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Sheeraz Hasan, friend to the stars and founder of Hollywood.TV explains why he is launching Dubai.TV.

Sheeraz Hasan is a busy man. "Yes Tom, sure Tom. Okay Tom, I'll catch you later."

Who's Tom? Quite possibly Tom Cruise, or Tom Jones or Tom Petty. The founder and CEO of Tinseltown Media Group is in Raffles Dubai hotel, planning the next stage of his quest to conquer the media world, with the help of his celebrity friends.

When it comes to getting people's attention, the man who launched Hollywood.TV, has few rivals. His Internet TV station Hollywood.TV has a global reach of 1 billion people in 270 countries around the world.

After less than twelve months in business, his company has been valued at over US$1bn. Prior to Hollywood.TV, he was the creator of the hit television show Tinseltown TV which aired to over half a billion people around the world and single-handedly united the world's two biggest film industries, Hollywood, representing 3.6 billion worldwide fans, and Bollywood, representing 3.8 billion worldwide fans.

"It's going pretty well, but this is just the beginning. I have hardly started," says Hasan.

Hasan's biggest brand so far is Hollywood.TV. He uses the Hollywood.TV website to showcase every move of the world's biggest celebrities, including Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, George Clooney, Britney Spears, Madonna and Paris Hilton.

"It's Hollywood as it Happens." To Hasan, landing the worldwide recognisable Hollywood.TV website name was "a gift from God" since from the moment Hasan acquired the name, he has been inundated by some of Hollywood's biggest elite corporations and investment banks trying to acquire the billion dollar brand, even before he launched it.

"To me, the internet and television are actually one entity. The word "TV" is a brand that is recognised around the planet, without the need for any explanation and it emphasises internet media in the form of video. I also believe that "Hollywood" falls into the same category of worldwide instant brand recognition - it needs no explanation as it emphasises the biggest celebrity market in the world," he says, adding: "Companies have to spend billions of dollars to let the world know what their brand means. I don't need to spend a dollar educating my audience about what the phrase ‘Hollywood.TV means. I view domain names as real estate. With Hollywood.TV it's simple - when it comes to entertainment, I have the hottest real estate online today."

The Hollywood.TV website uses its innovative business model of offering photographs and video clips of the biggest celebrities in the world, and counts the world's largest networks and media conglomerates among its clients, including CBS, CNN, FOX, ABC, NBC, ET, The Insider, SKY, BBC - plus the likes of Reuters and YouTube.

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