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Tech speakers at the BroadcastPro Summit shared their views on current cloud trends, the region’s status quo and some of the factors to keep in mind when considering cloud solutions.
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Tech speakers at the BroadcastPro Summit shared their views on current cloud trends, the region’s status quo and some of the factors to keep in mind when considering cloud solutions.
Leading content owners came together at the BroadcastPro Summit to highlight the state of content in terms of acquisition and distribution, and how it is affected by market trends and...
“The pressure is on broadcasters to find ways to produce more content, more affordably, without compromising quality”
With data analytics and audience profiling offering tangible results, several brands are shifting much of their ad spend to the digital domain. Phil Griffiths, founder of UAE-based Nomad Media, looks...
Between Two Seas, a film by Egyptian director Anas Tolba that champions women’s rights, has captured international attention by bagging awards at film festivals around the world. Tolba explains the...
Egypt used to be a hotbed of Arabic film production, until political instability and other factors dethroned it. But new war and action movies are taking Egyptian cinema back on...
Used broadcast equipment is a compelling option for budget-conscious operators globally. Yet, it’s an unregulated market with quality and service standards set by a cluster of industry champions. BroadcastPro ME...
Stakeholders from the Tunisian radio industry and broadcast experts from across the Arab world convened in Tunis last month to discuss the opportunities DAB+ brings to the radio, manufacturing, retail...
In keeping with the change in audio formats and digital upgrades, Shock Middle East has revamped and expanded its studios. Programme Director Digby Taylor takes BroadcastPro ME on a tour...
Once reserved purely for the emerging technologies sections at trade shows, new content with ever more pixels, higher frame rates and wider colour gamuts is having a transformative effect on...
This year, the African Cup of Nations in Egypt made history with special 4K coverage of 10 of its 52 matches, based on a 24-camera set-up.
The scalable solutions announced are Aquila Streaming’, ‘Cygnus 360° Events’, ‘Cygnus Contribution’ and ‘Cygnus Distribution’, which will enable service providers, operators, content owners, and broadcasters to launch new offerings without...
Dubai producer Kinjal Tanna took on an extreme challenge: filming wing walking at 1,500ft at 300km/h, to test the grit of Vatika Naturals styling gel. Tanna tells Rachel Dawson how...
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...
For the first time ever, a Dubai production house is trotting the globe with the FIA Formula One World Championship to bring exclusive content to dedicated fans in the Middle...
Emily Pooley, Artem’s Senior Technician and Director of Marketing and Sales, went to Bali where the show was filmed with her colleague, Adam Sawatzki. Below she describes their experience.
From FROZEN PLANET II - A Siberian tiger walks through deep snow in the Taiga forest, Russia. Photographer credit - Ondrej Prosicky Agency. With 3,000 hours...
A photo of the AI anchor that was developed for a Chinese broadcaster. Abu Dhabi Media and Chinese internet solutions provider Sogou Inc teamed up to...
Sony will be exhibiting its products at BroadcastAsia 2019 at booth #4N4-01, Level 4 Suntec Singapore, from 18 20 June.
Our legal panel brought together high-profile lawyers representing media houses from the UAE, Egypt, India and the UK to address some of the key issues that plague the industry.
From Left: Robert Lakos, founder of Deleel TV; Farah Ramadan, Digital Planning Manager at MBC Group; Manoj Mathew, Territory Head MENA, Pakistan & Turkey for Zee...
To expand investments in local content production, Sense & Med & com will consider the success of the channel based on its soft launch performance.
We bring you some production notes from the team behind The Intruder, launching in theatres today.
Tanzania-based television service provider, AzamTV, adopts the Quicklink Mobile Encoder to deliver efficient streaming services for live news coverage.
A creative directorial approach and powerful performances from non-actors are at the heart of Capernaums hard-hitting narrative. Read our interview with the director-producer couple Nadine Labaki and Khaled Mouzanar.
Nadine Samras passion is driving Weyyaks growing popularity in a region where the SVOD competition is fierce. We find out how her achievements and strong resolve have helped her to...
Esports has exploded onto the entertainment scene in a unique way, creating new opportunities for organisers, players and media platforms. Liam Hayter looks at how broadcasters can capitalise, and what...
Kinda Ibrahim tells BroadcastPro ME about her career trajectory and Twitters growing broadcast partnerships.
Dr Nashwa Al Ruwaini is changing the MENA media production landscape through Pyramedia Group. We find out her plans for 2019 and her outlook on being a facilitator for working...
With her plans for an over-arching programming line-up of long- and short-form content, Amanda Turnbull is driving reach for Discovery in MENA.
From practising medicine to making animated programmes for little children, Enas Yaqoob has come a long way in following her passion for telling stories. Heres how she set up media...
