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December 12, 2017

Nayla Al Khaja.UAE filmmaker Nayla Al Khaja got accredited to present her first feature film project 'Animal' at the Producers Network platform during the 2018 Cannes Film Festival...

Movie theatres to open in Saudi Arabia in 2018

Saudi Arabia has announced it will allow movie theaters to open in the conservative kingdom next year, for the first time in more than 35 years.Minister of Culture and Information...

Cinematography insights with Game of Thrones director at DIFF

Hollywood director-producer Michelle MacLaren, known for her distinctive style and cinematic flair participated in an interactive workshop at the Dubai International Film Festival 2017OSNs interactive workshop titled: Primetime with Michelle...

Arab talent showcased on day five at DIFF 2017

French-Tunisian filmmaker Nacer KhemirThe fifth day of the Dubai International Film Festival saw a double-bill of Arab talent at the Madinat Souk Theatre with French-Tunisian filmmaker Nacer Khemir,...

INGUN joins Image Matters origami Ecosystem

Belgium-based Image Matters has announced its collaboration with test experts INGUN.Our partnership with INGUN is a key development milestone for Image Matters. In addition to providing super-fast IO connectivity quality control...

Harmonic showcases OTT tech innovations at CABSAT 2018

Bart Spriester, Senior Vice President, Video Products, at HarmonicAt CABSAT 2018, between January 14-16 in Dubai, Harmonic, a provider of video delivery technology and services, will demonstrate...

Five film projects awarded funds via Dubai Film Connection

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...

VIDXB brings together content community

The second day of VIDXB brought another action-packed schedule of events for attendees. Starting the day on a light-hearted note, comedy creators Hatoon Al Kadi and Omar Hussein took to...

Axe Pictures brings two productions to DIFF

Its not too late to watch two productions from Axe Pictures, a partner of the Arab Cinema Center (ACC), at DIFF this year.A short film titled Halawa (Lollipop) by Director...

Sonic Wave and Sennheiser to grow pro-audio sector in UAE

(l-r) Andrew Williams CEO, Sonicwave, Ryan Burr Head of Technical Sales & Application Engineering, Sennheiser ME., Clarice Aboy - Sales Administration, Sonicwave, Armand Bulder...

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ closes DIFF 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi..Rey The closing night of this years Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) will see the screening of Star Wars: The Last Jedi on December...

Media houses announce sequel to popular Emirati film Hajwala

A sequel to Emirati film Hajwala: The Missing Engine, which grossed more than USD 1m USD at the regional box office, is being planned for a 2018 release, regional distributor...

4K version of The Message to premiere at DIFF ahead of 2018 theatrical release

The Message.A full restored 4K version of controversial production, The Message, will premiere at DIFF on Wednesday, December 13 before its theatrical release in the region...

Appear TV promotes modular X platform at CABSAT 2018

Appear TV will be exhibiting the capabilities of its modular X platform. Built to handle bitrates in the uncompressed domain as well as compression in the contribution market, it supports...

Telestream delivers tools for streaming at CABSAT 2018

Telestream, a provider of file-based media workflow orchestration, media streaming and delivery technologies, will use CABSAT 2018 to showcase end-to-end streaming and monitoring solutions, including strategic advances in video preparation...

Costume design takes centrestage at DIFF 2017

Costume designer Alexandra Byrne attends a photocall on day four of the 14th annual Dubai International Film Festival.The fourth day at the Dubai International Film Festival...

New president for 21st Century Fox Asia

International film and television company 21st Century Fox has elevated Star India Chairman and CEO Uday Shankar to the post of President, 21st Century Fox, Asia, with immediate effect.In his...

Ross Video powers sports venue production

Ross Video is powering many of the major sports franchise facilities around the world, including 58% of NFL venues in the US, and 45% of combined US venues for MLB, NBA,...

Ross Video claims benchmark in fan engagment

Ross Video has entered ambitiously into the sports venue production space by powering many of the major sports franchise facilities around the world, including 58% of NFL venues in the...

Avid solutions deployed at ITV Studios Daytime

Avid solutions reportedly allows ITV Studios Daytime to create unique graphics for its live entertainment programmes such as Good Morning Britain, Lorraine, This Morning, and Loose...

Gustav Grundström appointed VP Live OTT for Net Insight

Net Insight, a provider of streaming, media transport and resource scheduling, has announced that Gustav Grundström has been appointed VP Live OTT. Grundström will join Net Insight during the spring...

