TV Globo is a Brazilian television network that is one of the largest producers of telenovelas, or soap operas in limited miniseries format. It entered the international market in 1975 and its programs are now exported to over 130 countries. Telenovelas have an average run of 6 months to a year and tell planned stories with predetermined conclusions, differing from the open-ended format of most English soap operas. The Middle East Broadcasting Centre is a Saudi company that launched in 1991 to broadcast Arabic news and entertainment to Arab audiences living abroad. It and other Arab broadcasters helped develop a regional Arab identity. Al-Jazeera is a prominent example of non-Western media that reaches over 50 million worldwide and broad