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Hi what you can do is watch al jazeera on www.livestation. com.works for me.

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I believe AJ blocks US IP addresses from streaming since they recently(?) made a deal to get in to some cable networks in the US, but I could be wrong.

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I believe AJ blocks US IP addresses from streaming since they recently(?) made a deal to get in to some cable networks in the US, but I could be wrong.

Confirmed. In a U.S. zip code, they are available on 4DTV, Dish, Direct TV, Comcast and Verizon.

I can access the live streams from Frankfurt (Velorum) but not from Virginia (Andromedae).

Tried w/o tunnel using Verizon and also got redirected to http://america.aljazeera.com/

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Bump.

AlJazeera's live stream is still geoblocked on all US servers. Is there any way to get around this without using a server in Canada or beyond?

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Here is an alternative channel if you want Middle East news in English. http://www.presstv.ir/live.htm


The actual satellite/cable transmission is banned in the EU


Guaranteed more radical than Al-Jazeera which is really just an Emirates version of CNN. PressTV is the real deal when it comes to alternative news.


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The flash live stream is hosted on brightcove.com, not on aljazeera's domain. I believe routing brightcove through a server outside the US is needed to enable the live stream to work.

 

Source:

In Firefox > Go to http://www.aljazeera.com/watch_now/ > Right-click page, View Page Info > Media tab

 

http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?&width=680&height=383&flashID=myExperience883816736001&bgcolor=%23FFFFFF&playerID=751182905001&playerKey=AQ~~%2CAAAAmtVJIFk~%2CTVGOQ5ZTwJYW4Aj2VxnKEXntSbmcf9ZQ&isVid=true&isUI=true&dynamicStreaming=true&wmode=transparent&autoStart=true&%40videoPlayer=883816736001&ConvivaConfig.events=%20%3CConvivaEventsMap%3E%20%3Cevent%20name%3D%22mediaPlay%22%20module%3D%22videoPlayer%22%20eventType%3D%22mediaPlay%22%3E%20%3C%2Fevent%3E%20%3Cevent%20name%3D%22mediaError%22%20module%3D%22videoPlayer%22%20eventType%3D%22mediaError%22%3E%20%3Cattr%20key%3D%22errorCode%22%20type%3D%22eventField%22%20value%3D%22code%22%2F%3E%20%3C%2Fevent%3E%20%3C%2FConvivaEventsMap%3E%20&localizedErrorXML=http%3A%2F%2Fwebapps.aljazeera.net%2Fbrightcove%2Fplayer%2Fbc-georestrict-msgs.xml&debuggerID=&startTime=1398486780192

 

Loading the link directly shows it redirects to

 

http://admin.brightcove.com/viewer/us20140416.1645/BrightcoveBootloader.swf?playerID=751182905001&playerKey=AQ~~%2CAAAAmtVJIFk~%2CTVGOQ5ZTwJYW4Aj2VxnKEXntSbmcf9ZQ&purl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aljazeera.com%2Fwatch_now%2F&%40videoPlayer=883816736001&ConvivaConfig.events=+%3CConvivaEventsMap%3E+%3Cevent+name%3D%22mediaPlay%22+module%3D%22videoPlayer%22+eventType%3D%22mediaPlay%22%3E+%3C%2Fevent%3E+%3Cevent+name%3D%22mediaError%22+module%3D%22videoPlayer%22+eventType%3D%22mediaError%22%3E+%3Cattr+key%3D%22errorCode%22+type%3D%22eventField%22+value%3D%22code%22%2F%3E+%3C%2Fevent%3E+%3C%2FConvivaEventsMap%3E+&autoStart=true&bgcolor=%23FFFFFF&debuggerID=&dynamicStreaming=true&flashID=myExperience883816736001&height=383&isUI=true&isVid=true&localizedErrorXML=http%3A%2F%2Fwebapps.aljazeera.net%2Fbrightcove%2Fplayer%2Fbc-georestrict-msgs.xml&startTime=1398486780192&width=680&wmode=transparent 

and the live stream flash loads and works independently of aljazeera.com if connected to a server outside the US.

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