From left: ARRI's Markus Zeiler, Dr Jorg Pohlman, Sigrid Muller and Sohail Shafi.ARRI has established a new subsidiary lighting company in Dubai with the name of ARRI...
Andrew Pert.Next years CABSAT will feature the all-new Content Marketplace, a co-located event designed to unite the entire commercial ecosystem for filmed entertainment content.As a dedicated...
Said Bacho, Senior VP, Grass Valley.To make the switch from SD to HD, Sharjah TV chose cameras and switchers from Grass Valley, a Belden Brand.The Xensium-FT...
Left to right: Peter Hobbs and Fahad Al Hassawi.To satisfy growing demand for online media content, such as streaming services and gaming, Telstra has launched a...
Tarek Saadi.Content owners, TV service providers and broadcasters in todays fast-changing media landscape are facing a range of challenges when it comes to meeting consumers expectations...
Al Ghad Al Arabi, a UK-based Arabic-language TV station that has been broadcasting from London since 2013, recently established a new channel in Egypt. Vibhuti Arora takes a tour of...
Selevision has announced that it targets a million registered customers within the first six months of operation. In order to achieve this goal, Selevision will continue to bring the freshest...
Mig Cardamone.Sennheiser Middle East has entered into a new partnership with Rycote. While the agreement makes Sennheiser the exclusive Middle East distributor for Rycote's entire range of microphone...
Mark Billinge, CTO at OSN.Imagine Communications has implemented a new transmission server solution for the sports playout operations of OSN. The upgraded server network is a direct replacement...
Al-Baghdadia, an independent Iraqi-owned Arabic-language satellite channel based in Cairo, has selected Harmonic equipment for its Egyptian Media Production City facilities to enable a smooth transition to HD. Supplied by...
Jamal Al Sharif.Dubai Studio City (DSC) will host a series of post-production workshops in partnership with CABSAT from 10-12 March, where, for the first time in...
Dr Raed Khusheim, CEO, Selevision.Multi-platform entertainment company Selevision has announced that its over-the-top (OTT) portals will be accessible to users from this month.The service will be...
Alaa Karkouti.A new international platform for Arab cinema, Arab Cinema Centre (ACC), launched at this years European Film Market in Berlin, representing 11 Arab production companies...
Bandar F. Alabdulsalam, CEO of Dur Alpha Media.Dur Alpha Media, a Riyadh-based production house, recently acquired a high-end graphics solution from Vizrt to produce real-time 2D...
Elemental Technologies has announced the selection of its video processing systems to stream video content for Qatar TV and its sister network, the Al Kass Sports Channel (Al Kass Sports...
EVS has implemented a comprehensive EVS workflow for beIN SPORTS. The beIN Sport MAX Highlights Service enables the creation and management of sports highlight packages from the networks centralised production...
CABSAT 2015 opens at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) today, with more than 900 exhibitors from 60 countries descending on the 21st edition of the region's largest broadcast show.With the Middle...
Kaveh Farnam.RED has opted to include channel distribution in the Middle East and North Africa region in light of rising competition and increasing demand for local...
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an order from the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) for launch services, for the KhalifaSat observation satellite. The KhalifaSat satellite...
Ben Kozuch will be in Dubai as part of CABSAT's post production programme.The 21st edition of CABSAT will roll out an expanded schedule of sector-specific conferences,...
Nilesat is preparing to launch its new regional digital platform, known as the The Nilesat Smart Digital Broadcasting system, by April 2015. This major regional initiative will provide for the...
CABSAT 2015 will provide an ideal platform for more than 900 exhibitors from 60 countries to discuss critical audio-related issues across the regions broadcast and content production industries.Audio topics are currently among the hottest conversations in...
Working in partnership with ATG Middle East, Hiltron has completed a satellite downlink system feeding a multi-channel compliance suite for a broadcast regulatory organisation based in the Middle East. The...
Globecomm reported that the demand for its services and expertise in three of its vertical markets (Maritime, Media and Enterprise) were up 300% during the past 12 months. The increase...
Chef Vikas Khanna is a judge on Master Chef India.Reality TV show MasterChef India will film clips for its upcoming fourth series in Dubai this week,...
Jamal Al Sharif.Dubai Film and TV Commission (DFTC) has reduced its processing fees to all filmmakers and producers in Dubai.In its commitment to ensuring an easy,...
My-HD has added H2 from A+E Networks to its portfolio of HD offerings.My-HD CEO, Cliff Nelson, said: We are happy to ally with one of the worlds premiere media companies...
George Boath, Telestream.Telestream has announced expansion of its sales management team to address sales growth for its enterprise-class video products in the EMEA and Asia Pacific...
The Vitec Group has acquired the business of Paralinx, a California-based wireless video systems company. Paralinx will be incorporated into the Vitec Group's Videocom Division, complementing its existing brands.Paralinx was...
