BBC Arabic Television
On 21 April 1996, after 2 years on air, Orbit Communications Corporation, owned by Khalid bin Abdullah pulled the plug on BBC Arabic Television after the BBC broadcast an episode of Panorama that was critical of the Saudi Arabian government. Many of the staff who worked for the original BBC Arabic Television service went on to work for Al-Jazeera television.
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