Future Television
Television stations in Lebanon, such as LBCI and Future Television, pioneered reality TV in the Arab world, especially music competition shows. In 2003, Future Television began broadcasting "Superstar", which was based on the popular British show, "Pop Idol", created by Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment &amp; developed by Fremantle Media. In the same year, LBC began producing the Arab version of Endemol's "Star Academy". Both shows were extremely popular with audiences across the Arab world. These shows, especially "Star Academy", broke social taboos, such as non-sexual cohabitation.