Listening Post - Ramadan TV - 03 Oct 08 - Part 2
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we explore the biggest event on the Middle East's media calendar: 'Ramadan TV,' the battle for the hearts and minds of Islamic viewers and the big business that it brings.As the Muslim world bids farewell to another month of fasting and worship, they also say goodbye to the vibrant, eclectic and often controversial programming that is, the Ramadan TV season. The Listening Post's Salah Khadr examines how the steady growth in viewers and ad revenue have led to charges of commercialism and left some viewers extremely unhappy.In this week's Newsbytes: The Egyptian editor imprisoned for suggesting that President Hosni Mubarak was not well; the continuing media war in the Palestinian territories and the rogue images from Iraq; Italy and the outlawing of web blogs and the tiny US newspaper that takes a stand the rest of the US media could learn a lesson from.Finally, for our Video of the Week, we are Stayin' Alive with a helping pair of hands from Gerry Phillips, the world wide web's very own 'Manualist.' With no instruments in sight, check out why this musical pioneer has hundreds of thousands of viewers putting their hands together to applaud him.
Canal: News & Politics
Añadido: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Autor: AlJazeeraEnglish
Duración: 09:29
Puntuación: 5.00
Reproducciones: 1605
Etiquetas: blogs Egypt Gerry Gizbert Italy Khadr Listening newspapers Palestinian Phillips Post Ramadan Richard Salah television TV
Comentarios
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bunk90 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
watch?v=W6rSjrBhUIA
Longlivepalestine (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
5:50 - excellent point.
bluenosedive (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Get used to it ... there are coporations in the Middle East too.. and everyone knows money talks volumes!!!
Slidje (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
you need to start posting links to the youtube videos you feature
jklasdfjdfksl (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
how can that guy say that the commercialization is justified because it give people something to talk about and brings the family together. does he think that families never talked to each other before they got soap operas? this is just changing what they talk about and changing focus. if anything, this has the potential to destroy the conversation in the family; the unique family unit concerns are replaced with uniform topics which are disconnected from the family's unique needs.
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