Al Jazeera to team with Apple
November 19th, 2006 by Justin
Al-Jazeera shook up established media in the Middle East, and it is guaranteed to do the same as its English version launches in the West. It is in fact launching the first English language news channel to be based in the Middle East. This is old news, though. What’s new is that to accomplish this Western culture and media shake-up, it’ll be using tools designed by the favorite’s of Web 2.0 sites like Digg.com: Apple.
In a press release earlier today, Al-Jazeera stated that
Catering to a wide range of media requirements, the Apple-based technology project is set to deliver a total solution ranging from editing to storage needs. With a reputation for using cutting-edge technology, Al Jazeera plans to use the latest from Apple’s portfolio of solutions to revolutionize the functioning of the TV station’s video network.
Al Jazeera chose cutting edge technology which includes 41 MacBook Pro and Final Cut Studio for journalists, a 70 TB Apple storage solution using 10 Apple Xserve 7 TB XRAID and 14 Apple Xsan Software Licenses, plus 12 PowerMac G5 Quad, 2 PowerMac G5 Dual Core and 19 Apple Cinema HD Display 23′ for editing and design.
They’ve moved west, but had the gumption to move away from the behemoth that is Microsoft, apparently. A wise choice.
