According to Google's "Ramadan Insights" research, households in the MENA region have the highest number of internet-connected devices globally, with an average of 14 devices per household.
BBC Kids will offer 200 hours of premium programming, fully dubbed into the Arabic language, in a safe environment.
The Middle East media and entertainment Market holds immense potential for growth, presenting opportunities for industry players to adapt, innovate, and thrive in a dynamic landscape.
As the OTT media space becomes increasingly competitive, industry professionals at the ASBU BroadcastPro Summit discussed ways to improve viewer engagement and monetisation to stay in the race.
The documentary is a yes Docu and Einat-Emma Shamir production, co-produced with Neue Celluloid Fabrik Film produktion and SWR, in co-operation with ARTE and directed by Rotem Gross.
Shahid has acquired the series for MENA territories, and Dubai Media secured the rights for its free TV channels, Dubai TV, and Dubai One.
A cutting-edge digital media hub has emerged in Dubai, designed to meet the demands of a tech-savvy, digitally immersed Arab audience. With a strong focus on providing content optimised for ...
Amazon Original series 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' was the most viewed series on Prime Video while the season opener for Thursday Night Football was the most watched TNF game ...
Streaming companies and TV broadcasters can better target their audience if they have the right data and know how to analyse it.
Three-quarters of CTV/OTT advertisers view CTV/OTT advertising as an extension of their linear TV strategy.
Customers in these regions will have access to A+E Networks EMEA’s programming as an on-demand subscription service.
The non-exclusive deal, which is still to be completed, means the show might still appear on Max, WBD’s rebranded streaming service.
Amazon is planning for the ad breaks to be short and could still choose to continue with the present format.
It is an exciting time for streaming in the MENA region and, as we head into CABSAT, the industry here is as dynamic and as constantly changing as ever.
Lionsgate+ subscribers who signed up via Prime Video Channels will now get access to MGM+ International.
According to Ampere Analysis, New major NFL deals with Amazon and YouTube mean streamers will account for one-fifth of all sports rights spend this year.
Vuz will launch special social channels for MBC Group on its platform.
Viewers can access 18 exclusive OSN channels, 29 partner channels and 1000+ Free-to-Air channels.
Primetime Channels will feature shows and movies along with trailers, behind-the-scenes footage and cast interviews.
All three pan-regional channels of beIN Sports covering Asia-Pacific will be based on Measat-3d after October 31, 2022.
Under an agreement signed with Saudi Minister of Culture Prince Badr bin Farhan in 2020, MBC Group has moved its headquarters from Dubai to Riyadh.
Software-defined satellites present an $87bn revenue opportunity thanks to payload flexibility and price advantages. But challenges around production, ground operations and interoperability must first be resolved, experts tell Keith Fernandez.
The deal between Arabsat and the Turkish company will bring a larger variety of Turkish- and Arabic-language channels to viewers within the Arabsat footprint.
As media houses straddle the worlds of linear and OTT, understanding what media convergence entails on the technical, infrastructural and business levels is increasingly important. In conjunction with Red Bee ...
Crime+Investigation Play will feature more than 1,000 hours of premium programming and local originals of true-crime content.
BroadcastPro ME teamed up with Abu Dhabi-based media company IP Studios to host a discussion in Arabic – a first for the market – on MENA sports production. Sarah Nathan ...
Audience data for around 5m UAE-based TV viewers updated daily on index.mena.tv platform while KSA gears up for audience date with Nielson.
Amazon has won EU antitrust approval for its $8.5bn acquisition of MGM.
Rotana Media Group is ambitiously upgrading various parts of its facility in Egypt with state-of-the-art infrastructure, as part of a larger plan to move more aggressively into global markets. BroadcastPro ...
Toonz Kids will broadcast edutainment and entertainment programmes for children aged four to 12.
Filmmakers can submit their work for a $50 fee onto the submission portal, created with Exeest.
With the rise in prominence of streaming services, winning share of time, mind and wallet has become critical in an increasingly crowded market. This panel explored new strategies and discussed ...
