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Top 25 Media companies based in the United Arab Emirates
Find 154 media companies based in the United Arab Emirates, with 7,925 contacts and 1,590 email addresses available for business research and outreach. The list includes companies that create, publish, distribute, or monetize media content, and Dubai is the single most-represented city among the companies listed. Data is presented as of September 2026.
Media companies create, produce, publish, distribute, or monetize content through channels such as television, radio, print, digital platforms, streaming services, and other forms of media. This list covers companies whose primary business involves creating, producing, publishing, distributing, or monetizing media content. Ranked by team size, largest first. Data current as of September 19, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest media companies based in the United Arab Emirates
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,466 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “شركة أبوظبي للإعلام هي شركة الإعلام الرائدة في دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة، تركز على تطوير وإنتاج وتوزيع المحتوى المتميز والهادف للجمهور المحلي والعربي عبر 21 منصة إعلامية تشمل…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,115 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI) achieved through its multiple media channels (press, radio and TV) remarkable success and prestigious status on the level of media in the Arab world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,058 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “ITP Media Group is one of the world’s most diversified media houses, with a portfolio spanning international consumer and trade publishing, influencer marketing, live events, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 672 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “About Gulf News, the bestselling English newspaper in the UAE, is published by Al Nisr Publishing LLC.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 547 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We developed a range of landmark media offerings across a spectrum of disciplines including Broadcast, Film, Music, Digital and Media Services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 335 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “MOBY GROUP was launched in 2002 by the Mohseni family with the establishment of the first private radio station, Arman FM, in post-conflict Afghanistan.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 246 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Al Mashhad is a fast-growing Arab multimedia platform redefining regional media through innovative storytelling across TV and digital channels.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 209 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1992, AWI company is today one of the largest media groups in the MENA region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 159 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “At Choueiri Group, our love for media drives everything we do.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 101 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 2017, Journal Post Group is one of the world’s fastest-growing digital media networks, redefining how news and entertainment connect with the social generation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 86 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Mediaquest is one of the region’s largest, most successful and most influential privately-owned media companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 76 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Beecell is a leading Digital Media company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 71 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Region's Biggest Content Distribution Platform.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 53 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Condé Nast is a global media company producing the highest quality content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 49 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Media 24-7 LLC is a young and dynamic media company specialised in outdoor media space leasing and outdoor brand production.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 47 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Since NKN Media has established itself as a leading global communications firm, operating across numerous countries including India, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Bahrain…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “A global media broadcast, television, film & digital entertainment company” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Iraq 24 is a next-generation Iraqi media network that delivers trusted news and insightful analysis, with a particular focus on sector-specific innovation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “International Media Investments, established in Abu Dhabi Media Zone Authority, is a privately owned investment company focused on building a portfolio of quality media assets…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “BNC Publishing is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Alittihad News Paper From the United Arab Emirates A Local news Paper politics,Sports,Economy, Art and Multimedia Abu Dhabi Media is one of the fastest growing, multi-platform…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Independent media company delivering quality content & entertainment through a multi-channeled network of identity-led and story-driven brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “McFill Media and Publishing Group is a prestigious media entity renowned for its innovative and luxury-centric approach within the dynamic media landscape of the UAE.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1982, “MIS” is one of the oldest and most established Media houses in the Middle East.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “A Creative, talented and modern media company in the UAE that has proven its excellence, mastery and superiority within a short time-span.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: media companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names media companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of media companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name media companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Media companies based in the United Arab Emirates at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Arab Emirates, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Arab Emirates, over 154 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among media companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Arab Emirates whose own description of what they do matches “media companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names media companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among media companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Arab Emirates are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,590 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
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Media companies by metro
- Media companies in Dubai86
Frequently asked
How many media companies are based in the United Arab Emirates?
The list contains 154 media companies based in the United Arab Emirates.
What contact information is available for media companies?
The list includes 7,925 contacts and 1,590 email addresses for the listed media companies.
What do media companies do?
Media companies create, produce, publish, distribute, or monetize content through television, radio, print, digital platforms, streaming services, and other media channels.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.