: post #3

araneae wrote: post #2

They can. http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

Whenever I try, it barely works and usually crashes. Right now, barely works would be a kind description. The stations I get via cable/sat tv etc don't have scaling problems of this sort. They might have crap coverage and you could argue that is a scaling issue of some sort but.. at least I can manage to watch.

They use Brightcove. It's rock solid for me (in Belgium), and better video quality than the BBC feed.

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Post by BigZaphod » Sat, Jan 29, 2011, 8:40 PM UTC

spooneybarger wrote: post #3

araneae wrote: post #2

They can. http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

Whenever I try, it barely works and usually crashes. Right now, barely works would be a kind description. The stations I get via cable/sat tv etc don't have scaling problems of this sort. They might have crap coverage and you could argue that is a scaling issue of some sort but.. at least I can manage to watch.

Works great for me in the US. I've been watching it off and on the last couple days from different locations and different ISPs.

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jan 29, 2011, 8:45 PM UTC

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Post by InclinedPlane » Sat, Jan 29, 2011, 8:54 PM UTC

araneae wrote: post #2

They can. http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

Indeed, this is the 21st century, where 2/3 of adult Americans have a broadband internet connection at home.

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Post by ComputerGuru » Sat, Jan 29, 2011, 8:56 PM UTC

spooneybarger wrote: post #3

araneae wrote: post #2

They can. http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

Whenever I try, it barely works and usually crashes. Right now, barely works would be a kind description. The stations I get via cable/sat tv etc don't have scaling problems of this sort. They might have crap coverage and you could argue that is a scaling issue of some sort but.. at least I can manage to watch.

There's an alternate feed available from livestation in both SD and HD editions. http://www.livestation.com/channels/3-al_jazeera_english

And a RealPlayer live stream, which (as much as RealPlayer sucks) may be a better choice than Flash. But it's pretty low-def: http://europe.real.com/smil/aljazeera_us_lo.ram

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Post by CountSessine » Sat, Jan 29, 2011, 8:59 PM UTC

It's surprising just how good a new source Al Jazeera is.

I wish my cable operator let me subscribe to Al Jazeera in lieu of CNN.

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Post by jat850 » Sat, Jan 29, 2011, 9:09 PM UTC

In Canada, at least two cable operators that I know of offer Al Jazeera as a subscription channel.