Dec. 13, 2007
Striking Writers Puts Reality TV Shows like
Hydra Executives To The Test
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Beverly Hills & Abu Dhabi, United
Arab Emirates (UAE) – As Writers Guild of America members continue their devastating strike,
more networks are scrambling for alternative content without script material
such as reality television shows. One of the most talked about reality TV
shows featured this week (
Show sponsor Hydra Properties, LLC has scheduled casting
for Hydra Executives beginning at
The show
begins filming next month with eight Americans and eight Brits vying for the
ultimate chance to start their real estate business with a $1 million
prize. The boardroom-style "Apprentice"-like
program is now being marketed for worldwide distribution in March. It is being
produced in association with Showtime Arabia, which is partly owned by Viacom,
and
“There is nothing better than doing business with other
countries, because it eliminates all the other conflicts,” said Executive
Producer Ziad Batal, of the new reality TV show Hydra Executives. “Why
The
reality TV series was created by CEO Sulaiman Al-Fahim, Hydra Properties LLC, a
leading Abu Dhabi-based international real estate company and the key backer of
the show. “We are searching for 16 of the brightest entrepreneurs,
eight Americans and eight Brits, to compete in the capital city of
Abu Dhabi Tourism
Authority and Chamber of Commerce and Industry are also sponsoring the
show. According to Fahim around $5
million would be spent on the first season.
Beverly Hills Mayor Jimmy Delshad rolled out the red
carpet for Hydra Properties at the media launch last month (Nov. 28, 20070. “We
may be the richest city in
“We will
fly them there, and for first two weeks in boot camp contestants will learn
the art of the real estate deal and how to identify various playing fields.
Following this they will be split into two mixed teams to compete in real
estate business assignments for a three month period,” explained Dr. Al Fahim.
First International
Reality TV Show This Saturday
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Casting starts at
countries for First
International English Language Reality TV Show filmed in UAE
What:
Beverly
Pomerantz, Casting Dir. (“Don’t Forget The Lyrics,” “All Star Blitz,” “Price
Is Right,” Wild Animal Games” and “Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?”)
CEO Sulaiman Al-Fahim, Hydra
Properties LLC
When:
9:00 AM media-check-in (CALL 818-618-9229)
Where:
Beverly Hilton
– (look for the signs at the entrance)
(Media Directions: visit (http://www.beverlyhilton.com/contact_form/directions.cfm)
Background:
Hydra Properties LLC is announcing the casting for the first
International reality TV series
“The Hydra Executives”(www.hydraexecutives.com).
Casting begins at
The reality TV series is the brainchild of CEO Sulaiman Al-Fahim, Hydra Properties LLC, a leading Abu Dhabi-based international real estate company and the key backer of the show.
Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority and Chamber
of Commerce and Industry are also sponsoring the show. According to Fahim
around $5 million would be spent on the first season. The executive boardroom-style
program is currently being shopped for global distribution in March 2008.
It is being produced in association with Showtime Arabia, which is partly
owned by Viacom, and
At the show’s launch CEO Sulaiman Al Fahim said, “We are looking for 16
entrepreneurs, the brightest eight Americans and eight Brits to compete against
each other for 15 weeks in
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