News

September 4, 2013

From left: Juan Jose de la Torre, VP of Strategy & Corporate Development with Acting CEO Ismaeel Makdisi.Intigral has announced the launch of AFKAR.me, the regions...

My-HD offers MBC channels in HD on Arabsat

September 3, 2013

L to R: Sam Barnett CEO MBC Group and Cliff Nelson CEO My-HD.My-HD has announced the availability of eight MBC channels in High Definition (HD) on...

RT Software enables analysis of Saudi TV King Cup

September 2, 2013

RT Software worked with Trans Gulf Media to supply two graphics systems for the studio analysis of Saudi TVs King Cup.This included a tOG-Sports Pro system to prepare telestrated analysis...

The Scene Club presents Danish film ‘The Hunt’

September 2, 2013

Thomas Vinterberg.The Scene Club, monthly film club showcasing some of the best world independent cinema, returns this month and brings you The Hunt by acclaimed Danish...

OSN gets a new look

September 2, 2013

David Butorac, CEO of OSN.OSN has refreshed its on-air brand identity further strengthening the networks position that is relevant to and resonates with its viewers.Now live,...

Yahoo Maktoob debuts new lifestyle web series

September 1, 2013

Omaima Marmarchi.Yahoo Maktoob has debuted a new lifestyle web series featuring top chef, florist, interior designer Omaima Marmarchi in a show titled, Beit Omaima. The twice...

DIFF recruits temp staff for 10th edition

September 1, 2013

The 2012 DIFF team.Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) will celebrate its tenth anniversary in December this year. From December 6 to 14, DIFF will bring together...

Al Jazeera Mubasher Misr channel banned

September 1, 2013

Egyptian authorities have banned Al Jazeera Mubasher Misr from working in the country.A statement from the Ministers of Investment, Telecommunication and Information in Egypt said that the Qatari channel does...

Haivision and Digital Planet join forces for greater presence in MENA

August 30, 2013

Haivision, a video streaming and IP video distribution solutions company, has announced a strategic distribution alliance with Digital Planet, expanding the companys presence in the Middle East and North Africa...

National Geographic to show series on Dubai International Airport

August 29, 2013

National Geographic Channels series Ultimate Airport Dubai will premiere on September 5 at 8pm. The series will offer behind-the-scene access to Dubai International Airport.The various scenes will show what it...

DIFF team attends Venice Film Festival

August 27, 2013

The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) team heads to the 70th Venice Film Festival this week to further promote and support Arab film and talent to the world. The prestigious...

OSN acquires Pehla

by Staff Writer

August 26, 2013

David Butorac.Pay-TV network OSN has acquired Pehla Media & Entertainment from Arab Digital Distribution for an undisclosed sum of money. The Asian entertainment platform will now...

Icflix witnesses good response rates in first weeks of soft launch

August 26, 2013

Icflix, the region's first online streaming media platform, witnessed a good response rate from over forty countries since its initial soft launch. Within two weeks, an overwhelming number of subscribers...

ADMs Star FM to participate in the International Radio Festival

August 26, 2013

Abdul Rahman Al Harthi.Star FM, a radio channel under the umbrella of Abu Dhabi Media, announced that it will be participating in the International Radio Festival,...

DFI celebrates Abbas Kiarostamis cinematic masterpieces with Kiarostami Film Retrospective

August 22, 2013

Abbas Kiarostami.Doha Film Institute (DFI) celebrates the illustrious cinematic and internationally renowned, award-winning filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami with a dedicated showcase of 14 short and feature films...

Al Jazeera loses AT&T carriage at US launch

August 21, 2013

Al Jazeera America premiered on 20 August, replacing Current TV at 3pm Eastern time, but the network's debut was marred by AT&T's decision to unilaterally drop the channel from the...

Artec to supply new TV/radio recording system to Qatar News Agency

August 20, 2013

Artec's Product Manager M. Mueller with members from Qatar's news agency.Qatar News Agency has commissioned Artec Technologies AG to provide a new TV/radio recording and information...

Al Jazeera America launches

August 20, 2013

Al Jazeera America will be available to 40 million American households through major providers including DirectTV, Comcast, DISH Network, Verizon and AT&T starting today.Al Jazeera is a major news channel...

OSN Ya Hala launches in the UK

August 20, 2013

OSN makes its first international foray with the launch of its flagship Arabic channel, OSN Ya Hala on TalkTalk in the United Kingdom, in partnership with THEMA, a company that...

