{"id":3232,"date":"2023-05-16T10:21:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T07:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stag.mediacity.qa\/?p=3232"},"modified":"2024-11-05T21:21:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T18:21:04","slug":"mcq-and-amazon-web-services-explore-potential-collaboration-in-qatars-media-ecosystem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediacity.qa\/en\/mcq-and-amazon-web-services-explore-potential-collaboration-in-qatars-media-ecosystem\/","title":{"rendered":"MCQ and Amazon Web Services Explore Potential Collaboration in Qatar's Media Ecosystem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MCQ held a successful workshop with Amazon Web Services (AWS), a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs, in May 2023. 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