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DMI selects Eurovision to provide live satellite transmission from Expo 2020 Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI), the host broadcaster of Expo 2020 Dubai, has chosen Eurovision Services to provide daily live satellite transmissions from the event on the Eurovision Global Network.Eurovision Services kicked off six months of free live satellite transmissions for broadcasters worldwide with the Expo 2020 Dubai opening ceremony on September 30. The live transmissions will continue every day throughout the event, from October 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. With the service, broadcasters in the 192 nations represented at Expo 2020 Dubai will receive live signals, whether they are in the Middle East, Africa, the Americas,
Expo 2020 Dubai will run from October 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022.
Asia-Pacific or Europe. The live transmissions will be distributed using the Eurovision Services WorldFeed service, which offers access to the live satellite transmissions free-of-charge for editorial use. The files will also be available for download for 30
New interim CEO at OSN
Sangeeta Desai.
Patrick Tillieux, CEO of OSN since December 2018, stepped down from his role last month for personal reasons. Faisal Al Ayyar, Chairman of OSN (Panther Media Group Ltd), has announced that Sangeeta Desai will serve as Interim CEO, effective immediately. Desai has been a non-executive director on the Board for over a year. She was Group COO and CEO of Emerging Markets at Fremantle; prior to that, she was COO of Hit Entertainment.
days after each transmission on the Eurovision Services WorldLink VOD platform. This gives broadcasters flexibility in planning their coverage of the first World Expo in the MEA and South Asia region, with a programme of events covering 182 days from an
Expo site twice the size of Monaco and where, for the first time ever, each participating nation has its own pavilion. Rashed Amiri, Deputy CEO of Channels Affairs, DMI, said: “We are delighted to work with Eurovision Services for delivering the Expo 2020 to global audiences.” Jorge Simao, Eurovision Services ME Bureau Chief, added: “I’m delighted that DMI and the Expo 2020 organisers have placed their trust in us for this use of our WorldFeed/ WordLink service. Never before have we had six months of daily WorldFeed transmissions available free-of-charge on our network, alongside the many sports and news events that we also cover.”
Ayady’s Ergo Media Ventures invests in Film Clinic Egyptian firm Ergo Media Ventures and Egyptian production company Film Clinic (Company) have entered into a definitive agreement that will see Ergo own a 49% stake in the company. This transaction is Ergo’s first investment since its establishment. Ergo’s investment will be used to transform the company into a professional, institutionalised, endto-end visual media production and distribution entity. The investment will
be a combination of equity used to restructure and build the company, and debt to finance its projects. Ergo’s investment in Film Clinic aims to institutionalise film production and support local visionaries to become regional champions and help develop their footprint in the region. It also seeks to create an entity that can cooperate with global players to produce and export quality Egyptian content to the rest of the world.
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