The move will bring the Arab news network into the homes of forty million more Americans.
They currently only reach less than five million.
Qatar's government owns Al Jazeera and plans to double or triple the size of Current TV, as well as rename it to Al Jazeera America.
It still won't be an easy move, as Time Warner Cable Inc has announced that it is immediately dropping Current TV, as the country's second largest cable provider does not want to work with Al Jazeera.
Current TV had been Al Gore's failed attempt to bring an admittedly left wing channel, into the US.
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