Dubai Media City Explores Business Development Opportunities at International Conference in Italy
Dubai: 29June, 2009 – Dubai Media City (DMC), the region’s leading media hub and a member of TECOM Investments, leveraged the recent ’Focus on Media and New Technology in the Arab World‘ conference in Italy to highlight its value added services, networking opportunities and business development benefits to global companies.
Held in Milan, the event was attended by Mohammed Abdullah, Executive Director of DMC; Abdullatif Al Sayyegh, CEO, Arab Media Group (AMG) and Mohammed Khawaja, Executive Director of Queen Rania Centre for Entrepreneurship (Jordan).
Focusing on latest industry developments with the aim to encourage partnerships and dialogue on specific sectors, the conference also drew a high number of officials from the Milan Chamber of Commerce, as well as media professionals, journalists, and entrepreneurs.
Mohammad Abdullah, Executive Director, DMC, said:
Dubai shares a comfortable trade relationship with Italy, and this conference served as an ideal platform to highlight our value added services, exchange views and identify collaboration opportunities with industry majors. Through our presence at the event, we have successfully invited potential business partners to set up their operational base in Dubai.
Our unique media-cluster environment is instrumental in supporting all kinds of media work at the regional level, through the creation of new standards and the application of global best practices, as well as the use of sophisticated techniques and mechanisms.
The UAE-Italy bilateral trade has witnessed notable growth over the last five years with non-oil trade increasing by 28 per cent to reach US$4.914 billion, making Italy one of the biggest trade partners of the UAE.
TECOM Investments’ media entities – Dubai Media City, Dubai Studio City and International Media Production Zone – provide a complete value chain of specialized offerings that have created an established community hub for the media and content creation industries in the region.
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About Dubai Media City
Strategically located at the crossroads of the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, Dubai Media City is rapidly emerging as the region's media hub. The City provides an advanced infrastructure for media-related businesses to operate globally out of Dubai. Dubai Media City is the place where activities Publishing, Music, Film, New Media, Leisure & Entertainment, Broadcasting, Media & Marketing Services, and Information Agencies will thrive. The facility offers an environment that allows companies and individuals to operate with collective synergy and freedom.
Companies based in Dubai Media City have the unique edge of commercial benefits derived from our free zone status including 100 % business ownership and exemption from personal income and corporate taxes. Since its official opening in January 2001, Dubai Media City has grown to become a thriving media community of over 1400 companies and hundreds of freelance media professionals. Several global media giants and promising entrepreneurial ventures have joined this unique community.
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