company:lebanese broadcasting corporation

Combat à la tête de la LBC, passée de l’extrême-droite chrétienne (Forces libanaises) au magnat séoudien Alwaleed Bin Talal : Bin Talal Coup : What Remains of LBC ?
►http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/bin-talal-coup-what-remains-lbc

After a war of control with Lebanese forces head Samir Geagea, the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC) Chairman and CEO Pierre Daher may have shot himself in the foot. Presumed Daher ally, Saudi billionair Alwaleed Bin Talal who bought major shares in the station, is set to sideline Daher and swallow up any independence the station boasts.

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Some speculate that he sealed his fate by pursuing the wrong exit strategies to escape the Lebanese Forces’ attempts at controlling the channel. First, he turned to the late advertising mogul Antoine Choueiri, and then to Alwaleed, opening the way for the Saudi billionaire to own a majority share in the company.

The prince’s media expansion plans, including Al-Arab channel and his recently acquired shares in Twitter, raise a number of questions: Could there be political reasons behind the prince’s decision? Does Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea’s recent visit to Saudi Arabia have anything to do with it?

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Attention, là on ne plaisante plus : la nouvelle saison de Arab Idol va bientôt démarrer.

Arab Idol Returns with New Season | Al Akhbar English
►http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/arab-idol-returns-new-season

The new season of Arab Idol kicks off on MBC1 and the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC) in less than three weeks. The show is the new version of Superstar, broadcast on Future TV, but still produced by InMedia Plus.

Star singers Ahlam and Ragheb Alama, along with Egyptian composer Hassan El Shafei, have been named the judges for the new season. The panel already toured many Arab countries including Tunis, Morocco, Lebanon, Jordan, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates as well as Britain to audition talented prospects.

Archive : Comment al-Mustaqbal détourne un câble (#cablegate) pour faire à Aoun ce qu’il n’a pas dit.

2011-09-26 How an anti-Hezbollah newspaper spins Wikileaks content | WL Central
►http://wlcentral.org/node/2269

The Lebanese daily newspaper Almustaqbal reported today that the head of Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) in Lebanon General Michel Aoun referred to Hezbollah as a ‘terrorist organisation’ in one of the Wikileaks cables (06Beirut413). Other media outlets reported the story referring to Almustaqbal, and one of them was Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI), where the author read this piece news (on their website).

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This is one case where journalists take some cables out of their context to serve their political inclinations and objectives. Almustaqbal missed the point that American Ambassadors or the cables’ authors sometimes refer to Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation as a matter of principle and a style of reporting. Moreover, the cable doesn’t quote Aoun at all saying the term ‘terrorist organisation’, rather it comes in the context of referring to Hezbollah in a report from an embassy to its base.