Arab television goes commercial: A Case Study of the Middle East Broadcasting Centre

Gazette

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 473-494

  Ayish, Muhammad I ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

broadcast monopoly; commercialization; Egyptian Space Channel; Middle East Broadcasting Centre; private broadcasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958148231     PISSN: 00165492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016549297059006004     Document Type: Article

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