Jordan has blocked nine unlicensed news websites. The blocked websites, include 7iber, Arabic for ink, an interactive website that published reports and features from contributors seeking to promote free speech and...
Volicon Capture.Volicon has announced a new partnership with Grass Valley that enables the companies' customers to realise a rapid repurposing workflow in which high-value content is...
Canon Middle East has appointed Creative Force to expand it professional video business in Iraq. Focused on the broadcast and production industry, the collaboration is part of Canons strategy of...
OSN has revamped its website (osn.com) to provide visitors seamless access across multiple devices.Featuring a new responsive design that automatically optimises the website for any device, from smartphones to tablets,...
Brian Cox.Physicist and multiple award-winning broadcaster, Professor Brian Cox is to speak at IBC2014. Cox will take part in the IBC Conference keynote session Televisions Expanding...
Gearhouse Broadcast has promoted Ed Tischler to head of projects. Tischler was previously Technical Projects Manager and is currently in Brazil overseeing Gearhouses World Cup broadcast projects.Reporting directly to Gearhouses...
IBC has revised the dates of its inaugural Middle East event in the UAE in light of the recent announcement confirming the Abu Dhabi Media Summit powered by twofour54 dates.Following...
Lebanons judiciary has dismissed a lawsuit filed by BeIN Sports against Tele Liban over broadcasting rights, saying the court had no jurisdiction to look into the complaint.The Court of Urgent...
The 77th meeting of the DVB steering board has approved the DVB-UHDTV Phase 1 specification. The specification includes an HEVC profile for DVB broadcasting services that draws, from the options...
FilmLight has enhanced its team of experts with the appointment of post-production specialists, Daniele Siragusano and Ram Krishna Tripathi Samaveda. They will provide workflow information, consultancy and training to help...
The Abu Dhabi Media Summit (ADMS) will be held from November 18-20 this year at the Rosewood Hotel, Al Marya Island.The 2014 edition will focus on "Driving and Sustaining Future Media...
Croatia.FremantleMedia International has granted Now Consulting Group the exclusive rights to distribute two Croatian dramas in the Middle East and Africa.The pact will see the FremantleMedia-produced...
Facebook has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire the ad technology firm LiveRail. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.California-based LiveRail helps media companies sell video ads programmatically....
Sheikh Mohammad Al Thani at the summit.QTV and Mediadante have been awarded the CINE Golden Eagle for Television Series for a twelve part TV titled series...
Bahrain-based news channel Al Arab is being built around two Viz Mosart studio automation systems from Vizrt. The independent 24/7 news channel is expected to be launched this year in...
Samsung Smart TVs across the MENA will now feature MBCs Shahid application.Shahid application and Shahid.net are available to viewers to catch up on their favourite TV shows and series. It recorded...
Tagvance, a project house providing ready-to-operate second screen solutions through Ideate-Motivate-Activate process, has announced the launch of the first Turkish cross-TV-channel, cross-screen app for mobile devices. In partnership with Samsung...
Autodesk has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Shotgun Software, a developer of scalable, cloud-based production tracking, review, and asset management software for the film, television and games industries. Terms...
Qatar-based beIN Sports has filed a lawsuit against the state-sponsored television channel Tele Liban (TL) on the backdrop of broadcasting the 2014 World Cup games. The Beirut Court of Urgent...
My-HD has signed a new partnership between Turner Broadcasting, a division of Time Warner, to offer four channels to its programming suite. The new channels include: CNN International HD, HLN...
Al Jazeera English, Doha newsroom.Al Jazeera Media Networks is reportedly considering an investment in the Mediaset Premium pay-TV arm of Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset.Sheikh Ali Bin...
There is a 13% increase in TV viewing ratings among all households in the UAE since the World Cup started, according to UAEs television audience measurement system, tview. A 10%...
Yahoo has been reported to make a $250 million bid to buy YouTube content creator, Fullscreen. Fullscreen creates content for thousands of YouTube video channels and generates over 3 billion...
Global media content company A+E Networks has expanded its EMEA operations with two senior executive appointments.Former Nickelodeon UK exec Kiaran Saunders is joining the cable company as Vice President for EMEA,...
The Aereo antenna.The US Supreme Court has declared internet streaming service Aereo as illegal. The court said that Aereo acts in violation of copyright law.The court...
Philippine broadcast industry giant GMA Network Inc. (GMA) has announced the launch of MyGMA package of channels via telecommunications operator Ooredoo, as part of its strategy to strengthen its broadcast...
Dubai-based pan-Arab broadcaster Al Aan TV has revamped its website to coincide with the onset of Ramadan. The newly released site features tighter integration with social media, an expanded network...
Egypt has barred three private Iraqi TV stations from its main satellite system. Al-Baghdadia, al-Rafidain and al-Hadath TV stations were all barred from the state-owned Nilesat, which broadcasts across the...
Arkena will provide turnkey OTT and catch-up services for beIN Sports Connect, a new OTT offer launched by beIN Sports France to deliver its live channels directly via internet to...
All of OSNs movie channels are now in HD. Recently the pay-TV operator upgraded two of its remaining SD movie channels namely OSN Movies Festival and OSN Movies Kids to...
