Qatar-based Al Jazeera Media Network shut down Al Jazeera America on April 30, three years after its high profile launch . Al Jazeera English reaches more than 305 million households in over 160 countries. "We won't comment on internal memos that are informal and not definitive," said Hasan Salim Patel, a spokesman for Al Jazeera Media Network. Al Jazeera English is in talks with cable carriers that carried the now defunct Al Jazeera America to make its live video stream available in the US starting in September, according to the email from Giles Trendle, acting managing director of Al Jazeera English and director of programs. The move comes almost three months after it shut down its US cable television network, Al Jazeera America, citing economic challenges in the US media market.

Source: dna July 22, 2016 06:41 UTC