Liberalization of the moroccan broadcasting sector: Breakthroughs and limitations

Abstract

Morocco’s new constitution, adopted by referendum vote on 1 July 20111 as part of a dynamic drive that is still in progress, in Morocco namely but to a much larger extent in the Arab world, and that is commonly referred to by the somewhat artificial generic term of ‘Arab Spring’, introduced a number of new provisions and frameworks to the institutional landscape of Morocco, a development that will certainly have a significant impact on the media in general, but more specifically on mass-broadcasting media.