Al-Jazeera to air in Singapore
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Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera has won permission to broadcast its English news service in Singapore.
The service will be available to subscribers of Singapore Telcommunications’ (SingTel) pay-TV, AFP reported.
The Media Development Authority of Singapore said in a statement “MDA has approved SingTel’s application to offer the Al-Jazeera English channel on MioTV - its IPTV (Internet Protocol television) service.”
Al-Jazeera, headquartered in Doha, launched in 1996, gaining worldwide attention after the September 11 2001 attacks on the US, when it broadcast video statements by Osama bin Laden.
It’s English language channel launched in 2006 with broadcast centres in Doha, London, Kuala Lumpur and Washington DC.
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