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			<title>Abu Dhabi activates content production</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A new TV and broadcast show will be hosted in Abu Dhabi next month. Many industry figures have been calling us to find out what it’s all about.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar shows the way</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In this month's issue of Sound & Stage Middle East we showcase the multitude of AV systems integration projects that are putting Qatar on the map not only in the region, but internationally.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Web TV: Now or never</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Why the region's broadcasters must not play catch-up in the online video market or risk missing out.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>And the winners are?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It's that time of year again: your chance to nominate contenders for the 2009 Arabian Business Awards.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 13:03:37 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Jobs abound in media shake-up</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Vijaya Cherian on the massive shake-up within the Middle East broadcast industry in the last six months.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Mark your diaries</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The passing of IBC marks the end of this year’s major international broadcast shows and the beginning of a run of events in the Middle East that will culminate with CABSAT 2010.]]></description>
			<category>Media &amp; Marketing | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Papering over the cracks</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In researching this month's State of Play feature, which details the key issues threatening Dubai's position as the region's premier destination for international live entertainment events, your humble editor uncovered a deep sense of malcontent lurking beneath the seemingly sunny facade of the emirate's live events production industry.]]></description>
			<category>Media &amp; Marketing | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 6 Oct 2009 12:54:36 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Brand Dubai: The new challenge</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Branding expert Keith Wells on what the city needs to do to recapture its reputation for success.]]></description>
			<category>Media &amp; Marketing | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 1 Oct 2009 06:55:12 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Ratings rise is no myth </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[John Parnell explores the claim that people watch more television during a downturn.]]></description>
			<category>Media &amp; Marketing | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Middle East investments on the rise</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It’s not everyday that a lady gets to visit Saudi Arabia — alone. Besides the thrill of having to don an abaya as per Saudi custom, stepping into Saudi Arabia’s Radio and TV facilities was a wish come true for Digital Studio.]]></description>
			<category>Media &amp; Marketing | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Light at the end of the tunnel</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The coming winter season is shaping up as a watershed period for the large-scale live events production industry in the Gulf region.]]></description>
			<category>Media &amp; Marketing | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>The value of daily news</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Charging for news might just be the way to ensure its long-term future, says Damian Reilly.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 3 Sep 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Dubai has the X-Factor</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Battered but not beaten, Dubai is fighting back with a marketing offensive that includes bringing the X-Factor to town.]]></description>
			<category>Media &amp; Marketing | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:03:24 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Forget Twitter</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Why Middle East PR consultants must learn to walk before they can run, says Andrew Mackay.]]></description>
			<category>Media &amp; Marketing | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:46:25 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Bright lights, big future</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[While the global economic downturn continues to impact markets across the Middle East, the professional AV install sector - particularly in the major hubs of Abu Dhabi and Dubai - continues to maintain steady growth, largely thanks to continued infrastructure investments in both emirates.]]></description>
			<category>Media &amp; Marketing | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 6 Aug 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Generation HD</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[If all goes according to plan, football fans in the UAE may be able to watch the English Premier League in HD from August 2010. The infrastructure is in place and the key players have been linked by optical fibre to make HD transmission possible. Even du, Etisalat’s competitor will begin the commercial rollout of HDTV services in August.]]></description>
			<category>Media &amp; Marketing | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 4 Aug 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Rod Liddle thinks I'm evil</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/563681-rod-liddle-thinks-im-evil</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Are expatriates living in Dubai really bad people? Rod Liddle thinks so.]]></description>
			<category>Media &amp; Marketing | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 3 Aug 2009 08:47:53 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>A sporting chance</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[One of the key issues that will be discussed during next month’s IBC conference sessions is the future of sports broadcasting.]]></description>
			<category>Media &amp; Marketing | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 3 Aug 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Paris in Dubai</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Rumour has it that US president Barack Obama gave a speech in the Middle East fairly recently, outlining a new, clear message to the region, signalling a sea change in America’s dealings with this part of the world. Like, whatever.]]></description>
			<category>Media &amp; Marketing | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Come together, right now</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[With calls for an industry mandate on live event safety regulations in the GCC growing louder by the month, industry stakeholders have an unprecedented opportunity to play a key role in their development and head-off the overbearing involvement of third-party (read government) entities.]]></description>
			<category>Media &amp; Marketing | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 9 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Arabic content is the need of the hour</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/561276-arabic-content-is-the-need-of-the-hour</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Middle East prides itself on being a region that has adopted the latest standards and formats in the production and broadcast world. Take a look at Saudi TV, twofour54, Abu Dhabi Media Company, Dubai Media Inc, Al Jazeera Network (even its children’s channel) or even, Oman TV, which recently issued a tender to build a massive HD broadcast station.]]></description>
			<category>Media &amp; Marketing | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 9 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Mergers make sense</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/561107-mergers-make-sense</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The denial that followed the latest rumour of pay TV consolidation last month was not a surprise. It is hard to understand why three pay TV operators in a small market suffering from rampant piracy would continue to operate from three separate broadcast facilities and compete with each other for the same content rights.]]></description>
			<category>Media &amp; Marketing | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 6 Jul 2009 11:50:02 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>What's left to say about Michael Jackson?</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/560554-whats-left-to-say-about-michael-jackson</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Can we separate the music from the man who made it, asks Damian Reilly.]]></description>
			<category>Media &amp; Marketing | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:39:05 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Blame the parents</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/558360-blame-the-parents</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Towards the end of last month, the population of Baghdad woke to find all the city’s billboards proclaiming the launch of a DVB-H mobile TV service.]]></description>
			<category>Media &amp; Marketing | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>The riskiest business of all</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The media furore following Akon’s latest performance in Dubai belies the cultural sensitivities that must be considered by Western-style event promoters operating in the GCC region.]]></description>
			<category>Media &amp; Marketing | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 8 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Engaging content is the need of the hour</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[More people are sitting in front of the television these days and I can't imagine it's because there's any more exciting content on telly now than there was five months ago.]]></description>
			<category>Media &amp; Marketing | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 4 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Give up suicide pact enriching Google</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Google has grown into a worldwide giant while newspapers have had their guts hollowed out, says Ann Worker.]]></description>
			<category>Media &amp; Marketing | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Sound bytes</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Steve Lampen demystifies digital audio for those who hate number crunching.]]></description>
			<category>Media &amp; Marketing | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>HD screens? Not for me</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A friend recently shelled out US $3000 for a full HD, 47” TV monitor. On the way home from the store, she called to say she would finally be rid of the CRT monitor that was an “eye sore” and an “embarrassment when friends came home”.]]></description>
			<category>Media &amp; Marketing | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>NAB: No disaster</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[NAB attendance may have slipped compared to last year but visitor numbers alone do not provide an accurate, quantative measure of the success of a trade show.]]></description>
			<category>Media &amp; Marketing | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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