Anyone seeking the most thorough, in-depth coverage of the uprising in Egypt can tune into Al Jazeera English.
But American TV addicts, unlike their friends in Canada, will have to wait until one of the U.S. cable-company-approved networks broadcasts footage from Al Jazeera English, which the company makes regularly available. What they can't do yet is watch the network directly.
Other than in a few places across the US - including Ohio, Vermont and Washington - cable carriers do not give viewers the choice of watching Al Jazeera.
So, ironically enough, US big business sides with Mubarak as American diplomats criticize the Egyptian government for blocking internet communication inside the country and as Egypt tries to stop Al Jazeera from broadcasting.
The result of the Al Jazeera English blackout in the United States has been a surge in traffic to the media outlet's website, where footage can be seen streaming live. The last 24 hours have seen a two-and-a-half thousand percent increase in web traffic, Tony Burman, head of North American strategies for Al Jazeera English, told HuffPost. Sixty percent of that traffic, he said, has come from the United States.
The result of the Al Jazeera English blackout in the United States has been a surge in traffic to the media outlet's website, where footage can be seen streaming live. The last 24 hours have seen a two-and-a-half thousand percent increase in web traffic, Tony Burman, head of North American strategies for Al Jazeera English, told HuffPost. Sixty percent of that traffic, he said, has come from the United States.
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