Al Jazeera Documentary Channel

Al Jazeera Documentary Channel (Arabic: الجزيرة الوثائقية) is a pan-Arab satellite Arabic language film and documentary channel and a branch of the Al Jazeera Media Network based in Doha, Qatar.

Not to be confused with other TV channels named Documentary Channel.

Al Jazeera Documentary Channel
CountryQatar
Broadcast areaArab World
Europe
USA
HeadquartersQatar Radio and Television Complex, Doha
Programming
Language(s)Arabic
Ownership
ParentAl Jazeera Media Network
Sister channelsAl Jazeera Arabic
Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera Mubasher
Al Jazeera Balkans
History
Launched1 January 2007 (2007-01-01)
Links
WebsiteAl Jazeera Documentary Channel
Availability
Terrestrial
Where availableSee Below
Streaming media
Al Jazeera DocumentaryLive Stream (Arab Ip addresses only)

It was launched at 12:00 GMT on 1 January 2007. It aims to provide viewers with high quality documentary films. These films cover topics including historical, scientific, political, artistic, and travel issues.

The channel produces 15% of its broadcast material in-house, while obtaining the rest from Arab and global producers. It also produces documentaries for flagship Al Jazeera and participates in commissioning and producing documentaries for other Al Jazeera channels like Al Jazeera English under the Al Jazeera World documentary branch. The channel is housed in a separate building on the Al Jazeera Media Network block of Qatar Radio and Television Corporation complex in Wadi Al Sail West within Doha, Qatar.

As the Al Jazeera Documentary Channel is broadcast in the Arab language, it primarily produces content for Arab viewers. The channel is said to focus on five areas: Informatics, Awareness,health, Technical and Interestingness.

Informatics: To provide new information to viewers in the areas under discussion in the movies.

Technical: The drafting of technical and quality required in the global offering of movies to respect the visual and aesthetic taste of the viewer, and also to respect the technical standards of the nature of this kind of art documentary.

Interestingness: Raising the level of product supply in case a movie follow-up is produced for each of the documentaries.

The Manager of Al Jazeera Documentary Channel is Ahmed Mahfouz.

Programming

Al Jazeera Documentary Channel concentrates on presenting documentaries from the following five fields:[1]

  • History / Archaeology
  • News / Current Affairs / Politics
  • Discovery / Exploration / Ethnology
  • Science / Technology
  • Health / Wellness

Frequencies
Satellite Nilesat
7.0°W		 Hotbird
13°E		 Badr 4 Arabsat
26.0°E
Frequency
 12360 MHz 12111 MHz 12034 MHz
Polarization
 Horizontal Vertical Horizontal
Symbol Rate
 27500 27500 27500
Fec
¾ ¾ ¾

See also

References
  1. "Al Jazeera English – Documentary – Genres". Archived from the original on 19 February 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2007.
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