Sydney, Australia – Al Jazeera English, the multi-award winning news and current affairs channel, has announced its launch on Australia’s leading Pay-TV platform, Foxtel, with the channel now available to Foxtel viewers.

Al Jazeera English’s launch on Foxtel will enable the channel to reach an additional 1.6 million Australian households, taking its total reach across the country to over 2.3 million households. Globally, Al Jazeera English is available in over 260 million households across 130 different countries.

Also, Al Jazeera has over sixty bureaus across all the continents of the world, giving it wide-ranging global newsgathering reach. The channel’s weekly current affairs programme, 101 East, has been recognised for tackling issues that impact on everyday life in Australia and across Asia with in-depth reports, interviews and debates.