Al Jazeera launched on Aug 20,2013 Tuesday afternoon with a flurry of live news and pre-taped segments a new TV news channel in the United States.
The new US network will employ around 850-900 journalists at launch, based in 12 US cities
The new network replaces Current TV, the cable television network founded by former US Vice President Al Gore, which the Qatar-owned broadcaster acquired in Jan 2013 for around $500m (£308m)
Al Jazeera America said that they will give less airtime than other US networks to advertising, typically carrying six minutes of adverts each hour, less than the industry average of 15 minutes
Globally, Al Jazeera is seen in more than 260 million homes in 130 countries.
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