Jordan Media City (JMC) was launched in 2001 as the first private media city in the region with the aim of providing the regional and international media industry with state of the art technologies and professional and experienced staff. JMC is a tax free establishment which provides financial incentives to its clients. Mission To become the leading media hub in the region, to be able to playout and uplink television channels to cover the whole world, and to have state of art studioes and production facilities. Background Jordan Media City is a private company founded as a result of an agreement between the government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and Dallah Production Company. It was set up with a capital of ten million JDs (15 million US Dollars). JMC awarded a multi-million US dollar contract to supply equipment and software for the operation of ninety playout channels and one hundred back-hauled channels, plus an archive system and software applications to operate the system. The state of art video servers provided an ideal platform for transmission regardless of the format. All media was acquired and stored on central storage, to be accessed by one or more users to supply multiple services... Location The Jordan Media City is centrally located next to Jordan Radio and Television Station. It is a short distance from Queen Alia International Airport, and just a few minutes away from Jordan's main highway which connects the country's northern borders with its only port in Aqaba in the south.