World Cup viewing in the Middle East to contribute to three times more internet traffic globally than a month of internet usage in Brazil.Video streaming and IP broadcast of the...
Warner Bros. Consumer Products EMEA (WBCP EMEA) in association with Shooting Stars, its Middle East licensing agent, has announced that Scooby-Doo, and Tom and Jerry are set to take to...
Jamal Al Sharif, MD, Dubai Studio City and Dubai Media City.Dubai Film and TV Commission (DFTC) has launched phase one of its automated script clearance and...
Television coverage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup broke a whole host of viewing records during the first round of group matches in Brazil, highlighting the growing popularity of the...
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has announced plans for a new partnership with the Hollywood Post Alliance (HPA). The partnership will begin with SMPTE providing administrative...
Michael Edwards, VP Sales EMEA at BroadcastAsia2014.BroadStream Solutions has appointed Ben Wolk as President Sales and Marketing, and Michael Edwards as VP Sales EMEA and Asia....
Two four54 has announced that one of its key partners, Ubisoft, has released CSI: Hidden Crimes, the first mobile game developed in Abu Dhabi and aimed to appeal to a...
Egyptian TV channel Capital Broadcast Centre (CBC) has upgraded its Cairo facilities and operations with the installation of Reidel MediorNet real-time media network. MediorNet frames enable flexible transport of 10...
ARRI Amira.United Broadcast & Media Solutions (UBMS), a broadcast and pro-video equipment distributor in the region has been appointed as ARRI's authorised camera distributor for specific...
Nat Geo workshop attendees at Gulf Photo Plus.Photography enthusiasts attended a National Geographic Abu Dhabi (NGAD) photography workshop on June 11. The workshop was hosted by...
UAE production house, Image Nation Abu Dhabi is set to produce a documentary on the story of the UAEs historic qualification for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy.Shooting is about to...
Parts of the set used for filming the latest instalment of the Star Wars franchise in Abu Dhabi are set to be displayed in a museum in the UAE capital, it was reported...
At BroadcastAsia2014 Cambridge Imaging Systems will present its cloud-based and software-based media management and publishing solutions, together with details of partnerships with key organisations that will help clients to build...
John Wilson, IBC President.Long-term chairman of IBC, John Wilson has passed away. Wilson is regarded as the architect of IBC as we know it today.Like many...
Twofour54 and Image Nation Abu Dhabi highlighted the UAEs importance as a film and television hub during a meeting with top Hollywood Executives.Senior delegates from both entities discussed the growing...
Broadcast solutions provider BroadStream Solutions has announced its acquisition of OASYS. Already under common ownership, BroadStream Solutions acquisition of OASYS is for an undisclosed sum. The deal completed on June...
James Murdoch, Co-COO, 21st Century Fox.James Murdoch, 21st Century Foxs Co-Chief Operating Officer, is announced as the first Media Mastermind Keynote speaker in the MIPCOM 2014...
Syrian drama series Al Ekhwah will be a part of OSN's Ramadan offering.OSN has lined up 13 new shows, including seven exclusive and two Khaleeji shows...
From left: Michael Martens, CEO and Managing Director, Riedel Networks With Adel Daylami, General Manager, Batelco.Bahraini telecom Batelco has signed a new agreement with Riedel Networks for...
AT&T Inc. and Al Jazeera have settled a lawsuit over the carriers refusal to carry the news channel. The parties have agreed to a settlement and jointly asked the judge.The second-largest...
The initial prototype design concept of the Screen Falcon Award for the first edition of Arab Film and TV Awards (AFTVA) was unveiled today. The awards ceremony is set to...
Al Rayyan TV Team at the seminar.Neutrik and Nicolas Kyvernitis Electronics Enterprises (NMK) recently hosted Neutrik OpticalCon Certified Seminar to educate the engineering team of Al...
Calrec Omega console installed at Kuwait Broadcast Services' Studio 11.State-run Kuwait Broadcast Services (KBS) has installed two Calrec digital audio consoles in its Kuwait City facility...
Sony and FIFA will collaborate to cover the World Cup in 4K.World Cup Brazil will generate $4 billion in total revenue for FIFA, or 66% more...
Twofour54 has launched an online platform to enable the Arab regions creative community to collaborate on new creative opportunities.Noura Al Kaabi, the Chief Executive Officer of twofour54 said: This bi-lingual platform...
Ericsson has revealed the scale of the regions ongoing data revolution with traffic growth doubling last year. The June 2014 Sub-Saharan Africa Ericsson Mobility Report shows that in 2014 phone...
Pebble Beach Systems' Stingray at Africa 24 news channel.Africa 24, a 24/7 news network that broadcasts news to Sub-Saharan Africa, and is also available via satellite to subscribers...
Saudi authorities will monitor social media more closely to clamp down on cyber miscreants. The kingdom is reviewing the Anti-Cybercrime Law to amend it so as to initiate legal proceedings...
Rino Petricola, COO and GM at Front Porch Digital.Front Porch Digital has announced that Rino Petricola has been promoted to Chief Operations Officer and General Manager....
Sony and FIFA will collaborate to cover the World Cup in 4K.Sony Corporation (Sony) and FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) announced that they will collaborate...
