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Ban on live TV

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The article says there's been a ban on live TV since 2008, but aren't there examples to the contrary? There are video feeds of the Masjid al-Haram and Tarawih prayers in Mecca by state TV, particularly popular during Ramadan. BrotherSulayman (talk) 20:36, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2012-02-12T20:36:00.000Z","author":"BrotherSulayman","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-BrotherSulayman-2012-02-12T20:36:00.000Z-Ban_on_live_TV","replies":["c-SaudiPseudonym-2012-03-27T21:38:00.000Z-BrotherSulayman-2012-02-12T20:36:00.000Z"]}}-->

You are right, I have elaborated on that to clarify. SaudiPseudonym (talk) 21:38, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2012-03-27T21:38:00.000Z","author":"SaudiPseudonym","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-SaudiPseudonym-2012-03-27T21:38:00.000Z-BrotherSulayman-2012-02-12T20:36:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

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See Talk:Television_in_Saudi_Arabia. --Ysangkok (talk) 18:54, 7 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2015-07-07T18:54:00.000Z","author":"Ysangkok","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Ysangkok-2015-07-07T18:54:00.000Z-Contradiction","replies":[]}}-->

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