This will allow music fans from across the region to see their favourite Arabic music artists play live in Dubai at the region's most spectacular and unique music awards ceremony which will be broadcast live for three hours to millions across the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia on the 15th of May 2004.
'The Arabian Music Awards is an exciting event for the music industry in the Middle-East. It is history-in-the-making and we are delighted to be the official broadcaster for the event', said Youssef El Deeb, Director of TV Production & Programming.
Commenting on this partnership, Ziad Batal, Executive Producer of the Arabian Music Awards, said 'MBC has consistently proved to be the number one market leader, broadcasting to more than 130 million Arabic speaking viewers around the world. The choice for us was simple!'
The first annual Arabian Music Awards will be hosted this year at Dubai International Convention Centre.
MBC 'official broadcaster' for Arabian Music Awards
MBC, the leading free-to-air, pan-Arab news and entertainment channel, is the 'Official Broadcaster' for the forthcoming Arabian Music Awards.
- United Arab Emirates: Thursday, April 01 - 2004 at 14:07
- PRESS RELEASE
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| Mr. Ziad Batal, Executive Producer of Arabian Music Awards (left) shakes on the MBC official broadcasting deal with Mr. Ziad Hamza, Head of Sound, Music & Entertainment, MBC Radio & FM. |
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Notes and media contacts
About Arabian Music Academy (AMA)The Arabian Music Academy was launched in February 2004 by the International Federation of Phonographic Industry (IFPI). The AMA is a regional, membership-driven, initiative endorsed by Dubai Media City to encourage and promote creativity in Arabic music across the Middle East and North Africa, and to spearhead campaigns on critical issues affecting Arab music producers, distributors, and consumers, such as labeling, legislation, protection of intellectual property rights (IPR), home taping, piracy, archive and preservation issues, artistic exchange programmes and censorship concerns.
About MBC
MBC is the first commercial Pan Arab Satellite Station. It started its broadcast in 1991 as an independent and international TV station. It is the number one Arabic entertainment and information window on the world.
MBC not only transmits to the Middle East, but it also reaches a great number of countries around the world. Transmission covers USA, North, West and Central Africa, as well as from Ireland to Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. It is safe to say that wherever there is an Arabic speaker, MBC is there.
For further media information, please contact:
Rawaj International
Sarah Walker Kerr / Zeina El-Dana
Dubai Media City, Dubai, U.A.E.
Tel: +971 (04) 3913560
Fax: +971 (04) 3913564
Anne-Birte Stensgaard, Senior News EditorThursday, April 01 - 2004 at 14:07 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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This Article was updated on Tuesday, May 01 - 2007
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