beIN Sports, which is operated by Qatari Sports Investments, has released promos on its channels announcing the arrival of a movie channel, sending shockwaves through the industry. We first broke the story...
Eutelsat 8 West B.Eutelsat Communications has announced that its new EUTELSAT 8 West B has been fully powered up and is already broadcasting TV channels to...
Al Jazeera Media Network has announced that its channels will be moving to a new frequency affecting viewers across the entire Middle East and North Africa region on the Nilesat...
Saudi Arabias state-owned oil company Aramco has selected a range of solutions from Barco to enhance productivity and interaction in its key head office meeting room.Aramco, a fully integrated, global...
Alliance Media has selected Broadview Software - a fully integrated real time channel management solution. Alliance Medias Urdu1 and Urdu1 (M.E) channels which are broadcast from Dubai are now a complete...
Jasim Al Awadi, VP Network Infrastructure and Services, Du.Du and Huawei have deployed a joint 400G OTN network, a first-of-its-kind deployment to be launched commercially in...
Andrew Childs, Business Development Manager, Trilogy.Trilogy has announced the appointment of Andrew Childs as Business Development Manager for the Middle East.Childs arrives at Trilogy from Quantum,...
Starz Play Arabia uses thePlatform's cloud-based mpx video publishing system to offer direct-to-consumer multi-platform subscription video service for the MENA.thePlatform mpx provides workflow management of video ingest; metadata management; subscriber management...
Jackie Chan will film his latest movie, Kung Fu Yoga, in Dubai from 28 September 30 October 2015. This will be Chans first time filming in the Middle East.The...
Sentech, a broadcasting signal distributor in Africa, has extended its contract for multiple years with Intelsat. Sentech will continue to leverage Ku-band capacity on Intelsat 20 at 68.5°E to cost-effectively expand...
CANAL+ Overseas has selected Enensys as a key technology partner for the rollout of the broadcasters DTT platform in Africa. TNT Africa, a multi-country sub-Saharan Africa project, is designed to...
Majid Al Ansari.Image Nation Abu Dhabis recent Emirati feature film, Rattle the Cage (Zinzana), is attracting considerable attention from both festivals and partners.Prolific independent studio IM...
A scene from 99 Homes.Image Nation Abu Dhabi will celebrate the release of 99 Homes in theatres throughout the UAE on September 24. The film is...
Fahad Al Hassawi.Du is offering its customers a chance to enjoy a wide selection of premium channels on the occasion of Eid Al Adha, at no extra...
Vubiquity has signed a deal to acquire Digital End-To-End (DETE), a managed content technology service, from Warner Bros. Technical Operations. The deal will enable Vubiquity to expand its content services...
Bahraini telco VIVA has introduced Starz Play Arabia to its value added services offering HD quality entertainment. Starz Play Arabia gives VIVA subscribers access to blockbuster Hollywood movies, series and...
UAE-based Al Ahli Holding Group has acquired theAudience, a multi-channel social and digital content publisher based in Los Angeles."Acquiring theAudience is in line with our long-term global diversification plan and...
Masstech, advanced workflow and media asset management solutions company, has undergone an ownership restructuring whereby it is now controlled by Covington Fund II Inc., one of Canada's largest venture capital...
Attendees of the Sennheiser Business Communications Day.Sennheiser recently conducted a training event in Dubai to present its latest microphones, headphones and wireless transmission systems. Centred around the theme of 'Business...
Anuj Gandhi, Group CEO, IndiaCast.Viacom18 has announced the launch of the Hindi variety entertainment channel Rishtey Asia for viewers in Asia Pacific and Middle East.The channel will be the...
Ooredoo and Wataniya Mobile, a member of Ooredoo Group, have announced that they will be the lead sponsors of Palestines two top divisions, the Premier League and the Gaza Strip...
Sky Cinemas Kuwait have made a commitment to Barco partner CineTech to exclusively install Barco projectors, including laser projection for future sites. Sky currently has three screens installed in the...
VER, a production equipment and engineering support company, has acquired Aurora Lighting Hire Ltd (Aurora), a lighting rental house in the UK. The acquisition represents the latest step in VERs...
Mohammed Al Mubarak, Image Nation.Image Nation Abu Dhabi will begin filming a new Arabic-language television series in the UAE later this year.Mohammed Al Mubarak, Chairman of...
IBC2015 was widely agreed to be the most successful yet. Conference delegates from more than 250 top level speakers in a sharply improved environment; exhibition visitors had more than 1,800...
Khalid Balkheyour, CEO of Arabsat.Fibersat S.A. has signed a framework agreement with Arabsat for the acquisition of a HTS hosted payload in Ka Band on the...
The IBC Innovation Awards celebrate the partnership between a broadcaster or production company and technology suppliers that push for and deliver the quality, creativity and accessibility of content to the audience.The...
Icflix has inked a deal with Humax to integrate the Icflix app directly into Humax Android set-top boxes for the GCC region.The integration of the Icflix app on Humaxs Android...
Louis Hernandez, Jr, CEO, Avid.Arab Telemedia Group, a Jordan-based production house, has embraced Avid Everywhere to improve operational efficiency, handle the challenges of working with 4K, and...
