Pay-TV network OSN is strengthening efforts to support the community with the launch of Live More, its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, aimed at encouraging families in the MENA region...
New additions to all Matrox product lines to be highlighted including live streaming and recording solutions, 4K video monitoring cards, scan converters, multiviewers, OEM products, H.264 encoders/decoders and KVM extendersMONTREAL...
Dubai-based distributor of cinematography equipment, Amaranthine Trading hosted a workshop in Dubai to introduce Arris documentary style camera, Amira. Hans Sazinger, Head of Sales, Asia for Arri demonstrated the camera...
Christopher O'Hearn, GM of tview.Tview recently announced the results of a CESP (Centre d'étude des supports de publicité) audit report for the year 2013. CESP, a...
Fox International Channels Middle East has signed multiple deals with Electus International to air more than thirty hours of content in territories including Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine,...
Pay-TV subscriptions across the Middle East and Africa rose by 23.5% from the 15.3 m to 18.9 m between September 2012 and 2013, according to Dataxis.While the Middle East witnessed...
IABM (International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers) will introduce four new advanced courses to its 2014 curriculum.More than 560 people have attended the IABM training courses since the academy was launched...
TiVo Inc. has announced that it will acquire Digitalsmiths, a cloud-based content discovery and recommendation service. Digitalsmiths offers personalised video search, recommendations and browsing, social trending, and mood-based discovery which...
Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) has selected a range of fixtures from LED lighting pioneer Litepanels, for its new studios in the companys Ankara headquarters.The two studios, home to...
UAE-based Abu Dhabi Media (ADM) has installed its fifth Calrec Omega digital audio console. The console was first used in August 2012 in ADM's London studio during the 2012 London...
Twofour54 will participate in the upcoming Tawdheef recruitment exhibition in a bid to lure Emiratis into exciting careers in Abu Dhabis burgeoning media industry.The media entitys participation in this years...
Sennheiser Group recorded an unprecedented 62% year-on-year (YOY) increase in gross profit in the region owing to a number of project wins in the education and hospitality sectors and a...
BBC Worldwide has announced plans for three new pay-TV channels that will showcase BBC content internationally.BBC First, BBC Earth and BBC Brit will be tested in a number of key...
OTT solutions provider Visual Unity Global is expanding its vuMobile platform into Africa after signing a new partnership agreement with Tanzanian media conglomerate Clouds Media. Tomas Petra...
Argosy, a supplier of HD broadcast cables and studio infrastructure products, will debut Ghielmettis high performance CSF series audio patch panels in the Middle East on its stand at CABSAT.The...
Lebanon-based Broadcast production company Hedgehog has built the first HD outside broadcast truck in the country. Argosy has supplied most of the cables, racks, patch panels and other infrastructure.The new...
GV Director.Grass Valley will showcase a range of broadcast and media solutions at CABSAT. Spanning two levels and designed for maximum impact, Grass Valleys stand (A5-20, Hall...
Abu Dhabi Film Festival is inviting submissions for the Festivals SANAD grant which aims to support filmmakers from the Arab world. Submissions are open from January 26 to February 28, 2014.The...
OSN has announced the launch of two new channels from the Filipino network ABS-CBN.The partnership highlights the efforts of both OSN and ABS-CBN to provide Filipino viewers with the ultimate...
Al Jazeera has launched a new Turkish online service ahead of a full television channel launch from Istanbul. The service, known as Al Jazeera Türk, will follow its initial digital...
Fujifilm FinePix S9500.To celebrate the 80th anniversary of its original founding, FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation has created on a new corporate slogan, Value from Innovation. Beginning this...
Peter Bale, GM and VP of CNN International Digital with Caroline Faraj, CNN Arabic Digital Services Director.CNN International announced the re-launch of CNNArabic.com, its online Arabic...
Icon Art Production supplies production equipment for films, commercials and television production.Dubai-based production and rental house, Icon Art Production (IAP), has upgraded its equipment by adding...
Dubai-based content producer Global New Age Media (GNAM) has entered into an agreement with US-based NanoTech Entertainments 4K Studios to convert its sci-fi thriller Mantera (Man Transformable Exo-Robotic Armour) to 4K Ultra...
Systems integrator Media Group International (MGI) has announced a partnership agreement with Gallery SIENNA to offer its broadcast customers seamless integration and next generation workflow.SIENNA software offers an end-to-end digital...
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, one of the world's biggest sovereign wealth funds, is investing alongside Singapore's state fund GIC Pte in the headquarters of Time Warner Inc in New York...
This year three Arab films have made it to the Academy Awards nominations. Palestinian thriller Omar, directed by Hany Abu-Assad, is up for Best Foreign Film. The nomination for Assads...
Al Jazeera Arabic became the first non-English language channel to launch its DTT service on the Freeview platform in the UK. Al Jazeera English became a part of the network...
Charlie Vogt, CEO, Harris Broadcast.Harris Broadcast has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Imagine Communications, a digital video solutions provider.Charlie Vogt, CEO of Harris...
