Grass Valley’s positive views on the Middle East market need no introduction; but how ready and willing are regional operators to adopt bluesky technologies? An exclusive, closed-door event gave us...
When Covid-19 hit the world, news organisations were the first to take action, innovating extensively to retain the audiences that had come to their platforms for information. Robyn Peterson, CNN...
Football has attracted some of the world’s most lucrative TV rights deals, with some contributing to more than 50% of a club’s profits. This is also true for the UAE,...
He was only eight when he first took apart a phone and put it back together again. A passionate engineer equally comfortable in both IT and broadcast ecosystems, regional veteran...
Muay Thai and kickboxing are recent additions to the UAE sports scene, with a great opportunity to attract a younger audience. In an exclusive interview with Vijaya Cherian, Mohamad Yehya,...
After conducting a virtual edition last year, CABSAT is back for an in-person gathering and exhibition. Thomas Löffler, AVP, Exhibitions, Dubai World Trade Centre, takes us through some of the...
Viu hit 45m MAU and 5.3m paid subscribers and ranks No.1 for number of users in Southeast Asia.
Best known in Dubai as the CEO of Advanced Media for the last two decades, in recent years he has also garnered awards for some of the films he has...
BroadcastPro ME asks industry professionals to share their vision of how they foresee AR changing the face of broadcasting in various scenarios and how their own respective solutions can enhance...
BroadcastPro ME asks industry professionals to share their vision of how they foresee AR changing the face of broadcasting in various scenarios and how their own respective solutions can enhance...
With a new normal in place due to the ongoing global pandemic, BroadcastPro ME asks the experts if the current scenario will help accelerate IP adoption in the months to...
BroadcastPro ME reached out to some manufacturers and solution providers to ask what they thought were some of the key drivers behind IP adoption in the market.
In an exclusive interview with Vijaya Cherian, TikTok's Head of Video and Creative Rami Zeidan discusses how the app is attracting content creators, audiences and businesses to its platform in...
Senior market executives and analysts from various facets of the media industry share their insights with BroadcastPro ME.
Senior market executives and analysts from various facets of the media industry share their insights with BroadcastPro ME.
Just 15 months after taking the helm at OSN, CEO Patrick Tillieux has not just steered the media company into a more positive direction, he has also helped renew market...
Ramadan has traditionally been the most important revenue-generating period of the year for the TV industry in the Middle East. This year, however, the lockdown has severely impacted productions leaving...
At the premiere of his newest short film 'Amber' in Dubai last month, BroadcastPro ME caught up with Faisal Hashmi to explore his journey as a filmmaker, his proclivity for...
Maite Ventura is the new Managing Director – MENA of the world’s top-performing football league, Spain’s La Liga – but is she a woman alone in a man’s world, or...
Lack of exposure and incentive are major factors that contribute to unequal representation of women engineers in the broadcast field.
At the Cannes Critics' Week Competition in May, six of the 10 selected projects were directed by women. Among them was Egyptian director Nada Riyadh’s film The Trap, which sparked...
Deaf Film Lab, an innovative initiative in Egypt, is inspiring deaf youth to take up filmmaking. In an interview with Rachel Dawson, founder Waguih El Laqany shares how the initiative...
YuppTV came quietly onto the MENA scene two years ago, and has gone from strength to strength under the leadership of Zahra Zayat, VP and Head of MENA.
ASBU celebrated its 50th anniversary this year at the Arab Radio and TV Festival in Tunis, with events planned throughout the year to commemorate the occasion.
Every year, IBC brings new elements to the table to keep the show fresh. We catch up with Michael Crimp to learn more about what’s new this year.
Indian premium video-on-demand service SonyLiv made its first foray outside its home country to launch in the Middle East. In an exclusive interview with BroadcastPro ME, Uday Sodhi, Business Head-Digital,...
Streaming platforms are devising new ways to capture a slice of the global audience, with Netflix banking on local productions. But this can spark a backlash – as it has...
Image Nation's latest production, Emirati body-swapping film Rashid & Rajab, has attracted international attention with a sales agent secured at Cannes. The films producers share their experience with Rachel Dawson.
Four-time Emmy-winning producer and five-time PromaxBDA Gold award-winner, Nicole Hendrix shares the art of creating the perfect pitch and the power of crowdfunding in the MENA market.
Snapchat is taking its visuals to a new level with AR and a number of programmes and projects around it. In an exclusive conversation with BroadcastPro ME, Mike Evans, Software...
With drones lending a new direction to aerial filming, BroadcastPro ME catches up with Hatim Saleh of Dubai-based ChopperShoot to find out more about what it takes to get the...
