Experience Media Studios

Experience Media Studios is a movie and television studio headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is described as the first movie and television studio organized in the UAE, positioning it as an early attempt to establish a locally based production company with ambitions beyond conventional regional media distribution. The studio’s stated scope covers multiple forms of entertainment content and distribution, including film, television, live globally broadcast events, and new or emerging media technologies. The company’s development slate has included projects intended to connect Emirati history and identity with international entertainment formats. Zayed was described as a biographical film about Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the late ruler of Abu Dhabi and a founding figure of the United Arab Emirates. Abdulla Omar and the Lost Sand City was presented as a fictional adventure film featuring what the source characterizes as the first Emirati action hero. The Global Citizen Awards was conceived as a live, globally broadcast event recognizing significant contributions to the advancement of humanity. Together, these projects indicate a business model combining culturally specific storytelling, prestige-oriented factual or biographical material, and internationally accessible entertainment concepts. Experience Media Studios also pursued activity in the North American market. In early 2010, it opened offices in Las Vegas, Nevada, and appointed Jason Kay as Vice President of Production for North America. This expansion suggested an effort to build production or business-development capacity closer to the U.S. entertainment industry while retaining Abu Dhabi as the company’s headquarters. The studio subsequently acquired the film Carmel and completed it by February 2011. The film later received a DVD release on July 3, 2012, after a change of title, although the available reference does not identify the original or revised title. In February 2013, the studio optioned Possessed Soul from Jason Whittier. The planned adaptation was intended for an entertainment-media technology that Experience Media Studios was developing, illustrating the company’s interest in combining conventional narrative properties with new forms of media presentation or distribution. The available reference material does not establish whether the proposed technology launched commercially or whether all of the announced projects were released. Publicly documented information about Experience Media Studios is limited. Its current operating status, ownership, financial position, executive team beyond the documented North American production appointment, and present production slate are not established by the supplied sources. Accordingly, the company is best described as a historically documented Abu Dhabi media studio with film, television, event, and emerging-media ambitions, rather than as a currently verified active international entertainment conglomerate.

Experience Media Studios emerged as an Abu Dhabi-based movie and television studio and was described in reference material as the first movie and television studio organized in the United Arab Emirates. Its formation represented an effort to create a UAE-centered production organization capable of developing locally relevant stories while working across international entertainment channels. Rather than limiting itself to a single film label or television service, the studio described its activities broadly as involving multiple projects across current and emerging media distribution outlets and platforms. The company’s development plans combined national, regional, and global themes. One proposed project was Zayed, a biographical motion picture concerning Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the late ruler of Abu Dhabi and a founding father of the United Arab Emirates. Another was Abdulla Omar and the Lost Sand City, a fictional adventure intended to feature an Emirati action hero. The slate also included The Global Citizen Awards, a live event designed for worldwide broadcast and focused on recognizing major contributions to the advancement of humanity. These projects suggest that the studio sought both to promote Emirati subject matter and to package it in forms that could reach audiences outside the UAE. A significant strategic development occurred in early 2010, when Experience Media Studios expanded its operations into the North American market. It opened offices in Las Vegas, Nevada, and appointed Jason Kay as Vice President of Production for North America. The move gave the studio a presence in the United States and added a dedicated production executive for that market. The supplied material does not provide further detail about the size of the office, its production output, or its long-term operating status. The studio then acquired the film Carmel and completed it by February 2011. The film’s later home-video release occurred on July 3, 2012, after the title had been changed. The available account does not identify the original title, the revised title, the film’s distribution partners, or its commercial performance. It nevertheless provides evidence that the company moved at least one project from acquisition and completion into consumer release. In February 2013, Experience Media Studios optioned Possessed Soul from Jason Whittier. The proposed adaptation was linked to a new entertainment-media technology being developed by the studio. This initiative indicates that the company’s ambitions extended beyond traditional cinema and television production toward technology-enabled entertainment experiences. The reference material does not confirm whether the option resulted in a completed production or whether the technology reached the market. The available public record does not establish a complete chronology of the company’s incorporation, founders, ownership, financing, current executives, or present-day operations. It also does not confirm the release or cancellation of every project in the development slate. Experience Media Studios should therefore be understood as a documented UAE media-studio venture with an international expansion effort and a portfolio of proposed or completed entertainment projects, while its current status remains unverified.

• 2013

  Possessed Soul optioned

  [1]Experience Media Studiosen.wikipedia.org

  The studio optioned Possessed Soul from Jason Whittier for a planned adaptation using an entertainment-media technology under development.

• 2012

  DVD release of Carmel

  [1]Experience Media Studiosen.wikipedia.org

  The film received a DVD release on July 3, 2012, following a title change.

• 2011

  Completion of Carmel

  [1]Experience Media Studiosen.wikipedia.org

  Experience Media Studios acquired and completed the film Carmel by February 2011.

• 2010

  North American expansion

  [1]Experience Media Studiosen.wikipedia.org

  The studio opened offices in Las Vegas, Nevada, and appointed Jason Kay to lead North American production as Vice President of Production for North America.

A UAE-based entertainment studio combining Emirati-focused storytelling with internationally oriented film, television, live-event, and emerging-media development.

• Live broadcast event

  The Global Citizen Awards

  A planned live event intended for global broadcast. Its purpose was to recognize major contributions to the advancement of humanity, giving the studio a project oriented toward international visibility and public-impact themes rather than conventional scripted entertainment.

• Biographical film

  Zayed

  A proposed biographical movie about Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the late ruler of Abu Dhabi and a founding father of the United Arab Emirates. The project was positioned as a major Emirati historical and cultural production with potential international relevance.

• Adventure film

  Abdulla Omar and the Lost Sand City

  A planned fictional adventure movie centered on Abdulla Omar and described as featuring the first Emirati action hero. The concept combined an action-oriented genre format with an Emirati protagonist and setting.

• Feature film · 2011

  Carmel

  A film acquired by Experience Media Studios and completed by February 2011. It subsequently received a DVD release on July 3, 2012, after a change to its title. The supplied sources do not provide further information about its plot, cast, distribution, or performance.

• Emerging-media adaptation · 2013

  Possessed Soul adaptation

  A proposed adaptation of Jason Whittier’s Possessed Soul. Experience Media Studios optioned the property in February 2013 and intended to use an entertainment-media technology being developed by the studio. Completion and release are not confirmed in the supplied material.

• 2013

  Optioning of Possessed Soul for emerging-media developmentOther

  Background

  The studio was developing an entertainment-media technology and sought a narrative property that could be adapted for that format.

  Action taken

  Experience Media Studios optioned Possessed Soul from Jason Whittier.

  Aftermath

  The available source does not confirm whether the adaptation or the underlying technology was completed or released.

  Source

• 2010

  Establishment of a North American operating presenceStrategy

  Background

  The Abu Dhabi studio sought to extend its production and business activities beyond the UAE and closer to the North American entertainment market.

  Action taken

  It opened offices in Las Vegas and appointed Jason Kay as Vice President of Production for North America.

  Aftermath

  The expansion is documented, but the sources do not establish its duration, scale, or long-term commercial outcome.

  Source

1. 1Experience Media Studiosen.wikipedia.org