A majority of FTA satellite channels in the Arab World are privately owned

The number of FTA satellite channels in the Arab World reached 716 channels by May 2013. The 716 analysed channels broadcast on Arabsat, Nilesat, Noorsat and Yahlive (fully operational channels...

Newtec appoints new Middle East Regional Sales Director

Eric Van Hoecke, Sales Director, Newtec.Satellite communications specialist Newtec has appointed Eric Van Hoecke to lead its sales activities in the Middle East. He was formerly...

Quantel Inc. appoints new CTO

Tim Claman.Tim Claman has been appointed the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) of Quantel Inc. Tim brings to Quantel a wealth of experience gained as both a...

DIFF opens registrations for tenth edition

Cate Blanchett at DIFF 2012.Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) announced that registration is now open for media, industry and students to the 10th edition of the...

twofour54 announces half-year achievements

On the sets of Hammam Shami.twofour54, the commercial arm of the Media Zone Authority-Abu Dhabi, announced its results for the first half of 2013. The six...

SMC allocates USD 36,000 for Sharjah Government Communication Award winners

His Excellency Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qassimi, Chairman of Sharjah Media Centre.His Excellency Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qassimi, Chairman of Sharjah Media Centre, announced...

DFI announces partnership with Sarajevo Film Festival

August 18, 2013

Doha Film Institute (DFI) has formed a new strategic alliance with the Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF).DFI and Sarajevo Film Festival will partner on a number of new initiatives at their...

Etisalat to broadcast EPL

August 17, 2013

Etisalat will broadcast the English Premier League (EPL) football matches for fans in the UAE through the Al Jazeera Sport Package on eLife TV for USD 15.79 (AED 58) per month.Existing...

Dubai studio opts for AV Plus McRecall system

August 15, 2013

Dubai-based studio Funoun AlEmarat is the first studio to invest in a McRecall Analogue Recall Rack System the first product to be launched by UAE distributor AV Plus under...

CNN to offer live in-flight TV

August 14, 2013

CNN will now be available, live, through eXTV, the global in-flight live television service serving passengers in EMEA, Asia and Latin America, having reached an agreement with Panasonic Avionics. The...

Fast & Furious 7 to be filmed in UAE

August 14, 2013

twofour54 has confirmed that the seventh installment of Hollywood thriller Fast & Furious will be filmed in the UAE. The film will also benefit from the 30% rebate scheme on...

Al Jazeera and ADM: Life after the Premier League rights saga

by Guest Columnist

August 13, 2013

Now that the MENA broadcast rights for the Premier League have been awarded exclusively to Al Jazeera Sport, Karim Sarkis, who was part of the team that negotiated the rights...

EVS appoints new VP of sales for MENA

August 13, 2013

Mohammed Bouita, EVS.EVS, a provider of live video production systems, has appointed Mohammed Bouita as Vice President of Sales for the Middle East and Northern Africa....

Samsung partners with OSN for Smart TV app

Samsung has extended its partnership with pay-TV operator OSN to provide its connected television viewers a catch-up television service through OSN Play. The service will provide regional viewers with the...

RTS assigns BFE with two HD Studios

BFE has been mandated to realize the system integration of two HD studios at RTS, the radio and television of the French-speaking Switzerland Radio Télévision Suisse in Geneva. The project...

Gulf Film Festival announces dates for the seventh edition

The seventh edition of the Gulf Film Festival held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Majid Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Culture & Arts...

Miranda launches iTX Gold Dealer Programme

Miranda Technologies has announced the launch of its iTX Gold Dealer Programme, a new initiative designed to enable qualified EMEA dealers to offer broadcasters access to Mirandas market-leading iTX integrated...

dB Broadcast to show extended range at IBC

Broadcast systems integrator dB Broadcast will be demonstrating an expanded range of broadcast monitoring receivers at IBC2013 this year. The range includes the newly-launched IQDBT105 monitoring and acquisition module and...

Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya, CNNArabic.com, Reuters on HTC

HTC Blinkfeed, a new live information stream for the HTC One smartphone, will offer content from MBC's news channel Al Arabiya, Qatar's Al Jazeera, CNNArabic.com and Reuters. The news outlets...

TV main information source for Arab youth

August 7, 2013

A recent study by CNN.com has revealed that television is still the prime information resource for 72% of young Arabs, however, only 40% said they trusted the information broadcast.The fifth...

Snell offers cost-effective 30 Series format converter cards

August 7, 2013

Snell has announced the release of the 30 Series IQ range of format converter cards, which offer Snell's processing in a cost-effective design with the power and functionality required to...

