American viewership of Al-Jazeera English rose drastically during the Israel-Hamas war, partly because the channel had what other networks didn't: reporters inside Gaza.
The station streamed video of Israel's offensive against Hamas on the Internet and took advantage of online media such as the microblogging Web site Twitter to provide real-time updates.
During the 22-day conflict that ended last weekend, the station's Web video stream saw a 600 percent jump in worldwide viewership - and about 60 percent of those hits came from the U.S., according to the station's internal numbers.
Traffic to Al-Jazeera's main Web page spiked once Israeli airstrikes began Dec. 27, according to Amazon.com's Alexa Web tracking site.
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