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1. MEDIA &
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY IN UAE

2. CONTENTS
• Media in UAE
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Abu Dhabi Media Company
Dubai Media City (DMC)
Tecom Business Parks
Radio Stations
Print Media
Television Channels
City Of Life (movie)
• UAE’S Information Technology
• Dubai Internet City (DIC)
• Strengths & Weaknesses in IT

3. MEDIA IN UAE
• The UAE is the commercial heart of the Middle East’s media
sector, serving as both a regional hub for a rapidly growing
list of international media companies.
• Nevertheless, because the local industry saw the most
growth in the region during the boom that preceded the
global economic downturn, it has been the hardest hit by the
fall in advertising revenues that followed.

5. ABU DHABI MEDIA
COMPANY
• Abu Dhabi Media is one of the fastest growing, multiplatform media organizations in the Middle East. The
company manages more than 20 market-leading brands.
• The company is committed to leading the development of the
region’s media industry by cultivating local talent and by
managing market-leading brands that inform, educate and
entertain.
• Abu Dhabi Media is headquartered in Abu Dhabi, with
offices in Beirut, Cairo, Dubai and Jeddah.

6. BRANDS IN ABU DHABI
MEDIA

7. DUBAI MEDIA CITY
(DMC)
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Dubai Media City (DMC) was launched in January 2001 in line with the vision
to establish Dubai as a centre for communications and a media hub for the
region.
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Since its opening, DMC has evolved with businesses in segments such as
Publishing and Printing, Music, New Media, Leisure and Entertainment,
Broadcasting, Film, Information Agencies and Media and Marketing
Services.
Milestones
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2010
Supports Music Rights Workshop organized by the International
Confederation of Music Publishers.
2010
Organizes 'Explore Creativity' an event offering independent creative
media professionals the opportunity to showcase their skills and work.
2011
Launches ‘Thought Incubator’ workshop series.

8. DMC’S MISSION
• DMC’s mission is to offer superior
growth opportunities for the media
sector by providing platforms for
learning and innovation through
cluster-based initiatives imparted
with commitment, flexibility, and
responsibility.

9. TECOM BUSINESS PARKS
• As 1 of 3 parks under the Media Cluster, Dubai Media City
(DMC) works closely with the other two sister parks;
• Dubai Studio City (DSC)
• International Media Production Zone (IMPZ)

10. • DUBAI STUDIO CITY (DSS)
Dubai Studio City (DSC) was launched
in February 2005 in response to the
phenomenal success of the broadcasting
segment of Dubai Media City; a growth,
which necessitated a complete
technical and community infrastructure
catering to the film, TV, radio
production and broadcast industries
• INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
PRODUCTION ZONE (IMPZ)
The strong success of the publishing
segment in Dubai Media City,
led to the launch the International
Media Production Zone (IMPZ) in
July 2003 as a specialized media
production zone.

11. KEY PLAYERS OF DMC

12. RADIO STATIONS
• There are many radiostations in the UAE. Here’s a list of
them that the people of UAE listen to:
• Asianet radio - 657 AM
• Virgin Radio Dubai - 104.4
• City - 101.6 FM
• RADIO 4 - 89.1FM
• CHANNEL 4 - 104.8FM
• COAST - 103.2 FM
• GOLD - 101.3 FM
• Sawa - 90.5FM

13. Virgin Radio
104.4:
Dubai
• Launched in 2008.
• Joint venture between
Virgin International & Arab
Media Company (UAE’s
largest media organisation).
City 101.6 FM
• First contemporary Hindi
music channel in the UAE
on the ARN network
connecting with the youth
like nothing else.

14. 89.1 RADIO 4FM:
• Has over 2 million listeners
since 1999.
• UAE’s premium Bollywood
music station.
104.8 CHANNEL 4
FM:
• Channel 4 FM is the group's
flagship station.
• Channel 4FM is hugely
personal, giving listeners the
best in English CHR Hits
from the UK & US.

15. COAST 103.2 FM:
• Is the group’s second
English Radio station.
• The music programming
policy of Feel-Good songs
with More Music, Less Talk
has helped the station give
the listeners more of what
they want.
GOLD 101.3 FM
• Launched on 9th May, 2010.
• Gold 101.3 FM will target
upper
and
middle-class
Malayalis with a package of
hit contemporary Malayalam
and Tamil music.

16. Asianet radio 657
AM:
• Launched on 6th Feburary,
2000.
• Broadcast from Abu Dhabi,
Asianet Radio reaches the
UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar,
Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait and
Iran
Sawa 90.5FM:
• Launched on 23rd March,
2002.
• Radio Sawa is also available
on Arabsat, Eutelsat and
Nilesat.

