{"id":103135,"date":"2025-12-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2025\/12\/08\/qiddiya-city-launches-film-production-hub-playmaker-studios\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T00:00:00","slug":"qiddiya-city-launches-film-production-hub-playmaker-studios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2025\/12\/08\/qiddiya-city-launches-film-production-hub-playmaker-studios\/","title":{"rendered":"Qiddiya City launches film production hub PlayMaker Studios"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">Enaya Cooperative Insurance<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">ENTERTAINMENT-<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/qiddiya.com\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Qiddiya Investment Company<\/a><\/strong><strong> launched PlayMaker Studios at Qiddiya City, adding a <\/strong><strong>state-of-the-art film production facility to the Kingdom<\/strong>, it said in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/qiddiya.com\/press-room\/qiddiya-investment-company-announces-the-opening-of-playmaker-st\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. The complex features two purpose-built soundstages, workshops, production offices, and integrated production facilities for regional and international projects. It also provides on-site support for permitting, logistics, and operational services and offers access to Saudi Arabia\u2019s 40% production financial rebate program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>A growing studio: <\/strong>Construction has begun on two additional soundstages, scheduled for completion in 2026. Future expansion plans include post-production, visual effects, volumetric, and music studios.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">(<strong>** Tap or click the headline above to read this story with all of the links<\/strong> to our background and outside sources.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">M&A WATCH-<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salama.com.sa\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Salama Cooperative Ins. Company<\/a><\/strong><strong> and <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saudienaya.com\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Enaya Cooperative Ins. Company<\/a><\/strong><strong> announced the <\/strong><strong>timeline for their <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/ksa\/en\/news\/story\/4bff9fcc-384a-4b69-b4f8-8bcc54599344\/%253cmark%253esalama%253c%2Fmark%253e,-enaya-seal-sar-234.3-mn-merger-agreement-amid-saudi-ins.-sector-shakeout\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">binding merger<\/a><\/strong> via a share swap following regulatory approval, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2025\/12\/449.pdf\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">disclosure to<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2025\/12\/449.pdf\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Tadawul<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2025\/12\/449.pdf\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">(pdf)<\/a>. The creditor objection period ends on 18 December, electronic voting begins on 31 December, and General Assembly meetings are scheduled for 4 January 2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>If approved, Enaya shares will be suspended on 5 January<\/strong>, followed by delisting and the issuance of Salama shares. The merger is expected to take full effect on 7 January, with fractional share distributions completed by early February. Enaya shareholders will receive some 0.82 Salama shares for each Enaya share.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salama and Enaya set voting dates for their merger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2564],"tags":[54,10,2488,4688,65,4427],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-103135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-also-on-our-radar","tag-also-on-our-radar","tag-enterpriseam-ksa","tag-film","tag-playmaker-studios","tag-qiddiya","tag-salama-cooperative-insurance","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"5bc81a93-806d-47f2-8ad2-6858eff4ada5","order":"8","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/5\/864.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Film production complex PlayMaker Studios debuts in Qiddiya","related_issue":[103122],"teaser":"Salama and Enaya set voting dates for their merger","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2025\/12\/.9d29b0f0-0ced-43ab-82d2-65b140439bbb.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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