Guest Columnist, Author at BroadcastPro ME

openTruck paves the way

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September 21, 2014

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David Ross, CEO at Ross Video.Around the world, broadcasting is become increasingly local and specialised to...

Keeping pirates at bay

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September 20, 2014

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Eleuterio Fernandes, Exterity.Security is key in professional IPTV and is likely to become more important as...

Maximise your MAM

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September 12, 2014

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Julián Fernández-Campón.In todays digital world, MAM offers much more than a database and has transitioned to...

Traditional telcos must adapt or perish

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September 11, 2014

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Traditional pay-TV and telco companies are losing subscribersand revenue to the open internet and OTT players. They need to adapt...

Improve standards with DVB-T2

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September 7, 2014

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Martyn Horspool is Business Development Manager at GatesAir.The global progress of digital terrestrial broadcasting has many...

Cut a long story short

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August 16, 2014

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MBC deployed Pixel Factory, a promo solution for its newly launched Bollywood channel. Keith Dallison, Post Production Manager at MBC,...

Who won the World Cup?

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August 12, 2014

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For the first time in decades the World Cup coincided with Ramadan, so there was much speculation as to what...

Going social

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August 7, 2014

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Owing to the proliferation of second screen and social media, the traditional living room TV model is changing. What does...

Sportscasting: then and now

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July 18, 2014

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Karim Saade is Director for Sports at Intigral. He has led the development and launch of...

Smarter Stadiums

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July 12, 2014

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Luc Doneux, Executive Vice President Sports Division, EVS.Smart devices, coupled with ubiquitous broadband connectivity, is transforming...

Intelligent archiving

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June 12, 2014

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It is only by reimagining archive as a unified repository of assets, which are integral to production, preparation and delivery...

Channel without a box

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June 2, 2014

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Karl Mehring, Senior Product Manager for TV Everywhere at Snell.The concept of channel-in-a-box is nearly mainstream...

On-air control

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May 20, 2014

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Roddy Pratt is Technical Director at Rascular.Greater technology choice is leading customers down the path of...

MAM – the beginning is really the end

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May 18, 2014

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Michael Shore is Co-founder of Pronology.When choosing an appropriate MAM solution, the user needs to understand that...

Sporting an 8K future

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May 12, 2014

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John Ive is Director of Business Development & Technology at IABM.Although it is still early to...

The bridge to IP

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April 16, 2014

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Chuck Meyer, CTO, Core Products at Miranda Technologies.The key to designing a facility that can successfully...

The power of live broadcast

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April 16, 2014

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Barbara Lange.Live broadcasts have a truly amazing power to capture and engage viewers attention. This has...

DaVinci Resolve 10

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April 13, 2014

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DaVinci Resolve's edit page.Alistair Rankine takes an in-depth look at DaVinci Resolve 10 to find out...

Fibre backhaul for 3G

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April 9, 2014

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Shibu Vahid, Head of Technical Operations, R&M Middle East, Turkey and Africa.As fast-growing traffic continues to...

One screen isnt enough

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March 24, 2014

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Chady Debs explains the impact of multiple devices on TV consumption and programming trends in the Arab worldIf mobile TV...

Adapting the art of news storytelling

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March 22, 2014

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Technology will drive storytellingThe art of storytelling will become more complex and more informative. Audiences are growing more diverse and...

OTT Challenges and opportunities for MEA

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March 20, 2014

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OTT opens up new opportunities and revenue streams for television channels but comes with its own set of challenges, says...

Raising the bar

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March 17, 2014

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A six-month audit of tviews performance includes key recommendations on how to ensure the UAEs TV audience measurement is on par...

Renewing the newsroom

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March 11, 2014

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With the rapid uptake of mobile devices, broadcast professionals must have a reliable multiplatform content delivery solution that provides a...

Blackmagic Production Camera 4K

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March 10, 2014

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The local production market has eagerly awaited the arrival of the Blackmagic Production Camera 4K, which at the humble price...

Cloud to the rescue

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March 4, 2014

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Embracing a cloud-based CSM system can provide a media company with the benefits of content storage management while sparing them...

Lightworks Pro

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March 2, 2014

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Bahrain-based filmmaker Saleh Nass explores the capabilities of the Lightworks Pro while editing his latest short film, Central Market. He...

MENAs new digital frontier

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February 16, 2014

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Juan Jose De La Torre is the Vice President of Mobile and Web at Intigral.Traditional mobile...

