David Butorac, CEO, OSN.OSN has signed an output agreement with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution for first and exclusive access to its premium content for the MENA region.The long-term...
Paywizard has been selected by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) of Nigeria to support the national digital TV switchover project.Working with Inview, Paywizards AgileXtra platform will manage all customer data,...
Ahmed Shanti.Avid has appointed Ahmed Shanti to the role of Territory Account Manager for Middle East. Shantis responsibilities are to increase Avids market share in the region...
Sami Boutany, CEO, Yahlive,Yahlive has launched 43 channels in the greater Arab Maghreb region. The channels are a result of Yahlives partnership with Paris-based Sahli Media...
Three of the seven Arab films being considered for the Best Foreign Language Film category in the 2016 Academy Awards were funded by SANAD, demonstrating the quality and success of...
Arun Prakash, COO, Vuclip.Vuclip recently announced a partnership that will allow it to showcase the biggest blockbusters from El Sobky Film Productions. This move is in...
The Dubai Film Market (DFM) and International Showbiz Expo (ISBE) 2015 are coming together at DIFF 2015 from 14 16th December at the Madinat Jumeirah.ISBE brings together cinema and...
Telestream has acquired cloud-based encoding provider PandaStream. The result of a comprehensive investigation of key suppliers in the cloud-based encoding market, the acquisition accelerates Telestreams strategy for providing cloud services to...
Hendrik Verbrugghe.The 48 Hour Film Project (48HFP) will kick off today at AM Studio in Al Quoz and Canon Middle East has joined hands with the...
French Tunisian actor Sami Bouajila to receiive DIFF's lifetime achievement award.The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) will award this years Arab Lifetime Achievement Award to French-Tunisian...
Grey Juice Lab has strengthened its Middle East and Africa (MEA) presence with the opening of a new regional content marketing and commercial hub in Dubai Media City.The new office...
Elemental Technologies has announced that MultiChoice is using Elemental for live streaming and video-on-demand (VOD) delivery of its DStv online service, which makes sports and entertainment content available on smart...
ASBU BroadcastPro Selevision Award winners.The 2015 edition of the ASBU BroadcastPro Selevision Summit and Awards took place on November 10 at Habtoor Grand in Dubai. The full-day...
Facilis has delivered a 96TB TerraBlock shared storage system to Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI). The TerraBlock system is positioned at the heart of DMIs new media management and content creation...
Fadi Mehio, Chairman, Icflix.Icflix is set to premiere an original childrens action-comedy animated series titled Dunia. The first season comprising 10 episodes will premiere globally this...
Nasser Al Khelaifi, Chairman and CEO of beIN Media Group.BeIN Sports has won the rights to broadcast The Premier League in the Middle East and North...
Savya, heart of a warrior.DIFF has announced the Cinema for Children line-up. The showcase will include a number of new releases and a good mix of films...
BroadcastPro ME has announced the shortlist for the ASBU BroadcastPro Selevision Summit and Awards. The event takes place on November 10 at Habtoor Grand Hotel in Dubai Marina. The full...
Cisco Systems has acquired over-the-top (OTT) cloud streaming platform startup 1 Mainstream for an undisclosed price. 1 Mainstream offers an automated platform for distribution of linear and on-demand content to connected devices such...
Nasser Al Khelaifi, Chairman and CEO of beIN Media Group.BeIN has announced expansion of its pay TV platform through launch of movies and entertainment channels. A...
Sami Boutany, CEO, Yahlive,Yahlive has signed a capacity deal of one transponder with Adriatic Tours S.L., owners of Alpha One RTV Network. The two companies will...
Carlos Tibi, CEO and Founder of Icflix.Icflix has partnered with Sony to stream movies and series to TVs via the PlayStation3 (PS3) and PlayStation4 (PS4) consoles.The Icflix...
Ericsson has completed the acquisition of Envivio. The transaction was completed through a merger of its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Cindy Acquisition Corporation, with and into Envivio, Inc. Envivio, Inc. survives the merger...
Lina Younes, Founder Animation Chamber.Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has partnered with Taaleem, one of the largest education providers in the UAE, and The Animation Chamber, a...
