Vijaya Cherian, Author at BroadcastPro ME

May 31, 2011

Dubai Media Inc. will launch a new radio station that will broadcast Khaleeji and Emirati music along with live programmes...

OSN operations resume after fire disruptions yesterday

May 30, 2011

Orbit Showtime Networks (OSN) channels went off...

IT and Broadcast must integrate

May 30, 2011

Changes at an organisational level are essential to making technological advancements within the...

Tropfest Arabia announces workshops

May 29, 2011

Tropfest Arabia is conducting a couple of workshops on content creation for aspiring filmmakers in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in...

Irshad Contractor, owner of Technosat shares why he thinks payTV networks have not achieved their numbers in the Middle East and how he hopes to resolve that.

May 29, 2011

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Patrick Hofbauer, CEO of Canal Digital and Telenor talks about the future of set top box technology.

May 28, 2011

DTT – too little impact, too late?

May 26, 2011

Reports late last month about an announcement by the UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority that analogue TV will be switched off...

Kaveh Farnam talks about the lens workshop at Colonia Studio in Dubai.

May 22, 2011

MediaCast appointed Middle East master dealer for NewTek

May 22, 2011

3D Storm (NewTek Europe), distributor of NewTek products in Europe, Africa and the Middle-East...

Melody Group to begin operations from Fujairah

May 21, 2011

Arab entertainment company Melody Group has acquired a licence from Fujairah Media Group to begin operations from the emirates Creative...

Abu Dhabi Sports promises unprecedented Premier League coverage

May 19, 2011

Abu Dhabi Sports claims that...

Abu Dhabi Film Fest announces funding for 11 projects

May 19, 2011

The Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF) has selected eleven projects to receive development and post-production funding from Sanad, the festival's...

3D TV set market to grow 500% in 2011

May 18, 2011

3D TV set market is poised to grow dramatically in 2011by almost 500%, according to analyst firm In-Stat. Over the...

Aiham Ajib, CEO and Creative Director of Real Image, Dubai talks about his new launch.

May 16, 2011

DMI to roll out first phase of archival project

May 16, 2011

Dubai Media Inc. (DMI) has begun the process of signing purchase orders...

Sabco Media confirms radio launch in Oman

May 16, 2011

Omani media conglomerate Sabco Media has confirmed that it will launch a new English-language radio station called Merge 104.8 in...

Boomtown announces digital production arm

Dubai-based production house Boomtown Productions has launched its digital content production arm dubbed BOOMTOWN 2.0. The new department offers a...

Orange Jordan unveils HD mobile TV

Orange Jordan has launched a new mobile TV service that enables its mobile subscribers to view HD content from channels...

PluralEyes

Dubai-based editor Raul Skopecz gives us his view on PluralEyes, a workflow automation tool designed to automatically analyse media content...

Movie industry moving towards all-electronic cinematography

In the wake of the just completed NAB Show in Las Vegas, it is possible to assume that the industry...

Alain Andreoli

BroadcastPro ME caught up with Alain Andreoli, the new CEO of...

RAW Power

The 2011 edition of the Gulf Film Festival (GFF), a platform launched four years ago to...

Ricky Ghai appointed CEO of Eros Digital

After making a shocking exit from Abu Dhabi Media (ADM)...

DIFF expands doco focus; collaborates with Copenhagen fest

May 14, 2011

A scene from Everyday is a Holiday.At Cannes, Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) announced an expansion to Dubai Film Connection,...

Advanced Media to host workshop on lenses for pros

Dubai-based distributor Advanced Media Trading LLC is back with yet another workshop aimed at upgrading the skills of camera pros...

Harris is hiring in the Middle East

As Harris Middle East and South Asia...

Taking on the Cloud – I

In the first of a three-part series, Andrew Davies...

Many takers for TC Electronic System 6000

UAE distributor NMK Electronics has recently supplied two sets of System 6000 from TC Electronic to systems integrator Oasis Enterprises...

Qvest Media perfects audio quality at Grand Mosque with Riedel technology

May 11, 2011

Dubai-based systems integrator Qvest Media FZ LLC has been contracted to provide the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi...

