The Arabian news channel Al Jazeera (TopTV 401 / DStv 408) based in Qatar that been doing stellar work in covering the national unrest and populist uprising demanding the resignation of the Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, says the news channel has been experiencing ''unprecedented interference'' with its broadcasting signal.
Al Jazeera, widely seen as the most authoritative source of incisive and comprehensive news coverage of both the Tunisian uprising a few weeks ago and now again in Egypt, just issued a press release saying that the news channel's broadcasting signal across the Arab region ''is facing interference on a scale we have not experienced before''. Al Jazeera started in 1996.
''Signals on the Nilesat satellite TV platform were cut, and frequencies on the Arabsat and Hotbird platforms were disrupted continually forcing millions of viewers across the Arab world to change satellite frequencies throughout the day,'' says Al Jazeera on the day of a ''million man march'' in Egypt's capital Cairo.
''We have been working round the clock to make sure we are broadcasting on alternative frequencies. Clearly there are powers that do not want our important images pushing for democracy and reform to be seen by the public. We appreciate the extraordinary support from the ten channels across the region who interrupted their own programming to live-broadcast our signal to their audiences,'' says Al Jazeera. Six Al Jazeera journalists were detained today in Egypt.
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