Arab Television Today

Naomi Sakr

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English

I.B. Tauris
24 October 2007

Radio & television industry

"There is a great deal at stake for everyone in the future of Arab television. Political and social upheavals in this central but unsettled region are increasingly played out on television screens and in the tussles over programming that take place behind them. Al-Jazeera is of course only one player among a still-growing throng of satellite channels, which now include private terrestrial stations in some Arab states. It is an industry urgently needing to be made sense of; this book does exactly this in a very readable and authoritative way, through exploring and explaining the evolving structures and content choices in both entertainment and news of contemporary Arab television. It shows how owners, investors, journalists, presenters, production companies, advertisers, regulators and media freedom advocates influence each other in a geolinguistic marketplace that encompasses the Arab region itself and communities abroad. Probing internal and external interventions in the Arab television landscape, the book offers a timely and compelling sequel to Naomi Sakr's ""Satellite Realms: Transnational Television, Globalization and the Middle East"", which won the Middle Eastern Studies Book Prize in 2003."

By: Naomi Sakr
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9781845115647
ISBN 10: 1845115643
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 24 October 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents: Acknowledgements Note on Sources, Citations and Transliteration 1. Publicity Machine or Complex Industry? 2. Law and Policy on Ownership and Content 3. Conflicting Influences on Arab TV Journalism 4. Women in the Public Eye: Advancement via TV? 5. Facing up to Reality: Entertainment Programming Rationales 6. Calculations behind News, Sport and Talk TV 7. Business Strategies of Leading TV Firms Notes Bibliography Index

Naomi Sakr is a Reader in Communication in the School of Media, Arts and Design at the University of Westminster. She is the author of Middle Eastern Studies Book Prize-winner, 'Satellite Realms': Transnational Television, Globalisation and the Middle East', and she has edited two books, 'Women and Media in the Middle East': Power through Self-Expression and 'Arab Media and Political Renewal': Community, Legitimacy and Public Life. All were published by I B Tauris.

Reviews for Arab Television Today

''One of the book's salient features is that its discussion is grounded in specific country cases. ...this is a must read for anyone interested in the political economy of the Arab television industry....'' -- Arab Media & Society