'Arab Satellite TV as Disruptive Innovation?'

Darwazah Center invites you to a lecture entitled "Arab Satellite TV as Disruptive Innovation? Reflections from the Trenches on Managing," by Ali Jaber, General Manager, MBC Television Group, on June 7, 2012, 5:30 - 6:30 pm, in Maamari Auditorium, OSB.

About Darwazah Center

Darwazah Centers mission is to promote innovation and entrepreneurship by advancing state-of-the-art research and teaching based on scholarship that focuses on business practices in the Middle East and North Africa Region.

About Ali Jaber

Ali Jaber has been General Manager of the MBC Group in Dubai, Emirates, since September 2011. Born in Lebanon, Jaber completed his BBA at AUB in 1984 before going on to earn his Master's degree in Communications at Syracuse University in 1986. Jaber covered the war in Lebanon and Iraq between the years 1987 to 1999, he was the correspondent of New York Times and The Times of London between 1989 and 1994, and Chief Correspondent for Lebanon and Syria for the German Press Agency from 1987 to 1999. In 1992 Jaber founded and managed what later became Future TV till 2003. While with Future, he also started and managed a youth-oriented sister channel, Zen TV, which he ran for five years. In 2004, he became consultant to direct Dubai Media Incorporated's (DMI) initiative to revamp and re-launch its four national pan-Arab satellite channels.

In 2006, Jaber was appointed DMI's Managing Editor. In 2008, Jaber helped set up a Communication School at the American University of Dubai. In July 2008 Jaber was appointed Dean of Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Communication (MBRSC), an affiliate of Annenberg School of Communication, which this year graduates fifty students with degrees in Journalism and Digital Storytelling. A unique aspect of the school's curriculum is that it teaches all media writing courses in the Arabic language and its curricula focuses on Digital Media and Multi-platform Storytelling. Jaber serves on the board of directors of the Young Arab Leaders organization and the Advisory Board of AUB, Program on Architecture and Design. Jaber is currently pursuing a PhD at Cambridge University on management practices in Arab satellite TV. Jaber is also serving as one of three judges on the Arabs Got Talent show for the second season in a row.