Lebanese Future Broadcasting Corporation
The growing crisis between the Lebanese Forces and the LBC could be an opportunity for Future TV’s upcoming news channel.
Melting Pot?
By all measures, it was shocking.
If you can ever imagine Future TV denying Mr. Hariri an interview, or NBN denying Mr. Berri one, you’d understand how shocking it is for the Lebanese Forces to have Dr. Geagea’s interview with the flagship program Kalam el Nass canceled.
This is very unfortunate for LBC, especially when you know that most of the stars who work there (like May Chidiac and Fadi Abboud) are LF sympathizers. The battle for the soul of the LBC must continue, but this post is about another, wilder idea.
With every crisis comes an opportunity. March 14 has heralded a historic alliance between the LF and the Future Movement, an alliance that is proving with time to be much more than tactical. If you listen to Dr. Geagea and Mr. Hariri speak of each other, you’ll know that their alliance is for a higher cause, one of Lebanese sovereignty and independence.
So why not challenge them to walk the talk and merge their media into one “Lebanon-only” 24-hour behemoth?
Think of it, there couldn’t be a better time. Future International is about to launch, and I can’t see a more powerful symbol than seeing May Chidiac having her own political program in what can be renamed the Lebanese Future Broadcasting Corporation (LFBC)
Related Beirut Spring Posts:
• A few days ago, I wrote that I was skeptical of the new Future TV channel • In July of 2005, I spoke of the difficulty of rebranding Dr. Samir Geagea to Future TV’s core audience • In November of 2006, I followed up and covered Al-Arabiya’s documentary of Dr. Geagea, which I thought was a remarkable success.
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Hello, my name is Mustapha and I blog in The Beirut Spring about Lebanese society and politics. I started in February 2005 after the killing of P.M. Rafik Hariri.
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LFBC ?? That is the worst!! Lebanese Forces Broadcasting Channel….
Booooo!
I think its a great idea Mustapha. But Wael brings up a good point. They can come up with a better name.
Wael LOL!!! You beat me to it.
Nice try Mustapha, but i don’t think so. Remember that you are talking about Lebanon and that what exists “today” is only for “today” it is never about the “future”. The politicians don’t have that foresight.
Ayesh Lubnan
I don’t think it’s fair what the ‘Ouwet’ are doing to Dahir.
Let’s not forget that this man made LBC what it is in an adversity surrounding.
Dahir took the heat after 1990, he was the head of a TV channel that the Hariri-syrian governments wanted silenced. LBC remained the #1 channel of the Lebanese against all odds. It competed and crushed both MTV (who at its launching was pro Michel el Murr) and FTV (the millionaire prime minister private channel). The best journalists, anchors, technicians, producers… effectively graduated from LBC and were hired by the richest satellite channels of the arab world. Dahir launched LBCI which was also very appreciated by the audience in the M.E.
This guy is a good business man with a clear vision; he gave his life and labor to the LBC. Geagea must not behave this way with him; LBC is not his property either.
LBC is a gift of the ‘ouwet’ to the Lebanese people who adopted it as their favorite TV channel no matter what their confession is.
I m betting that Dahir will be killed such as those 2 ex LF living in brazil that refused to give the money of the “société immobilière”
Geagea is racketing the companies that used to be linked to the LF and the LBCI story is just the top of an iceberg
I have some exemples but I wont talk about it.
I don’t think that killing is on the agenda of the ouwet, surely not killing Dahir who is still an ‘ouwetti’ deep inside. I think they must handle the matter with patience and recognition on each side. Dahir is not some punk that you can throw on the street just like this. He prooved his skills and can be a great asset to the future of the LF as a political party.
Enough mishandling important situations! Geagea must get the trust of the people who served his cause under the occupation at any price. Dahir deserves his shares in the LBC.
I think that’s why the Future are planning to launch their all-news channel. Most of the LBC will move there! Great move.
“If you listen to Dr. Geagea and Mr. Hariri speak of each other, you’ll know that their alliance is for a higher cause, one of Lebanese sovereignty and independence.”
That’s the most nonsense sentence i ever heard…
First of all you’re talking as if the two men are on the same level,and that is the bigest mistake,cause Geagea doesn’t even represent 10% of the maronites in Lebanon,and all the LF pms where elected by sunni voters(future sympathisers),when Hariri represents almost 70% of the sunnis.
But maybe you meant that Hariri eventhough he repsents most of the sunnis,he’s still a dumb amateur in politics,and Geagea though he represents nothing,is a professional war criminal,and a militia man,who’s had a good experience in lebanese politics and fooling the lebanese..
As for their alliance for the higher cause of lebanese sauveregnity and independance,that makes me laugh,the alliance of a greedy war criminal,with a wahabi businessman that want to share the Lebanese cake for themselves….
As for the Lbc case i think that DAHER was right,immagine someone who files a case against u..would u allow him to come to your house????
I think the “Hariri is buying all the Christians and making them work for him” story will be OTV’s and Al Manar’s main theme for months if we are lucky enough for this to ever happen in the way you put it Mustapha.
Did you hear about hizaballa’s propaganda, oops, i meant media wing’s plans to launch a new honest and honorable news channel because the Lebanese are being lied to so much by the infidels :P