Al Jazeera Live is a new channel that Al Jazeera launched which began airing on April 15, 2005. It is an all-Arabic channel that broadcasts conferences live without editing or commentary; it uses subtitles when translation is needed. It is the first of its kind in the Arab world and is similar to the US-channel C-SPAN. [1]. Al Jazeera logo Al Jazeera (الجزيرة), meaning The Island or The (Arabian) Peninsula (whence also Algiers) is an Arabic television channel based in Qatar. ... C-SPAN (the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network) was the first United States cable television network dedicated to 24-hour coverage of government and public affairs. ...