His Highness Sheikh Hasher Bin Maktoum Al Maktoum, Director General of Dubai's Department of Information, today opened CABSAT 2018 - the conclusive event for broadcast, satellite and entertainment content sectors throughout the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA).

Following with the official opening, HH Sheikh Hasher Bin Maktoum visited the exhibit halls, conference with exhibitors that have actually collected in Dubai for the 24th version of CABSAT, running 14-16 January, 2018 at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC).

With more 13,000 media industry professionals present in 2017, the three-day occasion is the leading platform for the broadcast, production, web content shipment, digital media, and satellite markets across MEASA, cultivating disruptive innovation, creation, circulation, and monetisation opportunities in the regional market.

"Our goal is to offer a platform for professionals and professionals in the industry to fulfill and discover the reducing side of technology," said Trixie LohMirmand, Senior Vice President, Events Administration, DWTC. "With a burgeoning regional TV market set to get to $15 billion by 2021, along with host of new services for material creation and distribution to be gone over at the web content congress, there's a riches of content readily available for individuals and organisations attending this year."

Sharing their insights throughout this year's Material Congress, greater than 60 speakers representing leading organisations such as Facebook, BBC, iflix, WWE, UTURN, Rotana Media Group, Viacom International Media Networks' (VIMN), Turner Broadcasting, Cote Ouest, Cairo Information Company, Exploration Networks and FremantleMedia will provide keynote addresses and participate in panel discussions.

Likewise taking a spotlight, the congress will certainly focus on the growth of Arabic web content and its role in the region. In attendance will certainly be speakers such as Adam Khwaja, Creative Director, Cartoon Network Studios Arabia; Khulud Abu Homos, President, Arab Style Lab; and Mido Shaban, Executive Director, Home Entertainment and Appointing, CBC Egypt.

Added LohMirmand, Arabic content is in increasingly high demand and we have seen more and more exhibitors attend who not only take part in the localisation of international content but are branching out into the creation of premium Arabic content. This is a crucial step in delivering the types of shows that regional audiences respond to and resonate with.

The Content Congress hosted a panel discussion on the Evolution of Emirati Cinema: the making of Amoory, which powered by twofour54 and included Sameer Al Jaberi, Associate Creative Manufacturer, twofour54 and Amer Salmeen Al Murry, Movie Director and Producer of Amoory.

In A Similar Way, Satellite Communications Conference's line up will include high level speakers across broadcast, telecoms, aviation and maritime sectors with the keynote being provided by HE Dr. Eng. Mohammed Nasser Al Ahbabi, Director General of the UAE Space Agency.

Bringing together the most Space and developing trends in the distribution of global content, the GVF Satellite Summit, part of the Satellite Communications Conference, will hold local and worldwide experts pioneering positive adjustment in the satellite industry. Among the speakers are Khaled Al Hashmi, Senior Director, Room Missions, Science & Technology Monitoring, UAE Room Company; Khalid Al-Awadhi, Manager, Space & Broadcasting Providers, TRA, UAE; and Yasir Hassan, Director, Transmission Procedures, Arabsat, to name a few.

An expansion of CABSAT's broadcast-related satellite account, the co-located Satellite Communications Seminar is readied to deliver satellite interaction solutions to markets throughout the region.

CABSAT 2018 is open from 10am to 6pm on Sunday 14 and Monday 15 January, and 10am to 5pm on Thursday 16 January, with complimentary entry to business and trade visitors just. See www.cabsat.com to learn more.

Caption: Sheikh Hasher Bin Maktoum Al Maktoum, Director General of Dubai's Department of Info officially opens up CABSAT 2018, the Middle East & Africa's biggest cable, satellite and broadcast event