Al-Jazeera English was named 'Best News Channel' at the second annual Freesat Awards last night in London. The Qatar-based news channel, which launched today on Freeview, beat the BBC News channel, ...

DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television announced Tuesday that it would launch its long-awaited English language channel Al-Jazeera International on Nov. 15.

CNN and the BBC now have a new rival for international news on English language television. Al-Jazeera has become vastly influential in the Arabic-speaking world and has ended the monopolies on news ...

Twenty years ago, Al Jazeera launched its first broadcast from Doha, and in doing so, it transformed the media landscape.