VIDXB shines spotlight on online content creation

UK-based gamer and performer KSI meeting fansFans, budding creators, established online stars and industry experts alike descended on VIDXB today as the regions first dedicated event...

Argosy to demonstrate 4K KVM over copper at CABSAT 2018

Argosy, an international supplier of broadcast cables and infrastructure products, will demonstrate at CABSAT 2018 at Dubai World Trade Centre, from January 1416 new cabling technology as well as core infrastructure...

Brian Sullivan named Fox Networks Group President and COO

Brian Sullivan has been promoted to President and CEO of Fox Networks Group. Peter Rice, President of parent 21st Century Fox and chairman and CEO of FNG, announced the appointment as per media...

Overhaul of legacy broadcast systems in MENA imminent: Research study

Service providers in the MENA need to invest in new solutions to keep up with rising multiscreen adoption and market demands, finds a new study by Frost & Sullivan's Digital...

Arab ‘Stars of Tomorrow’ take centrestage at DIFF

(L-R back row) Marwan Abdullah Saleh, Ahmed Malik and Ayman Al-Shatri, (L-R front row) Maria Zreik and Manon Nammour pose for the Arab Stars of Tomorrow...

Compelling cinema on second day of DIFF

Director Dominic Cooke attends the "On Chesil Beach" red carpet on day two of the 14th annual Dubai International Film Festival 2017 Film screenings on the second...

Empire International and Synergy Films sign exclusive deal

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Chairman of Empire International Gulf Mario Haddad attends the Meet The Egyptian Stars press conference hosted by Empire International and Synergy Films on day two of...

PlayBox Technology to debut Neo and CloudAir playout at CABSAT 2018

PlayBox Technology will debut the latest versions of its server-based Neo and SaaS-based CloudAir playout solutions to Middle East broadcasters visiting the 24th CABSAT exhibition at the Dubai World Trade...

Storytape powers stock videos with Core SWX

Storytape, an online subscription service for downloading cinematic 4K stock footage, travels the globe to capture diverse clips for its video database. The company uses Core SWXs Hypercore SLIM 7...

Stars walk the red carpet on DIFF’s opening night

Sir Patrick Stewart attends the Opening Night Gala of the 14th annual Dubai International Film Festival held at the Madinat Jumeriah Complex on December 6, 2017...

UBMS and Vitec Videocom conduct Litepanels workshop in Dubai

David Newton, professional photographer and filmmaker, conducting the Litepanels Gemini workshopDubai-based United Broadcast & Media Solutions (UBMS) and UK-based Vitec Videocom conducted a day-long workshop titled: "Step...

Clear-Com appoints Chris Willis as new VP Sales

Clear-Com, a provider of real-time wired, wireless and IP communications solutions, has announced that Chris Willis has been appointed as the companys Vice President of Sales. In this role, Chris...

Canara lighting champions green technology at CABSAT 2018

Having participated in CABSAT for the last four years, southern India-based Canara Lighting Industries will be offering a total studio lighting solution at the annual event .Speaking to BroadcastPro ME,...

Imagine Communications appoints new CEO

Tom Cotney.Imagine Communications, which is part of The Gores Group, has announced the appointment of Tom Cotney as CEO of the company, effective immediately. Charlie Vogt,...

Blink Studios brings mixed reality to DIFF

Blink works with Microsoft's Hololens technology to deliver mixed reality.Blink Studios is participating at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), where it will be showcasing the...

Sennheiser, Dolby, Neumann and Lawo team up for unique workshop

Sennheiser, Dolby, Neumann and Lawo conducted a workshop dedicated to 3D audio capture, processing and mixing. The organisers reportedly felt the need for such a workshop to highlight the importance of 3D...

DISCOP Dubai announces Africa pavilion

Growth in the MEA (Middle East / Africa) TV market is being driven largely by sub-Saharan Africa, which, according to an IDATE report, will be the worlds fastest-growing TV market...

DIFF announces panel for 2017 Muhr awards

December 5, 2017

Fareed Ramadan.The Dubai International Film Festival has announced the panel that will judge the entries for the Muhr competition.The 2017 Awards will comprise four individual film...