David Jamieson, who joined Harris MESA recently as Head of Solutions and Emerging Business, talks about his new role at the company

May 11, 2011

Martin Bennett, Head of Media Business Unit, Image Systems (formerly Digital Vision) on content archival.

May 10, 2011

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Abu Dhabi Film Commission to integrate with Media Zone Authority

May 9, 2011

Abu Dhabi Film Commission (ADFC), which previously reported to the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture & Heritage (ADACH), will henceforth...

Mirrorless digital still camera revenue to reach US $825 million in 2015: In-Stat

May 8, 2011

In the world of digital still cameras (DSCs), there were basically two market segments from which to choose, either the...

Richard Craig-McFeely of KIT digital talks about some of the challenges that traditional broadcasters face when embracing new platforms.

May 7, 2011

Audio engineer Simon Short from Melody House talks about how he goes about sorting out the acoustics for studios in the UAE.

May 5, 2011

Chicco Hiranandani, Business Development Manager at NMK Electronics talks about a special Shure product at PALME Middle East.

May 3, 2011

Ricky Ghai’s exit from Abu Dhabi Media shocks industry

May 1, 2011

Ricky Ghai has stepped down as executive director of the Digital...

Glen Kershaw, sales and marketing manager of GSL Professional at PALME Middle East.

April 30, 2011

UAE to switch off analogue and move to DTT by 2013

According to a report in The National today, the UAE will switch off its analogue television network by 2013 and...

Pavan Mulani, field marketing specialist with Avid Middle East, says more broadcasters are looking for “live” audio solutions now.

Hidenori Taguchi shares why Sony PSMEA decided to exhibit at PALME this year.

Anna Cattaneo speaks about IBS Group’s plans at PALME Middle East.

The State of Contemporary Intercom Applications

April 26, 2011

The humble intercom has now evolved into a more sophisticated solution that links large communication networks and installations across various...

PALME encourages greater focus on education sector

April 26, 2011

The Middle Easts booming US$2 billion a year audio visual business is turning an eye to the education sector, which...

Audio networking for broadcast Time to switch?

April 24, 2011

Moving from hard-wired broadcast systems to network-based architectures with software-controllable topologies will bring a range of benefits to broadcasters, says...

Turner to launch Cartoonito in EMEA this September

April 24, 2011

Turner Broadcasting will rollout its UK preschool channel Cartoonito across Europe, the Middle East and Africa this September as part...

Omani production house bags eight awards at US film fest

April 23, 2011

Omani video production house KMA Productions recently won eight film awards at the Annual WorldFest-Houston Film Festival, the third oldest...

EXCLUSIVE – Bridge Technologies ties with local business partner, Simon Frostad tells BroadcastPro ME at NAB.

April 23, 2011

Winners of Gulf Film Festival 2011 announced

April 21, 2011

The New York Film Academy Abu Dhabi Awards:Hamad Saghran from UAESarmad Al-Zoubidy from...

Thomson Video Networks to break away from Technicolor soon. Crystele Trevisan, VP, Corporate Communications speaks to BPME.

April 20, 2011

New deal makes MBC HD channels exclusive on Technosat boxes

During a joint signing ceremony at MBC's headquarters in...

News and Current Affairs channels have highest ad rates: Arab Advisors

News and Current Affairs channels have the highest average advertising rates amongst FTA satellite TV channels in the Arab World,...

Wanted: Systems integration partners, not box-shifters

We have recently seen the emergence of systems integration firms...

Emirati filmmakers share outlook at film fest

The fourth Gulf Film Festival, held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh...

Flavours of Arabic music and regional rituals lead Gulf Film Fest

Gulf culture, including its music and unique ceremonies, are in the spotlight today...

Building an efficient IPTV network

Monitoring systems should be an integral part of any IPTV infrastructure build right from the pre-deployment stage, says Simen Frostad.A...

Grass Valley Trinix router’s fibre option sends more signals further

April 14, 2011

With signal processing and distribution needs on the rise, Grass Valley has announced a series of new input/output (I/O) boards...

Signiant provides seamless connection to Windows Azure platform

April 13, 2011

Signiant announced at NAB that the Xbox 360(R) video game platform and Zune digital media player developers at Microsoft will...

NAB show attendance up this year

April 13, 2011