Abu Dhabi Media Company appoints Ricky Ghai as Executive Director of Digital Media

Abu Dhabi Media Company, a diversified media and entertainment conglomerate based in the United Arab Emirates’ capital, has appointed Ricky Ghai as Executive Director of Digital Media.

‘Ricky Ghai joins Abu Dhabi Media Company to lead a new digital media age across the MENA region and particularly in the GCC,’ said Edward Borgerding, CEO, Abu Dhabi Media Company.

Commenting on his partnership with the recently appointed CEO, Ghai said: “We have exciting plans for digital content creation and distribution in the region. We are in a very good position to develop and lead this fast evolving part of the media industry and we are confident Abu Dhabi Media Company will emerge as an icon of digital distribution in the region.’

Ghai has 20 years’ of media experience across a spectrum of pay and free TV platforms in Europe, the Middle East and the Far East. He was also involved in the recent launch of British Telecom’s pioneering iptv Video on Demand (VOD) service.

Ghai has a long history with content distributors and has signed complex content deals with all major film studios in the US. His former positions include SVP of Programming for TV3 Sweden and Executive Vice President of Programming for the Pan-Arab media network Orbit.

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