Colors TV announces season 2 of fitness programme

December 4, 2017

Colors TV has announced Season 2 of its first-ever lifestyle show on South Asian television in the Middle East - Body & Mind.The all-new season will be hosted by prominent...

Irrfan Khan to receive DIFF Honorary Award

December 4, 2017

Irrfan KhanWell-known Indian actor, Irrfan Khan, will receive the DIFF Honorary Award this year on December 13, 2017, in commendation of his contributions to film throughout...

Anghami appoints brand guardian

December 4, 2017

Paul Akiki.MENA music streaming service Anghami has appointed Paul Akiki as Chief Brand Officer. Akiki will be responsible for ensuring that this brand manifests consistently across...

Netflix acquires global streaming rights to Image Nation’s The Worthy

December 3, 2017

A scene from the film.After the 2016 acquisition of Zinzina, a spine-chilling plot, directed by Emirati filmmaker Majid Al Ansari, Netflix has now acquired the worldwide streaming...

Discovery restructures EMEA operations

December 2, 2017

Discovery Communications has restructured a major part of its EMEA business and consolidated various geographies under one core leadership team with Kasia Kieli heading its EMEA operations as President &...

Shock Middle East launches new radio station for UAE listeners

December 2, 2017

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...

Stage Tec equips RTM Malaysia

December 1, 2017

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...

Frequency allocation top of the agenda in advance of WRC-19

December 1, 2017

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...

DIFF gala screenings at the Madinat, Dubai

November 30, 2017

The 14th Edition of the Dubai International Film Festival returns with its red carpet galas at DIFFs purpose built venue, the Madinat Arena between December 6-13.Kick-starting the gala screenings on...

Colourist Andy Minuth joins FilmLight

FilmLight, a provider of professional colour grading solutions, has recruited colourist Andy Minuth as Colour Workflow Specialist.Minuth, originally from Germany, was most recently lead colourist at 1000Volt Post Production in...

Rohde & Schwarz Technology Day underway in Riyadh

Satellite, terrestrial and IP broadcasters have converged at the Narcissus hotel in Riyadh for the day-long technology day hosted by Rohde & Schwarz titled: Scene to Screen.The morning session covers the...

Avid connects with partners and customers in Lebanon

Avid, a media technology provider for the creation, distribution and monetisation of media assets for global media organisations, enterprise users and individual creative professionals, conducted a two-day customer and partner...

Online video watched on in-home TVs by majority: Research study

Research from S&P Global Market Intelligence has revealed that an overwhelming majority of internet households watch video via in-home TVs.The survey showed that as many as 81% in Poland and...

Dubai Studio City and Alfan are key sponsors for VIDXB 2017

Mohammad Fattal, CEO at Alfan,The Dubai Film and TV Commission (DFTC) has announced two major sponsors for VIDXB 2017, Dubai Studio City and Alfan for VIDXB on December...

Emirates collaborates with ESPN on documentary series on UAE athletes

Zahra Lari, a UAE National figure skater vying to become the first Emirati athlete to compete in the Winter Olympic GamesEmirates has collaborated with ESPN to...

Under the stars at The Beach with DIFF

November 28, 2017

Still from 'King Kong'DIFF in partnership with Meraas will be screening, for free, eight films on December 6-13 at The Beach opposite JBR in Dubai.The first movie to...

ViaLite to equip four OB Trucks for 2018 Commonwealth Games

November 27, 2017

ViaLite has been commissioned to provide equipment for live coverage of the Commonwealth Games 2018 by host broadcaster NEP Australia.NEP is building four new outside broadcast (OB) trucks which are...

‘Takeshis Castle’ to return with Saudi version

November 27, 2017

General Sports Authority (GSA) Chairman Turki Al-Sheikh signs an agreement with the Tokyo Broadcasting System Chairman Toshichika IshiharaSaudi Arabias General Sports Authority (GSA), which is responsible...

Sky News journalist Sam Kiley joins CNN in Abu Dhabi

November 26, 2017

CNN has hired Sky News journalist Sam Kiley as senior international correspondent based out of its Middle East office in Abu Dhabi.Kiley, whose journalistic career spans more than three decades,...

Viu announces Arabic and Asian original productions

November 26, 2017

Arun Prakash, President and COO of VuclipVOD service provider for emerging markets Vuclip has announced that it will release a slate of original productions for Arab and...

Ministry of Interior’s cinema award returns to DIFF