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Film production adds USD40.8m to Dubai’s economy in 2011

22 Feb 2012

(MENAFN) Dubai Media City’s managing director, Jamal Al Sharif, said that film production pumped USD40.8 million into Dubai’s economy in 2011, reported The National.

Al Sharif, who also oversees Dubai Studio City (DSC), added that in the year, the Government of Dubai approved 877 film and photography requests, compared with 888 in the previous year.

He also said that DSC’s Location Approval Services (LAS), which arranges permissions and other services for crews looking to film in the emirate, approved TV, film and still photography with a total budget of USD40.82 million.

It is worth noting that in 2011, 410 television adverts were made, from 366 a year earlier, according to Al Sharif.

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