The Pan Arab Research Center has released its annual report revealing regional ad spending statistics for 2011. According to the PARC's findings, the region demonstrated resilience and stability in the wake of the Arab Spring as advertising revenues totaled US$14.3 billion in 2011 (a 4% increase). According to the PARC's findings, the UAE has regained its status as the leading advertising market in the region, demonstrating a 1% growth. However, the region has suffered considerably due to the political/economic situation. The UAE and Saudi Arabia were the only regional markets that demonstrated positive growth rates.

Alhurra Television and MacNeil/Lehrer Productions have produced a documentary series about the Arab Spring. The first segment of the documentary series premiered on the Alhurra channel this past weekend. The segment focused on the Tunisian Revolution in December 2010 following the self-immolation of fruit vendor Mohamed Bouazizi. The remaining episodes of the documentary series will focus on other countries in the Middle East and will be televised in the spring of 2012.

According to spaekers at the  “Network, Social Media and Political Change in Middle East and North Africa (MENA)” conference at the University of Victoria, journalists covering the political situation in the region are using maps, HTML5 and video to report the events of the Arab Spring instead of relying only on text. Speakers at the conference discussed the technologies that citizen journalists, activists and bloggers used to better fit their needs, including HTML 5 and various mapping tools.

According to AFP around 200 Arabian bloggers involved in cyber activism will be gathering in Tunis to discuss the role of social networking and the internet in terms of political change and transition following the ‘Arab Spring’. The meeting is the third of its kind in the Arab world, following gatherings in Beirut in 2008 and 2009.