Nick Grande

Nick Grande is a prominent MENA TV strategist, and has worked with numerous regional and international media companies over the past 20 years. He was instrumental in MTV Europe’s rapid channel growth during the 1990s, before moving in 1999 to Showtime Arabia. As Head of Strategy he was the architect of Showtime’s 2004/05 move from London to Dubai Media City. In 2007 he was Launch Director for MTV Arabia.

In April 2008 Nick founded ChannelSculptor, the Dubai-based strategic consultancy and service provider. The company provides award-winning free to air channel licensing and management services to MENA IPTV networks such as du, Omantel and Orange. ChannelSculptor has also advised several international broadcast brands including RTL Group, Arqiva, Eutelsat and IBCand regional heavyweights such as Rotana Media, Abu Dhabi Media and Sky News Arabia.