After its recent foray into European markets, Netflix is now headed to the Middle East.Keeping up a quick pace of expansion into new territories, the streaming company recently launched in Italy...
Omantel, Oman's largest telecommunications operator, will offer an IPTV service using the platform of its neighbour in the Gulf, UAE telco du.Announcing the tie-up at GITEX in Dubai, du's Chief...
The first day of the Arabsat customer forum Atheer concluded with a gala dinner and awards last night. The satellite operator awarded its key customers with trophies and medals for...
Khalid Balkheyour, CEO and President, Arabsat.Registrations of guests arriving for Arabsats eighth customer forum Atheer begin today in Marrakech, Morocco. The forum will bring together Arabsat...
IBC2015 had a large footfall, with more than 55,000 visitors. The conference included key topics impacting the broadcast industry, ranging from ultra HD and the adoption of IP to the popularity of online...
On location for Ali Mostafa's Worthy.Image Nation Abu Dhabi has wrapped production on its latest Emirati feature film, Worthy. Directed by Ali Mostafa, the action thriller...
Fujio Mitarai, Chairman and CEO of Canon, headlined EXPO 2015 in Paris today with his keynote speech. He outlined Canons strategy in a connected world and highlighted his vision for...
GTA Global Ltd has concluded the filming of the global production and international award-winning GT Academy TV show in Abu Dhabi. A collaboration between Nissan and PlayStation designed to turn superfast Gran Turismo gamers into real...
Canon Europe opened EXPO 2015 in Paris today. At this once-every-five-years global event, the company will unveil its strategic priorities and showcase technologies that are pushing the boundaries of what...
Mohamed Asaf.The Idol, a movie inspired by the rise to fame of Arab Idol star Mohammed Assaf showcased at BFI London Film Festival on Monday 12th October 2015.The film's...
OSN's executive pose with Antonio Banderas (third from left) and Arab celebrities.OSN unveiled its line-up of new programming for 2016 and marked the launch of three...
Al Jazeeras digital news platform AJ+ has received more than one billion online video views, a year after its inception in September 2014. The social TV platform provides perspective on current events...
Carlos Tibi, CEO and Founder of Icflix.Icflix has announced a partnership with VIVA Bahrain to give VIVA customers access to premium movies, TV shows, cartoons and...
James Gibbons, Country Manager, Emerging Business, Discovery Networks.Discovery is all set to launch its lifestyle and entertainment channel, TLC, in Turkey, next month. The free-to-air (FTA)...
Dubai's position as an international filming hub got a further boost as two major project started shooting in the emirate. The Dubai leg of the filming of the Star Trek movie and Jackie Chans Kung Fu Yoga has...
Majid Entertainment, the company behind the launch of Majid TV, took part of this year's edition of MIPCOM in France
Jordanian film Theeb was awarded the Best Feature Film award in the official competition at the fifth Malmo Arab Film Festival (MAFF).Directed by Naji Abu Nowar, the film has been part of the...
Graham Lay, General Manager, Argosy Middle East.Argosy has appointed Graham Lay as General Manager of its Middle Eastern operation. Lay has worked for IEWC, Argosys parent...
MIPCOM has shone the spotlight on Abu Dhabi as a production and content creation hub by hosting a panel discussion featuring twofour54s Paul Baker.Paul Baker shared the stage with fellow...
Dr Raed Khusheim, CEO of Selevision.A Saudi technology company claims to have rewritten the rules of compression with its new codec, which, if deployed will help...
Hasan R. Sayed Hasan (l) with Hassan Ghoul.Hassan Ghoul, a well-known figure in the MENA broadcast industry, has joined Master Media, a media consultancy and professional...
BroadcastPro Middle East hosted a roundtable in association with SAM (Snell Advanced Media) on October 5, 2015 at Conrad Dubai, to discuss IP in broadcast. The discussion revolved around the current...
Syrian drama series 'The Brothers' has been filming in Abu Dhabi since February 2014.A new report from the Arab Advisors Group reveals that drama series dominated...
Samsung Gulf Electronics and Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) have announced the return of the Samsung Short Film Contest this year. Organisers are calling on all budding filmmakers, art students...
Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) and Image Nation Abu Dhabi have teamed up to launch The 7th Art, a new screening series which will explore the...
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...
