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CABSAT 2024 concludes with

several new announcements,

partnerships, MoUs

May 23, 2024

The 30th edition of CABSAT, the flagship conference for the broadcast, satellite,
content creation, production, distribution, and entertainment industries, drew to a
successful conclusion on May 23rd, organised by the Dubai World Trade Centre
with record-breaking turnout. The third day of the conference, which welcomed over
18,000 visitors, featured announcements of collaborations, and Memorandums of
Understanding (MoUs) between exhibiting organisations, in addition to highlighting
emerging trends and technologies, and encouraging insightful discussions.

Almanasa, Iraq’s OTT streaming platform, announced a strategic partnership with
Roya Media Group, a provider of premium digital content. This collaboration aims to
deliver a streaming experience to audiences across Iraq by combining the strengths
of both platforms to offer a diverse and extensive library of entertainment options.
The partnership was announced at the CABSAT Co-Production Salon, a dedicated
meeting lounge for business opportunities in investment in Arabic content.

As well as the Co-Production Salon, CABSAT 2024 showcased several exclusive
conference events, like the Content Congress and the SATExpo Summit, to global
industry leaders, regional government officials, and other business stakeholders for
three days of networking and knowledge sharing opportunities.

“Enabling and accelerating local talent is crucial to consistently secure the
incredible expansion of the regional content creation economy, and Dubai Studio
City is proud to have been a platform for more than 358,000 minutes of such unique
stories to come to life in 2023,” said Majed Al Suwaidi, Senior Vice President of
Dubai Media City, Dubai Studio City and Dubai Production City at TECOM Group
PJSC. “Committed to unlocking the visions of Dubai Economic Agenda ‘D33’ and

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