First Gulf Company (FGC) is a trusted leader in advanced systems integration, delivering future-ready solutions across broadcast, satellite, audiovisual, IT, and security domains. With decades of experience, FGC helps organizations modernize their infrastructure and embrace digital transformation by providing end-to-end services that connect technology, operations, and long-term performance.

From designing and building cutting-edge broadcast studios to implementing IP-based MCR upgrades, large-scale AV systems, data centers, and mission-critical security networks, FGC has earned the confidence of leading broadcasters, government entities, and private sector clients. Its expertise spans the full lifecycle – consulting, design, engineering, installation, and ongoing managed services, ensuring seamless performance with minimal disruption.

FGC’s integrated model is powered by structured workflows, vendor partnerships with global technology leaders, and a strong focus on interoperability. Whether enabling remote production, deploying large-scale IPTV platforms, or delivering advanced satellite and VSAT systems, FGC ensures every solution is robust, scalable, and aligned with future needs.

As a regional pioneer, FGC’s Systems Division bridges the gap between innovation and reliability, helping clients maximize efficiency, enhance audience experiences, and safeguard critical operations. By combining deep technical expertise with operational excellence, FGC continues to shape the digital landscape across the Kingdom and beyond.

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Dubai Media Incorporated is one of the UAE’s leading government media institutions, serving as a strategic arm supporting the Dubai Government’s vision and enhancing its local and international media presence.
The corporation aims to provide diverse and innovative media content that enriches public life and strengthens community engagement—through an integrated media system that includes 18 distinctive brands operating across visual, audio, print, and digital sectors.
The corporation includes seven television channels: Dubai TV, Sama Dubai, Dubai One, Noor Dubai TV, and Dubai Racing.
It also includes a group of radio stations, such as Noor Dubai and Dubai 93.
In the field of digital media, Dubai Media oversees a range of integrated digital platforms, including the websites of its TV and radio channels, and the Emirates 24/7 news platform and application.
The corporation also includes several specialized entities supporting the media sectors, such as the Dubai Media Academy, the Printing and Distribution Company, the Dubai Studio City facilities, the Human Resources Development Center, and the Masar Printing and Publishing Company.

www.dmi.gov.ae

JioStar is India’s largest media & entertainment conglomerate, bringing together powerful storytelling and meaningful collaborations across the globe. Reaching millions of viewers every week, the platform offers a myriad of options to the Middle East’s multicultural diaspora.

Home to more than 42 diverse channels across languages and genres in the MENA region, with popular channels such as Colors TV, Star Plus, Asianet Middle East, Asianet Movies and Star Vijay JioStar delivers content that feels close to home for South Asian expatriates. With worldclass offerings spanning, riveting dramas, blockbuster movies, exciting reality shows, locally produced content and live events, every initiative is designed to resonate with the viewers making us the one-stop solution for South Asian Entertainment.

JioStar is the preferred entertainment destination for South Asians in the region, reimagining content and creating experiences that nurture connections beyond the screen.
www.jiostar.com

Skandha Media Services is a leading broadcast and digital operations company delivering cloud-based workflows, automation, AI, and machine learning. It provides tailored managed services for broadcasters, OTT platforms, content owners, aggregators, and rights holders—offering scalable playout, centralized resources, and dynamic monetization solutions.

Having recently expanded into the MENA region, Skandha is helping local media organizations accelerate digital transformation with high-performance support from its India-based Global Media Capability Centers (GMCCs). These centers power services including playout, ad insertion, post-production, and content packaging—with speed, transparency, and precision.

With over 25,000 playout operations and 150,000+ hours of streaming reaching nearly 60 million views, Skandha is trusted by major brands across Asia and beyond. Its structured workflows, live stream monetization platform, customizable linear/VOD services, and proactive support enable minimal manual intervention and high agility—fully detached from legacy constraints.

www.skandhams.com

Fastly’s powerful and programmable edge cloud platform helps the world’s top brands deliver online experiences that are fast, safe, and engaging through edge compute, delivery, security, and observability offerings that improve site performance, enhance security, and empower innovation at global scale. Compared to other providers, Fastly’s powerful, high-performance, and modern platform architecture empowers developers to deliver secure websites and apps with rapid time-to-market and demonstrated, industry-leading cost savings. Organizations around the world trust Fastly to help them upgrade the internet experience, including Reddit, Neiman Marcus, Universal Music Group, and SeatGeek.

www.fastly.com

Gravity Media is a global media production, creative services and facilities company united by the passion to: “Capture, Craft and Create.”

