Private Television in the Arab World : Current Trends and Future Prospects

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As Arab consider the advantages of privatizing public industries throughout the Arab world along with globalization, this article addresses the advantages and hindrances of privatizing television in the Arab context, the overlapping conflict of interest between governmental elites who are the providers of capital for private television , and the cultural conservatism inherent in Arab society.

Making private television profitable is thus fraught with challenges.