More than 50 delegates representing in excess of 30 entertainment and media companies will represent India at DISCOP Dubai.
DISCOP Dubai to be held from February 25-27, 2018 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Dubai Festival City will host India as the 2018 editions Guest Country.
The Welcome Party to be held on the first day of the market will honour the Indian delegation. More than 50 delegates representing in excess of 30 entertainment and media companies will represent India at DISCOP Dubai. Participating companies include Animation Xpress, Artha Animation, Berserk Media, Eros International, GoQuest Media Ventures, Kyoshi Entertainment, Native Ninja Localisation Services, Ne Media Syndication, One Life Studios, One Take Media, Shemaroo Entertainment, Sony Pictures Networks India, Spuul Digital Entertainment, Star India, Times Internet, Times Network, Toonz Media Group, Ultra Media and Entertainment, Viacom 18 / Indiacast and Zee Entertainment.
Bollywood movies and Indian TV series are amongst the top programmes watched by young adults in the Middle East. Honoring their success and popularity at DISCOP was a logical path. We are very proud to welcome Indias top entertainment and media players for this next edition of DISCOP Dubai, Patrick Zuchowicki Jucaud, founder and General Director of DISCOP Markets, said of the new initiative.
DISCOP Dubais sidebar conference and knowledge-transfer programme will feature a special session dubbed Discover India: Overview of Indias Freshest Content, followed by a panel discussion around the opportunities and challenges faced by Indian content producers and distributors when they sell their programmes abroad.
Speakers to take part at DISCOP Dubai include Naveen Chandra, Head International Business, Times Network; Mukund Cairae, CEO Middle East & Asia Pacific, ZEE Entertainment; Shamoly Khera, Director, One Take Media; Sachin Gokhale, Senior VP, Viacom 18 / IndiaCast; Girish Dwibhashyam, Head of Content, Spuul Digital Entertainment; Gaurav Malhotra, CEO, Artha Animation; Anil Wanvari, Founder, Chairman & Editor-In-Chief, The Animation Xpress Network.
More than 750 film, television, online content production and distribution executives across the Middle East and the Indian Sub-Continent are expected to participate in DISCOP Dubai 2018.