How many Media activities does RAKEZ have?

As captured on 25 August 2026, the RAKEZ register files 130 activities under its Media classification, out of 3618 activities on the register in total. Registers are living documents, so the current count is always the authority's.

Is my activity covered if it is not in the sample list?

Possibly — this page shows a sample, not the full register. An adviser checks your specific activity against the authority's live list, which is the only check that counts, and also confirms whether it needs any external regulator's approval.

Why are the activity codes not shown?

Because a code is a filing reference, not an explanation. The name tells you whether the register has a home for your work, which is what this page is for. The code only becomes useful once someone has checked your actual business against the authority's live list, decided which entries apply and which combination they may sit in, and confirmed any external approval — and that is the assessment, not a directory listing. Publishing a code without that check is how businesses end up licensed for something adjacent to what they do.

Can one licence at RAKEZ carry several of these activities?

How many activities a licence carries, and whether families can be combined, is set by the authority's own packaging rules, which change. We confirm the current position in writing with the authority for your specific activity set rather than publishing rules that may be out of date.

What does a media licence at RAKEZ cost?

The authority sets and quotes the fees, and packages and promotions change. Current figures are confirmed within your adviser-reviewed route comparison, checked with the authority for your exact activity set, visa requirement, and workspace before you commit.

RAKEZ activity register

Media licence activities in RAKEZ

The short answer

Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) files 130 business activities under its Media classification, out of 3618 activities on its register as captured on 25 August 2026. Each activity is a named register entry, and a licence is built from the specific entries that match what the business actually does. This page explains the family and what changes the answer; the exact entries for your business, the combination they form, and the current costs come from an adviser-reviewed activity check.

This page explains one licence family on the RAKEZ register: what the authority groups under Media, what that kind of licence is structured for, and the facts that decide whether it fits. It is a directory of the authority's own classification, not a ranking and not a promotion.

Activities are shown by name, which is how you will recognise your own work in them. The authority's activity codes are not published here — the code is the filing reference, and which codes your business needs, in what combination, is the output of the activity check rather than something to copy off a page.

Use this to work out whether the work you actually do has a home in this family — and read the zone's full profile for how RAKEZ operates, who it suits, and who it does not.

What the Media classification covers

Activities in this family describe content and creative work: production, publishing, digital content, gaming and e-sports, agency services, and rights management.

Media registers tend to name business models precisely — a content portal, a casting agency, a publisher are different entries — so the choice of activity is a choice about how the business will describe itself to advertisers, platforms, and banks.

What a media licence here is structured for

A licence built from this family suits studios, agencies, publishers, content creators operating as a business, and digital-media platforms.

Content that touches broadcast, journalism, or other supervised areas can carry conditions from the UAE's media regulator; whether that applies depends on the specific activity and is checked before the application, not after.

From the register

Activities in this family, by name

A sample of the 130 activities RAKEZ files under Media, exactly as the register names them. Activity names are the authority's own wording and are shown in English in every language; register codes are not published.

Advertising & Communication Agency
Artificial Intelligence Developer
Books
Branding and Corporate Identity
Broadcasting Consultants
Business Events Management
Casting Agency
Content portal - Classifieds/Listings Aggregator
Content Portal - Content app/website
Content portal - Online booking platform
Content portal - Online comparison platform
Content Rights Management
Content sale and distribution
Corporate Content Provider
Corporate Publishing
Costume Design
Creative Agency
Data Management and Cyber Security Services
Design, Scenery, Motion Graphics and Lighting
Destination Management
Digital and Interactive Game Development
Digital Content Creation
Digital Media Library, Distribution and Management
Digital Signage Development and Management
Directories, Guides, Manuals and Catalogues
Distribution / DVD Authoring
Dubbing/subtitling
E-sports Data & Analytics
E-sports League Operator
E-sports Online Publication

What this page does not decide

Where this page stops: it will not tell you the exact register entries to file, the combination they have to form, or what the route currently costs. Those are decided against your facts and the authority's live list, and they are what the activity check produces in writing.

Decision factors

What changes the answer

Two businesses that describe themselves the same way in a sentence can need different entries, different approvals, and a different jurisdiction altogether. These are the facts that move the answer for a media licence — worth settling before you apply, whoever you apply through.

Which side of the model actually earns: production, publishing, representation, or rights.
Whether the content touches news, broadcast, or advertising areas carrying media-regulator conditions.
Where the content is produced, and whether filming or location permits apply.
Whether you own the rights, licence them in, or licence them out.
Whether the platform carries third-party content, and what responsibility that brings.
Whether the advertisers, platforms, and banks you invoice will accept the activity wording.

Where this family is a strong fit

You make, publish, or manage content or creative work as a business.
The register entry matches the business model, not just the craft.
You have checked whether your content area carries media-regulation conditions.

Where it is the wrong family

The business is a software product and the content is only how it is marketed.
The content touches news or broadcast and the licence is being read as an editorial permission.
You picked the entry that matches your craft rather than the one that matches how you earn.
Rights and ownership of the work have not been settled between you and the people who make it.

About this listing

Activity grouping on this page follows the authority's own register as captured on 25 August 2026. Registers change, and authorities run promotions and package terms that change faster still — so current availability, inclusions, and pricing are confirmed directly with the authority at the point of application, never taken from this page.

Questions

Frequently asked

How many Media activities does RAKEZ have?: As captured on 25 August 2026, the RAKEZ register files 130 activities under its Media classification, out of 3618 activities on the register in total. Registers are living documents, so the current count is always the authority's.
Is my activity covered if it is not in the sample list?: Possibly — this page shows a sample, not the full register. An adviser checks your specific activity against the authority's live list, which is the only check that counts, and also confirms whether it needs any external regulator's approval.
Why are the activity codes not shown?: Because a code is a filing reference, not an explanation. The name tells you whether the register has a home for your work, which is what this page is for. The code only becomes useful once someone has checked your actual business against the authority's live list, decided which entries apply and which combination they may sit in, and confirmed any external approval — and that is the assessment, not a directory listing. Publishing a code without that check is how businesses end up licensed for something adjacent to what they do.
Can one licence at RAKEZ carry several of these activities?: How many activities a licence carries, and whether families can be combined, is set by the authority's own packaging rules, which change. We confirm the current position in writing with the authority for your specific activity set rather than publishing rules that may be out of date.
What does a media licence at RAKEZ cost?: The authority sets and quotes the fees, and packages and promotions change. Current figures are confirmed within your adviser-reviewed route comparison, checked with the authority for your exact activity set, visa requirement, and workspace before you commit.

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