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 …
Read More »Salah Negm, Head of MBC News
Salah Negm, Head of MBC News, is a key player in the transformation of MBC into a satellite platform in which one of the key components, as CEO Ali Al-Hedeithy revealed in his interview, will be Al-Arabiya, an all-news channel in which the owners of MBC participate with other investors and …
Read More »Ali Al-Hedeithy, Director General of MBC
From TBS's point of view Ali Al-Hedeithy is not only the CEO who managed an incredible move from London to Dubai and, while still in England, brought down MBC's costs while signing off on "Who Wants to Win a Million," the most popular show in the Arab world. He …
Read More »Ambassador Chris Ross
Chris Ross, Special Coordinator for Public Diplomacy, has held a succession of important posts at the State Department, including Coordinator for Counterterrorism (1998), Ambassador to Syria (1991-98), and Ambassador to Algeria (1988-91). Sarah J. Sullivan spoke to Ambassador Ross in Washington DC about the US government's attempts to send …
Read More »Covering Al-Qa’ida, Covering Saddam
A dialogue between Al Jazeera London bureau chief Yosri Fouda and TBS Publisher and Senior Editor S. Abdallah Schleifer. SAS: Your special report " Top Secret: The Road to September 11th" broadcast in two installments last September by Al Jazeera contains the most detailed and undisputed confirmation by Al-Qa'ida leaders Khalid …
Read More »Jasim Al-Azzawi, Abu Dhabi Channel Anchor and Executive Producer
"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 …
Read More »Mohamed Dourrachad, Deputy Director, Abu Dhabi Television
Abu Dhabi Television consists of three channels: the Emirates Channel, which focuses mainly on the Gulf region; the Abu Dhabi Sports Channel, a pay channel carried in the Middle East on the Showtime platform; and the Abu Dhabi Channel, which includes an extensive news operation that has gained a great …
Read More »Eason Jordan, CNN Chief News Executive
Eason Jordan, chief news executive and newsgathering president for the CNN News Group, talked to TBS Managing Editor Sarah Sullivan about covering Afghanistan, the Middle East, and other hot spots; whether US audiences are talking more of an interest in world news in the wake of September 11; and how …
Read More »A Dream TV Come True
Hala Sirhan is one of the Arab world's most famous television personalities. Her talk shows on ART (Arab Radio and Television) were among the most popular and controversial. Now she has taken both her popularity and her sense for the controversial to the new Dream TV network, Egypt's first privately owned …
Read More »Alice West, Ally McBeal Co-Executive Producer
In an exclusive interview, Ally McBeal co-executive producer Alice West talks to David Chambers for a six-months-later perspective on the role Hollywood might play post-September 11. see related article: Will Hollywood Go to War? David Chambers: Ms. West, during the panel on December 5 last year, Jeff Zucker, president of NBC Entertainment, stated, "We are not …
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