Dubai media city eyes Europe

Dubai Media City, the custom built media hub that its owners hope will make the tiny emirate a major information crossroads, is keen to expand its cooperation with European companies, the City’s director Muhammad al-Mullah told Adnkronos International (AKI) in an interview. ‘European companies currently represent 35 per cent of the 1,213 companies working here’ the DMC director said. To keep standards high, the City ‘has developed a series of directives for television companies, and also for publishing houses’. Any complaints or issues are referred to an independent judicial body made up of British and Emirate jurists whose task is to assess the problems on the bases of Emirates and international law. Dubai’s media cluster has developed dramatically over the past six years. It now houses some 150 television networks and 120 publishing houses. Business friendly regulatory frameworks and a world class technological and real estate infrastructure have prompted more than 1,200 regional and international media companies to set up operations in Dubai Media City. Dubai Studio City and the International Media Production Zone are two new platforms that have been launched to further strengthen Dubai’s position on the global media scene. (AKI News,February 14, 2007)

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