MBC CEO granted Saudi premium residency

MBC CEO Mike Sneesby has been granted premium residency in Saudi Arabia. (X/@MBCGroup)
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Updated 07 August 2025
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MBC CEO granted Saudi premium residency

  • Sneesby said in a post on X that he feels immense pride in obtaining the premium residency in this country I have come to love
  • Executive took the helm at the Saudi media group earlier this year after serving as CEO of Nine Entertainment

RIYADH: The CEO of Riyadh-headquartered broadcaster MBC Group Mike Sneesby has been granted premium residency in Saudi Arabia.

Sneesby said in a post on X that he feels “immense pride in obtaining the premium residency in this country I have come to love, and have chosen to make my home since moving from Australia.”

The executive took the helm at the Saudi media group earlier this year after serving as CEO of Nine Entertainment.

The premium residency was launched in 2019 and allows eligible foreigners to live in the Kingdom and receive benefits such as exemption from paying expat and dependents fees, visa-free international travel, and the right to own real estate and run a business without requiring a sponsor.


Eurovision Sport, Camb.ai to provide live subtitling for Paralympic Winter Games

Updated 06 March 2026
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Eurovision Sport, Camb.ai to provide live subtitling for Paralympic Winter Games

  • Partnership aims to increase accessibility for all audiences
  • Milano Cortina Games run from Friday to March 15

LONDON: Eurovision Sport, the European Broadcasting Union’s free-to-air streaming platform, will provide live and on-demand subtitling for coverage of the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games in partnership with AI language company Camb.ai

The service will run across all competition days, allowing viewers to stream all six Paralympic Winter Games sports on Eurovision Sport with real-time subtitles. The Games open on Friday and run through March 15.

Camb.ai will supply contextual speech-to-text transcription for both live and catch-up coverage, which the organizers said would support accessibility without altering the editorial integrity of broadcasts.

Eurovision Sport Managing Director Alan Fagan said the aim was to make the Games available to “the widest possible audience,” by scaling up digital accessibility across every event on the platform.

The initiative forms part of the EBU’s most extensive digital coverage of a Paralympic Winter Games to date and complements member broadcasters’ linear output.

It also reflects a wider industry push to make live sport easier to follow for viewers watching without sound, people with hearing impairments and audiences consuming content on demand.

Camb.ai’s Chief Technology Officer Akshat Prakash said the company was proud to deepen its partnership with Eurovision Sport, describing the platform as a leader in applying new technology to sports coverage.

The two organizations began working together in 2024, when they delivered what they described as Europe’s first AI-powered real-time translated sports commentary during European Athletics events.