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Chief commercial officer and co-founder of Starzplay, Danny Bates at Dubai Studio City. Reem Mohammed/The National
Chief commercial officer and co-founder of Starzplay, Danny Bates at Dubai Studio City. Reem Mohammed/The National
Generation Start-up: Starzplay doesn't see Apple, Disney or Netflix as threats - for now
The streaming service co-founders started out with just a PowerPoint presentation and an Excel spreadsheet