By Mona Yahia for Magharebia in Tunis – 16/06/10[Mona Yahia] Arab media should provide more youth programming like "Stade 7", a popular sports broadcast, participants said.
The Arab world's private satellite channels do not offer programming that serves the interests of young people, said participants at a Tuesday (June 15th) conference held by the Tunis-based Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU).
About 700 satellite television channels broadcast programmes in the Arab world, with topics ranging from religion and art to politics and astrology.
"Where are the youth issues in this huge number of channels?" ASBU director-general Slaheddine Maaoui asked at the Tunis event, which tackled how state media can attract young people, the role of government channels and the need to involve youth in media production.
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