Over 75 buyers confirm their participation in the 5th Middle-East Showcase organized by TV France International

More than 75 television professionals (channel directors, program heads, acquisition executives, and distributors) from the region (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, and Syria) have already confirmed their participation. Like last year, the event is also open to buyers from India. More than half of the participants will be attending the regional event organized by TV France International for the first time.

The rapid and continuous growth of television operators in the Middle-East has generated significant needs. The twenty French distributors and producers participating in the event represent a wide variety of programs and bring with them an alternative, attractive, quality offer. Viewer ratings for French programs, be they animated cartoons, family fiction, discovery documentaries, current affairs, the performing arts or game shows are rising throughout the world.

The strengthening of actions undertaken in the last five years, with support with the regional television office and the television attachés for the region, have created a broader audience for French television productions and have increased their value in the eyes of decision-makers and viewers in the region. In 2005, sales of French television programs to the Middle-East rose by almost 37%. The increase was highest for animated cartoons (+113%), documentaries (+51%) and fiction.

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