Optimising digital television transmission

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February 12, 2014

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As digitisation of television becomes more widespread, the focus is now shifting on achieving impeccable transmission. We look at some...

The new OB landscape

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January 20, 2014

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Encouraging consumers to watch scheduled content is one of the biggest challenges that broadcasters face. Todays consumers are more likely...

Teranex

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January 5, 2014

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As the demand for higher resolutions in production increases, so does the need for standards converters in post. Blackmagic Design's...

The road to production in MENA

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January 2, 2014

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Dubai Film and TV Commission (DFTC), in partnership with Oliver Wyman, a global management consulting firm, released a white paper...

LED shines bright

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January 2, 2014

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LED lighting continues to prove its popularity and effectiveness in filmmaking, broadcasting environments and television production. The wider adoption of...

Taking stock

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December 18, 2013

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An overview of TV viewership in the past year and whats in store for the year aheadIts been a year!...

Priming the OTT market

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December 6, 2013

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OTT in the Middle East offers a unique opportunity for broadcasters, who need to understand that a modular approach to...

Pocket Champ

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December 5, 2013

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A Dubai-based production team created a special rig for a POV shoot with the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera for a...

Re-awakening of the camera market

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November 18, 2013

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The camera market is undergoing a renaissance of sorts as worldwide sales of cameras rise owing to several factorsAfter years...

The road to IPTV

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November 7, 2013

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Steve Coutts.IPTVs adoption in the Middle East has not been so widespread despite its advantages. A...

Sony on the shoulder

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November 3, 2013

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Sony PMW-300.Paul Mongey puts the new SONY PMW-300 XDcam through its pacesThe new Sony PMW-300 XDcam...

Piracy of a different form

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October 22, 2013

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Unauthorised platforms like Dish TV eat into the share of legitimate Middle East channels broadcasting on approved platforms, thereby undermining...

The C100 in focus

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October 18, 2013

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Canon C100 from the Canon EOS family has piqued the interest of new filmmakers for a number of reasons. Freelance...

Making the cut

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October 12, 2013

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Post production is now completely non-linear and fully collaborative, allowing different departments to work on the same content simultaneously, thereby...

Rigging the Pocket Camera

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October 6, 2013

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Andrew Clemson compares the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera with other cameras in the market and tests it with various accessories...

Blackmagic in your pocket

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October 6, 2013

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Filmmaker Asif Limbada was the first person in the Middle East to receive the much-awaited Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera. He...

Sports video market scores

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September 20, 2013

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Even in a so-called "off year" like 2013, with a meagre number of major events, and a number of disruptive...

The more things change

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September 9, 2013

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The month of IBC is often a time of change and looking forward to the future, looking back at another...

Relationships play key role in CDN evolution

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September 7, 2013

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Andrew Jones.With more devices accessing content in a variety of formats, CDNs have the tools, knowledge...

Media Composer 7

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September 6, 2013

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Avid-certified editor Tony Ruthnam takes a look at the new features of Avid Media Composer 7 to see how the...

Panasonic GH3

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September 5, 2013

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Panasonic GH3.Panasonic GH3 is a compact professional camera offering innumerable shooting options. Andrew Clemson, a Dubai-based...

Mic Test

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September 4, 2013

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DPA will launch its brand new 4017C microphone at IBC 2013. We bring you an exclusive review of the mic...

The great migration

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September 2, 2013

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Although the idea of 4K imaging is not new, its adoption has been posing a challenge for broadcasters. With more...

Living in a world of Maya

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September 1, 2013

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Maya's paint effects.Autodesks latest release Maya2014 is a handy tool for animators to create visual imagery...

Idol Lovers

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August 18, 2013

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Viewers change behaviours at times confounding analysts with figures that go awry. A minute-by-minute analysis, however, reveals the most rewarding...

Al Jazeera and ADM: Life after the Premier League rights saga

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August 13, 2013

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Now that the MENA broadcast rights for the Premier League have been awarded exclusively to Al Jazeera Sport, Karim Sarkis,...

Selling the second screen

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August 6, 2013

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As consumers viewing habits continue to change with second screens becoming more prevalent, broadcasters need to adopt smart strategies to monetise...

Addressing broadcasting challenges

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August 6, 2013

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File-based automation offers a flexible platform for complex broadcast challenges. Craig Newbury advises broadcasters in the region to use file-based...