John Aslett, General Manager, Vislink.Vislink has appointed John Aslett to its Dubai office as General Manager. Aslett will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the...
A discussion in progress at Doha Media Symposium.Doha Media Symposium that concluded on March 1 examined how seismic shifts in the way digital content is consumed...
Shah Rukh Khan will be hosting a game show on &TV.ZEE Entertainment has announced the launch of &TV, a Hindi entertainment channel, for viewers in the Middle East...
OSN has partnered with telecom service provider du to offer OSN Play for free as part of OSN subscriptions on du.OSN Play offers the convenience to catch up on shows...
Bahrain Cinema Company also known as Cineco has reported an increase in net profit of over 20 % at the end of year 2014 as compared to their financial results...
Jamal Al Sharif.The Dubai Film and TV Commission (DFTC) has launched its official Instagram page as a tool to showcase Dubai's diverse locations.DFTC has also announced...
Youssef Al Deeb.Youssef El Deeb is joining MediaGates in the newly created role of Managing Director.El Deeb has been a key figure in Arab television as the founder of Fatafeat TV...
Al Jazeera has formed a partnership with African Media Agency (AMA) to introduce its regional news to online platforms in the continent.The partnership will see news portals from Africa publish...
StarTimes Nigeria has launched its budget pay-TV bouquet Nova, for NGN500 per month, ahead of the county's switch-over to digital broadcasting in June 2015.The pay-TV service allows subscribers access to over...
Sky News in the UK has implemented Blackmagics ATEM 2 M/E Production Studio 4K with an ATEM 2 M/E Broadcast Panel and Smart Videohub as part of an overhaul to...
Physique TV's CEO Hamid Dizji (l) with Dean O'Grady of Dubai Desert Run.Physique TV and Dubai Desert Road Run have announced a strategic partnership to expand...
With the Oscars just around the corner, viewers can see all the action, live and at the same time it airs in the US, exclusively on OSN, the regions leading...
From left: Jamal Al Sharif with Ali Jaber.The Mohammed Bin Rashid School for Communication (MBRSC) at the American University in Dubai (AUD) announced the return of...
Rory O'Connor, Irdeto.Irdeto monitored illegal downloads of films in the US and over 200 countries worldwide from January 1 through February 14. The company revealed that...
Muriel De Lathouwer, Managing Director and CEO, EVS.EVS Broadcast Equipment has announced the appointment of Muriel De Lathouwer as Managing Director and CEO of the company....
Rutger Reman, Ericsson.Ericsson has announced that Rutger Reman has been appointed as Head of Industry & Society for Ericsson in the Middle East region. Industry &...
This year, Emirati high school students will be given the chance to travel to New York City for a summer programme taught at one of the top film schools in...
Book of Negroes.The epic six-part historical drama Book of Negroes follows in the tradition of Roots and is based on the critically acclaimed novel by Lawrence Hill,...
Mounzer Bechara, Avid.Avid has announced that Kurdistan 24 TV (K24), a 24/7 HD news, current affairs and information satellite outlet based in Erbil, Kurdistan region of...
Ali Mostafa.Emirati director Ali Mostafa has produced a film series for Land Rover. The first film in the series was launched with the story of an...
Globecast has announced that it has completed a company-wide reorganisation in order to enhance its position as a fully integrated media solutions provider, operating in a unified manner across all...
Physique TV's new cooking show Good Chef Bad Chef will premiere this month.Physique TV has announced the launch of a new cooking programme called Good Chef...
Mike Green, Brightcove.Brightcove Inc. has announced that the new Brightcove Player, which powers the next generation of video experiences across Brightcoves suite of products, has received...
An Egyptian court has granted bail to the jailed Al Jazeera journalists Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy, who are being re-tried on charges of aiding the banned Muslim Brotherhood.The decision...
The first edition of the Arab Indo Bollywood Awards (AIBA) will be held on April 10, 2015 at Dubai World Trade Centre.The nominations will be selected from the 2014 Hindi...
Alarab news studio in Bahrain.Bahrains Minister of Information Affairs Isa Abdulrahman Al Hammadi has announced that Manama-based news channel Alarab was suspended because of the channel's...
Twofour54 will showcase a collection of local creative projects directed by Emirati talent with the support of twofour54 at Abu Dhabis Qasr Al Hosn Festival. The festival that will take...
Colin Farquhar, CEO, Exterity.Exterity will launch its new range of products to stream beyond traditional networks at CABSAT 2015.Organisations increasingly look to expand the reach of their...
Riedel Communications has announced the acquisition of the Swiss communications specialist Tele Comm Sportservice AG. Tele Comm Sportservice AG has been a provider of communications solutions for temporary and permanent...
Pay TV revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa will reach $6.22 billion in 2020, up from $3.54 billion in 2014 and $1.92 billion in 2010, according to a new report from Digital...
Last season, the 20 competing football clubs in the English Premier League received a total of USD 2.37 bn in payments for the broadcast rights to the Premier League matches....
