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From strategic outreach programmes across the region to partnering with global film institutions, the DIFF team has played a significant part in putting Arab cinema on the global mapThe ninth...
From strategic outreach programmes across the region to partnering with global film institutions, the DIFF team has played a significant part in putting Arab cinema on the global mapThe ninth...
A cultural centre in Taif, Saudi Arabia recently undertook a large audio installation with Sennheiser Group. BroadcastPro ME brings you the detailsSaudi Arabias Souk Okaz public theatre in Taif has...
Mohammed Al Marhouby, Director General of Engineering, Public Authority for Radio & TV, OmanIn 2009, when the recession hit the world, all eyes were on the...
BEST DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION IN ARABICABDALLAH EL BINNI, AL JAZEERA NETWORKAbdallah El Binni, Al Jazeera NetworkAbdallah El Binni is an investigative journalist who has produced and directed...
MOST DYNAMIC MENA SI IN AFRICASONY PROFESSIONAL SOLUTIONS MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICASony Professional Solutions MEASony has undertaken several projects in Africa with Tigrai and ERTA in...
MENA SYSTEMS INTEGRATOR OF THE YEARTEK SIGNALSTek SignalsThis systems integrator is one of the few that has managed to secure several Middle East telco and broadcast...
ASBU ME 2012 TECHNICAL ACHIEVERMark BillingeMark Billinge, VP of Broadcast Operations and Technology OSNMark Billinge managed a team of more than 100 people across various departments...
BEST STUDIO OF THE YEARDubai Media Inc.Dubai Media Inc.DMI moved aggressively towards a full HD tapeless environment this year and spearheaded this move by upgrading one...
PIONEERING CONTRIBUTION TO BROADCAST TECHNOLOGYFadi KahhalehFadi Kahhaleh Fadi Kahhaleh (right) is a young Jordanian who works for US media solutions provider ONE MEDIA. Fadi Kahhaleh was...
MENA BROADCAST TRENDSETTERSKY NEWS ARABIASky News ArabiaThe judges were unanimous in their decision for this category. Sky News Arabia is the first news channel to broadcast...
BEST HD PRODUCTION OF THE YEARThe Turtle: FQC Media, Big Features and FilmworksThe Turtle: FQC Media, Big Features and FilmworksThe Turtle was...
BEST SPORTS COVERAGEOSNOSNOSN raised the bar for sport way back in 2007 when it first acquired the rights to the English Premier League. Since then, it...
Du-DatamenaDu, although a relative newcomer to the telco market, has been leading from the front in terms of aggressively moving forward with new ventures especially within broadcast. Du has implemented...
The team from YahLive (Mohamed Youssif, CEO, far right in pic) and SES (Edgar Milic, General Manager Business Development MENA, far left in pic).YahLive &...
Eng. SALEH AL MEGHAILEETHDEPUTY MINISTER OF ENGINEERING AFFAIRS,MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION, SAUDI ARABIAEng. SALEH AL MEGHAILEETHDEPUTY MINISTER OF ENGINEERING AFFAIRS, MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION,...
Sanford Jewett, VP of Marketing, ThurayaThurayaMore than 52 journalists have been killed this year while working in war zones. As viewers demand to watch news as...
MENA SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDTVSDC/QATAR TVTVSDC/ Qatar TVThe multi-million dollar investment undertaken across the board by Qatars Television Support Development Committee (TVSDC) to build new facilities...
Khalid Ahmed Balkheyour President & CEO, ARABSATARABSATArabsat recently began the first tests for HbbTV in the MENA region. From its initiatives with regional organisations for the...
The panelistsNick Grande, Managing Director of ChannelSculptor, who moderated this panel discussion, summed it up for BroadcastPro METhis years CEO panel had the distinction that all...
Jane Williams, Director - Film Connection & Film ForumOn training programmes, cash awards and outreach towards the larger Arab market for filmmakersWe have been organising Interchange...
Telcos and Broadcasters panelists at ASBU BroadcastPro ME Summit 2012Jamal Bnari, who moderated this discussion, is an Emirati national, who has worked for years in the...
George Max Trummler49 teams battled it out last month to secure top spot at the second edition of the 48 Hour Film Project (48HFP) in Dubai....
Nigel Thompson, Sales Manager, Sony PSMEALast month, a custom-made outside broadcast (OB) van was shipped from Dubai to Ethiopia. In the course of an exclusive tour,...
Dr Mohamed Ahmed Juman, Managing Director AtyafIn an exclusive interview with Vijaya Cherian, the team at Atyaf, a multiplay service provider in Bahrain talks about what...
Left: Charles El Soueidi, MD, head of post production and music composer at SoundStruck and right, Elvis Garagic, producer, chief engineer and music composer.Two months ago,...
Michel Zeidan, regional sales director of Triton Digital Middle East and Africa.Triton Digital will introduce an online radio measurement solution in the UAE market called Webcast...
From left: Prysms Tanvir Osama, director Sales for ME & India, and Steve Scorse, VP, Europe. Middle East and Asia.Two large video walls from US-based manufacturer...
