Creative City (aka Fujairah Creative City – FCC) is a media free zone government-owned company in
Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.
Overview
FCC was launched by Fujairah Media as an alternative to
Dubai Media City,
aims to attract regional and international broadcast TV and radio providers to
Fujairah
Fujairah City () is the capital of the emirate of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. It is the List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, seventh-largest city in UAE, located on the Gulf of Oman (part of the Indian Ocean). It is the only Em ...
in the
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a Federal monarchy, federal elective monarchy made up of Emirates of the United Arab E ...
, while also providing creative media-related services.
The first phase of the development secured
USD
The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries. The Coinage Act of 1792 introduced the U.S. dollar at par with the Spanish silver dollar, divided it int ...
50 million. The free zone will be a complex and will be located alongside the
Sheikh Khalifa Highway, in turn connecting it to the
Emirates Road leading to
Dubai
Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...
. The first phase was completed in 2007.
The following types of licenses will be available in
Fujairah Creative City:
# Publishing
# Management of broadcasting
# Marketing and Media Services
# Music and Entertainment
# Consultancy
# Broadcasting
# Production/Post production/Filming
# Information Technology Services
See also
*
Fujairah Free Zone
*
Censorship in the United Arab Emirates
References
Emirati companies established in 2005
Mass media companies established in 2005
Free-trade zones of the United Arab Emirates
Emirati film studios
Government-owned companies of Fujairah
Companies based in the Emirate of Fujairah
Economy of the Emirate of Fujairah
Geography of the Emirate of Fujairah
Fujairah City
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