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BBC World has been dropped by Israel’s satellite provider Yes TV in favour of the newly launched al-Jazeera English.It is the first major distribution blow the corporation’s international news channel has suffered since al-Jazeera’s English-language service began broadcasting last month.Although BBC World will still be available in Israel via cable, it will lose around 50% of its audience in the country as a result of being dropped by Yes.Al-Jazeera English signed the carriage deal with Yes last month, but the damaging consequences for BBC World have only just emerged.One BBC executive said: “We are disappointed but hopefully they will come back to the negotiations.”The deal with Yes takes al-Jazeera English’s global reach to around 80m households.
