ABSTRACT
In the Gulf context, the multiplicity of macro and micro influences and ambitions extends beyond nationals of the host country to those of other Arab countries and countries further field. This chapter investigates actor's negotiated relationships in the case of Al-Jazeera Children's Channel (JCC) and how workplace interactions were shaped by wider political, economic, social, and cultural factors. This research is based on interviews, industry statements, and press archives, with the most credible local press source being the online Doha News. Overall, this chapter's selection and interpretation of data aims to amplify the production studies literature by tracing and contextualizing the exercise of power in transnational production collaborations at JCC. The JCC project owed its existence to wider Qatari policies for global visibility, regional influence, and national development, which in turn affected the evolving composition of JCC management and translated into day-to-day unpredictability and lack of continuity in program making during the period under review.
