Abu DhabiÂ’s content generation zone Twofour54 will bring Tropfest, AustraliaÂ’s largest short film festival and competition, to the UAE capital this November. Tropfest Arabia was announced at the annual Sydney...
Dubai rental firm AV Concepts, which is responsible for corporate and live performance events, recently...
Dubai-based Showtech Rentals has recently purchased a wireless...
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Culture and Information (MOCI) will be equipped with Harris solutions at four of its new HD studio facilities. Systems integrator First Gulf Company undertook the installation.The...
80% of Qatar-based systems integrator Salam MediaCast has been acquired by Media Group, a subsidiary of Ghanim Bin Saad Al Saad & Sons Group Holdings (GSSG). The acquisition is thought...
SVS Telekom will distribute and support the entire Thomson Video Networks product range in the Turkey and the Middle East.Thomson Video Networks has appointed SVS Telekom as a value-added reseller...
Oman will be the first to deploy Harris' new Selenio infrastructure to migrate from traditional broadcast to HD.Omantel, the service provider for the Ministry of Information (MOI) in the Sultanate...
Bahrain-based satellite service provider NOORSAT is powering its growth with an extensive and flexible Thomson headend technology solution. Thomson has worked with NOORSAT over the last two years to scale...
Hitachi Kokusai Europe will exhibit the new Hitachi DK-Z50 –an economical, compact, multi-format, HDTV box camera at CABSAT MENA 2011The high performance DK-Z50 is ideal for graphics stand, point of...
UAE-based MBC Network will launch a bouquet of HD channels by this summer, BroadcastPro Middle East can reveal.BroadcastPro ME has learnt that three channels are tentatively scheduled to be launched...
Autoscript will celebrate a record year of Middle East sales, while presenting a variety of high performance solutions at CABSAT, including its high brightness LED TFT flat screens, and portable...
Vision IPTV will officially launch a commercial and technical hub in Dubai, UAE at CABSAT MENA on February 9. The launch follows the recent £10m Chinese investment deal with its...
Abu Dhabi Media Company (ADMC) has announced the departure of Chief Executive Officer Ed Borgerding. After three years in the role, Borgerding leaves the company to focus on independent projects.ADMC’s...
FUJINON is now able to deploy dedicated 'Technical Service-Engineer's' on short notice to provide onsite service & maintenance including training to its customers throughout the Middle East region.The company plans...
Mark Billinge, former director of Broadcast Operations at OSN has been promoted to new Vice President of Broadcast Engineering and Operations. (BO+E), BroadcastPro has learnt. Billinge has taken over from...
KIT digital, Inc. and its recently acquired business, Megahertz Broadcast Systems Ltd (MHz), an international systems integrator, will showcase the companyÂ’s combined broadcast systems integrations services and IP-based solutions for...
CABSAT authorities claim that its two-day programme will be a lot better than it has been in previus years. The conference will feature industry leaders from some of the most...
Argosy has been awarded the contract to become the master distributor in the Middle East for Hamlet, a leading provider of television broadcast test, measurement and monitoring devices, for digital,...
Following its acquisition by Francisco Partners, