Zafar Siddiqi, Middle East Business News [MEBN] Chairman and CEO

Middle East Business News, based in Dubai Media City, produces a weekly half-hour English-language business show for CNBC Europe. TBS Managing Editor Sarah Sullivan talked with MEBN Chairman and CEO Zafar Siddiqi about the company's decision to establish itself in Dubai. Sarah Sullivan: Why did you choose Dubai generally and Dubai Media City …

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Hany El Konayyesi, APTN Senior Editor

Middle East Custom Coverage is a unique service offered by APTN to its Middle East clients. TBS Senior Editor S. Abdallah Schleifer spoke with APTN Senior Editor Hany El Konayyesi about MECC and how it provides the region's broadcasters with global coverage, as well as a pool of new talent. S. Abdallah …

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Rodney Pinder, Reuters TV News Editor

Reuters' latest big step vis-a-vis the Middle East is its relocation into Dubai Media City. TBS Senior Editor S. Abdallah Schleifer spoke with Reuters TV News Editor Rodney Pinder in London about this move, the restructuring of Visnews into Reuters, and how new technology affects news coverage. S. Abdallah Schleifer: Can you outline …

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Steve Clark, MBC News Director

MBC is one of the newest clients of Dubai Media City—and a key client, even having a DMC building named for them. TBS Senior Editor S. Abdallah Schleifer spoke with MBC News Director Steve Clark in London about the advantages of moving to Dubai and how the move will affect their news …

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The Changing Scene of Lebanese Television

This article was first published in the book "The Mission: Journalism, Ethics, and the World," ed. Joe Atkins, published by the Iowa State University Press, and appears here by kind permission of the publishers. The past decade has witnessed radical changes in the structure and role of television in Lebanon. …

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Private-Sector Media City Launched in Amman

Despite the media free zone law being held up in parliament, the Jordanian Media City Company is up and running It's Dubai Media City and Egyptian Media Production City that have been making news in the trade press across the Middle East. But Jordan, the first in the region to …

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High Hopes for Egyptian Media Production City

Cairo's huge new studios aim to give a much-needed boost to local production Egypt is the Middle East's production powerhouse. With its huge new 3.5 million square meter Media Production City just outside Cairo at 6th October City, plus major investments in new studios in the city in the Giza …

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Dubai Media City Prepares for Next Phase

Not yet a year old, Dubai Media City is drawing big names like MBC and Reuters—and broadcasters say they're happy with their new home. The view from Dubai Media City is tremendous. Besides the massive and shiny new Dubai Media City and next-door Dubai Internet City facilities themselves, across the …

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Saeed Al-Muntafiq, CEO of Dubai Media City

TBS: In the short time since its launch, how far has Dubai Media City come towards its goal of becoming a regional satellite broadcasting hub? Saeed Al-Muntafiq: We have the largest Middle East, pan-Arab broadcaster, MBC, which has decided to relocate to Dubai Media City from London. We have Middle East Business …

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