Al Arabiya
Summary
Al Arabiya (Arabic: العربية al-ʿArabīyah, Translate as: The Arabic One) is an Arabic-language television news station. Launched on March 3, 2003, the station is based in Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates, and is partly owned by the Saudi broadcaster Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC). A free-to-air channel, Al Arabiya carries news, current affairs, business and financial markets, sports, talk shows, and documentaries. It is rated among the top pan-Arab stations by Middle East audiences. Al Arabiya says it tries to use neutral, non-supportive language when covering Islamic militant groups. On January 26, 2009 American president Barack Obama gave his first formal interview as president to the television channel. Al Arabiya was created to be a direct competitor of the Qatar-based Al Jazeera.
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Syria: film-making and weapons don't mix | Sakhr al-Makhadhi
As the risks keep larger news groups away, is the blurring of the line between activism and journalism put all reporters in danger?.
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Israeli air strikes hit media centres in Gaza
Two buildings in Gaza City housing international media outlets have been badly damaged by Israeli air strikes. An Israeli military spokeswoman explained that its forces targeted the antennae of the building because it was used by Hamas's al-Aqsa TV.
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Journalists working in Syria suffer killings and kidnaps
Journalists covering the conflict inside Syria are being killed and kidnapped on what appears to be a daily basis. Forces from both sides, pro and anti-government, are meting out rough justice to reporters, photographers and cameramen.
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Journalist trio may have been abducted
Mystery surrounds the disappearance of Jordanian TV reporter Baker Atyani in the Philippines. Though colleagues believe he may have been kidnapped by a separatist Islamist group, the Filipino government - having initially agreed that he had been taken hostage - now says that is not the case.
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Video shows Bin Laden wives under house arrest
New video aired on Al Arabiya television this week shows Osama bin Laden's three wives, who are currently under house arrest in Islamabad, Pakistan. While security is present, the footage gives a rare glimpse into everyday life for the family of the late terrorist leader. The women, their faces covered, are shown praying and reading the [.
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Syria Crisis: In Neighboring Beirut, A Daily Struggle For Credible Information
BEIRUT -- Shortly after midnight one night last week, two 20-something Syrians huddled over a computer, trying to sort out exactly what had happened that day at Damascus University.
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Deadly shootings in Saudi Arabia, but Arab media look the other way | Hayder al-Khoei
Even Al-Jazeera English, which does better than its Arabic sister station, did not follow up its coverage of deaths at Qatif protests.
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Arab Spring reshapes market for TV News
As revolutions upend the political landscape across the Arab world, the news media landscape is shifting, too. The market for Arabic-language television news, dominated for years by two satellite channels with close links to Arab rulers, is poised for a shot of new competition with the pending introduction of two 24-hour news channels backed by Western media conglomerates.
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AFP, AP transmit graphic photos of dead Gadhafi
Graphic images of a reportedly-dead Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi are being transmitted by the AP, Reuters, AFP and possibly other wire services.
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Faisal J. Abbas: Saudi Prince Alwaleed's Alarab to Be to the Right of Al-Jazeera
It seems that 2012 will be the year when Arab viewers may finally see the break up of the dominance currently imposed over the Arabic satellite news channel market by the Qatari-owned Al-Jazeera and Saudi-backed Al-Arabiya.
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