Prior to Viacom and Awesomeness, Day worked in various roles at Discovery and AOL and served as CEO of venture-backed video company Blip Networks.
SES has picked Thales Alenia Space to build the Astra 1P and Astra 1Q satellites for a launch in 2024.
Sawa to distribute 14 TV channels across the MENA region via MonacoSAT satellite located at 52 degrees East.
BroadcastPro Middle East, in association with Limelight, recently hosted a roundtable exploring new trends in the streaming market and the role of CDNs in offering a better user experience. We ...
While most of the GCC countries have put their broadcast projects on hold, Bahrain’s Ministry of Information Affairs (MIA) released a number of tenders over the last year for massive ...
No satellite operator in the MENA satellite space wields as much power and influence as Arabsat, which was founded in 1976. Arabsat has been serving the growing needs of the ...
The number of TV homes receiving HD content from 19.2 degrees East also continued to increase to 84%, representing an increase of almost 30% over the past five years.
2020 brought a lot of unexpected change that will perhaps continue into 2021 – but some solution providers and broadcasters have had time to take stock of the situation and ...
With a plethora of streaming services vying for eyeballs, panellists at the MENA OTT Conference debated on some core issues that could potentially make or break a streaming service.
Media companies are in a race to create volumes of compelling, high-quality content for many different markets and distribution channels. But doing so has its challenges, explains Russell Wise.
The Android TV enabled device provides content from linear TV and a host of OTT apps onto a television screen.
The films can be viewed by activating the video-on-demand feature to purchase all ten movies together or rent them one at a time.
BroadcastPro ME reached out to some manufacturers and solution providers to ask what they thought were some of the key drivers behind IP adoption in the market.
Senior market executives and analysts from various facets of the media industry share their insights with BroadcastPro ME.
From playing professional football to developing unique software-based technologies that have taken the world of sports broadcasting by storm, Mohammad Ali Abbaspour, founder and CEO of Sponix Tech, has come ...
Viu delivers premium Asian content in different genres from top content providers with local language subtitles as well as original production series under the ‘Viu Original’ initiative.
Gator-Toolbox includes all the tools needed to adapt UHD and HD signals to your broadcast production and live event workflows where low latency and quality UHD, HDR and WCG are ...
The two European football channels will be packaged together with exclusive content from SCM Group.
The channels include BBC Earth HD, which inspires audiences by sharing the incredible wonders of the universe; CBeebies HD, which provides pre-school age programming to encourage learning through play; and ...
Maite Ventura is the new Managing Director – MENA of the world’s top-performing football league, Spain’s La Liga – but is she a woman alone in a man’s world, or ...
The facility in New Delhi can monitor up to 1,000 channels with 24x7 support, and is powered by a playout monitoring platform in the cloud.
In keeping with the rising demand for film projects in the UAE, Icon Art has revamped its kit and studio facilities as part of a $4m investment. CEO Zakir Hussain ...
SES has signed two agreements with the Association of Ethiopian Broadcasters (AEB), and the Ethiopian Broadcasting Cooperation (EBC) that will enable the creation of a dedicated Ethiopian TV environment.
ConnecTechAsia2019 Summit speaker Ed Barton, Chief Analyst TV and Entertainment, Ovum, outlines the next step in televisions evolution. From the live black-and-white broadcast of Neil Armstrongs first step on ...
From left: Christodoulos Protopapas, CEO of Hellas Sat;Dr Omar Olaian R Alaidda, Chairman of the Hellas Sat Board and , Technical Director at Hellas Sat. Hellas ...
The official YouTube app and other apps will be available on Fire TV in the coming months. Prime members streaming to Chromecast and on Android TV devices will have unlimited access to ...
ChyronHego and Grass Valley, a Belden brand have collaborated to offer a new, single-point-of-control integration solution for graphics and production switching that is now being deployed successfully across major US ...
Zain Kuwaits Chief Commercial Officer Meshal Mohammed (2nd from right), Zain Kuwaits Chief Corporate Communications and Relations Officer Waleed Al Khashti (2nd from left) and Amazons ...
