After BBC Persian radio (broadcasting since 1941), BBC announced last week that it was launching a new TV channel : BBC Persian with a budget of 15 Million pounds (source: Guardian)
the channel will have 140 employees.
This BBC Persian TV comes after BBC's arabic experience, where a TV channel was successfully launched in parallel to the radio service.
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Monday, January 12, 2009
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Euro (Arabic) news
Euronews - the European consortium providing news in 7 languages, will be launching on the 12th of July an Arabic feed!
after France 24, Russia Today, DW, BBC Arabic (and years ago US's Al Hurra), a new news channel will be trying to fill the Arabic airwaves emptiness (?) Ok, I'm being ironic, we have so many news channels to watch here in the region, that I am starting to forget there are other things to watch on TV (except those extra short skirts on Arabic music channels)
But the real question is why one more "foreign" channel providing news to the Arab world. What are the governments backing them gaining ? I can understand BBC's Arabic venture (its a brand name easily recognizable in the region) but Arab viewers have no clue who are DW or Russia Today! and to be honest, they do not seem to care.
To be fair, Euronews' feed is probably the least costly of all its competitors (it'll probably just be rehashing of existing feeds). So it might make sense....
I guess I'll now just have to wait for CNN's Arabic broadcast (they already have the Arabic version of their website), but hey, I just remembered! CNN is private (all the others are Government owned), it just wants to make money....well, after all, maybe we won't be watching Larry King in Arabic anytime soon!!!!!!
after France 24, Russia Today, DW, BBC Arabic (and years ago US's Al Hurra), a new news channel will be trying to fill the Arabic airwaves emptiness (?) Ok, I'm being ironic, we have so many news channels to watch here in the region, that I am starting to forget there are other things to watch on TV (except those extra short skirts on Arabic music channels)
But the real question is why one more "foreign" channel providing news to the Arab world. What are the governments backing them gaining ? I can understand BBC's Arabic venture (its a brand name easily recognizable in the region) but Arab viewers have no clue who are DW or Russia Today! and to be honest, they do not seem to care.
To be fair, Euronews' feed is probably the least costly of all its competitors (it'll probably just be rehashing of existing feeds). So it might make sense....
I guess I'll now just have to wait for CNN's Arabic broadcast (they already have the Arabic version of their website), but hey, I just remembered! CNN is private (all the others are Government owned), it just wants to make money....well, after all, maybe we won't be watching Larry King in Arabic anytime soon!!!!!!
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Opinions on BBC Arabic TV
Included are the opinions of some Arab media experts on BBC Arabic TV
Nadim Jarrah:
http://www.arabmediasociety.org/?article=674
David Chambers' take:
http://www.metimes.com/Opinion/2008/03/10/op-ed_david_chambers_-_bbc_arabic_tv/5221/
My opinion on the issue (in an article by media specialist Habib Battah) :
http://www.menassat.com/?q=en/news-articles/3107-bbc-arabic-tv-faces-bitter-broadcasting-battlefield
NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/world/middleeast/04bbc.html
This was before the launch of the channel....since, well, my company has conducted an analysis of BBC Arabic's newscasts. I obviously can't provide you with the results, but considering that the channel is still in a "test" phase (broadcasting 12hrs per day) results are not bad at all! (more insights in later posts)
Nadim Jarrah:
http://www.arabmediasociety.org/?article=674
David Chambers' take:
http://www.metimes.com/Opinion/2008/03/10/op-ed_david_chambers_-_bbc_arabic_tv/5221/
My opinion on the issue (in an article by media specialist Habib Battah) :
http://www.menassat.com/?q=en/news-articles/3107-bbc-arabic-tv-faces-bitter-broadcasting-battlefield
NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/world/middleeast/04bbc.html
This was before the launch of the channel....since, well, my company has conducted an analysis of BBC Arabic's newscasts. I obviously can't provide you with the results, but considering that the channel is still in a "test" phase (broadcasting 12hrs per day) results are not bad at all! (more insights in later posts)
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