Pulse 95 – Sharjah’s first English language radio station opens
Sheikh Sultan Bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, Chairman of Sharjah Media Council (SMC) with the presenters of the radio station.Pulse 95 Radio, Sharjah's first English language radio...
Sheikh Sultan Bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, Chairman of Sharjah Media Council (SMC) with the presenters of the radio station.Pulse 95 Radio, Sharjah's first English language radio...
Ammar Baranbo, Chief Operating Officer, Yahlive.Yahlive, the Abu Dhabi-based satellite joint venture between SES and UAE-based satellite operator Yahsat, has announced that more than 10 million...
Dr Eng Umberto Asti, Vice President of ARET Video and Audio Engineering.BroadcastPro ME speaks to the team at systems integrator ARET that custom-built the 3G HD...
Abdelrahim Suleiman, Director General of ASBU.The 19th Arab Radio and Television Festival opens today in Tunis. Organised by The Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), the festival...
As part of its ongoing efforts to protect the future of television and digital broadcasting, the MENA Broadcast Satellite Anti-Piracy Coalition has announced the closure of more pirate television channels...
Khalid Balkheyour, President and CEO, Arabsat.ARABSAT is sponsoring and participating in the 19th Arab Radio and Television Festival, which will be held from 26th -29th April...
Sharjah Media Corporation (SMC) has announced a new programme schedule for the month of Ramadan. Presented by Gulf and Arab media personalities, a total of 83 new shows spanning SMCs...
From left: Adrian Curtis, GSL Managing Director, Dave Letson, Calrec VP of Sales, Oumar Ndiongue, GSL Technical Sales Manager, and Anthony Harrison, Calrec International Sales Manager.GSL...
Raed Zidan, the founder and co-owner of Shock Middle East.Shock Middle East based in Dubais Media City, has launched its third radio station.Hala 95.6 FM, Shock...
Season three of B100Ragl, (Be Yourself) has launched on Kharabeesh, a platform for digital creators and the B100Ragl Facebook page. The fictional series is the creation of The Womanity Foundation and...
NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith.NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith opened the 2018 NAB Show in Las Vegas with his annual 'State of the Broadcast...
VOD provider Vuclip, has announced its first original series targeting South Asian expats in the Middle East. titled: Music Garage, that will be aired on Viu, its OTT video service.Music...
Lawo has announced the appointment of Michael Dosch to the position of Senior Product Manager, Radio OnAir. Dosch succeeds Stephan Türkay, who assumes the post of Senior Product Manager, Networked...
Sennheiser and Neumann will bring their portfolio of audio production tools to NAB, including new microphone and headset solutions. The companies will demonstrate audio solutions for mobile journalism, newsgathering, film...
The BBC has opened a new bureau in Lagos, home to three new services in Igbo, Pidgin, and Yoruba. The bureau has a new TV studio and two radio studios...
One of Turkey's largest media corporation, Dogan Media Group led by Turkish media magnate Aydin Dogan, announced that it is currently in talks to sell its newspaper and television businesses...
Algérie Telecom Satellite (ATS), a subsidiary of Algérie Telecom, plans to introduce a triple play service to provide customers with internet, telephone and video-on-demand (VOD) via satellite.ATS is looking to...
From left: H.E. Mujarry Mubarak Al Qahtani, the Director General of Saudi-based GRTO, and H.E. Maryam Eid AlMheiri, CEO of Media Zone Authority.Abu Dhabi (MZA), the...
Facilis, a shared storage solutions provider for collaborative media production networks has announced the successful installation of a multi-user shared storage system within a new broadcast production facility in Addis...
(left in pic) NMC Director General Mansour Ibrahim Al Mansouri announcing the new regulations.The National Media Council (NMC) has unveiled a set of regulations for electronic...
A new private satellite startup is looking to provide broadband connectivity at to underserved populations of the world, although with one difference. Astranis has just raised $13.5 million in a...
Lockheed Martin has completed assembly on the Arabsat-6A satellite, which was recently shipped to its Sunnyvale, California facility to begin a comprehensive series of tests to ensure the satellite is...
Contestants with Sachin Gokhale,Business Head- Middle East & Africa+ Head of Operations and Strategic Planning, International Business at IndiaCast.IndiaCast has launched CheckMate The Hunt for the Smartest...
Sarah Messer.Global measurement and data analytics company, Nielsen, revealed the first known comprehensive data on UAE Radio Audience Measurement (UAE RAM) at an event in Westin...
BroadcastPro ME visited the Shure headquarters in Chicago recently and came back with a deeper understanding of what goes into the making of wireless systems, and the new spectrum challenges...
An MoU was just signed with SIT Sports for the installation and integration of the service on its fleet of fixed and rotary wing aircraft. SIT supplies sporting events taking...
Hisham Arafat, Managing Director of CMT Technologies.The fully customised end-to-end OTT solution for nine HD channels and six radio channels at Saudi Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), is not...
(l to r) Saleh Lootah, Deputy CEO of Technical Support, DMI with Hany Fahmy Aly, Executive Vice President Enterprise Business, dudu has confirmed that it will be working...
Three in ten consumers say they stream video content more than they did a year ago in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, according to new research from YouGov Omnibus.The study based...
