Case Studies

June 15, 2019

Sony will be exhibiting its products at BroadcastAsia 2019 at booth #4N4-01, Level 4 Suntec Singapore, from 18 20 June.

A legal panel on countering piracy in the MENA region

by Rachel Dawson

June 11, 2019

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.

A strategy-oriented panel at the MENA Anti-Piracy Conference

June 11, 2019

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...

Algeria launches first local streaming platform, Chacha TV

May 27, 2019

To expand investments in local content production, Sense & Med & com will consider the success of the channel based on its soft launch performance.

The Intruders to launch in UAE and GCC today

May 2, 2019

We bring you some production notes from the team behind The Intruder, launching in theatres today.

Tanzanian channel employs Quicklink’s Mobile Encoder for live news coverage

April 30, 2019

Tanzania-based television service provider, AzamTV, adopts the Quicklink Mobile Encoder to deliver efficient streaming services for live news coverage.

Documenting the undocumented

April 7, 2019

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.

Weyyaks Wonder Woman

March 21, 2019

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...

The explosive growth of esports

March 19, 2019

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...

Driving the Twitter universe

March 15, 2019

Kinda Ibrahim tells BroadcastPro ME about her career trajectory and Twitters growing broadcast partnerships.

The television tycoon

March 12, 2019

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...

Emerging markets media mogul

March 11, 2019

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.

Carving out her niche

March 8, 2019

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...

Connect More People, Places and Things Everywhere

March 7, 2019

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,...

The radio rebel

March 6, 2019

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...

OSN is taking the fight against piracy a notch higher

March 6, 2019

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.

Bringing Mass to the Masses

March 5, 2019

During the historic visit of Pope Francis to the UAE, the country's leadership hosted a mass which brought together more than 180,000 people of different nationalities and faiths in Abu...

The balancing act

March 5, 2019

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...

Keeping film schools relevant

February 24, 2019

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...

UAE radio listenership closes on a high note for 2018

February 6, 2019

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...

Alhurra: Blazing a news trail

February 5, 2019

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...

The rigours of post production magic

January 13, 2019

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...

Shopping reimagined with Citruss TV

January 6, 2019

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,...

OTT, social media drive video entertainment: The 2018 panel debates

December 31, 2018

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...

Gearing to meet demand for quality Arabic content: MENA producers debate

December 30, 2018

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,...

New broadcast ecosystem: Tech panel debates at the ASBU BroadcastPro Summit

December 17, 2018

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...

MENA broadcast trends: The 2018 CEO panel debates

December 12, 2018

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...

Creating content that travels: The Production Panel at the BroadcastPro Summit

December 3, 2018

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...

“All This Victory” – in conversation with Director Ahmad Ghossein

November 26, 2018

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...

Redefining regional content: Arab Format Lab

November 5, 2018

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...

Qanawat: Building digital platforms for MENA broadcasters

October 31, 2018

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...

Filmmaker Reshel Shah Kapoor on documenting deified children

October 31, 2018

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...

Bringing Cirque live to TV audiences in Saudi Arabia

October 7, 2018

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...

Upgrading Al-Sharqiya’s London studio

October 7, 2018

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...

Filming a magnum opus in Saudi Arabia

October 4, 2018

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...

Monetising video on Twitter: In conversation with Twitter MENA’s Benjamin Ampen

October 3, 2018

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...

Building Jordan’s Al Mamlaka TV studio

October 3, 2018

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...

The making of Suzan Iravanian’s Farsi film “Leakage”

September 30, 2018

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...

Allocation of C-band to the wireless industry: Satellite operators debate

September 24, 2018

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?...

Bloomberg and Saudi Research and Marketing Group set up Bloomberg Asharq

September 17, 2018

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 goes live with mobile radio studio at IBC 2018

September 14, 2018

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 launches AI solution for FM radio at IBC 2018

September 11, 2018

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...

Lawo debuts SMPTE 2022-7 for radio consoles at IBC 2018

September 7, 2018

Lawo is demonstrating their latest innovation for Radio at IBC 2018 (Stand 8.B50) - mixing consoles compliant with the SMPTE 2022-7 network-reliability standard.The SMPTE 2022 standard helps IP networks to...