The collection of vintage cameras at Dubai Moving Image Museum.Dubai Moving Image Museum was officially inaugurated by His Highness Sheikh Majid Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al...
OSN has signed a deal with AMC/Sundance Channel Global to launch a regional version of the Sundance Channel for the Middle East and North Africa.The channel of the international division...
DMI has announced the launch of the first football sports reality show in the Arab world titled The Victorious. The show will be aired soon on Dubai TV and Dubai...
Qatars Sout Al Khaleej and Kuwaits Voice of Kuwait have signed a co-operation agreement, it was reported in Gulf Times.Kuwaiti information undersecretary Salah Mansour Al Mubaraki has praised his countrys...
Twofour54 announced the shortlisted winners of the Short Novels category of the Emirates Novel Award during a press conference held at the Park Rotana Hotel in Abu Dhabi earlier this...
Irdeto and Envivio have partnered to help operators streamline live channels over-the-top (OTT) across multiscreen platforms and devices.The partnership also includes Microsoft PlayReady LiveTV content protection in their live linear...
UK-based broadcast solutions provider Phoenix 7 is considering to set up base in the Middle East. With more than 12 years in the industry, the company has worldwide presence with...
From left: Mohammed Rouda, Abdulhamid Juma, Aida OReilly, Lisa Lu, Masoud Amralla Al Ali.The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the governing body behind the annual Golden...
Mike Kenna, Sales Director, EMEA, Oasys.Benghazi TV has launched a new HD channel using its integrated playout platform, Chameleon. Broadcasting on Nilesat free-to-air to the Middle...
Mounzer Bechara, General Manager, Middle East, Avid.Avid has announced the appointment of Mounzer Bechara to the position of General Manager for the Middle East.With more than...
OSN Pehla has expanded its service with the addition of two more South Asian channels to its existing bouquet. Pakistans Geo News and Indias family comedy channel Sab TV have...
Graham Taylor, EMEA Sales Director, Wohler.Wohler Technologies has announced the appointment of Graham Taylor as EMEA Sales Director for the company's monitoring product line. In this...
ERTU head office.Egyptian state-owned network Nile TV International has appointed a new head after the satellite channel mistakenly televised a report on the achievements of former...
Twofour54 has joined Tview, the first of its kind television audience measurement system in the Arab World. The agreement with tview aims to improve the level of accuracy of TV...
Launched in February 2012, Radio Mirchi is a recent Indian export to the UAE. The Hindi and English radio station, owned by Abu Dhabi Media, caters to the South Asian...
Aliqtisadi.com, a Twofour54 partner, has launched a new section with Harvard Business Review (HBR) content, making its expert advice available for Arabic readers.HBR is considered to be the premier source of...
Al Jazeera Sport was rebranded beIN Sports on Jan 1, 2014. The rebranding indicates that the channel will now be part of beIN Sports, a global network of sports channels,...
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has received a $49 million order to provide a nation in the Middle East with integrated tactical communications.Harris is providing this...
Physique TV will premiere its first in-house production in Arabic titled MMA All Out. We are very excited to be adding MMA All Out as a daily complement to our diverse...
MBC Bollywood, known for Indian movies and TV series dubbed and translated into Arabic, has joined the MBC Group bouquet on Arabsat satellite Badr - 4 .Khalid Balkheyour, President and...
Maryam Al Mheiri, COO, twofour54.twofour54 has entered into partnerships with video on demand platforms, Istikana and Cinemoz. The partnerships will see eight films supported through twofour54...
IBM has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Emeryville, CA-based Aspera, Inc. Asperas technology helps companies securely speed the movement of massive data files around the world. Financial terms of the...
David Butorac, CEO, OSN.OSN has partnered with Fight Network to launch . MENAs first dedicated combat sports channel. The newly launched OSN Fight Network HD will cover...
Oromia TV building.Ethiopia-based Oromia Radio and Television Organisation (ORTO) has selected Avid to power its content creation workflow, distribution and media management. As the official broadcaster...
The sixth edition of Documentary Voices hosted workshops and sessions by renowned industry professionals under the theme Children and Cinema. American documentary filmmaker and Harvard Professor Ross McEwlee, acclaimed New York...
Wohler Technologies has appointed Liam Connors to the role of Senior Sales Executive in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) for the company's RadiantGrid business line. From Wohler's offices...
Noura Al Kaabi, CEO of twofour54.Noura Al Kaabi has declared the need for further strategies to address the disconnect between the number of Arabic speaking internet...
Some of the women filmmakers who brought their films to DIFF 2013.Programmers at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) announced that 40% of the films in...
Dubai-based Navigation Films recently installed a Facilis TerraBlock shared storage system to help manage post production on its 4K projects. Since its debut in 2010, Navigation Films has handled several...
Muhr Awards winners at the awards ceremony.The coveted Muhr Awards were presented by His Highness Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to dozens of the...
