TBS 9 goes online under the shadow of an imminent second war between an American-led alliance and Iraq. How extraordinary have been the developments in transnational satellite broadcasting in the 11 or 12 years (depending whether you date the Gulf War, as the Kuwaitis do, from the Iraqi invasion in …

If one believed that the region was drifting to polarization, which TBS is in no way suggesting, then the simultaneous entry of Al-Majd 2 and Khalifa TV would make a good argument for such a case. Names are deceiving. Khalifa TV does not take theirs from any aspiration to revive …

Papers from the Cambridge conference.    Nineteen Mass Communication scholars and leading Arab professional broadcasters gathered for three days in Cambridge, UK, to consider the issue of "Furthering Integration and Enhancing Fragmentation in the Arab World." The conference was sponsored by the Center of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (CMEIS) …

      Samir Abdulhadi took over as Orbit's CEO in Rome on the first day of 2002. In September 2002, TBS asked him about himself, about Orbit's plans to move some of its staff to Bahrain, and the channel's plans for the future.       Also in this …

Alternately provocative and entertaining, Cramer asked the question "Did our world really change after September 11?" The following is a transcript of his address.     "All of us need to change the way we think. If we don't we are going to die—and none of our audiences are going …

"This Won't Be Limited to Abu Dhabi TV" On April 6, 2002 journalists from Reuters, AP, and print and TV news organizations around the world reported on how a fellow journalist, Abu Dhabi Channel anchor and executive producer Jasim Al-Azzawi, was expelled from Jerusalem by the Israeli authorities. Israel claimed it …

Ten years ago TBS's publisher, the Adham Center for Television Journalism at the American University in Cairo, published an obscure book on the second Gulf War called "Media in the Midst of War." Now in 2002 we return to examining the same topic—this time both post-September 11 and in the face of …

Business journalists discuss transparency and conflict of interest in reporting business news and financial information at Newsworld Asia, held in Singapore May 9-11, 2001. Thanks to Newsworld for permission to publish this transcript. Moderated by Chris Donville, Bloomberg, and featuring panelists Matt Winkler, editor-in-chief, Bloomberg; Melvin Yong, Finance News Editor, Channel News Asia; Zafar Siddiqi, Chairman and …

A panel discussion sponsored by the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and the Arab Studies Journal, Georgetown University, Jan. 24, 2002. The transcript is published here with the kind permission and assistance of CCAS. Moderated by Michael Hudson, Professor of Arab Studies and International Relations, Georgetown University. Panelists: Marvin Kalb, Executive Director, Harvard …

TBS first spoke with Al-Jazeera Managing Director Mohammed Jasim Al-Ali in Cairo in June 2000 for an extensive interview about the channel, its startup, and its plans. With Al-Jazeera making news around the globe for its coverage of current world events, TBS Senior Editor S. Abdallah Schleifer and Managing Editor Sarah Sullivan …