A new Arab-language satellite TV station shut down just hours after it began to broadcast from Bahrain after interviewing a Bahraini Shia opposition politician. Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal created the station to compete with Qatar-based Al Jazeera and Saudi owned Al-Arabiya.  The station claims that it went off the air for “administrative and technical purposes,” but that explanation doesn't hold up. Bloomberg: The satellite station is working with Bahrain authorities “to swiftly resolve the matter, which is expected to see broadcasting resume shortly,” the country’s Information Affairs Authority said in an e-mailed statement today. Akhbar Al-Khaleej newspaper reported, without saying where it got the information, that programming was halted after the channel failed to adhere to “norms prevailing in the Gulf states,” including “neutral media attitudes.” Alarab is the latest Arabic-language news channel to...(Read Full Post)