Fifty Years of Egyptian Television

Egyptian blogger Zeinobia, who is often a great source of nostalgia and old pictures, reflects on the approaching 50th anniversary of Egyptian television, and links to a promo with clips (Arabic):


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I suspect someday we'll see the history of TV in the Middle East as having two distinct phases: the pre-satellite era, when TV was a state monopoly and blended propaganda with soap operas and old movies, and the post-satellite era, when even the state channels had to compete with the competition.