Egypt gears up for November satellite launch to improve border security

September 5, 2018

Egypt is gearing up to launch EgyptSat A (MisrSat A), a new reconnaissance satellite on November 22, 2018, that will primarily assist its military with monitoring security breaches especially from...

Gilli FM marks first anniversary with 106 hours and 50 minutes of live broadcast

September 5, 2018

CEO Ashokan Subramaniam.Gilli FM (106.5 FM), one of the UAEs two Tamil-language radio stations, celebrated the completion of one year following a change in management last...

TRT begins workplace transformation as part of Arabic channel revamp

September 3, 2018

TRTs technical operations team, headed by Ali El-Husseini (r) and Mohammed Akhlaq (l).Turkeys public broadcaster Turkish Radio & Television is looking to revamp its Arabic broadcasting...

Bidding for international recognition: Jac Mulder’s feature film “Twisted Blues”

August 28, 2018

Lending international flavour to Twisted Blues are some easily recognisable faces such as The Scientists Brittany Benjamin (seated right), LBJs Brent Bailey (top right) and Greys...

DEV Systemtechnik brings Alpha to the IBC pack

August 28, 2018

Manfred Mettendorff, MD of DEV Systemtechnik GmbH.DEV Systemtechnik is expanding its RF-over-Fiber (RFoF) product portfolio with a new, extremely cost-efficient system. With its high packing density,...

Three radio stations and counting – In conversation with Raed Zidan of Shock Middle East

August 28, 2018

Chairman and Founder of Shock ME, Raed Zidan.Raed Zidan entered the radio scene at a time when critics were questioning the industrys future. The Chairman of...

UAE’s new English station, Capital Radio to play tracks from 60s to the 80s

August 27, 2018

Roger Paine.Roger Paine, a former station manager and breakfast show presenter of the original Capital Radio UAE, is re-launching a new station - Capital Radio -...

Ericsson wins contract to upgrade Zain Iraqs Radio Access Network

August 20, 2018

Dignitaries at the signing ceremony.Zain Iraq has selected Ericsson to modernise a number of its legacy sites with Ericsson Radio System in a contract signed recently....

Radio listening in the UAE in Ramadan accounts for 42% of listenership in Q2

August 7, 2018

Sarah Messer, Director of Media, Nielsen Middle East North Africa and Pakistan.Data measurement and analytics company, Nielsen, has revealed that radio listening increased for some nationalities...

ENCO and Octopus to offer integrated newsroom solutions at IBC

August 4, 2018

Radio and television automation provider ENCO and newsroom computer system (NRCS) specialist, Octopus Newsroom, have partnered to streamline news production and playout workflows for broadcasters worldwide. Leveraging the two companies...

TV licences awarded to Morocco-based Hit Radio seen as milestone for independent media

August 2, 2018

Younes Boumehdi started Hit Radio in 2006.Morocco-based broadcasting group, Hit Radio, has acquired two audiovisual licenses that will allow the company to launch Télé Jeunesse and...

A surge in media initiatives from China

August 1, 2018

Last month, there were a number of announcements that coincided with the Chinese premier's visit to the UAE. Image Nation announced that it would launch a 24/7 Chinese channel while...

MBC incorporates business continuity in new DR facility – an exclusive first-look

August 1, 2018

Nader Mokhtar, Director of MCR and broadcast technology at MBC and the project manager of the DR/Business continuity site.While most regional broadcasters are still toying with...

Etisalat and Ericsson trial massive MIMO technology in the UAE

July 31, 2018

Etisalat and Ericsson have conducted a live on-air trial of Ericsson Radio System and massive MIMO technology in the United Arab Emirates as a precursor to 5G deployment.As one of...

Indonesia invites bidding for new satellite

July 30, 2018

Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Informatics has invited domestic and international legal entities to bid for the procurement of a new government satellite as part of a public-private partnership that...

ITWorksME designs and deploys OTT platform for Saudi Broadcasting Corporation

July 30, 2018

Salloum El Dahdaah, CTO, ITWorksME.Lebanon-headquartered OTT solutions provider ITWorksME speaks to BroadcastPro ME on designing, customising and deploying an online platform for Saudi Broadcasting Corporation in...

ASBU’s new cloud of hope for the Arab world