The Demand for More Coverage By 2025 there will be 5.9 billion unique mobile subscribers, with mobile internet and smartphones driving most of the growth. In addition to mobile subscribers,...
Nisaa FM is driving commercially viable conversations on gender in a patriarchal Palestinian society. The brainchild of Maysoun Odeh Gangat, the station is using the power of radio to create...
In its bid to fight piracy from all angles, pay-TV network OSN has built a robust and sophisticated anti-piracy system based on AWS cloud architecture.
During the historic visit of Pope Francis to the UAE, the countrys leadership hosted a mass which brought together more than 180,000 people of different nationalities and faiths in Abu...
Sarah Ahmed AlJarman of DMI is consistently working towards keeping television relevant for MENA audiences. She tells BroadcastPro ME about combining meaningful, engaging content with a strong return on investment...
With films cheaper to make than the average fees a film school charges, regional film schools, both private and government, are staying relevant with curricula geared to a disruption-ridden broadcast...
93% of the total UAE population aged 10 and above tuned into radio every week in Q4 of 2018. This is 4% than Q3, according to the latest survey by...
While the upgrade across MBN's facilities is ongoing, Alhurra's Dubai office was among the first to be transformed.The first thing that catches your eye as you...
While robots are editing movie trailers and plug-ins are automating the grading process, the deft skills of a manual colourist are not in danger of being usurped anytime soon. In...
When one of the MENA region's top shopping channels wanted a change of gear to enhance its production and live broadcasting capabilities at its new facility in Dubai Studio City,...
With per capita consumption of social media across the MENA among the highest in the globe, the second panel discussion on OTT and social media made for compelling listening at...
Theres never been greater demand for quality Arabic content, but are the content specialists the production houses, distributors, commissioning editors and content producers able to fuel that demand,...
A lively exchange on cloud adoption and the deployment of AI in broadcast workflows ensured that the post-lunch tech panel had the rapt attention of attendees at the 2018 ASBU...
From lack of regulations on foreign content to the decline in advertising revenues, CEOs at the 2018 ASBU BroadcastPro Summit offered candid insights on steering their organisations through turbulent times.The...
From the impact of the exit of Turkish drama and the opening of the Saudi media market, to honing the skills of local talent and creating high-quality Arabic content that...
Ahmad Ghossein.Ahmad Ghosseins first feature film, All This Victory, is as much about the July 2006 war and a universal human story as it is about...
From left: Khulud Abu Homos, CEO and co-founder of Arab Format Lab with Chief Operating Officer Mustafa Alaidaroos.Khulud Abu Homos and Mustafa Alaidaroos are geared to experiment...
From left: Onur Alp Aydin, Business Development Manager with Ahmed Nureni, Director, Business Development, Qanawat.With programmatic TV as represented by VOD and YouTube poised to account...
In a crowded marketplace, 17-year-old Arshad mocks his friend Jaspal and says: You tried to get that girl, but when she saw you, she ran away. The audience at the...
Hadi Ghanem, owner of Seven Production.With an estimated audience of 200 million viewers watching the Saudi National Day celebrations on TV, the event became a global...
Ahmed Bin-Afif, CTO at Al-Sharqiya Group.With an audience reach estimated at 80% of television viewers across Iraq, Al-Sharqiya Group has created seamless collaboration with social media...
Abdullah Alnafeesah, Chairman of Al Nafees Holding Company and Nebras Films.When the 35-year-old ban on cinema halls was lifted in Saudi Arabia, Nebras Films had already co-produced...
Benjamin Ampen, Managing Director, Twitter MENA.Video on Twitter has emerged as a key revenue earner for the microblogging site in the region. Managing Director Benjamin Ampen of Twitter MENA explains...
From left: Ahmad Hadi Al Kayal, Head of Sales, Qvest Media with Hussein Saraireh, Project Manager, Al Mamlaka TV.From a VM deployment to a futuristic studio...
Suzan Iravanian. Suzan Iravanians feature film Leakage weaves the issues of gender into the troubling centrality of oil in the regions politics. We speak to Suzan...
Hazem Moakkit, Intelsat VP of Spectrum Strategy.Allocating C-band to the wireless industry in the US ? is it necessary, and will this decision impact other markets?...
From left: Peter Grauer, Chairman of Bloomberg L.P., and Dr. Ghassan Alshibl, Chairman, SRMG.Following the announcement made last September by Bloomberg and Saudi Research and Marketing...
Red Bee Media is showcasing the companys capabilities in distribution and live remote production at IBC 2018.Through a Mobile Radio Studio in cooperation with Media Park Live, unbranded and YPCA/New...
WorldCast Systems will launch SmartFM, the first Artificial Intelligence dedicated to FM radio broadcasting.After three years of R&D along with field testing and measurement at on-air stations, this worldwide patented...
