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Arab Media Group (AMG) is a
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entertainment company Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousand ...
and a strategic business vertical of
Dubai Holding Dubai Holding ( ar, دبي القابضة) is Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum's personal investment portfolio, which owns 99.67% of the capital. It is a global investment holding company. Mohamed al Gergawi built the portfo ...
. AMG covers
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event management Event management is the application of project management to the creation and development of small and/or large-scale personal or corporate events such as festivals, conferences, ceremonies, weddings, formal parties, concerts, or conventions. ...
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. AMG is an engaging premier integrated entertainment company, managing
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Arabian Radio Network The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate. ...
and Done Events. Founded in March 2005, AMG has a workforce of just over 300 staff across its three Dubai-based offices.


Arab Media Group subsidiaries

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: Regions leading family and cultural entertainment destination. * Arabian Radio Network, operates nine of the region’s leading radio stations across multi platforms attracting millions of listeners daily, making it the largest radio network in the UAE: ** Dubai 92 - ''English language adult contemporary radio'' ** Dubai Eye 103.8 - ''English language, multicultural talk radio station'' ** Virgin Radio 104.4 - ''English language hit music station'' ** City 101.6 - ''Hindi youth music station'' **
Hit 96.7 Hit 96.7 is a radio station in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The radio station, which is a part of the Arab Media Group, broadcasts in Malayalam. It was launched in June 2004. The jingle for the station is composed by Deepak Dev. Presenters ...
- ''Malayalam youth music station with strong news and information focus'' ** Al Khaleejiya 100.9 - ''GCC station with strong UAE National focus'' ** Al Arabiya 99 - ''Arab expatriate youth music station'' ** Radio Shoma 93.4 FM - ''Persian'' ** Tag 91.1 - ''the first Filipino premium radio station in the UAE'' * Done Events: Done Events, a multi-facetted and award-winning events and live entertainment company, producing annual marquee government and corporate events as well as some of the biggest concerts regionally.


Television assets merger with Dubai Media Incorporated

As a direct impact of the
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, after considerable layoffs of the workforce, AMG's television assets, held via
Arabian Television Network Arabian Television Network (ATN) was a Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based broadcast media company, part of Arab Media Group. Its staff and resources have been merged into Dubai Media Incorporated. Arabian Television Network had partnered with M ...
were merged with Dubai state broadcaster
Dubai Media Incorporated Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI) is the official media organization of the government of Dubai. It was established in 2003 as a state-owned company comprising a number of print, radio and TV channels under its umbrella including: Dubai TV, '' Al B ...
in late 2009.Dubai Media Observer
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See also

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Dubai Holding Dubai Holding ( ar, دبي القابضة) is Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum's personal investment portfolio, which owns 99.67% of the capital. It is a global investment holding company. Mohamed al Gergawi built the portfo ...
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RedfestDXB RedfestDXB is a music festival organized by Done Events that began in 2013 and takes place annually at the Dubai Media City Amphitheatre. Line ups This list contains the line ups for all the artists that have performed in the music festival ti ...
(Music festival managed by Virgin Radio Dubai under Arabian Radio Network, a subsidiary of the AMG group.)


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Arab Media Group

City 101.6

Dubai 92

Hit 96.7

Virgin Radio Dubai

Tag 91.1

Arabian Radio Network

Done Events
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