Listening Post - Ramadan TV - 03 Oct 08 - Part 2
- 12 years ago
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.
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.