tv on smartphones

There are 32 FM radio broadcast stations,  28 television broadcast stations , and 2,916,000 mobile telephones amount of  usage in Lebanon. Lebanon has recently been a witness to a boom in the telecommunication industry ranging from wired lines, to satellites, phones and radios. Therefore, Social Media is a main principles  to develop social media applications for phones.
Social media has changed the way we watch TV shows by allowing us to interact with other viewers in real time even when we are not watching the same screen. This concept, called “social TV” usually involves the use of social media platforms in order to achieve the following goals:  Promote a TV program or any other TV content and give an echo before, during and after the broadcasting, Enrich the experience of watching a TV program and bring interactivity, Extend TV coverage and conversations with viewers, Broaden the audience share and create an online community around a particular TV program, and Create more integration with advertisers and device (such as tablets or smartphones) companies. The development of social TV is a result of the spontaneous viewers’ behaviors but it is also due to marketing strategies adopted by TV channels.
Nowadays, all Lebanese television stations create there own applications on smartphone to keep people updated for the all news either political news or any other mews form. this progression in telecommunication increases the interaction between Lebanese people and Lebanese media. People are updated on every event is taking place, on any action that happens,etc... and moreover,  they are able to leave a comment and post there points of view.
in addition, due to this evolution, each Tv station subscribers follows all programs and commercials posted by the station and they are capable to re-watch the news, programs and series even commercials at anytime and any day they want to.
This info-graphic gives us a view about how Lebanese TV Channels are doing on social media. In terms of social media presence, it appears that MTV Lebanon has the highest number of Facebook Fans and Youtube subscribers, but that LBC is leading the way on Twitter. Concerning the share of voice, MTV Lebanon appears to be the most popular channel, being mentioned in almost 50% of the 3 811 relevant conversations that occurred between February and March 2013. LBC follows with 33% of the mentions (http://social4ce.com/blog/2013/04/12/why-lebanese-tv-channels-should-become-social/#sthash.MAPqNSMy.dpuf).
this fact leads to mobile data distributing companies to invest in television mobile applications, and work on services to allow to watch all televisions show online or repeated. for example Mobile Tv applictions produced by Touch company. the application basically allows you to watch live local and worldwide channels on your mobile, as well as watch Videos on Demand (http://blogbaladi.com/touch-mobile-tv/).

abstract is real

In 1984, B 018 was initiated by Naji Gebran who developed the concept of Musical Therapy.

Its name originated from a code number of Naji Gebran’s apartment, where the concept first was born. In 1993, the concept was moved to a warehouse in an industrial sector of Beirut.

The unusual music and eccentric atmosphere are the signature of the B 018 concept and it became THE night scene in Beirut.

Finally, in 1998, the B 018 concept moved to its present location at the Quarantaine and gave a visual 

dimension to its concept through the architecture of Bernard Khoury.

The project is built below ground. Its façade is pressed into the ground to avoid the over exposure of a mass that could act as a rhetorical monument. The building is embedded in a circular concrete disc slightly above tarmac level. At rest, it is almost invisible. It comes to life in the late hours of the night when its articulated heavy metal roof structure retracts hydraulically. The opening of the roof exposes the club to the world above and reveals the cityscape as an urban backdrop to the patrons below. Its closing translates a voluntary disappearance, a gesture of recess. The building is encircled by concrete and tarmac rings.  The automobiles' circular travel around the club and the concentric parking spots frame the building in a carousel formation. At night, the continuous motion of the visitors' cars animates the parking and becomes an integral element of the club's scenario. The entrance is located at the south end of the low-lying metal construction where a staircase leads to two concessive "airlock" spaces manned by scowling bouncers. Strewn across the concrete pavement floor of the underground hall, the sofas with collapsible backs serve as elevated dancing surfaces that stage the performers.

The party starts with the street lights and ends with sunrise. The opening hours are from 1:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. which is the totally opposite of any other nightclubs. The time is perfectly  chosen to make people see and live the purpose of B 018: the highlight of the night is the incredible retractable roof which gives a night-time view of the stars and city lights. 

free style

Western-style graffiti appeared infrequently as of the mid-1990s. It was not until 2005 that a new scene emerged, taking on the task to create a uniquely Lebanese style of this art form. In Beirut, the walls of the city carry the scars of war. They are abandoned and covered with propaganda posters and redecorated with tags, logos and graffiti. Investigation on this developing street culture.

In the middle of 1990s till 2005, graffiti was rejected in Lebanon. Posters and illustrations made for civil war and politics issues. At that time, the Lebanese government did not have a written law to ban graffiti art. For example, the Quarintina and the Saida highway were full of graffiti art which was said to be drawn by rebels and outlaws. In addition, Graffiti artists in that time were too accompanied with the situation at hand which consisted of the war and and the mantillas. That portrayed graffiti as a rebellious mean of vandalisim.

On the other hand, when the organization of the White Wall in Beirut started portraying the graffiti drawing on the wall as art, the subsequent idea of graffiti started sinking in to the old Lebanese ideology. Furthermore, an issue was raised in order to understand how it is possible to bring and outdoor and accessible art to indoor space like Beirut Art Center without betraying the art. That gave more importance to the art in graffiti rather than the negativity portrayed by the naked eye and the stone aged ideology of out ancestors.

Moreover, when graffiti was fully acceptable, television commercials and billboards were bombarded with graffiti on almost every highway of Lebanon. For example, Rami Mouallem is a product of graffiti's recent commercialization. He done advertisements for Coca-Cola, Stolichnaya, Nokia, Addidas, Quicksilver and many more. He also states that graffiti is a very creative way of advertising a product. In the late 2000 companies in Lebanon were more interested in using graffiti to advertise their products as they can deliver their message across in a fast way as it is eye-catching and attractive. In addition, it is a new scene in Beirut which makes graffiti more and more acceptable.

In conclusion, the negative demonstration of graffiti in the 1990 till the late 2000 has lowered the standards of what graffiti art can become. As the times moved on and graffiti artisits got out of the political situation that they were submerged them in, they started thinking out of the box their for the abstarct and organic ideas that are shown in several commercials. Graffiti has become the art of commercial and not the rebellious thought from the outside.