Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has formed a new production company to serve the Arabic speaking market, fronted by local production executives, Ziad Kebbi and Dany Karam, BroadcastPro Middle East can...
Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) is inviting Arab filmmakers around the world to apply for the 2011 edition of its post production fund, Enjaaz. Applications for the first 2011 cycle...
After several months of waiting and long delays in awarding a hotly-contested tender for a full High Definition broadcast facility in Oman, the deal was finally inked between top officials...
Several major industry players have confirmed their attendance at CABSAT 2011, BroadcastPro can reveal. Key names include Grass Valley; Thomson Broadcast; Abu Dhabi Media Company’s OB arm, Live; For. A;...
Sandeep Ranade has left Salam Media Cast, Dubai to join Al Jazeera’s Strategy Planning and Projects Department as Supervisor of Unit.In his new role, Ranade will be responsible for evaluating...
Lebanese media house Charisma, which recently opened an office in twofour54, Abu Dhabi, will expand its operations even further in the Middle East in a bid to encourage local talent...
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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...
Egyptian Radio & Television Union has partnered with Prodea Systems to address the growing demand for digital content and applications in the country. The state broadcaster will use Prodea Systems’...
The seventh edition of Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) will showcase the best of Mexican cinema as a tribute to the nation’s bicentennial, DIFF announced today although it did not...
Saudi-owned channel Alif Alif, which was meant to begin operations in Dubai soon, has been put on hold indefinitely owing to huge losses, BroadcastPro Middle East can reveal.More than 30...
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Two filmmakers will share the coveted$100,000 Shasha Grant that is awarded by the Abu Dhabi Film Commission (ADFC) at the end of its annual Circle Conference to aspiring filmmakers in...
Egypt’s telecoms regulator has stopped satellite firms from providing live feeds to private TV channels, Reuters has reported. Channels whose permits have been cancelled will only be allowed to broadcast...
The Middle East arm of TSL has expanded its regional operations with the appointment of Suhail Ahmed as manager of technical services. In his new role, Ahmed will be responsible...
Abu Dhabi Film Commission will host the fourth annual Circle Conference from October 13-16 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Abu Dhabi. Besides the fact that several key players from the...
Engineers from Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Culture and Information (MoCI) visited Broadcast Electronics’ plant in Quincy to preview the company's STX LP transmitter as more than 30 BE STX LP...
Lebanese production house and broadcast consultancy firm, Charisma, will begin its Abu Dhabi operations from November 2010. The media firm, which produces more than 1200 hours of television content every...
A free-to-air, Arabic version of Cartoon Network will be available from October 10 to viewers in the Arab world. The announcement was made by Alan Musa, vice president and general...
Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI) recently undertook a major upgrade at its Beirut facility to streamline its workflow and facilitate programming delivery across multiple platforms. The bulk of the equipment...
David Butorac has succeeded Marc-Antoine d’Halluin as CEO of Dubai-based Orbit Showtime Network (OSN) from October 1, Panther Media Group (PMG), the company that operates OSN announced.Butorac was most recently...
Captain Karim Qitar Al Hekayat, a new Arabic language production from twofour54, will be broadcast on Baraem TV, a preschool channel from Al Jazeera Children's Channel (JCC) early next year...
Mike Whittaker resigned from his position as VP of broadcast operations at Orbit Showtime Network (OSN) and is due to join Technicolor's broadcast services business in the UK as VP of...
Qatar-based Al Jazeera Network recently awarded one of the most hotly-contested projects in the region to Dubai-based systems integrator Qvest Media FZ LLC. According to the deal, Qvest will put...
DotCast has launched a 12,000 sq.ft coach building facility in Dubai. The faciility is the first-of-its-kind in the Middle East and claims that it can provide fully-fitted OB vans at...
Abu Dhabi Media Company (ADMC) recently deployed a WASP3D solution to enable the live coverage and presentation of its EPL and UFL championships. Besides supplying the solution, WASP3D helped integrate...
Media-Alliance has completed a station upgrade for Dubai-based broadcaster Intigral, a Saudi Telecom-Astro Malaysia joint venture broadcasting more than 200 international chan-nels as well as VoD services. Intigral’s setup had been...
Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q), which offers undergraduate degree programmes in communications and journalism, has recently awarded a project for a three-camera HD studio, a newsroom facility and an end-to-end...
Al Jazeera recently deployed a family of IP encoding and server products from Stream-box for up to 20 of its Arabic language bureaux. Armed with only a laptop running the...
Kuwait-based systems integrator INC has been contracted to undertake a major upgrade for Al Dawri and Al Kass TV. The project will see the SI upgrade the Qatari sports channel’s...
Melody House Musical Instruments will be DPA Microphones' new distributor in Dubai. The appointment is part of a rebranding process that will see Melody House move into the pro-audio sector...
Arabsat’s 5A and Badr-5 satellites, which were handed over recently by Astrium and Thales Alenia Space as part of an in-orbit delivery contract, have entered commercial service and will now...
Abu Dhabi's media free zone twofour54 has launched an employment and traineeship programme called ‘intaji' for UAE nationals. The 12-month programme, which will use twofour54's state-of-the-art production facility to train...
Dubai Media Inc. (DMI) recently issued a major tender for an extensive archival project. The first part of the project is aimed at creating a digital workflow, where staff can...
Dubai-based distributor United Broadcast and Media Solutions (UBMS) has set a new mile-stone by being the first in the Middle East to become an official corporate member of IABM. "We are...
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...
Said Bacho has been promoted to vice president of the Middle East and South Asia (MESA) from his previous position as managing director of Harris Middle East, BroadcastPro Middle East...
Egyptian state broadcaster ERTU has purchased a Quantel Enterprise sQ system to handle its entire news production needs as it transitions to HD operation. The order was placed with Quantel through...
US-based storage solutions provider Archion Technologies has appointed EMEA Gateway as its business partner in the Middle East region. This appointment is aimed at accelerating the com-pany’s reach into markets...
Graham Day has joined ATG broadcast as MD from July 1. Prior to joining ATG Broadcast, Day worked in Abu Dhabi as a technical consultant for Al Dafrah Group. He...
Dubai-based systems integrator Qvest Media, who had installed a new tapeless ingest, editing and playout solution for Al Jazeera Sports in Doha, Qatar last year and expanded its playout channels...
du Broadcast Services has teamed up with On Demand Group, a three-screen video enabler to launch a fully-managed subscription video-on-demand offering. The new SVOD TV service adds to the transactional...
SI Salam MediaCast was recently awarded a contract for the supply, installation, commissioning and training of a HD three-camera virtual studio for Bahrain TV. The installation is scheduled for completion...
Dynamics processing specialist Junger Audio has ap-pointed Dubai-based distributor and systems integra-tor Qvest Media FZ LLC to handle the distribution of its entire product range in the Middle East. According to...
Cartoon Network will launch an Arabic version of its channel later this year. The channel recently announced that it would open a training academy for animation at twofour54, Abu Dhabi. "There’s...
BSkyB is in talks to broadcast a 24-hour news service in Arabic from Abu Dhabi, according to the Financial Times. The project will be a 50-50 owned joint venture with a...
Dubai-based Boomtown Productions recently produced a 30-minute documentary on the camel beauty pageant in the Western region of Abu Dhabi on 16mm. The film, which was meant to be an "artistic...
