Neutered Arab satellites jam Qatar's Al Jazeera & Lebanon's NewTV ...

"... Al Jazeera, whose coverage of the political unrest in the Middle East and North Africa is widely watched in the Arab world, reported the jamming on its website where it offered alternative frequencies on the Arabsat, Nilesat and Hot Bird satellites. Al Jazeera has closely followed events in Libya, Bahrain and Yemen, contacting protesters and government backers by telephone and often using footage of events sent via the Internet... " NewTV (Al Jadeed) was also jammed in the Gulf because of its 'close association' with the Qataris & because it relies heavily on Al Jazeera' footage ...