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Marc Antoine d'Halluin has been credited with the successful creation of Orbit Showtime Network, which resulted from the merger last year between Orbit Communications Co and Showtime Arabia.
Showtime Arabia boss d'Halluin emerged as the CEO of the new Dubai-based communications giant, which is one of the dominant subscription television service providers in the Middle East and North Africa.
Upon his arrival at Showtime in 2006, d'Halluin was integral in securing a deal for the exclusive rights to air the lucrative English football Premier League in English and Arabic for three years across the whole of the MENA region. He oversaw the securing of the alleged $120m deal from rivals ART when he was hired as a consultant for several months before making the move to Showtime full time.
A graduate of the Harvard Business School in the US, d'Halluin was selected largely because of his experience in the pay-TV sector and his previous roles at France's Canal Plus Nordic, Fox Kids and Sony Pictures.
d'Halluin said this summer that OSN plans to launch a video-on-demand pay-TV service in Saudi Arabia, where cinemas have been banned for the last 30 years. The Frenchman will also oversee the introduction of 3D TV films in the region, starting with the premiere of hit movie Avatar.
Showtime Arabia boss d'Halluin emerged as the CEO of the new Dubai-based communications giant, which is one of the dominant subscription television service providers in the Middle East and North Africa.
Upon his arrival at Showtime in 2006, d'Halluin was integral in securing a deal for the exclusive rights to air the lucrative English football Premier League in English and Arabic for three years across the whole of the MENA region. He oversaw the securing of the alleged $120m deal from rivals ART when he was hired as a consultant for several months before making the move to Showtime full time.
A graduate of the Harvard Business School in the US, d'Halluin was selected largely because of his experience in the pay-TV sector and his previous roles at France's Canal Plus Nordic, Fox Kids and Sony Pictures.
d'Halluin said this summer that OSN plans to launch a video-on-demand pay-TV service in Saudi Arabia, where cinemas have been banned for the last 30 years. The Frenchman will also oversee the introduction of 3D TV films in the region, starting with the premiere of hit movie Avatar.