Summer is here which means every Lebanese expat heads back to the motherland to get married. However this marriage is technically different:
Showtime Arabia and the Orbit Group have agreed to merge their pay-TV operations to create the Middle East’s largest operator.
See, this marriage is between two rivals that have been fiercely competing with each other for over 12 years and will literally change the face of pay-TV in the Middle East. Of course, where else would these two couples tie the knot than in the “Paris of the Middle East“:
Argaam is reporting that officials from two of the region’s major pay-TV providers, Orbit and Showtime, have agreed to merge. The officials reportedly met in Beirut last Sunday, and have appointed Credit Suisse to advise the deal.
Of course this means that the new company will have a monopoly over the industry and we’ll have to increase our “gifts” to their “wedding account”.
Speaking of weddings, mine is in 24 days and unlike the rest of you, it will not take place in Lebanon. Instead, I’ll be sweating it out in the blistering heat of Dubai in August. Now that’s what I call commitment.
Isn’t it ironic that these two large cable companies chose Lebanon, the country with the highest cable piracy rate in the region, and potentially in the world, to announce their deal!!
Its a foreshadow of what’s to come! 😉
Nice! It’s good that you’re still able to update your blog in your busy time with the preparations. Anyways mabrouk again.
Chief shou sayir 3leik ta3mil 3ersak bi Dubai?? 😛 Anyways mabrouk salaf 🙂
Thanks Serpico. My fiancee and I wanted full control over the wedding otherwise we’d have to take a flight every weekend to get things done. Plus she’s Indian so Dubai seemed liked the best middle ground.
Hey Jad, congratulations from America’s Great North West! I hope you married “up”, lol. Of course, with your looks, that would be easy. OK, OK, that was rude.
Honestly, congratulations. The world can use some Little Jad’s and the more the merrier, for my money.
Steve, thanks! (i think) LOL
Serpico, I thought I could do it but as the days gets closer, its getting quite tough to find the time to work on this blog.