Egypt: Al Jazeera Signal Disrupted, Arab Channels Band Together In Support

Al Jazeera's signal across the Middle East is being disrupted in "on a scale it has not experienced before" as it covers the Egyptian revolution, the channel said on Tuesday.

Al Jazeera said that its signals on Egypt's Nilesat platform were blocked, and that its frequencies on other platforms from around the Arab region were "disrupted continually."

"We have been working round the clock to make sure we are broadcasting on alternative frequencies," an Al Jazeera spokesman said in a statement. "Clearly there are powers that do not want our important images pushing for democracy and reform to be seen by the public."

It was not immediately clear exactly how the signal is being disrupted, or if the Egyptian government was behind the disruptions. The government has cracked down intensely on Al Jazeera since the uprising began. The channel's bureau in Ciaro has already been shut down, and the government detained six Al Jazeera English journalists on Monday, confiscating their equipment.

Ten different channels in the Middle East have moved to support Al Jazeera by simulcasting its broadcasts on their own frequencies.

Comments

[Blodo]

09:36 AM on 02/09/2011

"Ten different channels in the Middle East have moved to support Al Jazeera by simulcasting its broadcasts on their own frequencies."

This really highlights how much the current revolution is technologically based. As long as we can maintain widely distributed media and, as much as possible, avoid giving dictators single hard targets, truth will continue to flow around the world. Kudos to all those stations for their support of AJ. Mubarak must be wetting himself. I love it.

[rajz2011]

05:22 AM on 02/03/2011

The kind of presence which Aljazeera has all over the countries over information related to violence, protests, videos related to such incidents which are very explicit and therefore very strong on influencing people of any country, that's why Egyptian government is trying to block their presence currently as the scene going on there is beyond control. To watch uncensored videos of live protests violence follow this link. http://bit.ly/ePS6Rq

[rajz2011]

05:11 AM on 02/03/2011

Definitely the Egyptian government Still powered by Mr. Mubarak has control over the things whatever happening in Egypt. Say protest, violence, killings, etc. Egyptian government is to blamed for. They know exactly what kind of effect the postings and videos from Aljazeera can do. here is the link to watch uncensored video of protests and violence going on there. http://bit.ly/ePS6Rq

[Whatchutalkinabout]

06:29 PM on 02/02/2011

Where is this phrase Game Over coming from?

[binkis1]

02:42 PM on 02/02/2011

They are doing a great job..Much better than anything on the USA media except R.Engel... Streaming it always....

[Redemption Song II]

12:48 PM on 02/02/2011

...it doesn't feel as if this is going to end well.

[vizbit]

09:16 AM on 02/02/2011

Who else is having problems connecting to :
english.­aljazeera.­net/watch_now/

[maplewood9]

08:25 AM on 02/03/2011

I also can not connect to english.­a­ljazeera.­­net/watch_­now/ this morning.

[Pundit Commentator]

08:03 AM on 02/02/2011

Watch this. I dare you not to tear up.

http://www­­­­­­­­­.y­o­u­t­u­b­­e­­.­­c­­o­m­/­w­a­t­­c­h­­?­v­­­=­wm­­T­6H­­­L­p2­­­8­­fw­­­&­fe­a­­­t­ur­e­­­­=­re­l­­­a­t­ed­”

“We will not be silenced whether you are Muslim whether you are Christian whether you are Atheist. You will demand your godd@mn rights and we will have our rights one way or the other." - protester in cairo on Jan 25.

The original title is "Egyptian Revolution - Jan 25 2011- Take what's yours"

Youtube has already restricted access to the original video. One mirror has 1.19 millio­n views. There are many, many more mirrors.

http://www­­­­­­­.you­t­u­b­e­.­­c­­om­/u­s­e­r­/­t­s­­h­aa­b­an­­8­8
==========­­­­­======­=­=­=­=­==­==
Apparently Youtube has already restricted access in the U.S. to that mirror.

Try this:

http://www­.youtube.c­om/watch?v­=-YhhjQkDS­WE&feature­=related

[cybersense]

09:57 AM on 02/02/2011

why is youtube restricting access?  Is it youtube?

