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by Ahmad Al Maaz
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Last year was a challenging one for the broadcasting indust
try in the Middle East, especially for those based in troubled
areas. Growth, however, seemed to be immune and continut
ued to rise rapidly. In an attempt to support this growth and
accurately evaluate our performance during 2007, MEB
conducted a comprehensive survey that involved senior executives, directors,
technical and artistic experts, as well as academic professionals, thus acquiring
an accurate pulse of our industry.
In response to your feedback, the MEB Association will collaborate
with major regional and international institutions in order to launch a number
of strategic projects – such as our regional HD mobile
training facility – aimed to train professionals, facut
ulty members, and students. Please read more about
this project on page 24. In addition, we will feature a
special section for the new MEB Institute, starting
on page 39.
As for the MEB Journal, independent statistics
confirm that our website received a total of around
2 million hits last year. About 50 thousand unique
visitors navigated close to half a million of our pages.
25 thousand of our visitors chose our site as a favorite,
and the MEB Association added another five hundred
member companies to its 4000-plus membership.
In reaction to this healthy e-demand, we will redirect many of our resources
to furnish our online location with a new and improved, easy to navigate
website – in both English and Arabic. If you wish to continue receiving the
hardcopy of the Journal, available also in Arabic, please complete and mail
the MEB Association membership form provided on page 48 or visit our webst
site www.mebassociation.com
While many of you value our reporting style, some have requested that
we include more educational articles. As we promised, we will fine-tune our
MEB Journal to satisfy your needs. This year, we will introduce the term
“edu-journalism” in our Journal. All future MEB articles will satisfy educat
tional and journalistic dimensions. Furthermore, all future technical articles
will be simplified, while maximizing their technical value. Additional support
will be established online and will involve different manufacturers to respond
to our membership requests and/or questions.
I would like to emphasize again that your suggestions and feedback had a
profound effect on the direction of our association and journal. We would like
thank all those who took the time to participate in our on-going development
process. MEB sincerely wishes each and every one a successful year ahead.
As usual, you can reach us at
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