Star moves playout of two channels to twofour54
Star has moved the playout of two of its channels from Hong Kong to twofour54, Abu Dhabis content generation zone.Since the launch of its playout centre last year, twofour54 has...
Star has moved the playout of two of its channels from Hong Kong to twofour54, Abu Dhabis content generation zone.Since the launch of its playout centre last year, twofour54 has...
Arabian Studios, an international production company with offices in Europe and studios in Los Angeles that produces feature films, TV commercials and documentaries,...
Abu Dhabi Film Commission (ADFC) has announced its shortlist for the 2011 Shasha Grant. It is a $100,000 international screenwriting competition whose winner is chosen by a group of international...
The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has won two awards at the eighth annual International Business Awards, also known as the Stevie Awards.The film festival was named Distinguished Honouree in...
Tropfest Arabia, the new Arabic version of the worlds largest short film festival, has announced that filmmaker, Nayla Al Khaja, will represent the UAE on...
Habibi Rasak Kharban, a Gaza love story supported by Enjaaz, the post-production fund of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), will...
The Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF) has announced the main venues for its upcoming fifth edition, scheduled to take place in the capital from October 13-22, 2011.For the first time,...
Brokerage house Al Ramz Securities, has entered into a partnership agreement with CNBC-Arabia, in cooperation with AWAL IT Services, a company specialising in Information Technology (IT), computer software and electronic...
In recognition of his remarkable career in television and, in particular, natural history, Sir David Attenborough will be awarded the IBC2011 International Honour for Excellence. His career spans almost 60 years,...
Qatar Telecom(Qtel) group's Mozaic TV service is increasing its Ramadan channels and programming during the holy month.Four new channels with Islamic content have been added to cater to audiences' preferences.The new...
du is offering its On Demand Club service to all existing and new du TV subscriptions free of charge, until September 9, 2011.On Demand Club allows subscribers to access international...
DPA Microphones will launch its new d|FINE headset range at IBC. The new headsets update the design of DPAs 4066 and 4088 models used by the international theatre, broadcast and...
The official launch of the first Indian HD Bollywood entertainment channel in the UAE was announced today.The launch of the new channel titled UTV Stars was announced by Etisalat in...
Singapore-based media company MediaCorp is set to host the 20th Public Broadcasters International (PBI) 2011 conference this October. The conference will be held at Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore from...
Generator Rex, a new animated series has been launched by Cartoon Network Arabic. It joins other shows on the network which include Ben 10 Ultimate Alien, Dexters Laboratory and Adventure Time, which...
A new Bollywood film titled Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (My brothers bride) which stars actors Imran Khan, Katrina Kaif and Pakistani singer Ali Zafar is scheduled to have its world premiere...
A video competition has been launched to enable participants to express their love for the UAE by sending entries that celebrate the country's spirit and character, in time for its...
Melody House, distributors of Primacoustics, has recently supplied to Dubai-based Ecstatic...
Samir Abdulhadi, president and CEO of Orbit Group, has been appointed chairman of Panther Media Group Limited (the owning company of Orbit Showtime Network) for...
Regional director Hideaki Nakamura is leaving Sony Middle East and Africa to head the companys operations in Latin America, BroadcastPro Middle East can reveal.Rob Sherman will be back in Dubai...
The world premiere of Mission Impossible 4 is likely to take place at Dubai International Film Festival, BroadcastPro Middle East has learnt. Sources claim the deal has already been signed...
Samsung Electronics Co has introduced the first 3D LED HDTV monitors, the 950 Series, in the region. The new monitor line-up incorporates Samsung's proprietary 3D technology with an asymmetrical design...
Dubai based rental, company Spectrum Entertainment Services has invested in a new in-ear monitor system - Sennheisers ew 300 IEM G3.Supplied by Sennheisers UAE distributer Venuetech, the eight channel system...
Pebble Beach Systems, a provider of broadcast automation solutions has announced that Egypts newest commercial broadcaster, CBC Network, has launched with two Dolphin integrated channel devices under Marina automation control.CBC...
UK-based media post production house Mere Mortals has expanded its operations to the Middle East with the launch of Spitfire,...
Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI) has installed an Omneon MediaGrid active storage system from Harmonic to serve as central storage for the...
Sennheiser Middle East has recently supplied 16 ADN systems to Saudi Arabian AV systems integrator Electronic Special Equipment (ESE) for a single governmental project in the Riyadh.Speaking about their choice,...
The Ultraviolet initiative is pegged to be a hot topic at IBC this year; Irdetos Christopher Schouten gives Broadcastpro ME an insight into the technology.The Ultraviolet initiative will launch in...
Dubai-based distributor United Broadcast and Media Solutions (UBMS) is set to launch an online video training centre. The training centre, which is currently...