[jo smith456]

08:00 AM on 02/02/2011

TO FELLOW American TV Viewers:
DEMAND THAT AL-JAZEERA BE OFFERED TO YOU BY YOUR SATELLITE/CABLE TV PROVIDERS.

DOWN WITH AMERICAN MAJOR MEDIA, a contributor to the causes of our social, political, and economic problems.

[cybersense]

09:58 AM on 02/02/2011

that was the problem with comcast becoming such a large monopoly.

[CarmenCameron]

01:46 AM on 02/02/2011

A rent-a-mob threw rocks at CNN's Anderson Cooper around 5am Cairo time this morning shouting pro-Mubarak and anti-Al Jazeera slogans.

Al Jazeera is a hero in all of this, in my opinion. And in the eyes of millions of freedom loving people everywhere for courageously shining the light on the darkness of brutal dictatorships.

God bless Al Jazeera - and ALL the dedicated journalists - who are bringing us the truth despite the risk of personal loss.

[Whatchutalkinabout]

06:31 PM on 02/02/2011

Actually he was in the middle of the anti Mubarak crowd when he was attacked.

[CarmenCameron]

03:57 PM on 02/03/2011

Actually you are incorrect. He was standing on a balcony during the 5 am attack (Cairo time) and the youths throwing the rocks at him and Ben Wedeman were shouting pro-Mubarack slogans.

The later attack on Cooper down in the street was - according to Cooper himself - PRO-MUBARAK.

Documentable facts. Sorry, but you're wrong.

[Enimal57]

11:56 PM on 02/01/2011

Al Jazeera is the WINNER since it tells the truth and sides with the noble aspirations of humanity.
The losers are all these Arab "leaders" who are corrupt and who are not accountable to their people. It is about time they go away, some to jail for stealing the wealth of the countries they are supposed to protect. The People of Tunisia and the People of Egypt have spoken and said: "WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANY MORE". More power to the people every where
.

[Pundit Commentator]

10:07 PM on 02/01/2011

Watch this. I dare you not to tear up.

http://www­­­­­­­.you­t­u­b­e­.­­c­­om­/w­a­t­c­h­?­v­­=­wm­T­6H­­L­p2­­8­fw­­­&fea­­­t­ure­­­=­re­l­a­t­ed­”

“We will not be silenced whether you are Muslim whether you are Christian whether you are Atheist. You will demand your godd@mn rights and we will have our rights one way or the other." - protester in cairo on Jan 25.

The original title is "Egyptian Revolution - Jan 25 2011- Take what's yours"

Youtube has already restricted access to the original video. One mirror has 1.19 millio­n views. There are many, many more mirrors.

http://www­­­­­.youtu­b­e­.­c­om­/u­se­r/­t­s­h­aab­an­8­8
==========­­­========­=­=­====
Apparently Youtube has already restricted access in the U.S. to that mirror.

Try this:

http://www­­­­.youtub­e­.­c­om/w­at­ch­?v­=­Dvo­yfM­LO­6­rU

Rightclick and choose option "go to..."

When you copy/paste­­, you lose hyperlinks

[Rosewren]

01:31 AM on 02/02/2011

http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

This one is working now.

[CarmenCameron]

02:19 AM on 02/02/2011

Thank you!!! I'll pass it along.

[sunmocker1970]

08:45 AM on 02/02/2011

Ty Rose:)

[leonel]

09:50 PM on 02/01/2011

The Revolution will be televised !

[Sol76]

09:17 PM on 02/01/2011

Al Jazeera, Wikileaks, Facebook and Twitter have the Middle East oppressors on the back foot. How good it is to see the masses realise that the emperors have no clothes.

[CarmenCameron]

02:20 AM on 02/02/2011

f&f

[flossophy]

09:09 PM on 02/01/2011

Guess who pays the bills for Al Jazeera.

[MarcEdward]

09:20 PM on 02/01/2011

Guess who pays the bills for BBC World News

[sunmocker1970]

09:10 AM on 02/02/2011

For the BBC: The BBC is an autonomous public service broadcaster that operates under a Royal Charter. The BBC Trust is the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation. It is operationally independent of BBC management and external bodies, and aims to act in the best interests of license fee payers.

Wiki.

Easy answers...

[sunmocker1970]

08:54 AM on 02/02/2011

Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer al-Thani (Qatar Media Corporation) is the owner...