Al Sumaria TV deploys TriCaster 8000

August 7, 2013

Virtual set using TriCaster 8000 in Baghdad.Iraqi broadcaster Al Sumaria TV recently deployed two TriCaster 8000 virtual sets from NewTek at its Beirut and Baghdad facilities...

IBC Leaders’ Summit delivers exclusive research to help shape strategic decisions in the connected era

August 6, 2013

This year's IBC Leaders' Summit will deliver penetrating insight into the new media ecology, from the emerging behavior of 'Generation C' to the rise of companion screens and the growing...

Zee Aflam celebrates Imran Khan with dedicated showcase of blockbusters

August 5, 2013

The newest Khan on the block, Imran Khan, will be the central focus on Zee Aflam, the first Pan-Arab 24-hour free-to-air Bollywood film channel dedicated to Arabic audiences, with a line-up...

Qvest Media expands to Singapore

August 5, 2013

Qvest Media, part of German broadcast service provider Wellen+Noethen, is expanding its international business through the establishment of Qvest Media Singapore, through which it aims to gain a strong position...

Awad Mousa joins TVU Networks

Awad Mousa.US-based live mobile electronic newsgathering (ENG) and Internet broadcasting solutions provider TVU Networks has appointed Awad Mousa as Regional Director of its MEA operations, with...

Ramadan spells good news for broadcasters

Ramadan is a busy month for broadcasters with special programming to engage the viewers. Tviews recent reports on channel viewership in the UAE indicate MBC 1 as the clear winner...

Hollywood thriller to be filmed in Abu Dhabi

Paul Baker, Exceutive Director of intaj with the Hollywood Producer and an intaj team member.Abu Dhabi Film Commission (ADFC), Sony Pictures Entertainment, through its film production...

MBC installs state-of-the-art news centre in Cairo

Cairo city.Middle East broadcaster MBC Group has launched a state-of-the-art news facility in Cairo, Egypt. The news centre is designed, integrated and tested by system integrator...

Sheila Whitaker passes away

August 3, 2013

Sheila Whitaker, who served as Director of International Programmes for the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has passed away. She was 77.Whitaker had been working with DIFF since the inception...

Sudan Radio upgrades to NETIA’s Radio-Assist 8.1

July 30, 2013

Sudan Radio has upgraded its operations to the Radio-Assist 8.1 range of digital audio automation software. Sudan Radio first launched Radio-Assist in 2005, after working closely with NETIA to migrate...

Al Aan TV partners with Algerian network for content syndication

July 30, 2013

Al Aan TV, a pan Arab infotainment satellite television station based in Dubai and broadcasting to audience throughout the Middle East, has formed a content syndication partnership with the Algerian Numidia...

Rotana to move its HQ to Bahrain

July 30, 2013

Saudi-based media conglomerate Rotana Group is to move its regional headquarters to Bahrain in the first quarter of 2014, Bahraini Minister of State for Information Affairs, Sameera Rajab, has confirmed.The...

Arab Advisors Group survey probes media consumption in Iraq

July 29, 2013

The Arab Advisors Group has revealed the findings of its latest survey on Iraqi population (above 18 years of age) probing media adoption and usage. The survey revealed that that...

An enlightened partnership ViewSat are pleased to provide transmission services to GOD TV

by BroadcastPro ME Admin

July 29, 2013

GOD TV, the global Christian media channel, has partnered with ViewSat to provide specialised Gospel and Christian messaging to the Sub Saharan and South African region, tapping into ViewSats capacity...

TV viewing soars during Ramadan: OSN survey

July 28, 2013

Some of the characters from Hareem Al Sultan.At least one in three people in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) watch three to five hours...

IBC Leaders Summit delivers exclusive research to help shape strategic decisions in the connected era

July 27, 2013

This years IBC Leaders Summit will deliver penetrating insight into the new media ecology, from the emerging behavior of Generation C to the rise of companion screens and the growing...

OSN exclusive shows nominated for Emmys

OSN, a regional pay-TV network will bring the star-studded glitz and glamour of the 65th annual Emmy Awards live to audiences across the Middle East and North Africa.Of the record-breaking...

MBC Now delivers content on second screen

MBC Group has announced the launch of its latest second screen mobile application, MBC Now providing users and viewers across the region with an enhanced mobile user viewing experience. The...

MGI appoints key management staff

Matt Perman.Media Systems Integrator Media Group International has strengthened its management team with three key appointments.The new recruits include Matthew Perman, who joins the company as...

EXCLUSIVE – Andrew Davies leaves TSL for WRN Broadcast