“We want Saudi Arabia to emerge as one of the centers of great content production in the region besides Egypt and Lebanon. We see ourselves doing more and more there. There is significant investment under the Vision 2030 plan and it goes into the entertainment industry — everything from developing acting schools and sound stages to encouraging physical production in Saudi. It’s a big theme for the Saudi government and we are very supportive of that.”
-Johannes Larcher, MBC executive, after the company said earlier this month to become an anchor tenant in the new media zone in the Saudi capital. [arabnews.com]
