Al Jazeera Mubasher Al-‘Amma Al Jazeera Mubasher Al-‘Amma Al Jazeera Mubasher Al-‘Amma, (AJMG; ) is a television channel launched by Al Jazeera Media Network originally on April 15, 2005. It is an all-Arabic channel based in Doha, Qatar that broadcasts conferences and other events live without editing or commentary, using subtitles when translation is needed. The channel is also sometimes referred to as Al Jazeera Live, as "Mubasher" is an Arabic word for "Live" (as in live broadcast) and "Al-‘Amma" is Arabic for "General". The channel was formerly called just Al Jazeera Mubasher. Al Jazeera Mubasher Al-‘Amma is the first channel of its kind
Al Jazeera The network remained dependent on government support in 2002, with a budget of $40 million and ad revenues of about $8 million. It also took in fees for sharing its news feed with other networks. It had an estimated 45 million viewers around the world. Al Jazeera soon had to contend with a new rival, Al Arabiya, an offshoot of the Middle East Broadcasting Center, which was set up in nearby Dubai with Saudi financial backing. Before and during the United States-led invasion of Iraq, where Al Jazeera had a presence since 1997, the network's facilities and footage were again