TY - BOOK AU - Sakr,Naomi TI - Arab television today SN - 9781845115647 (pbk.) AV - PN 4784 S158a 2007 U1 - 384.55 PY - 2007/// CY - London, New York PB - I.B. Tauris KW - Television broadcasting KW - Arab countries KW - Television broadcasting of news KW - Television programs KW - Plots, themes, etc KW - Television broadcasting policy KW - Televisión KW - Países árabes N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-248) and index; -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Sources, Citations and Transliteration -- 1. Publicity Machine or Complex Industry? -- 2. Law and Policy on Ownership and Content -- 3. Conflicting Influences on Arab TV Journalism -- 4. Women in the Public Eye: Advancement via TV? -- 5. Facing up to Reality: Entertainment Programming Rationales -- 6. Calculations behind News, Sport and Talk TV -- 7. Business Strategies of Leading TV Firms -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index UR - http://books.google.com/books?id=Ype4AAAAIAAJ ER -