17. PRINT MEDIA
There are many newspapers printed in the UAE. Here is a list
of few of them:• English Newspapers
• Gulf News (Dubai)
• Khaleej Times (Dubai)
• The National (Abu Dhabi)
• XPRESS (Dubai)
• 7 Days (Dubai)
• Arabic Newspapers
• Akhbar Al Arab (Abu Dhabi)
• Al Bayan (Dubai)
• Al-Ittihad (Abu Dhabi)
• Al-khaleej (Sharjah)

18. ENGLISH
NEWSPAPERS TIMES:KHALEEJ
GULF NEWS:• ESTABLISHMENT:
30th September, 1978
• OWNER:Abdullah
Al
Rostamani (dead in 2006)
now
runed
by
family
nominee
• ABOUT IT: UAE’s number
one best selling english
newspaper.
Major
competitor
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Khaleej
Times.
• ESTABLISHMENT:
October 1st, 1978
• OWNER: Galadari Brothers
• ABOUT IT: UAE’s number
two best selling english
newspaper. But has lost
most of its readers to daily
tabloids like 7Days and The
National.

19. THE NATIONAL:• ESTABLISHMENT:
April 17th, 2008
• OWNER:Mubadala
Development Company.
• EDITOR-IN-CHIEF:
Hassan Fattah
• ABOUT IT:The paper is
organized in four sections;
News, Business, Sports and
Arts & Life and a magazine
‘M’ only on Saturday.
XPRESS
NEWSPAPER:• ESTABLISHMENT:
MARCH 15th, 2007
• OWNER: Al Nisr Group
• ABOUT IT: as a sister
paper to Gulf News, covers
news,
leisure
and
entertainment and sports,
with an emphasis on the
local.

20. TELEVISIONS
CHANNELS
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There are a few terrestrial television channels but most people
choose from the hundreds of regional channels on offer via
satellite or cable.
The main free to air English television channels are as follows:
• Dubai One
• MBC 4
• MBC Action
• MBC 2
• City 7 TV
Pay or subscription television in Dubai is available on cable via EVision or via satellite directly from the providers such as:
• OSN
• STAR TV
• ART

21. TELEVISION CHANNELS
IN THE UAE
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Abu Dhabi TV
Dubai TV
Dubai One
City 7 TV
MBC
• MBC Max
• MBC 4
• MBC Action
• MBC 2
• MBC 3
• MBC 1
• Al-Arabiya

22. CITY OF LIFE (2009)
City of Life is a 2009 multilingual Emirati film written,
directed, and produced by Ali F. Mostafa. Set in the United
Arab Emirates, the film revolves around three parallel lives,
amongst many cultures in one city, namely,Dubai.
Released on 11th December 2011.

23. UAE’S INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY

24. DUBAI INTERNET CITY
(DIC)
Dubai Internet City is one of the largest Information and
Communications Technology (ICT) business parks in the Middle East
and North Africa region. UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and
Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al
Maktoum announced Dubai Internet City at a Gala Ceremony in
October 1999. This announcement generated a huge interest from
ICT companies, resulting in the Licensing of 100 companies in
January
2000.
As a knowledge-oriented business model, DIC was the pioneer
behind the creation of the business park concept in the region and
today,
hosts
well
over
15,000
knowledge
workers.

25. COMPANIES IN DIC
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IBM
Microsoft
Oracle Corporations
Infor Global Solutions
Sun Microsystems
Cisco
HP
Nokia
Siemens
Dell
Canon
Logica
Sony Ericsson
Acer

26. STRENGTH &
WEAKNESSES OF IT
STRENGTHS
WEAKNESS
Size of the population
ETISALAT is a monopoly company
Location between Middle East No local manufacturing plant
& Asia
Basis computer skills part of Cost of internet was costly
lower education institutions
Offering
courses
for 60% of Etisalat
telecommunication & IT fields government
Huge government support
Due to Free Zones, advantage
to the IT industry in the UAE
Constant growth in
Language Packages
Arabic
owned
by

27. CONCLUSION
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Identified as the regional ICT hub in the region, Dubai is a leading
city in adopting technology. The Dubai Technology E-Commerce &
Media Free Zone (TECOM), which was established in 2000, has a
total of 680 companies (from IT and Telecom sectors). TECOM is
also home to Dubai Internet City, Dubai Media City, and Dubai
Knowledge Village.
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UAE 27th on a world scale in Information and Communication
Technology (ICT). The technological readiness, which is a subcomponent of the Global Competitiveness Index, measures firmlevel technology absorption, laws relating to ICT, FDI and
technology transfer, mobile telephone subscribers, Internet users
and personal computer.

28. REFERENCES
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Life
http://internationalbusiness.wikia.com/wiki/U.A.E._Information_Technology_Stre
ngths/Weaknesses
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/fifteen-tv-channels-launch-from-dubai148265.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_News
http://www.admedia.ae/
http://www.dubaimediacity.com/about-dmc/history-milestones-of-dmc
http://www.dubaimediacity.com/about-dmc/our-sister-companies
http://www.dubaistudiocity.ae/about-dsc/history-milestones-of-this-park
http://www.impz.ae/about-impz/history-and-milestones-of-impz
http://www.dubaimediacity.com/join-dmc/key-players-in-your-industry-are-here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVGhqh0_bPI&feature=share
http://www.uaeyearbook.com/Yearbooks/2010/ENG/data/UAE-Yearbook-2010English.pdf
http://www.dubaiinternetcity.com/about-dic/history

29. Submitted by:
Elizer Isabella De Silva
Sneha Bhatia