ESCWA Publication: E/ESCWA/ICTD/2010/Technical Paper.3
Country: Arab region
Publication Type: Reports & studies
Cluster: Statistics, Information Society and Technology
Focus Area: Governance & enabling environment, Technology & innovation
Initiatives: Digital Arabic Content
SDGs: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Keywords: Arab countries, Arabic language, Digital technology, Training programmes, Digital divide, Information technology
Development of Digital Arabic Content: Incubation requirements and training needs
January 2010
Traditionally, some countries in the Arab World are known to be quite prolific in terms of printing, publishing and media production at large. Numerous Daily News-Papers, Magazines, Books and multiple other Publications are printed in Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus and other capitals and distributed throughout the Middle-East and the whole World. Furthermore, the Media sector has been showing unprecedented dynamism during the past decade, all major International Advertising Agencies have offices in almost all the Arab capitals and are providing services for the whole region. TV Production and Broadcast is also a dynamic sector in the Arab World with hundreds of satellite channels covering the Middle-East, Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas.
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Governance & enabling environment, Technology & innovation
Traditionally, some countries in the Arab World are known to be quite prolific in terms of printing, publishing and media production at large. Numerous Daily News-Papers, Magazines, Books and multiple other Publications are printed in Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus and other capitals and distributed throughout the Middle-East and the whole World. Furthermore, the Media sector has been showing unprecedented dynamism during the past decade, all major International Advertising Agencies have offices in almost all the Arab capitals and are providing services for the whole region. TV Production and Broadcast is also a dynamic sector in the Arab World with hundreds of satellite channels covering the Middle-East, Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas.
