GV Director.Grass Valley will showcase a range of broadcast and media solutions at CABSAT. Spanning two levels and designed for maximum impact, Grass Valleys stand (A5-20, Hall...
Abu Dhabi Film Festival is inviting submissions for the Festivals SANAD grant which aims to support filmmakers from the Arab world. Submissions are open from January 26 to February 28, 2014.The...
OSN has announced the launch of two new channels from the Filipino network ABS-CBN.The partnership highlights the efforts of both OSN and ABS-CBN to provide Filipino viewers with the ultimate...
Al Jazeera has launched a new Turkish online service ahead of a full television channel launch from Istanbul. The service, known as Al Jazeera Türk, will follow its initial digital...
Fujifilm FinePix S9500.To celebrate the 80th anniversary of its original founding, FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation has created on a new corporate slogan, Value from Innovation. Beginning this...
Peter Bale, GM and VP of CNN International Digital with Caroline Faraj, CNN Arabic Digital Services Director.CNN International announced the re-launch of CNNArabic.com, its online Arabic...
Icon Art Production supplies production equipment for films, commercials and television production.Dubai-based production and rental house, Icon Art Production (IAP), has upgraded its equipment by adding...
Dubai-based content producer Global New Age Media (GNAM) has entered into an agreement with US-based NanoTech Entertainments 4K Studios to convert its sci-fi thriller Mantera (Man Transformable Exo-Robotic Armour) to 4K Ultra...
Systems integrator Media Group International (MGI) has announced a partnership agreement with Gallery SIENNA to offer its broadcast customers seamless integration and next generation workflow.SIENNA software offers an end-to-end digital...
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, one of the world's biggest sovereign wealth funds, is investing alongside Singapore's state fund GIC Pte in the headquarters of Time Warner Inc in New York...
This year three Arab films have made it to the Academy Awards nominations. Palestinian thriller Omar, directed by Hany Abu-Assad, is up for Best Foreign Film. The nomination for Assads...
Al Jazeera Arabic became the first non-English language channel to launch its DTT service on the Freeview platform in the UK. Al Jazeera English became a part of the network...
Charlie Vogt, CEO, Harris Broadcast.Harris Broadcast has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Imagine Communications, a digital video solutions provider.Charlie Vogt, CEO of Harris...
The collection of vintage cameras at Dubai Moving Image Museum.Dubai Moving Image Museum was officially inaugurated by His Highness Sheikh Majid Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al...
OSN has signed a deal with AMC/Sundance Channel Global to launch a regional version of the Sundance Channel for the Middle East and North Africa.The channel of the international division...
DMI has announced the launch of the first football sports reality show in the Arab world titled The Victorious. The show will be aired soon on Dubai TV and Dubai...
Qatars Sout Al Khaleej and Kuwaits Voice of Kuwait have signed a co-operation agreement, it was reported in Gulf Times.Kuwaiti information undersecretary Salah Mansour Al Mubaraki has praised his countrys...
Twofour54 announced the shortlisted winners of the Short Novels category of the Emirates Novel Award during a press conference held at the Park Rotana Hotel in Abu Dhabi earlier this...
Irdeto and Envivio have partnered to help operators streamline live channels over-the-top (OTT) across multiscreen platforms and devices.The partnership also includes Microsoft PlayReady LiveTV content protection in their live linear...
UK-based broadcast solutions provider Phoenix 7 is considering to set up base in the Middle East. With more than 12 years in the industry, the company has worldwide presence with...
From left: Mohammed Rouda, Abdulhamid Juma, Aida OReilly, Lisa Lu, Masoud Amralla Al Ali.The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the governing body behind the annual Golden...
Mike Kenna, Sales Director, EMEA, Oasys.Benghazi TV has launched a new HD channel using its integrated playout platform, Chameleon. Broadcasting on Nilesat free-to-air to the Middle...
Mounzer Bechara, General Manager, Middle East, Avid.Avid has announced the appointment of Mounzer Bechara to the position of General Manager for the Middle East.With more than...
OSN Pehla has expanded its service with the addition of two more South Asian channels to its existing bouquet. Pakistans Geo News and Indias family comedy channel Sab TV have...
Graham Taylor, EMEA Sales Director, Wohler.Wohler Technologies has announced the appointment of Graham Taylor as EMEA Sales Director for the company's monitoring product line. In this...
ERTU head office.Egyptian state-owned network Nile TV International has appointed a new head after the satellite channel mistakenly televised a report on the achievements of former...
Twofour54 has joined Tview, the first of its kind television audience measurement system in the Arab World. The agreement with tview aims to improve the level of accuracy of TV...
