DMC has been established by the Dubai Technology, Media Free Zone and E-Commerce Authority to facilitate the infrastructure and location that will allow media-related enterprises to run worldwide out of Dubai.
DMC is the lay where every type of media business - Broadcasting, Research, Advertising, Publishing, Music, Public Relations, and Post Production will boom and have the liberty to create all.
DMC will be a community for media aptitude to share best practices and build mutually supporting dynamic relationships.
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High-tech teleport/play-out/ uplink.
Production and post production studios and services.
Telecommunication and broadband access.
Development opportunities.
DMC is a replica of the vision of His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, and United Arab Emirates Defense Minister to transform Dubai into an intelligence-based community and nation. As part of this vision, DMC has produced an outstanding facilitate environment especially for the media trade.
DMC provides a number of real estate opportunities to select from. DMC provides buildings with fully-wired office space intended to offer a creative work environment for media experts.
Since its commencement, the City has continued to develop impressively. The community includes international media monsters such as CNN, MBC, CNBC, Reuters, Showtime, Sony, and Bertelsmann.
DMC has also launched Media Business Centers to encourage talent and private enterprise in the region. These unique services are targeted at freelancers and autonomous media professionals. In June 2001 the Ibda’a Media Student Awards were launched, an annual event conducted by Dubai Media City to know and promote young media talents in the county. The Ibda’a Awards covers a lot of media-related categories.
In July 2003, DMC established the International Media Production Zone (IMPZ), the first free zone in the county committed to media-related production activities, pointing on the printing, publishing and packaging segments.Rising international awareness in Dubai as a film production intention led to a new initiative, Dubai Studio City (DSC), standard in February 2005, DSC is keen to the production of music, TV commercials, film and broadcasting.
Dubai Media City is set to further develop its infrastructure to offer value-added facilities for a richer and more diverse society.
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