Tubefilter Staff

• Short-form creators can’t keep their content out of pirates’ hands. Collab wants to help.
• 1 Billion Followers Summit opens tickets for 2026 Dubai creator event

  
• Gushcloud expands into Abu Dhabi, hoping to help MENA’s top creators go global

  Gushcloud will set up in Abu Dhabi and work with local governments and organizations to establish opportunities for creators, it tells Tubefilter. It also plans to "identify and invest in top local creators within MENA to turn them into global creators via Gushcloud's Creator Venture Program."

  
• 1 Billion Followers Summit 2025 brought 30,000 digital content enthusiasts to Dubai. Are you ready for the 2026 event?

  We'll have more information about speakers, programming, and tickets later this month, but for now, we can say that the summit will take place Jan 9-11, 2026, at the Museum of the Future and the Dubai International Financial Centre.

  
• What is the $40.8 million Creators HQ doing for creators in Dubai?
• 12 million creators helped OpusClip build a product they needed. Now it’s giving one of them $5K and a masterclass with Nick Nimmin.
• Gushcloud acquires Wizdeo’s MCN, kicking off a spate of buys to make it a $1 billion creator business
• Viral Nation is known for being one of the biggest digital talent agencies in the world. But it does a lot more than representation.
• Dubai wants more creators. So it’s offering to get them Golden Visas.
• RHEI partners with the Professional Fighters League
• Althea Lim wants Gushcloud to be an all-in-one income growth ecosystem for creators
• Here’s what YouTubers like Supercar Blondie, Dhar Mann, and Yes Theory get from joining Dubai’s Creators HQ