General Commission for Audiovisual Media Issues 889 Licenses and Classifies 860 Media Content Items
هيئة الإعلام المرئي والمسموع تصدر 889 ترخيصاً وتصنف 860 محتوى إعلامياً
The General Authority for Audiovisual Media issued 889 media licenses and no-objection certificates, including 29 certificates for establishing cinemas, and classified and cleared 860 media content items during 2018. Content production licenses were the largest category (292), followed by retail/rental licenses (250) and receiving-device retail licenses (194); 5 licenses were issued for operating fixed cinemas and 2 for operating fixed cinema. The Authority also issued 29 no-objection certificates for cinema establishment, 7 for TV/radio competitions, 21 for filming permits, and 2 for public content screenings. It cleared 121 cinema films, 92 cinema trailers, 47 DVD films, 19 cinema/TV scripts, 17 audio albums, classified 292 electronic games and cleared 272 electronic games.
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