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There is about 8 news channels out there trying to get on cable provides and tv services. It seems like they are all gunning for the big three cable news outlets of CNN, MSNBC and Fox News. I find it very interesting that it is all happening at the same time. Here is the list of fledgling networks.

1. BBC World News which has been around a few years already and is slowly getting on different cable outlets. It is basically International News from the folks at BBC with some English News added in. It is more of a competitor to CNN International.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world_radio_and_tv/

2. Russia Today which has been around a little while with its American English based channel. But now it got a real coup by landing Larry King's latest program. It has a some beautiful women anchoring.
http://rt.com/

3. One America News starting July 4th. It is a joint venture from Herring Broadcast and The Washington Times. It will house a show with Emily Miller. It's aim is to give Fox News competition.
http://www.oneamericanews.com/

4. Axs TV and Huffington Post Live. The left leaning website launched a online channel and it was around several months when it abruptly was put on Mark Cuban's AXS TV for about 6 hours a day.
http://live.huffingtonpost.com/
http://www.axs.tv/

5. The Blaze TV. Conservative host Glenn Beck created his own company Mercury One and it lead to him launching a online web channel The Blaze Tv. He recently added Laurie Dhue, Uses Dana Loesch sometimes and has a show with S.E. Cupp. It is now trying to get on cable outlets to compete with the three main cable news channels. Already is on cablevision and Dish Network.
http://www.theblaze.com/news/gbtv/
http://www.theblaze.com/

6. Al Jazeera America and its sister Al Jazeera English version. Basically Al Jazeera English was around for years, but having a hard time getting on outlets. Well Al Gore sold his channel Current to them and now they are creating a second network Al Jazeera America. It is taking away people from other channels.
http://america.aljazeera.com/
http://www.aljazeera.com/

7. Jag TV. Some woman who used to work with Fox News and dabbled in republican and libertarian politics is now aiming to create a libertarian network. The claim is that it will debut this fall.
http://www.jagtv.com/#!about/c1mi2

8. Last but not least, we have a joint venture from Univision and ABC News called Fusion being created. It already took Alicia Menendez away from Huffington Post Live. It will be in English.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2 ... -new-logo/
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2 ... i-florida/

So there you have it. 8 outlets battling for space. Should be fun to see how it all pans out.

P.S. There is also Weather Nation which Denver's KUSA added as a digital sub channel out there that is online to view as well that is a new weather outlet.
http://www.weathernationtv.com/LocalWeather

Plus we have the sports channel FS1 replacing Speed Channel to compete with NBC Sports network, CBS Sports network, ESPN and its channels and the other channels like NFL Network and MLB Network.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Sports_1
http://msn.foxsports.com/

Personally, maybe would check out the first, BBC, 2 and 6 no, and the rest are probably divided between ones who think MSNBC isn't left enough and certainly one who think Fox isn't right enough..if thats even possible..

I'd go with BBC too. I've watched it in hotels and it's a good solid news channel. I think Al Jazeera America might bring an interesting perspective to the news. Of course neither are suitable for babe watching but there are plenty of existing channels for that.

Lets see...BBC and RT...already are on...at least Direct anyway...not sure about time warner, comcast and dish.[did I miss any other providers? yeah probably but those 5 are big movers and shakers.
Lets see. One America News looks interesting. unless I missed something fast skimming through that article it doesn't have any outlets yet on the big 5 movers and shakers yet?]
I have Axs but haven't seen the huffpo live.
Blaze...it'll probably take it a while but it'll get on all of them eventually. I'm surprised it's not on either Comcast/TWC or Direct already frankly. Especially surprised by it not being on Direct since it's on Dish...which is Direct's main competitor. Not saying the cable networks aren't competitors for market...just that the way those two constantly butt heads.

No. 6 is covered in the previous one.

Jag? looks like less of news channel and more of a 'lifestyle' channel with some news interspersed from the article.

Fusion is probably being created to compete with Fox Latino or whatever it's called. Wait..I thought it was Univision that was partnered with Fox for the Fox Latino?

Al Jazeera needs to be on cable and satellite - no one has the coverage they have in the Muslim world. Anytime anything of interest is happening in that part of the world they lap the field; we don't need more of the same.

Not totally sure on what Jag Tv wants. But Gary Johnson will have a show and so who knows how it will go and when it will debut. The One America News channel won't say where it will be viewable at when it starts. Al Jazeera America will start in August three weeks after One America News. I am not sure about when Fusion begins, but being that it will be in all English then that should draw some more none Hispanic viewers. So we shall see how it goes with all these outlets.

I have Time Warner and they are walking a tightrope on these outlets. They canned AXS long before the channel added HuffPo, but you can view them online for free. Time Warner then added BBC World News, but canned Current upon its sale. They are reluctant to add The Blaze so some people say online. Well they may choose One America News over The Blaze, but who knows. And that is why The Blaze has a service you can pay online for to see the channel. It began online anyways as Glenn Beck was taking his time to build it before trying to get on cable outlets. But now he is trying to speed the processes up.

Al Jazeera claims it is talking again with Time Warner, but TWC has some issue with them because they refused to take Al Jazeera English before. So the question becomes will TWC be able to take all or most of these fledgeling channels or not. I am under the impression that nobody outside of Directv and Dish gets Russia Today. But with that in mind, the site started streaming the channel. Same thing with the English version of France 24. So I am hoping One America News and Al Jazeera America stream their channels if the big cable outlets do not put it on yet at the start.

As for Fusion it is a venture between ABC News and Univision. Fox has a Spanish channel that is only on some markets with a large Latino presence called Mundo Fox. It is more like Univision as it runs shows and programs. It does do some news as well.