Eight media cities serve the Arab World's media industry

There are eight media cities operational in the region, five of which are located in the UAE alone. The Arab Advisors Group expects more media cities to surface as a few Arab countries are interested in establishing their own media industry free zones.

The concept of media cities, as industry clusters where media companies can gather and operate, is a spreading phenomenon in the Arab world. The Egyptian Media Production City was the first media city established in the Arab World in 1997, followed by the Dubai Media City and Jordan Media City in 2001. Since then, four other media cities were established in the UAE alone as well as one private sector media city in Oman. A new report, "Media Cities in the Arab World" was released to the Arab Advisors Group's Media Strategic Research Service in October 2009. The 58-page report, which has 34 detailed exhibits, profiles all established media cities in detail and sheds light on potential media cities planned and under study in the Arab World.