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Coffeeshop Chit Chat - PAP scared news other than from the154th</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"> </TD><TD><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead vAlign=top><TD class=msgF width="1%" noWrap align=right>From: </TD><TD class=msgFname width="68%" noWrap>Fkapore <NOBR></NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate width="30%" noWrap align=right>9:33 pm </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT height=20 width="1%" noWrap align=right>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname width="68%" noWrap>ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 2) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft rowSpan=4 width="1%"> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>31875.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>Al Jazeera English taken off air — whose loss is it?
on April 15, 2010
The decision to drop news channel Al Jazeera English from Singtel’s mio TV this month has only served to generate needless negative publicity for Singapore.
The Internet is abuzz with talk that this could be due to AJE’s coverage of Singapore in recent years.
The network has featured stories about poverty, prostitution, the integrated resorts, migrant labour abuse, housing and immigration policies, to name a few.
All of them are issues of interest to Singaporeans, well-covered by the local media.
In a Today newspaper report, Singtel explained the move was “to enhance our channel offerings … in order to address the demands and requirements of our customers.”
Since its launch in November 2006, AJE has become a major player in the international media, with a viewership of 200 million households spread across more than 100 countries.
It is a figure only bettered by the likes of BBC World News and CNN International. Both have been around for about two decades.
But neither has provided Singapore-specific coverage of socio-economic issues like AJE has in recent times.
The channel is also well-represented at the annual Asian Television Awards, an event supported by the Media Development Authority of Singapore.
Not only has it won and been nominated for awards, it has a regular presence in the judging panel too.
So I find it hard to understand how AJE does not “enhance mio TV’s channel offerings”, especially when its existing news channels are euronews, Russia Today and CCTV 9.
Do they better “address the demands and requirements” of the customers?
To pre-empt talk about my vested interest in the matter, it is perhaps best that I identify myself as a journalist with AJE and was responsible for some of the reports.
On each occasion, all parties involved in a story would be offered the right of reply. We do our best to provide a balanced report when a relevant party chooses to ignore us.
But this is written in my personal capacity as a Singaporean who continues to be a keen news watcher and a football fan, one among many that Singtel would surely love to lure over as a mio TV subscriber.
If nobody can provide a better reason for dropping AJE, it will only fuel speculation that the move was politically motivated.
In the meantime, while viewers can continue to watch AJE programmes online for free, who loses out from the negative publicity?
By Chan Tau Chou The author is a journalist with AJE
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on April 15, 2010
The Internet is abuzz with talk that this could be due to AJE’s coverage of Singapore in recent years.
The network has featured stories about poverty, prostitution, the integrated resorts, migrant labour abuse, housing and immigration policies, to name a few.
All of them are issues of interest to Singaporeans, well-covered by the local media.
In a Today newspaper report, Singtel explained the move was “to enhance our channel offerings … in order to address the demands and requirements of our customers.”
Since its launch in November 2006, AJE has become a major player in the international media, with a viewership of 200 million households spread across more than 100 countries.
It is a figure only bettered by the likes of BBC World News and CNN International. Both have been around for about two decades.
But neither has provided Singapore-specific coverage of socio-economic issues like AJE has in recent times.
The channel is also well-represented at the annual Asian Television Awards, an event supported by the Media Development Authority of Singapore.
Not only has it won and been nominated for awards, it has a regular presence in the judging panel too.
So I find it hard to understand how AJE does not “enhance mio TV’s channel offerings”, especially when its existing news channels are euronews, Russia Today and CCTV 9.
Do they better “address the demands and requirements” of the customers?
To pre-empt talk about my vested interest in the matter, it is perhaps best that I identify myself as a journalist with AJE and was responsible for some of the reports.
On each occasion, all parties involved in a story would be offered the right of reply. We do our best to provide a balanced report when a relevant party chooses to ignore us.
But this is written in my personal capacity as a Singaporean who continues to be a keen news watcher and a football fan, one among many that Singtel would surely love to lure over as a mio TV subscriber.
If nobody can provide a better reason for dropping AJE, it will only fuel speculation that the move was politically motivated.
In the meantime, while viewers can continue to watch AJE programmes online for free, who loses out from the negative publicity?
By Chan Tau Chou The author is a journalist with AJE
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