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Arab Television Industries

London: Palgrave Macmillan;British Film Institute (bfi) (2009), 193 pp.

Contains illustrations, tables, chronology pp. 153-156, web directory pp. 160-161, bibliogr. pp. 164-184, index

Series: International Screen Industries

ISBN 978-1-84457-302-8 (pbk); 978-1-8445-7576-3 (pdf)

Signature commbox: 300A:40-General 2009

Introduction, 1
1 A Short History of Arab Television, 9
2 Pan-Arab Entertainment Channels, 33
3 Niche Channels and Socio-cultural Change: Youth, Women and Religion, 55
4 Pan-Arab News Channels, 77
5 Ramadan: Drama, Comedy and Religious Shows in the Arab Sweeps, 99
6 Television Policy and Regulation in the Arab World, 123
Conclusion, 146