Al Jazeera English has commissioned a two-part investigation for its programme People & Power titled The Nigerian Connection. The films investigate the growing phenomenon of Nigerian organised crime in Europe,...
Egripment's new encoded package for cranes was used for the TV broadcasting of the Turkish elections in June 2011 on TRT.The TDT6 crane package and the 306 remote head were both...
NewTek has announced the shipment of 3Play 820, a 10-channel (eight-in, two-out), slow motion system that supports the simultaneous display, recording, and instant replay of up to eight video streams,...
Alan Constant and Hassan Merei will leave ART soon to join their former colleagues Steve Bjuvgard, Chris Pollard and Henk...
MBC Group has re-launched Shahid, the first free video-on-demand website in the Middle East before Ramadan.The website provides TV series, programmes, cartoons, documentaries from the content of MBC channels as...
OConnor, has introduced the OConnor Universal Camera Baseplate, designed to adapt small to medium size digital cine cameras (with on-center mounting threads) to various standard professional accessories available in the...
The International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers(IABM) has released the fourth edition of its Broadcast and Media Technology: Global Market Valuation and Strategy to 2015 study.Based on original research commissioned from...
AmberFin will showcase the latest developments in its iCR file-based content ingest and transcoding system at IBC.Making its debut at IBC, version 7.3...
Grass Valley has announced that Alan Wright will lead the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region as senior vice president. He will be based in the UK and report...
The Arab Film Festival(AFF) which will be held in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area in October has received an overwhelming response to its call for entries.The festival...
Doha Film Institute will be hosting a lab for resident screenwriters from 15 to 22 September.The lab will be conducted in English by mentors from Maisha, a non-profit training initiative...
Conax has announced the launch of a new security solution for OTT content distribution at IBC 2011Based on the Conax Contego content protection platform, Conax will provide digital TV service...
Viewers in the GCC can look forward to watching Bollywood films during Ramadan. The movies are part of a special film programme organised by channel Zee Aflam.Classics, historical epics, family...
Avid has reported revenues of $161.3 million for the three-month period which ended on June 30, 2011.The company reported revenues of $162.2 million for the same period in 2010.The GAAP...
Blackmagic Design has announced the introduction of DaVinci Resolve Lite, a new reduced feature version of DaVinci.Resolve Lite includes colour correction features in a...
Melody House, a distributor for Primacoustic has supplied RX9 downfire stabilizers to the...
Nicolas Kyvernitis Electronics Enterprises (NMK), distributor of Roland Professional in the region, has...
Rana Kazkaz and Anas Khalaf, two Middle Eastern filmmakers have been taken to attend the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) 37º South Market by Abu Dhabi Film Commission (ADFC).The duo were runners...
The Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) has granted a new broadcasting satellite transmission service license to MZ Intaj FZ LLC twofour54.Speaking about the new license, H.E. Mohamed Nasser Al Ghanim, director...
Dubai-based production house Muddville has recently acquired two RED EPIC cameras.Jac Mulder, director of Muddville told BroadcastPro ME that the new...
twofour54 intaj today took journalists on a tour of its Stereoscopic 3D lab, claimed to be the region's first to offer dedicated facilities, equipment and support for the format.Wayne Borg,...
Vaddio has announced enhanced features for the HD-20 PTZ camera.The improvements include additional resolutions, improved communication speed and an additional colour space option for increased compatibility with third-party video equipment.Speaking...
NMK has announced that the Roland Road Show will be coming to Kuwait tomorrow, 19 July 2011.The event will be held at the IBIS Hotel Salmiya and is scheduled to go...
BroadcastPro Middle East is delighted to announce the launch of ASBU BroadcastPro Middle East Summit and Awards 2011 along with the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU).The...
The BroadcastPro team.More than 150 people from the TV and film production and broadcast industry in the UAE joined BroadcastPro Middle East at Calabar, The Address...
Rotana Audio Visual Group and Sony Gulf joined...
Al Jazeera is in talks with France Telecom to acquire the Orange Sport channel.According to France Telecom chief executive Stephane Richard Friday, the deal has not been finalised. He said:"What...
Dubai-based distributor United Broadcast and SAE Institute have partnered to present a free workshop on the Phantom Flex camera.The Vision Research workshop is scheduled to be held at the SAE...
The Doha Film Institute(DFI) has announced that it will be hosting a worldwide TEDX event meant exclusively for TEDx organisers called the TEDx worldwide workshop (TEDxWWW).TEDxWWW will be a private...
The Royal Film Commission, Jordan in cooperation with the Goethe Institute in Amman will be screening the German-Spanish film One Day in Europe on the occasion of the Women's Football...
Producer Imagenation Abu Dhabi has signed an exclusive agreement with distributor Empire International, to distribute Imagenation Abu Dhabis locally-produced slate to theatres and...