Chapter 1 Introduction: A Return to the National Perspective

Chapter 2 Broadcasting Transitions in the United Arab Emirates

Chapter 3 Television Reform in Saudi Arabia: The Challenges of Transnationalization and Digitization

Chapter 4 The Other Face of Qatari TV Broadcasting

Chapter 6 The Lebanese Broadcasting System: A Battle between Political Parallelism, Commercialization and De-facto Liberalism

Chapter 7 Syrian Television Drama: A National Industry in a Pan-Arab Mediascape

Chapter 8 ‘We Cannot Let it Loose’: Geopolitics, Security and Reform in Jordanian Broadcasting

Chapter 9 Tunisian Media under the Authoritarian Structure of Ben Ali’s Regime and After

Chapter 10 Liberalization of the Moroccan Broadcasting Sector: Breakthroughs and Limitations

Chapter 11 Libyan Broadcasting under al-Qadhafi: The Politics of Pseudo-Liberalization

Chapter 12 Algerian Public Authorities in the Face of Transnational Media Competition: Between Status Quo and Deregulation

Chapter 13 Towards a Supranational Analysis of Arab Media: The Role of Cities

Chapter 14 Conclusion