Ga heran, orang Islam di milis ini jg ga mau belajar agama dr sang ustadz akbar, hehehe...
>________________________________ >From: Sunny <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, October 7, 2011 8:31 AM >Subject: [proletar] Religious programming losing popularity in Saudi Arabia - >Report > > > >Wow Wow, progam agama di TV kehilangan popularitas di Arab Saudia ( tanah >suci)? > >http://www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=7&id=26276 > >Religious programming losing popularity in Saudi Arabia - Report > >18/08/2011 >By Naif Al-Rasheed. > >Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat –With the holy Muslim month of Ramadan – which >represents the traditional time that Arab and Muslim television viewers watch >religious programing – more than half over, statistics indicate that religious >programing is losing its popularity amongst Saudi Arabian viewers. > >Statistics revealed that religious satellite television channels are losing >their popularity amongst Saudi Arabian viewers. These religious Islamic >channels had previously enjoyed a huge viewership, broadcasting a wide range >of religious programming that is no longer limited to religious events and >Friday sermons. > >A media expert who specializes in television viewing figures, Dr. Malik >al-Ahmed, told Asharq Al-Awsat that religious television channels not >receiving large viewing figures this year – particularly during the holy >Islamic month – can be interpreted by the fact that so-called “Ramadan dramas” >– big budget soap operas and drama series broadcast during Ramadan – are >receiving the lion’s share of viewers. > >Dr. al-Ahmed revealed that religious programming broadcast on public >television channels do not make up more than 10 percent of total programming, >whilst religious satellite television channels themselves account for less >than 15 percent of all [Arab] television programming. > >Media expert Dr. al-Ahmed, who is basing his statistics on an IPSOS report >looking at viewing figures for the first week of Ramadan, revealed that MBC is >the most popular television channel in the country. In second place is Saudi >TV Channel 1 (KSA 1), which is a state-run television channel administered by >the Ministry of Culture and Information. > >The IPSOS study also revealed that the Arabic television channels with the >largest viewership include the two news channels Al-Arabiya TV and Al-Jazeera, >as well three entertainment channels, namely MBC, al-Khalijiya TV, and Funoon >TV. > >Dr. al-Ahmed also revealed that film channels MBC2, MBC Action, and Rotana >Cinema also enjoyed significant popularity in Saudi Arabia. > >The list of the 50 most popular television channels amongst Saudi viewers is >made up of 13 “drama” television channels, 7 Islamic religious television >channels, 5 television channels dedicated to sports, 3 news channels, and 3 >“specialist” television channels, amongst others. > >Commenting on these figures, media expert Dr. Malik al-Ahmed said that >television channels dedicated to broadcasting drama and soap operas continue >to enjoy tremendous popularity, enjoying no less than 45 percent of viewership >figures. He also revealed that the 20 most popular television channels enjoy, >in total, 94 percent of the viewership figures. > >Al-Ahmed also revealed that viewership figures revealed that a number of >channels have witnessed a steep decline in popularity in recent years, with >the religious television channel Iqraa TV coming in 48th place this year, >whilst it was ranked 22nd most popular television channel in Saudi Arabia last >year. > >He said “viewers have stronger ties to television programs than to the >channels showing them, despite the fact that some channels have continued to >sit atop the rankings for a number of years due to the strength and diversity >of their programming.” > >He added “Ramadan has become – as it has been called – the month of drama, and >this is the direction that all [television] producers focused their efforts in. > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
