| Al Jazeera Balkans | |
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| Launched | 11 November 2011 |
| Owned by | Qatar Media Corporation |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Broadcast area | Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Kosovo[a] Macedonia Montenegro Serbia Slovenia |
| Headquarters | Sarajevo |
| Sister channel(s) | Al Jazeera English |
| Website | http://balkans.aljazeera.net |
Al Jazeera Balkans (AJB) is a 24-hour international news television station launched by Al Jazeera on 11 November 2011 at 1800 CET. The station broadcasts in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian 6 hours daily with Al Jazeera English programmes broadcast the remainder of the broadcast day. AJB is a sister channel of the Arabic-language Al Jazeera.
The station broadcasts news analysis and features as well as documentaries, live debates, current affairs, business, technology, and sports.
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On 22 September 2010, Al Jazeera purchased the broadcast station NTV 99 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1] They bought the station for $1.56 million USD.[2] The channel began broadcasting as Al Jazeera on 11 November 2011 and launched their website on that same day, it's appearance mainly based on that of its English counterpart. It broadcasts from the Eutelsat W3C satellite and also has a live stream as both their Arabic and English counterparts do.
According to a report from the Associated Press, "Media experts say they hope the broadcaster will offer objective news to a public that was exposed for two decades to local media heavily influenced by politics.[3] Al Jazeera Balkans has a very modern studio in Sarajevo and smaller studios in Belgrade, Zagreb and Skopje. The station plans to have correspondents in Podgorica, Priština, Mostar and Banja Luka who will report in the local languages. As well, the station will have reporters in based in Washington, D.C., London, Berlin, Vienna, Moscow, Istanbul and Jerusalem by utilizing the resources of the current Al Jazeera bureaus around the world. The network serves viewers in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo[a], Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.[4]
The channel's editor is Goran Milić.[5]
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| a. | ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Serbia and the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo. The latter declared independence on 17 February 2008, while Serbia claims it as part of its own sovereign territory. Its independence is recognised by 86 UN member states. |
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