Afghanistans Leading Integrated Media Company Moby Group Establishes Regional Headquarters In Dubai Studio City

Dubai Studio City (DSC), a member of TECOM Investments Media Cluster, today announced Moby Group, Afghanistan’s leading privately owned and integrated media company, has established its regional headquarters in the dedicated free zone for film and broadcast production industries.

Established in 2002, the Moby Group has spearheaded significant changes in the media landscape and continues to drive innovative development of projects that reach, educate and entertain through its media, content and production companies.

The Moby Group dominates the Afghan media market with a combined 80 per cent market share. Its Tolo TV and Lemar TV lead the Afghan television market with over 60 per cent audience reach, while Arman FM is the most popular entertainment radio station in Afghanistan.

Jamal Al Sharif, Managing Director, Dubai Studio City and Dubai Media City, said: “We are privileged to welcome the Moby Group to Dubai Studio City. The dedicated media cluster offers complete technical and community infrastructure that caters to the film, TV, radio production and broadcast sectors. We are confident the world-class facilities will enable our business partner to effectively carry out all stages of production work.”

Dubai’s location and sophisticated communications infrastructure complement Moby’s active business interests in countries across the region and use of advanced technology in its operations. Headquartered in Kabul, the company currently has 15 bureaus throughout Afghanistan with offices in Washington DC.

Saad Mohseni, Chairman, Moby Group, said: "Since we set up base five years ago in Dubai, we have rapidly grown out of our small office in Dubai Media City. The Dubai Studio City provides the ideal base for our expanding media operations. We are excited about moving to a location that has the facilities and equipment necessary for our production requirements and look forward to becoming part of this new media hub in Dubai."

Spread over an area of 22 million sq ft, Dubai Studio City features 14 fully equipped sound stages, a 3.5 million sq ft back lot for outdoor shooting, commercial offices, pre-built studios, a business centre and post-production studios. The development includes three sound stages – one 15,000 sq ft unit and two units of 25,000 sq ft each.

TECOM Investments’ media entities – Dubai Media City, Dubai Studio City and International Media Production Zone – provide a complete value chain of specialised offerings that have created an established community hub for the media and content creation industries in the region.
 

Blanchard Dubai  Housing Dreams. Now Offering An Integrated One Stop Shop!

For over fifteen years in London and four years in Dubai, the name Blanchard has been synonymous with elegant, timeless, as well as practical, residential interiors. Blanchard now offers, in addition to its mainstay interior architectural consultancy, an integrated one stop shop service which allows its clientele to tailor-make villas which wholly house their dreams. Individual homes in the UAE should benefit from being designed using holistic principles from the ground-up!

If clients’ visions of their dream interiors can be married to a thoughtful relationship with the architecture of the building, homes can be created which satisfy all of the clients’ lifestyle aspirations. To this end, Blanchard has expanded the scope of services of its boutique design studio over the past two years by adding the required architectural and technical expertise to its in-house team. Their designs are all unique and tailor-made to each client’s taste, allowing Blanchard to distinguish itself from that of its competitors.

Whether by design from the ground-up or through amendments to an existing building or space, Blanchard’s team delivers their work across the market with a consistently high standard of service. In addition to their prestigious local and expatriate clientele for villa projects in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Ras Al Khaimah, Blanchard can also name Emaar and Mubadala / Capitaland as satisfied clients.

Blanchard welcomes you to use the experience of one of the leading residential design specialists in the region for life-enhancing designs, inside and out!
 

Empower Launches World-Class Customer Service Center Offering Integrated Services

Emirates Central Cooling Corporation (Empower) has launched a world class customer service center that provides customers with integrated services to cater to the demands of customers growing at the rate of 60 percent annually.

Designed to provide quality and efficient services, the new center reflects the company’s commitment to enhance customer support.

Empower’s customer base included individual customers as well as large businesses, including projects in Dubai International Financial Center, Dubai Healthcare City, Jumeirah Beach Residence and Business Bay.

Ahmed Bin Shafar, CEO, Empower, said: “Customers are the backbone of our operations as we believe customer satisfaction is the key to business success. As dedicated providers of district cooling services not only in the UAE but also in the region, we aspire to deliver satisfaction through a group of professionals backed with the knowledge and technical expertise. We offer our clients an experience rather than a service.”

The customer service center reflects the core values of Empower and it reinforces its position on the global front as an organization that delivers efficient service. The system is designed to manage customers’ queries through increased efficiency and productivity.

A dedicated team of Empower will be on hand at all times to serve customers in registration, bill payment, final bill and general enquiries.

Bin Shafar added: “Our customer base rose by 60 % in 2010. This is why we launched this center as the number of customers has increased dramatically. Customers of Dubai International Financial Center, Dubai Healthcare City, Jumeirah Beach Residence and Business Bay can avail of this service.”

This is the third customer service center for Empower, after Business Bay and Jumeirah Beach Residence, which are only dedicated to bill payments. The customer servicing center timings will be from 9 am to 2 pm in Ramadan and from 7:30 am to 3:30 am thereafter.

The Dubai based company believes that district cooling technology achieves optimal results not only to customers but also to the society at a socio-economic level through diminishing the electricity and water consumption thus conserving the environmental resources of the Emirate of Dubai.

Empower’s district cooling systems (DCS) provide effective and efficient means of air conditioning. Water is cooled in central plants and distributed through a network of piping systems to individual customer buildings. Empower which is a joint venture between Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) and TECOM Investments has world class work stations being built on various locations in the Emirate of Dubai.