Launched in February 2012, Radio Mirchi is a recent Indian export to the UAE. The Hindi and English radio station, owned by Abu Dhabi Media, caters to the South Asian...
Aliqtisadi.com, a Twofour54 partner, has launched a new section with Harvard Business Review (HBR) content, making its expert advice available for Arabic readers.HBR is considered to be the premier source of...
Al Jazeera Sport was rebranded beIN Sports on Jan 1, 2014. The rebranding indicates that the channel will now be part of beIN Sports, a global network of sports channels,...
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has received a $49 million order to provide a nation in the Middle East with integrated tactical communications.Harris is providing this...
Physique TV will premiere its first in-house production in Arabic titled MMA All Out. We are very excited to be adding MMA All Out as a daily complement to our diverse...
MBC Bollywood, known for Indian movies and TV series dubbed and translated into Arabic, has joined the MBC Group bouquet on Arabsat satellite Badr - 4 .Khalid Balkheyour, President and...
Maryam Al Mheiri, COO, twofour54.twofour54 has entered into partnerships with video on demand platforms, Istikana and Cinemoz. The partnerships will see eight films supported through twofour54...
IBM has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Emeryville, CA-based Aspera, Inc. Asperas technology helps companies securely speed the movement of massive data files around the world. Financial terms of the...
David Butorac, CEO, OSN.OSN has partnered with Fight Network to launch . MENAs first dedicated combat sports channel. The newly launched OSN Fight Network HD will cover...
Oromia TV building.Ethiopia-based Oromia Radio and Television Organisation (ORTO) has selected Avid to power its content creation workflow, distribution and media management. As the official broadcaster...
The sixth edition of Documentary Voices hosted workshops and sessions by renowned industry professionals under the theme Children and Cinema. American documentary filmmaker and Harvard Professor Ross McEwlee, acclaimed New York...
Wohler Technologies has appointed Liam Connors to the role of Senior Sales Executive in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) for the company's RadiantGrid business line. From Wohler's offices...
Noura Al Kaabi, CEO of twofour54.Noura Al Kaabi has declared the need for further strategies to address the disconnect between the number of Arabic speaking internet...
Some of the women filmmakers who brought their films to DIFF 2013.Programmers at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) announced that 40% of the films in...
Dubai-based Navigation Films recently installed a Facilis TerraBlock shared storage system to help manage post production on its 4K projects. Since its debut in 2010, Navigation Films has handled several...
Muhr Awards winners at the awards ceremony.The coveted Muhr Awards were presented by His Highness Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to dozens of the...
As a special Christmas gift to our customers BFE Studio und Medien Systeme GmbH now offers a professional training program even online.The spectrum of the training offer covers the area...
Jamal Al Sharif.Dubai Film and TV Commission (DFTC), in partnership with Oliver Wyman, a global management consulting firm, released a white paper examining key areas for...
The series Beyond Border is showing on MBC1.The Beyond Borders TV series sees six young Emirati nationals travel to the Philippines to live and work alongside...
State broadcaster Qatar Media Corporation (QMC) will be upgrading its broadcast network for the 2022 soccer world cup using Rohde & Schwarzs DVB-T2 technology. The main contractor for the project...
From left to right, Producer Mohamed Samir, Actors Hany Adel, Yasmin Raees, Director Mohamed Khan and Screenwriter Wessam Soliman attend The Factory Girl premiere during day...
Five of the Palestinian directors showcasing films at this years Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) take a break from their busy schedules to congregate at the DIFF Film Market Forum....
Said Bacho, Senior Vice President of EMEA, Grass Valley.WRN Broadcast, the UK-based global managed services company, has installed Grass Valleys GV Edge integrated playout system with...
Sony Professional Solutions MEA (Sony PSMEA) has announced the signing of a landmark US $143 million project with Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN).The project involves building state of the art...
Cinema of Passion.The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) celebrated the release of its encyclopedia of Arab Cinema titled Cinema of Passion, the first of its kind,...
Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) honoured ten Arab Cinema talents including directors, actors and directors of photography, for their distinguished contributions in the top 100 films of Arab Cinema. This...
Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has announced that Dubai Film Market this year has exceeded all records set in previous years in terms of requested meetings between attending film professionals.The...
The IWC Filmmaker Award went to Waleed Al Shehhi for his film Dolphins. The award was presented by Academy Award winner and IWC Friend of the Brand Cate Blanchett on...
Al Jazeera America (AJAM) has now been made officially available on Time Warner Cable (TWC). The newly launched news channel will reach almost 55 million homes in America in both...
Hany Abu Assad with the cast of Omar at DIFF opening night.The landmark 10th edition of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) got off to a...
