Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Al Jazeera America (AJAM) is an American basic cable and satellite news television channel that is owned by the Qatar-based Al Jazeera Media Network. The channel, which was launched on August 20, 2013, directly competes with CNN, HLN, MSNBC, Fox News Channel, and in certain markets, RT. The channel is Al Jazeera's second entry into the U.S. television market, after the launch of beIN Sport in 2012.The channel is headquartered and run from studios on the first floor of the Manhattan Center in New York City. It also has a total of 12 bureaus located in Washington, D.C., at the Newseum, Chicago, Detroit, Nashville, Los Angeles, Seattle, New Orleans, Dallas, Denver, Miami, and San Francisco (the former headquarters of Current TV).Because Current TV (the channel Al Jazeera America replaced) operated on a standard definition feed, it is transmitted from cable providers that previously carried Current TV in standard definition only, even though the channel produces its programming in high definition due to Al Jazeera still being under Current's carriage deals on those providers. Google Fiber, Bright House Networks, and Time Warner Cable are the only providers in the United States that broadcast Al Jazeera America in high definition due to those being new deals.. }
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- Al_Jazeera_America abstract "Al Jazeera America (AJAM) is an American basic cable and satellite news television channel that is owned by the Qatar-based Al Jazeera Media Network. The channel, which was launched on August 20, 2013, directly competes with CNN, HLN, MSNBC, Fox News Channel, and in certain markets, RT. The channel is Al Jazeera's second entry into the U.S. television market, after the launch of beIN Sport in 2012.The channel is headquartered and run from studios on the first floor of the Manhattan Center in New York City. It also has a total of 12 bureaus located in Washington, D.C., at the Newseum, Chicago, Detroit, Nashville, Los Angeles, Seattle, New Orleans, Dallas, Denver, Miami, and San Francisco (the former headquarters of Current TV).Because Current TV (the channel Al Jazeera America replaced) operated on a standard definition feed, it is transmitted from cable providers that previously carried Current TV in standard definition only, even though the channel produces its programming in high definition due to Al Jazeera still being under Current's carriage deals on those providers. Google Fiber, Bright House Networks, and Time Warner Cable are the only providers in the United States that broadcast Al Jazeera America in high definition due to those being new deals.".