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broadcast charter agreement last year involving
countries of the Arab League is viewed by a Christian
ministry as a possible significant step toward
tightening controls on satellite television in the
region.
In response, Arab Vision sees the Internet as holding
great potential with exponential growth in the numbers
of people in the Arab world who have access to the
Internet. The Gulf region leads in this, but poorer
countries such as Egypt have also made good progress.
An estimated 24 million people in the region can access
high-speed Internet. Plans are to create a dedicated
website that provides live streaming of Arabic Christian
TV programs, establishing itself as a news portal for
relevant Christian issues in the Middle East and North
Africa. Arab Vision has taken on the task of developing
and running this Internet broadcast.
The ministry already has already produced some 1,000
hours of programming tailor-made for the website which
it expects to launch by the end of this year.
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