Christian Jankowski and his filming CrewWhat happens when a German contemporary artist arrives in Dubai to meet an Emirati art curator, with a camera and wearing...
Parviz Alaei, broadcast manager of GEM GroupGEM Sports and Vision247 worked together to break down the walls of Iranian censorship during the 2012 Olympics. We at...
Mark Billinge (l) and Jeelesh Patel (r)OSNs newly launched PVR does not just provide an enhanced entertainment experience to its subscribers; it is also a reflection...
Yusuf Thakur, FilmmakerPatience, passion and perseverance are the qualities required to venture into the world of natural history and wildlife filmmaking. Broadcast Pro met with Yusuf...
Jacques Mulder.Amidst the boom of corporate films and commercials shot on location in Dubai, there are also stories that need to be told. One girl had...
Manipal University's brand new studio.A brand new state-of-the-art HD studio has opened its doors at Manipal University, Dubai. In an exclusive interview with BroadcastPro Middle East,...
On-air broadcasting area.Sharjah Radio recently took delivery of a dira! digital audio archive solution that was designed, developed, installed and integrated by German manufacturer and systems...
Said Bacho, VP of Harris Middle East and South Asia.Gulf News Broadcasting (GNB) recently deployed the Flexiva air-cooled FM transmitters from Harris to power two new...
Abdallah El Binni.Al Jazeera Documentary has produced a new hard-hitting and innovative production, The Imam and the Colonel, using 2D and 3D animation. The documentary investigates...
Mustafa Tell.Arab Radio and TV, Jordan, recently opted for IP over satellite to transport its Ramadan content from its headquarters in Jordan to its distribution centre...
Arabian Radio Network (ARN) will launch a brand new radio station in Q4 2012, Steve Smith, COO of ARN, revealed at a panel discussion hosted by TECOM in Dubai recently....
Saleh Nass and Chaker Ben Yahmed with a member of their crew.They started out with a laptop, two hard disks, and a dream. Today, Bahraini director...
Qatar TVs first earth station became operational last month. In an exclusive interview with BroadcastPro Middle East, systems integrator INC shares details of the projectQatars Television Support Development Committee (TVSDC)...
Hayley Doyle meets up with Hazem Amin, founder and managing director of TreeHouse, a Dubai-based production house that offers professional helicam servicesAs new production houses begin to mushroom in an...
In exclusive interviews with Vijaya Cherian, Samer Younes, consultant engineer for the Television Support Development Committee of Qatar; Fahad Essa Al Kaabi of Al Jazeera Arabic and Karim Abdel Massih...
From left: Afzal Lakdawala, head of Technology Planning & Projects reviews the new workflow with chief engineer Omar Alzoubi.DMI recently upgraded its SD studio to a...
Director Aws Al Sharqi.The second season of Hindistani, a popular Saudi comedy series that includes a Bollywood-style song-and-dance sequence is being shown on OSN Yahala as...
Samacoms brand new 16-channel High Definition playout system will enable it to offer end-to-end services to clients and strengthen its position as the Middle Easts largest teleport. In an exclusive...
Nadia Eliewat and Fadi G HaddadBroadcastPro Middle East meets up with two Jordanian filmmakers as they put the final touches to their first feature film When...
Sauid MOCI has installed NETIA.Radio Riyadh, the radio arm of the Saudi Ministry of Culture and Information, has invested in Radio-Assist 8 suite of digital audio...
BroadcastPro Middle East takes an exclusive tour of the hottest new audio production house in DubaiEarly this year, Dubai became home to...
Oman Radio has invested in Trilogy Communications' audio communications and referencing equipment as part of a major upgrade to the broadcaster's radio studio facilities....
Pay TV operator OSN has once again upped the ante in the Middle East broadcast industry with the...
At CABSAT 2012CABSAT welcomed more than 11,000 visitors between February 28 and March 1, 2012 in Dubai. The event generally enjoys 11-12% year-on-year increase in visitors....
Some of the participants at the roundtable.During CABSAT, BroadcastPro Middle East teamed up with EMC Isilon and INC to conduct a roundtable that was intended to bring together a small...
At MBC's new studio.MBC takes BroadcastPro ME on an exclusive tour of its refurbished studio and sheds light on the new technology at its facilityEarly this...
In an exclusive interview with BroadcastPro Middle East, Melvin Saldanha, VP of Engineering at Ten Sports shares details of the networks switch...
DEMCO empowered the 18th edition of the Crown Prince Cup, a season-concluding tournament featuring teams from the Kuwaiti Premier League and the...
Lack of funding from the regions TV industry is curtailing the production of local natural...
Using a Canon 5D, a rising star in...
discusses Foley, one of the most important aspects of sound in film, and one that is often overlooked in productionIn dramas and character...
Saudi Aramco appointed Electronic Special Equipment (ESE) to install 140 conference units in the newly...
At Sky News Arabia, Abu Dhabi.In November 2010, BPME broke the story of a partnership between BSkyB and ADMIC to launch Sky News Arabia. In March...
