20 years since Mohammed bin Rashid announced the establishment of Dubai Media City

Dubai Media City is the largest business community in the region dedicated to media and content creation, and since its establishment 20 years ago, it has contributed to transforming Dubai into a global media capital and an international destination for talent, investment and innovation by providing advanced infrastructure, a supportive environment and services to facilitate doing business. Dubai Media City has attracted some of the largest Companies and media institutions in the world to the United Arab Emirates, including "CNN", "BBC", "MBC" and "CNBC" Arabic.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, tweeted today, through his Twitter account, to highlight the 20th anniversary of his announcement of the establishment of Dubai Media City.

His Highness said: "Today, Dubai Media City completes twenty years since we launched it in 2000. It was a distant dream in the nineties to be an Arab media capital .. Today, the city includes 3000 media institutions and 34 thousand media professionals, of which 122 TV and radio channels broadcast, of which 163 publications and platforms." Nothing is impossible in the Emirates. "

For his part, His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Media Council, said, "Media is an essential tool for building societies and building thought based on promoting science and knowledge ... We thank all those who contributed to the success story of Dubai Media City .. and we hope that the future holds. Additional successes add to Dubai's rich record. "

The city was a precursor to building three media-focused complexes, followed by Dubai Production City and Dubai Studio City, all of which formed a business environment that included 3,000 companies and 30,000 professionals, and formed the headquarters for 122 television and radio channels that broadcast news and entertainment programs to millions of people in dozens of languages, including Arabic. English, Chinese, German, Tagalog, Hindi and Urdu, as well as hundreds of print publications and online platforms in several languages, for readers from all over the world to enjoy.

On this occasion, Majid Al Suwaidi, Director General of Dubai Media City, said: “His Highness’s announcement to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai,” may God protect him, ”on the establishment of Dubai Media City was the cornerstone for transforming Dubai within a few years into a regional capital. For various sectors of the media and creative industries, His Highness’s ambitious step towards the media sector came from an insightful view that sees the media as a key partner in the development process in terms of its pivotal role in supporting the diversification of resources, attracting strategic investments, and introducing Dubai and the UAE as a regional and global destination for business and tourism.

He added: "During the past two decades, we have been keen on realizing His Highness’s vision and building a vibrant and creative business complex that attracts experts, specialists and talents in various media sectors, developing content and creative and media services related to them, so that all of them contribute to building an economy based on knowledge and innovation."

He said, "In order to expand our support for this sector, we launched in 2013 the business incubator" in5 ", which currently includes a center specialized in incubating and empowering entrepreneurs and emerging companies in the fields of media. The incubator includes modern and advanced facilities that include recording studios and places dedicated to photography technologies, interactive content and others. We provide continuously. Entrepreneurs and startups have workshops and training sessions and provide them with platforms to display their creativity and work and enable them to communicate with major production companies, develop content and others..We have also launched many major initiatives and events to enhance Dubai's position and its strategic role in developing these sectors regionally and even during the recent health crisis we did not stop We organized several workshops, virtual meetings and dialogue sessions to support talents and partners.

He explained that the three cities "Dubai Media", "Dubai Studios" and "Dubai Productions" constitute a center for film and cinema industries. Many international works have been filmed in our advanced facilities and huge studios that include the latest equipment, the latest of which was a film by world star Jackie Chan.

Media professionals and influential tweeters praised the occasion and the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

Hamad Al Kaabi, editor-in-chief of Al-Ittihad newspaper, said in a tweet: “Dubai, as His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid wanted it, is an ideal environment for creativity, innovation and development in various fields, which is what Dubai Media City has demonstrated over twenty years of brilliance during which it was and still is one of the witnesses of the Hay House. The leader in the media sector locally and internationally.

The Saudi writer Faisal Al-Huwail said: “What His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum referred to is a fact and reality. Dubai Media City was and still is a prominent example in the field of media diplomacy globally and exactly as I mentioned in the book on stories of soft power Dubai Media City is a center for international communication and an essential supporter of diplomacy. Emirates ".

Dubai Media City played a fundamental role in establishing the UAE's reputation as an attractive destination for local and international media, which had a decisive role in the decision taken by the Council of Arab Media Ministers last year to designate Dubai as the Arab Media Capital for 2020.

This vibrant community includes a number of distinctive destinations such as restaurants, hotels, stores, and recreational spaces, in addition to training institutes and innovation centers that focus on preparing a new generation of media competencies in the region.

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