DOHA, Qatar, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- The Arabic al-Jazeera television network based in Doha, Qatar, on Wednesday debuted its first English-language cable and satellite news service.
Wadah Khanfar, the network's director general, said the service will be available to about 80 million households around the world.
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"This is unprecedented in the broadcasting industry -- no other international news channel has launched with such a high number of homes across the world," Khanfar said.
Since beginning Arabic programming on Nov. 1, 1996, al-Jazeera has also launched Web sites, including an English version, and executives said they intend for the network to become the "channel of reference for Middle East events."
