Al Jazeera Balkans

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WW Update 9 November 2011 6:29pm

Branding for this channel will be interesting to see. Firstly, AlJazeera's network of channels usually have independent branding, for instance AlJazeera Arabic has completely different branding to AlJazeera English. On the AlJazeera Balkans website, the Arabic branding is seen, whilst the promo has the English channels branding.

Based on this pre-launch advertising campaign...

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/319515_180576695360914_163724720379445_360880_1364029832_n.jpg

(from AJB's Facebook page)

...AJB's look will be based closely on AJE (which makes sense, considering that AJE simulcasts will be commonly seen on AJB, at least initially).

Last edited by WW Update on 10 November 2011 1:01pm

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WW Update 11 November 2011 4:39pm

AJB will launch at the top of the hour (5PM British time, 6PM CET), and you can watch it live via this YouTube stream:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsnm2PgBLMI

JA

Jamesypoo 11 November 2011 5:06pm

Launched almost exactly like the English one did 5 years ago!

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WW Update 11 November 2011 5:08pm

A few caps:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/az2si/98aaa3bd.jpg

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WW Update 11 November 2011 5:15pm

Two more:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/az2si/cc26d31f.jpg

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WW Update 11 November 2011 5:27pm

The set:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/az2si/e2b3e7a1.jpg

JW

JamesWorldNews 11 November 2011 5:33pm

Thanks for the caps. Don't you just LOVE that desk??

IS

Inspector Sands 11 November 2011 6:33pm

WW Update posted:

AJB will launch at the top of the hour (5PM British time, 6PM CET), and you can watch it live via this YouTube stream: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsnm2PgBLMI

I've never seen a live YouTube stream before. If it disappears it's also streaming on http://balkans.aljazeera.net/

Odd choice of programme for an hour into launch, all about the sectarian divide in Northern Ireland. They're showing AJE documentaries subtitled rather than dubbed, but then I suppose a part of their audience will know english as well as Croatian (Serbo-croat?).

WO

Worzel 11 November 2011 6:36pm

Al Jazeera English is also now in Full Widescreen rather than letterbox.

IS

Inspector Sands 11 November 2011 6:49pm

Worzel posted:

Al Jazeera English is also now in Full Widescreen rather than letterbox.

It changed at the beginning of October

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WW Update 11 November 2011 8:04pm

If you missed the launch, here's a YT clip of the first few minutes:

JW

JamesWorldNews 12 November 2011 8:35am

Are the presenters already well known faces in the Balkans? Of so, from what news organizations did they come from?

(July 2011)