Radio Bahrain Business Club showcased a series of workshops focused on innovative digital marketing strategies and the enduring power of radio, emphasising Radio Bahrain’s unique position as a hybrid platform...
Bahrain recently inaugurated a brand-new futuristic radio facility intended to house private radio stations. Eng Abdulla Ahmed Al Balooshi, Assistant Undersecretary of Technical at Bahrain’s Ministry of Information, takes Vijaya...
While most of the GCC countries have put their broadcast projects on hold, Bahrain’s Ministry of Information Affairs (MIA) released a number of tenders over the last year for massive...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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 -...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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'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...
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...
Abdelrahim Suleiman (second from right), Director General of ASBU accompanies the Minister at the opening of the exhibition floor.The Arab States Broadcasting Union demonstrated unprecedented cloud...
Sky News Arabia has announced the appointment of Angelos Frangopoulos as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Editor.In his new role, Frangopoulos will be responsible for the companys global programming operations...
The Arabian Radio Network, ARN, in partnership with Hala China, a joint initiative between Meraas and Dubai Holding, have announced the launch of a new dedicated 24-hour radio station called...
Thales is exhibiting on the Thales Alenia Space stand in the Space Zone and in the Thales Chalet.Franco-Italian aerospace manufacturer Thales Alenia Space is introducing its...
Dignitaries at the signing of the agreement representing CATV and China Media Group.China Media Group and China Arab TV (CATV) have signed the China Theatre Broadcasting...
GatesAir, a provider of wireless, over-the-air content delivery solutions for radio and TV broadcasters, has announced a substantial radio win with a GCC-based client.GatesAir has reported the purchase of four...
The Arabian Radio Network has unveiled its new headquarters in Dubai Media City. The facility includes more than 41 multi-platform radio, production and visual studios.ARNs new operational hub in Dubai...
Calvin Koh, Assistant Project Director for ConnecTechAsia.The rains arrived, as they do in Singapore but that did not seem to dampen the spirits of the more...
The station has deployed ruby control surfaces with accompanying Power Core mixing engines and VisTool user interfaces, among other solutions from Lawo.Lawo has revealed that Sharjah...
For a quiet month like Ramadan, a lot has been going on in the TV industry and I believe a lot of the ruckus has to do with the...
VSN has announced that Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), a public-service radio and TV station based in Geneva and Lausanne that broadcasts in French-speaking areas of Switzerland, has selected the VSNExplorer...
A screenshot of the website for the news channel.Jordan-based Al Mamlaka ("the Kingdom") television station has announced that it will start broadcasting on July 16 2018,...
ConnecTechAsia, the new technology event comprising CommunicAsia, BroadcastAsia, and the inaugural NXTAsia officially opened at Marina Bay Sands and Suntec Singapore. The three-day event covers the areas of info-communications, broadcasting...
Iridium Certus will enable globally ?connected vehicles' allowing drivers and passengers to be more productive on-the-move.Iridium Communications has announced its expansion as COMSAT, Gilat Telecom, Globecomm,...
Khaled El Khouly, Chief Consumer Officer, Etisalat.Etisalat has announced an exclusive offer of six months of Apple Music free for their postpaid customers. Customers can reportedly...
Minister Iswaran (C) with industry and UBM executives at the opening ceremony of ConnecTechAsia 2018.ConnecTechAsia 2018, the new mega technology event comprising CommunicAsia, BroadcastAsia, and the new...
Rich Redmond becomes President, GatesAir International.GatesAir has announced several internal promotions to newly formed executive roles.GatesAir is reportedly coming off its most successful quarter to date....
Morocco-based public broadcaster Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision (SNRT) has obtained the green light for broadcasting rights for 22 matches at the 2018 World Cup, as per a...
A soldier uses the laptop and radio for communication during a military operation in the desert.At Eurosatory 2018, Thales has launched a comprehensive private cloud infrastructure...
Broadcast Solutions will introduce the all-in-one live production systems manufacturer Simplylive to the Asian market for the first time. Simplylive solutions reportedly disrupt the live production business by combining innovative...
MM08E eight-channel MPEG encoder.2wcom Systems, a leading supplier of professional audio broadcast products, will present its extensive portfolio for cable (FM), SAT, AoIP and DAB+ with...
From left: Ben Whishaw, Chipo Chung, Talal Al-Muhanna, Maysoon Pachachi, Fatima Adoum and Laila Ali.In a show of support for London-based British-Iraqi-Emirati filmmaker Maysoon Pachachi, actors...
We don?t just sell capacity ... we support our partners with a whole range of services, says Ammar Baranbo, COO, Yahlive.The journey from a zero-customer base...
From left: Ralf Schimmel, Director Sales Africa, Lawo with Hamza N'Mbago, Chairman NBS Radio 89,4FM after signing the contract.Lawo has reported the first installation of an...
Calrec Audio has appointed Karl Chapman as International Sales Manager, primarily concentrating on EMEA territories, effective immediately.Were delighted to announce Karl as International Sales Manager, said Dave Letson, VP of...
From left: Pulse 95 Radio Presenter Sara Al Madani with Brittany Kaiser, former Director at Cambridge AnalyticaIn a recent interview on Sharjahs first English language radio...
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., Nokia, MTV, Elisa, ENENSYS Technologies, Bittium and Yle, have announced that they will showcase the new opportunities that the evolution to 5G broadcast enables for next-generation terrestrial...
Vijaya Cherian, Editorial Director.NAB CEO Gordon Smiths speech at the opening ceremony got me thinking on how much of an influencer the organisation is, the respect...
Prisoners in Sharjah will operate a radio station dubbed Studio Al Amal (Studio of Hope) in cooperation with the Sharjah Media Corporation as per a report by Gulf News. The...
Yusuf AL-Butti, Head of Technology and Engineering at twofour54 at the facility.Arabsat has established a satellite uplink-platform from twofour54 Abu Dhabi, which will see the two...
Octopus Newsroom will demonstrate the expanded feature set of its newsroom computer system on stand 6J2-01 at Broadcast Asia 2018 in Singapore, between June 26-28. The Octopus team at the...
Alhurra TVGlobecomm was awarded a five-year contract by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) in support of the Middle East Broadcasting Network (MBN). Globecomm will provide...
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India(ICAI) (Dubai Chapter) has launched a radio show titled: News You Can Use on Radio 106.2 Big FM. The show is aimed at keeping...
According to global measurement and data analytics company, Nielsen, 95% of the total UAE population aged 10 and above tuned into radio every week in first-quarter 2018, which is a...