Built on collaboration, innovation and a network of global talent, Gravity Media’s production, content, media services and facilities solutions are used by the world’s most renowned broadcasters and production houses to produce many of the world’s most-watched major international events.

Gravity Media operates more than 100 outside broadcast trucks, flypacks, specialist cameras and RF, along with over 30 studios and production facilities worldwide.

Facilitating sporting events including the FIFA World Cup, Olympic Games, UEFA European Championships, Formula E, UEFA Champions League, Tour de France, ATP Grand Slam tournaments and the Indian Premier League (IPL). As well as live events and entertainment shows such as MTV Awards, Masked Singer, Tomorrowland, plus live coverage of major state events.

www.gravitymedia.com

Lawo is a global technology partner with a long history of delivering innovative solutions for live media production workflows. With a unified approach that combines workflow management and control, physical I/O, processing, and human interfaces, Lawo creates optimized solutions for productions including television broadcast and on-air radio, performing arts, houses of worship, and professional AV. Customer value is driven through simplicity, agility, technical and commercial flexibility, and through its team of experts who are passionate about enabling the creation of world-class content. Lawo products are manufactured to highest quality standards in Rastatt, Germany. For additional information, visit
www.lawo.com

Shure  has been helping people sound extraordinary for more than 100 years. Founded in 1925, we are a leading global manufacturer of audio and collaboration technology, known for our commitment to quality, performance, and durability. We make microphones, wireless microphones, conference room solutions, earphones and headphones, in-ear monitors, and more.

From the biggest broadcast events and live performances, to critical business meetings and university lectures, to your home office or studio, you can always rely on Shure.

Shure is headquartered just outside of Chicago in Niles, Illinois, in the United States. We have more than 30 locations around the world, and our products are sold in over 120 countries.

www.shure.com

Z Entertainment Middle East is a leading content and technology powerhouse, seamlessly blending its rich legacy of storytelling and a vast library of original formats, Z continues to shape global entertainment. From giving India its first private satellite TV channel in 1992, to reaching 1.3 billion people across the globe, ‘Z’ brings diverse stories to life through linear television, digital platforms, movies and music across language. In the Middle East, operating from its Dubai hub, Z offers a strong bouquet of and Arabic & South Asian channels, along with local productions, brand partnerships, and events; delivering extraordinary content experiences that connect cultures and celebrate togetherness.

www.zee.com

DIAGNAL designs, builds and powers content experience destinations. We provide technology solutions and product development services to companies running premium video platforms. Our customers include broadcasters, sports federations and telcos around the world. We’re trusted by streaming leaders including beIN, Celestial Tiger Entertainment, Saudi Telecom, Optus, WRC, Comcast and more.
www.diagnal.com

Fonn Group invests in companies delivering production and journalistic tools for the media and entertainment industry. Fonn Group develops and delivers Mimir and Saga cloud-based solutions. Fonn Group is headquartered in Bergen, Norway with offices in the regions of APAC, Americas, DACH and UK. Visit
fonngroup.com

Mimir is a cloud native video production and collaboration platform for professionals. Mimir, embodies the front line of cloud-native platforms, redefining efficiency, seamless workflows and collaboration from any location. Mimir manages not only your media asset files, but also other files such as Premier Projects, graphics and documents. It uses AI for automatic metadata logging to power its industry-leading search. Visit
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Saga is a digital-first story-centric newsroom system. With an industry-leading web-based linear rundown system, Saga is disrupting incumbent newsroom systems by offering a solution built for collaboration between all editorial departments with out-of-the-box workflows to support planning and publishing to all platforms. Saga uses AI to make the newsroom more efficient and accurate. Visit
saganews.com

Customers are, amongst others, blinx, TV 2 Norway, CBS News, VRT, NRK, Axel Springer, GB News, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Formula E, TV 2 FYN, Sky News Australia, The New York Times, News UK, TVNZ, and ausbiz.

Reson8 Media is a next-gen broadcast technology and creative services company, empowering leading broadcasters and media organizations across the Middle East to deliver content that is immersive, dynamic and engaging. Through cutting-edge real-time graphics, AR/VR/XR experiences, cloud-native workflows and AI-driven solutions, Reson8 Media streamlines production, elevates storytelling and enhances audience engagement at scale.

