DISCOP ISTANBUL 1

In a recent survey of DISCOP vendors, 76% of respondents already doing business in the Middle East and North Africa regions declared that their sales had increased by an average of 25% in the last 2 years!

The rise of devoted zones, such as the Dubai Media City, and others in Jordan, Syria and Egypt, are improving production values in the region. This will positively impact the future of intra-regional and overseas audiovisual content business in the Middle East and North Africa.

Despite the current crisis, the rate of channel growth shows no sign of diminishing, with 1200 TV channels expected to be operating by 2012 including many of thematic channels scheduled to be launched by major regional players coming under threat from audience fragmentation.

Afghanistan	Georgia	Kyrgyzstan	Qatar	Turkmenistan
Algeria	Iran	Lebanon	Saudi Arabia	United Arab Emirates
Armenia	Iraq	Lybia	Sudan	Yemen
Azerbaijan	Jordan	Morocco	Syria	Uzbekistan
Bahrain	Kazakhstan	Oman	Tunisia
Egypt	Kuwait	Palestine	Turkey

The inaugural edition of the annual DISCOP ISTANBUL  matchmaking and networking event will take place from Monday 14 to Wednesday 16 March at the 5-star CEYLAN INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL in Istanbul, Turkey.

 DISCOP ISTANBUL 1 will bring together :

• Suppliers of film, finished programs, scripted and unscripted formats, and packaged TV channels (SELLERS)
• Programming, acquisitions, business development and coproduction executives representing public and private TV stations, pay-tv and IPTV operators, DVD distributors and other audiovisual content distribution platforms from the 26 countries listed above (BUYERS)
• Advertisers and their advertising agencies looking for branding, production placement and sponsorship opportunities (ADVERTISERS)
• Audiovisual content production companies looking for funding and distribution opportunities (PRODUCERS)
• Renowned experts and speakers invited to take part in workshop and conference programs (VISITORS)

The DISCOP ISTANBUL 1 program will include :

• Three market days centered on meetings planned in advance by our in-house team of multilingual "matchmakers" (14-16 March)
• One conference day centered on intra-regional coproduction opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa (Thursday 17 March)

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Tatjana PAVLOVIC / Head of Sales and Marketing

THE DISCOP ISTANBUL ™ MARKET IS ORGANIZED BY BASIC LEAD
LOCATED AT 12 RUE DE FARADAY IN PARIS - FRANCE.
GENERAL INQUIRIES: + 33 1 42 29 32 24