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MEB Journal
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FROM SCRIPT TO SCREEN: A cryptic journey
 On the surface, the Arab television market may be one of the fastest growing in the world, boasting new channel openings on a near weekly basis with the rise of no less than 200 stations over the last decade.
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Shooting Beirut
On July 12, Independent Productions was set to start a new ad campaign, contracted by Grey Worldwide’s Moscow office for Pantene shampoo. It was the first time a major campaign for Russia’s growing market would be filmed in Lebanon, using Lebanese talent. But that night the bombs started falling.
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Testing the waves
Despite Egypt’s reputation as a regional leader in radio programming, the past few years have made it clear that the country lags far behind its neighbors when it comes to adapting the sector to global trends.
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The man behind the million-dollar question
Sitting on his veranda overlooking the Mediterranean while reading a book on the glory days of Arab civilization, Kamal Nakhle takes careful notes, writing down any important fact he might have come across for the first time, despite having written thousands of questions about Arab history and civilization.
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Media Watch July
AMENDED. Egypt’s media laws. A last-minute change removed a draft law that would make it a jailable offense to accuse government officials of corruption in the media; nonetheless, Egyptian journalists still can face jail time for insulting the president or foreign heads of state.
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 | Spielberg backs new Jordan film school
The University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, together with Jordan’s Royal Film Commission, will open a graduate school offering a 3-year MFA in filmmaking. The Red Sea Institute of Cinematic Arts will accept students from around the region,
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 | Al Aan TV aims to offer ‘infotainment’
Launching into the already-crowded free-to-air satellite market, a new channel, Al Aan (Arabic for “now”) claims it can create its own niche. Based on an ‘infotainment’ concept which it says “fills the gap between 24-hour news stations and entertainment channels,
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 | MBC hires Morgan Stanley, mulls IPO
The Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC), one of the largest broadcasting groups in the region, has hired Morgan Stanley to explore the possibilities of launching an initial public offering.
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 | Al Jazeera to get unrivaled access to Zimbabwe
Al Jazeera International will be the first global broadcaster to have a permanent presence in Zimbabwe in over five years. The Harare bureau, headed by veteran journalist Farai Sevenzo, is one of many that the news channel, due to start broadcasting in November, has opened across the continent.
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 | Saudi TV ratings to be ready by 2007
A Dutch consulting firm has achieved a “sturdy consensus” among advertisers, media buying agencies, and broadcasters on developing a people meter-based rating system in Saudi Arabia by next year. The project, code-named Project Illumination,
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 | IBC witnesses sustained Middle East growth
This year’s International Broadcasting Convention in Amsterdam once again saw an increase in attendance, up by 2,000 on last year to 44,808 visitors. And despite the war in Lebanon, Middle East attendance was no exception, with visitor numbers from the region ticking up from 2.4 to 2.5 percent of the total.
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