Reson8 combines deep broadcast engineering expertise with creative excellence, offering turnkey solutions that bridge technology and brands. From live newsrooms and election coverage to sports, entertainment and corporate events, leading networks and institutions trust Reson8 Media to reimagine the future of broadcast experiences.

reson8media.com

Founded in 2011 in Dubai, SAWA Entertainment is a global leader in TV content distribution and media technology solutions.

Through its three core entities—SAWA Rights Management, SAWA Technologies, and SAWA Media — We proudly distribute 400+ premium and FAST TV channels,1000+ of VOD assets, and manages 300+ licensed channels across 1000+ hotels and commercial venues worldwide.
With expertise spanning IPTV/OTT platforms, advanced broadcast technologies, and integrated media services.

Built on a customer-first philosophy and powered by a world-class team, we go beyond delivering premium content. We create access, visibility, and connections for platforms, brands, and audiences worldwide. At our core is the belief that technology amplifies storytelling, and storytelling drives growth.

We are a global B2B media and entertainment powerhouse, uniting content, technology, advertising, and strategic services under one brand.

Our mission is simple yet powerful: to connect broadcasters, operators, and the hospitality industry with world-class content that inspires, entertains, and engages.

sawaentertainment.com

Viaccess-Orca (VO) is a leading provider of data-driven, end-to-end solutions that empower TV operators and service providers to deliver, secure, and monetize viewing experiences on every screen. From enabling AI-powered personalized TV and targeted advertising to offering robust security and anti-piracy services, VO is continually evolving to meet changing viewer preferences and industry needs.

Deployed by over 100 customers worldwide to power advanced video services for millions of subscribers, VO’s cloud-native solutions allow easy integration with any ecosystem and quick time to market for new features and top-notch technologies. A subsidiary of the Orange Group, VO has decades of award-winning expertise in securing both video content and digital assets across the connected Industry 4.0.

www.viaccess-orca.com

White Peaks Solutions SAS (WPS) is a French cloud media services company delivering end-to-end OTT solutions for broadcasters, content owners, and media platforms worldwide. With a modular and flexible approach, WPS enables clients to design, launch, and scale video ecosystems seamlessly across web, mobile, and smart TV.

At the heart of WPS’s offering are two flagship products that reflect its expertise in video technology and media workflows. KWIKmotion, the scalable Online Video Platform (OVP), supports both live and on-demand streaming while integrating advanced capabilities such as AI-powered plug-ins, live clipping, and live stream monitoring. This allows clients to maximize audience reach, engagement, and revenue.

FAULIO, the headless CMS, is built to streamline media workflows by offering intuitive asset management, a customizable page designer, complete front-end flexibility, and diverse monetization options empowering content owners to deliver dynamic user experiences without limitations.

WPS caters to a wide spectrum of clients, from niche content providers seeking fast and efficient launches, to large broadcasters requiring robust, enterprise-level infrastructures. This adaptability ensures that every project is supported with the right balance of scalability, performance, and innovation.

By combining advanced technology with industry know-how, White Peaks Solutions positions itself as a trusted partner for media organizations navigating today’s competitive digital landscape. Its mission is to help clients transform how video content is managed, delivered, and monetized, driving long-term success in an ever-evolving OTT market.

www.whitepeaks.fr

Founded in Dubai in 2001, the ENTERTAINER is celebrating 25 years as the leading provider of Buy One Get One Free offers from well-known dining, leisure, entertainment, beauty, and hotel brands across the Middle East and Singapore. Since successfully transitioning from a print publication to a data-driven, tech company with the launch of the award-winning ENTERTAINER app in 2013, the company has continued to innovate and expand its reach. Today, the ENTERTAINER offers 7 location-specific products for the UAE, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, KSA, Kuwait, Singapore, and a regional product for the GCC – making every experience more rewarding.

www.theentertainerme.com

We work actively with our audiences and understand their interests, and use that knowledge to ensure our events are engaging and credible which, in turn, provide our commercial partners with lucrative marketing opportunities.

We believe trade magazine brands play an important role in business and firmly believe our wide range of business-generation activities can help drive yours.

www.cpipromedia.com