Daniel Url (r), Managing Director of Qvest Media and Eric Achtmann, Executive Chairman and Founder of V-Nova, at IBC 2015.V-Nova and Qvest Media have announced a strategic...
Pebble Beach Systems has announced a contract for the delivery of a new multi-channel playout solution to DMC (Digital Media Centre). This is its first order for the new Orca...
Dubai Media Inc. recently upgraded its sports studio and the Dubai Sports channels as part of its larger project to move to a file-based, unified, tapeless infrastructure. Vibhuti Arora reports Dubai...
Irdeto will be providing security for a new Tivibu satellite pay TV service from Turk Telecom Group. Irdetos Media Access and Management services use Irdeto CA to give Turk Telecom...
Ericsson has bought encoding firm Envivio $125 million. The acquisition will strengthen Ericsson's video compression position, combining its leading position in broadcast and contribution with Envivio's leadership in multiscreen cable...
Kevin Prince.Kevin Prince will join Broadcast Pix as President and CEO, as well as a member of the Board of Directors, effective Oct. 1. He will...
Jordan Media City (JMC) has chosen ViBE VS7000 multiscreen encoding/transcoding platform to drive its new OTT service offering. Based in the Jordanian capital of Amman, JMC provides broadcasting and playout...
Saleh Lootah, DMI.Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI) has chosen new Spectrum media servers from Harmonic for an upgrade of the company's main broadcast facility in Dubai. Already...
Arabsat and Emerging Markets Communications (EMC) will jointly launch a triple-play broadcast and communications service across the MENA region.The new Trio platform is built on EMC's SATLink technology and will be...
Huawei has announced that its video aggregation service, offering the latest regional and international video content and applications from all over the world, will be launched in Europe before the...
Kit Digital Inc.s former Chairman and CEO and its former CFO were arrested and charged with accounting fraud at the software company. Both are being held, pending extradition to the...
Muhammad Irfan Gondal.With growing demand for content in war-torn Libya, TV channels are looking at producing content in neighbouring Egypt and Turkey. Libyan media house Alwasat...
The award-winning film Theeb is Jordans official submission for the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 88th Academy Awards.The selection was made by a committee of Jordanian artists and...
Conax has entered a contract with StarTimes to co-develop a media gateway solution for its Africa operations. With over five million DTH and DTT subscribers and operations across 16 countries, the...
Hasan R Sayed Hasan, MD, MasterMedia.Master Media, a media consultancy and development company and RealVision, a visual communications company, have joined hands to bring cinematic virtual reality...
The Rugby World Cup returns this month to OSN. This will be the fourth time that the pay-TV network brings the tournament to the regions screens, with live and exclusive coverage of...
Net Insight, a provider of live, interactive and on-demand media transport, has acquired US software company, ScheduAll, in a $14m all-cash deal.The two companies expect the integration to be a...
Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon company, has reached an agreement to acquire Elemental Technologies, Inc. The acquisition brings together Elementals video solutions with the AWS cloud platform to...
Dubai-based pay-TV network OSN, which is owned by Kuwait Projects Company (KIPCO) and Saudi Arabia's Mawarid Group, is reported to have signed a $400-million five-year loan with the cash to...
Saudi Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) has upgraded the NETIA Radio-Assist radio automation suite used by the kingdom's national audio archives. SBC worked with NETIA's area partner, First Gulf Company, to upgrade...
The cast of Iftah Ya Simsim.The Arabic version of Sesame Street, Iftah Ya Simsim, is all set to make a comeback on MENA TV screens after...
Fahad Al Hassawi.Through a brand new collaboration with Starz Play, du customers now have the choice to enjoy thousands of hours of HD quality content from...
Ericsson has signed an exclusive multi-year broadcast and media services contract with Image Nation Abu Dhabi, to handle playout, media preparation, media management and archive services for the new Arabic-language...
The eight-camera OB van is wired for 12.Dubai-based INC System Integrations has handed over an eight-camera, full HD OB van to Kuwait TV.The double expandable van with...
LaunchPad runs on Vizrt's Viz rendering engine, a third-party touchscreen, RCS software and RCS' cloud database DataCenter.MBC Pro Sports has chosen Reality Check Systems (RCS) LaunchPad...
Majid Al Ansari.Image Nation Abu Dhabis latest Emirati feature film, Zinzana, will have its world premiere alongside the best new horror, thriller and sci-fi films at...
beIN Sports has won the exclusive rights to broadcast matches from Portugal's top football division, Primeira Liga. With this agreement, beIN Sports becomes the network with Spain's widest international football offer...
ContentWise, a personalisation, discovery and recommendations solution for digital TV content, has announced that it has partnered with Babeleye, a multi-lingual video content metadata platform, to bring personalised TV experiences to the Middle East...
Emad Morcos.GO Online TV by OSN will bring exclusive anytime, anywhere access to WWE Network. GO customers have access to WWE Network that offers 12 WWE...
Three feature films by Arab filmmakers, supported by DIFFs Dubai Film Market (DFM), will showcase at the 40th Toronto Film Festival (TIFF), running from September 10th to September 20th, 2015.The line-up...
Eurostar Group has announced the launch of Asianet Mobile TV tablet and app for the GCC a bouquet of twenty popular Malayalam television channels and an entire range of...
