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.
You could probably get it from a "free to air" satellite broadcast.
Why can't people in US watch Al Jazeera?
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Re: Why can't people in US watch Al Jazeera?
#12http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera_English -- lists loads of options for watching, from online, to terrestrial, cable, to satellite, to Internet TV.
Re: Why can't people in US watch Al Jazeera?
#13It'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.
You could probably get it from a "free to air" satellite broadcast.
Yep, here are the frequencies and technical specifications:
http://english.aljazeera.net/watchaje/20091022172112636517.h...
Re: Why can't people in US watch Al Jazeera?
#14They 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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Re: Why can't people in US watch Al Jazeera?
#15They 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.
Seems to work fine for me. Have you checked the speed of your network connection?
Re: Why can't people in US watch Al Jazeera?
#16It'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.
In all seriousness, they could generate the news on CNN with an algorithm and it would be immensely better than what they pump out now.
Re: Why can't people in US watch Al Jazeera?
#17Does anyone have a direct link to a feed that can be loaded up in mplayer or vlc?
Re: Why can't people in US watch Al Jazeera?
#18They 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.
I was really surprised to see the parent downvoted. There's useful personal experience here, as well as a valid observation about an advantage broadcast and cable have only internet-only access.
Re: Why can't people in US watch Al Jazeera?
#19There is a large subset of the US population that would distrust any information from an Arabic source.
BBC, Reuters, and Al Jazeera are amazing compared to CNN/MSNBC/FOX.
Re: Why can't people in US watch Al Jazeera?
#20After watching about 45 minutes of inane coverage of Egypt on CNN and Fox, probably because they are controlled by an offshore entity and don't offer a point of view remarkably in line with whatever Washington is putting out.