Mobility solutions provider, Mahindra Comviva, has entered into a partnership with Sacom Mediaworks, a content aggregator in the MENA. This tie-up with Sacom Mediaworks will provide Mooditt Digital Store, Comvivas...
Mike FranklinLawo, the German manufacturer of IP audio, video and control infrastructure solutions, has expanded its US operations by hiring Mike Franklin as Senior Sales Manager.Franklin...
With one billion 5G subscriptions expected by the end of 2023, mobile operators must meet consumer and enterprise demand for applications such as 4K/8K video streaming, virtual reality/augmented reality, and immersive media....
Cobham SATCOM has secured approval in Japan for the GX100 and GX60 terminals it has designed for Fleet Xpress, after radio equipment certification and testing body TELEC confirmed their compliance...
Following the announcement earlier this year of an agreement between Arabsat and ONT to launch a Tunisian broadcast platform on Arabsat Badr-4 at 26°E, Rohde & Schwarz has been selected to design,...
Hasan Sayed Hasan, MD and Founder of Master Media and Chairman of the Arab HDTV and Beyond Group making opening remarks.The annual Arab HDTV and Beyond...
Asiasat will be showcasing its expanding satellite fleet of seven operating satellites ? AsiaSat 3S, AsiaSat 4, AsiaSat 5, AsiaSat 6, AsiaSat 7, AsiaSat 8 and its new AsiaSat 9...
ATG Danmon has completed the latest in a series of technical upgrades for the London-based UK studios of Brazilian free-to-air commercial television broadcaster Record TV Network. The services provided include...
An artist's rendition of the new BBC Wales building in the centre of Cardiff.UK-based systems integrator, dB Broadcast, has started work on a new world-class broadcast...
AV digitising and archiving specialist NOA has developed the mediARC system, which includes three fundamental areas of an archive project: metadata (description of the media content), media storage and conversion, and...
Executive President of the Radio and Television Authority Dawud Al-Shirayian has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al-Ekhbariya Network Company.KSA's Minister of Culture...
Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Awad Al-AwadLocal Arabic TV channel, Al-Ekhbariya will be transformed into a limited liability company called the Ekhbariya Network Company, following a...
With around nine country pavilions and more than 90 hours of content to be generated, CABSAT 2018 promises to be a compelling three-day event for the estimated 13,000 attendees from...
Over the coming year, it will be more important than ever for the industry to step up to increased competition and allow constant connectivity while ensuring consistent quality for all...
Etisalat has announced the successful launch of the first 5G Ultra-Mobile broadband experience in the region. A pre-commercial 5G network has been deployed in certain locations within UAE including Abu...
Italian-based, FM transmitter manufacturer Elenos has acquired US-based radio equipment maker Broadcast Electronics.Broadcast Electronics has been a provider of FM and AM transmitters for more than 50 years. Founded in...
RTW, a vendor of visual audio meters and monitoring devices for professional broadcast, production, post production and quality control, will be exhibiting at CABSAT 2018 at the Dubai World Trade...
Arabsat and The National Broadcasting Corporation (ONT) are having a festival and a press conference in Tunisia to announce the launch of Arabsat Satellite Broadcasting Platform on Wednesday, December 13,...
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Director Mohamed Ismail Laouti (R) and producer Willy Rolle (C) winners of the DIFF Award during the Dubai Film Connection Awards on day five of the...
Intelsat S.A. is providing global communications services for The Climate Reality Project?s ?24 Hours of Reality: Be the Voice of Reality? live broadcast. Intelsat?s contribution services will be used to uplink...
Shock Middle East, which launched Dance 97.8 in January last year, is back with another new launch Heart 107.1 a radio station that promises daily back-to-back hits from the...
Stagetec Asia, partnering with Berlin-based manufacturer Stage Tec, has installed four Auratus platinum desks and four Nexus audio networks at four regional radio stations in the state of Sarawak, Malaysia. Each...
Regulators, regional and international organisations, industry players, operators and manufacturers gathered in Geneva last week at the first in a series of inter-regional workshops hosted by ITU in preparation for...
Still from 'Death of Stalin'The Dubai International Film Festival has announced the latest additions to its Cinema of the World programme.The next addition in the lineup is...
Thirteen film projects have been selected to take part in this years Dubai Film Connection (DFC), the co-production platform of the Dubai Film Market. The regional filmmakers will attend DFC...
Peter MacAvock, DVB ChairmanAt the 87th meeting of the DVB Steering Board (SB) important revisions and updates for three DVB specifications were approved. This development marks...
NASA has successfully launched for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the first in a series of four highly advanced polar-orbiting satellites, equipped with next-generation technology and designed to...
Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has announced that Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI), Middle East Broadcasting Centre Group (MBC) and Swiss luxury watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen will support the festivals 14th edition,...
The official trailer for Tiger Zinda Hai, the sequel to the Bollywood blockbuster Ek Tha Tiger, has been released today.Starring Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif, the Yash Raj Films production...
Dave Armstrong, Creative Director at Blaze DXBA radio pedigree has helped Blaze carve a name for itself in the unforgiving world of video production, where clients...
Nart BouranThe Middle East Broadcasting Networks, Inc. (MBN) has announced Nart Bouran will be joining MBN as its new Senior Vice President for News, Programming and...
