Mawarid Group

Weil Gotshal's Dubai Office Advises Showtime/Orbit on Pay-TV Mega-Merger.
Mergers & Acquisitions Week; 7/29/2009; 639 words; ...in the UAE region. The KIPCO Group is one of the largest diversified...Showtime Arabia, and Orbit Group, a member of the Riyadh-based Mawarid Group, have merged to create...diligence. Linklaters advised Mawarid Group. Credit Suisse acted...

DEALS ROUNDUP: Weil, Links in Middle East media merger.
The Lawyer; 7/20/2009; 421 words; ...subsidiary Showtime Arabia with rival Orbit. Linklaters partner Ewan Cameron led the team advising Riyadh-based Mawarid Group, the owner of Orbit, assisted by Ben Davies, Jonathan Lewis and James Wootton. Copyright: Centaur Communications...

High definition bonanza awaits users as Showtime and Orbit merge.
Gulf News (United Arab Emirates); 7/14/2009; 672 words; ...or retail package at current prices. The new company is an equal partnership between the Orbit Group, a member of the Riyadh based Mawarid Group and Showtime Arabia, a subsidiary of Kuwait-based KIPCO. Al Nisr Publishing LLC 2009. All rights...

Showtime's in Orbit: Arab pay TV platforms plan August merger.(World News)
Daily Variety; 7/14/2009; 819 words; ...to-air Arab TV channels. The new company will be an equal partnership between the Orbit Group, a member of the Saudi Arabia-based Mawarid Group, and Showtime Arabia, a subsidiary of Kuwaiti investment company Kipco. It will run its core...

Showtime-Orbit in merger deal.
Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain); 7/13/2009; 580 words; MANAMA: Showtime Arabia and the Orbit Group of Companies have announced the merger of their...company is an equal partnership between the Orbit Group, a member of the Riyadh based Mawarid Group, and Showtime Arabia, a subsidiary of Kipco...