Nevion and T-VIPS, who undertake video transport for broadcasters, service providers and government entities worldwide, have announced plans to merge pending regulatory and shareholder approvals. The merger is structured as...
GlobeCast and FRANCE 24 have announced they will expand their exploratory Hybrid Broadband Broadcast Television (HbbTV) service to the Middle East this year with the support of Orange and Arabsat.The...
Canon has announced its intention to launch, via its subsidiary Canon Europa N.V., a voluntary and conditional public takeover bid in cash for all shares, warrants and stock options of...
Peter Heiland.KIT digital will axe 22% of its staff and reduce its workforce to 300 under a major restructuring programme that will generate net cash savings...
Eamonn Dowdall and Masahiko Kato.Hitachi Kokusai Electric Europe has announced that it has formed a strategic sales and market development agreement with international broadcast rental company,...
It has been announced that Bahrain TV will be given an upgrade and a re-vamp worth millions of dollars. Daily Tribune have reported that Information Affairs Authority have signed an...
Grass Valley has sold its German systems integration business to PARTER Capital Group, a major equity investment firm based in Frankfurt, Germany. The group consists of systems engineers and specialists...
Magnus Mandersson.Ericsson has completed its acquisition of the Broadcast Services Division of Technicolor, headquartered in France. The purchase price is reported to be US $24 million...
Avid is divesting its consumer business as part of a strategic move to focus its efforts on its media enterprise, and post and professional customers. According to details revealed by...
KIT Digital has announced that it is exploring strategic business options, including a potential sale, consolidation or merger after it failed to reach an agreement regarding the appointment of four...
Harris Corporation has announced its decision to divest its Broadcast Communications business as this division is no longer aligned...
Ross Video has acquired Cambotics, a California-based robotic camera systems company. Cambotics joins the recently established Ross Robotics division to complement the Furio Robo and Furio RC systems.Cambotics is a...
Indian media group Zee Entertainment will deliver OTT TV over the internet to viewers in the UAE following an agreement with Siemens CMT. The...
Abu Dhabi Media has gone live with Indias number...
Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has purchased Saudi Research & Marketing Group's 20% share in UAE-based Intigral which is valued at US $24 million, increasing STCs share to 71% following the acquisition.STC explained...
Joel Lundahl, business development manager, HorizonSatHorizonSat will be increasing its satellite capacity for the MENA region with two agreements one with Eutelsat on their 3C...
Grass Valley has acquired PubliTronic with the intention of targeting the fastest growing segment of the play-to-air market.Integrated playout is one of the fastest growing segments in broadcasting and expected...
twofour54 intaj announced that it has signed a joint venture deal with advertising technology specialist, Adstream.The joint venture means that...
Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc. has finalised an agreement to acquire 100% shareholding in the Brazilian broadcast transmitter manufacturer Linear Equipamentos Eletrônicos Eletrônicos S/A ("HKL") via Hitachi Kokusai's Brazilian subsidiary Hitachi...
BroadcastPro Middle East is delighted to announce the launch of ASBU BroadcastPro Middle East Summit and Awards 2011 along with the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU).The...
Irdeto, a global software security and media technology company has announced the acquisition of BD+ technology for Blu-ray from Rovi Corporation.The newly acquired BD+ technology will fold into the companys...
Turkey-based SVS Telekom has signed a landmark deal with Newtec to become its first third party repair centre in the Middle East. It will cover all repairs to Newtec equipment...
TSL has acquired Celtic Audio Ltd., a UK company that specialises in the development of professional audio technology enabling the flexible and accurate monitoring of sound. The acquisition is effective...
twofour54 tadreeb acquired SAE Dubai for US $7 million from global education services provider Navitas, BroadcastPro Middle East can reveal.SAE, a...
SVS Telekom will distribute and support the entire Thomson Video Networks product range in the Turkey and the Middle East.Thomson Video Networks has appointed SVS Telekom as a value-added reseller...
Vision IPTV will officially launch a commercial and technical hub in Dubai, UAE at CABSAT MENA on February 9. The launch follows the recent £10m Chinese investment deal with its...
KIT digital, Inc. and its recently acquired business, Megahertz Broadcast Systems Ltd (MHz), an international systems integrator, will showcase the companys combined broadcast systems integrations services and IP-based solutions for...
Canon Middle East will be exhibiting independently at CABSAT this year for the first time, BroadcastPro Middle East has learnt.Speaking exclusively to BroadcastPro ME, Hendrik Verbrugghe, marketing director, Canon Middle...
Dubai Studio City has provided several soft incentives to Paramount so as to make Dubai attractive for the filming of Mission Impossible 4, BroadcastPro has learnt.“It’s a big film and...
Saudi-based Arab Media Corporation, the parent company of Arab Radio & Television (ART) has contracted UK-based systems integrator ATG broadcast to design, supply, install and commission a studio for the...
