Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Two digits

Staying Stateside, as I believe they used to say, Al Jazeera America is pushing hard to build an audience, and in the key market of New York, is moving to a new, lower number on Time Warner cable in the Big Apple.

Currently, it stands at 181, shouldered by Univision Deportes Network, a Spanish sports channel, majoring on Mexican football, and on the far side by SZEAL2 which broadcasts the religious thinking of various members of the Swaggart family.

AJAM is moving to 57, putting it ahead of BBC America, at 71, CNN at 78, CNN International at 133 and BBC World News at 156. It's the sort of move which could make the BBC Global News target harder to reach...


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