TradeArabia reports that du telecommunications has announced a new broadcast services deal with Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) at Gitex in Dubai. This new partnership follows Turner’s launch of a regionally dedicated Cartoon Network Arabia channel earlier this month. The tie-up will provide broadcast services that will extend Turner Broadcasting System’s reach to the Middle East on two different satellite platforms, Nilesat and Arabsat Badr 6 Satellites.

The National has reported that Turner Broadcasting System, operator of CNN and Cartoon Network, will be opening its offices in Dubai in the fourth quarter of this year, at about the same time it will start broadcasting its new free-to-air Cartoon Network Arabic channel. Turner Broadcasting may be launching a local production centre that will aim at boosting Arabic-language content creation. The company also plans to open a dedicated animation training academy at Abu Dhabi’s media production facility twofour54.

CNN MD and EVP, Tony Maddox, has recently announced the opening of CNN Abu Dhabi, a production centre and newsgathering hub that allows powerful coordination among seven regional bureaux.