Romanian co-producer, actor and scriptwriter, Robert Cristian Trif says his latest project, the Emirati film, A Tale of Shadows: Illusions will live up to the success of its critically acclaimed...
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.
Sebastien Verlaine, Marketing & Communications Manager at EVS discusses their increased focus on Esports for the Middle East market and reveals their product showcase for CABSAT.
Sahl Beldi, Marketing Manager at United Broadcast and Media Solutions discusses their strategy for the MENA market and product showcase for CABSAT.
Rob Waters, Dejeros Sales Director EMEA reveals new partnerships, strategy for the Middle East and a detailed insight into what to expect at CABSAT.
Argosys Regional Sales Manager reveals new partnerships, strategy for the Middle East and a detailed insight into what to expect at CABSAT.
Kinda Ibrahim, Twitter. In recent months, Twitter has been pushing further into sport with strategic MENA partnerships that have ramped up engagement on the platform. Kinda...
Syed Ali, Sales Manager, CABSAT 2019.To be held between March 12- 14 at the Dubai World Trade Centre, CABSAT 2019, will bring together a host of...
Nahla Elmallawany, Head of Content, Discovery MENA.Discovery Channel MENA draws on its success with Fatafeat to create original long-form content for its Pay-TV channel TLC HD,...
Tarek Mounir is VP & GM of Turner MENAT.What triggered the process of rebranding of TCM?TCM is and has always been the destination for everlasting movie...
Vlad Borovina.Dubai International Content Market, a new and rejuvenated version of MyContent, will be hosted at Jumeirah Beach Hotel Conference Centre for the first time this...
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...
President and Chief Operating Officer at Diversified, Kevin Collins.US technology provider Diversified will be establishing an office in Dubai, following the acquisition of TSL's regional office...
Georges Dabbaghi, VP, Head of Sales MEA at MediaKind, formerly Ericsson Media Solutions, explains how a 150-year heritage and a new corporate identity will offer the regional industry end-to-end...
Divyesh Mahajan, CEO of Swoo.Live OTT with undetectable latency disrupts traditional consumption of content and opens new possibilities for advertisers and content owners. Divyesh Mahajan, CEO...
Majed Al Suwaidi, Managing Director of Dubai Media City.Last month, TECOM Group, in partnership with Dubai Creative Cluster Authority (DCCA), launched Gofreelance, a special freelance package...
To interview a reformed pirate in Somalias Puntland, you need to pack right, move equipment resourcefully through airports and learn to film in armoured vehicles, says veteran news cameraman Alessandro...
Natasha Hussain, GM & VP, Middle East and Mediterranean, BBC Worldwide.In conversation with BroadcastPro ME, Natasha Hussain, GM & VP, Middle East and Mediterranean, BBC Worldwide,...
Fares Akkad, Head of Media Partnerships for Facebook and Instagram, Middle East, Africa and Turkey.As traditional broadcasters scramble to reinvent themselves to a younger audience, Facebook...
Colors TV concluded the filming of season 2 of Checkmate last month in Dubai. Sachin Gokhale, Senior VP MEA, APAC for Viacom 18, speaks to BroadcastPro ME about creating reality...
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MBC Group CEO Sam Barnett gives BroadcastPro ME a candid glimpse into the challenges of the past three months and the strategy ahead. When MBC Group Chairman Sheikh Waleed bin...
Frederique Maurell, Show Director for CABSAT 2018.In conversation with BroadcastPro ME, Frederique Maurell, Show Director for CABSAT 2018 outlines how the show will offer a unique...
The Blink team: (l to r) Lea Badro, Creative Producer, Hani Kichi Producer and Director, Nathalie Habib, creator and Executive ProducerClaiming a global first as makers of...
Mike Lang, who was instrumental in founding Hulu in a previous role with Fox, and is now with Discovery Networks International, talks to BroadcastPro ME about the strategy behind creating Hulu...
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...
Darine El Khatib.Darine El Khatib, Senior Director of Creative Strategy and Brand Development for Turner MENA & Turkey talks to us about the new production - the...
Eric Cooney.Why did SAM need a new leader at its helm now? I plan on building on the platform Tim Thorsteinson has built to continue SAMs...
Sanjay Raina, GM MENAP, Fox Networks Group Middle EastWith landmark decisions on content, delivery and economics, Fox Networks Groups three new channels, Fox Crime, Fox Rewayat...
Stockholm media technology company Newstag has announced plans to launch a new experience specially designed for the MENA region later this year. Co-founders Camilla Dahlin-Andersson and Henrik Eklund talk exclusively...
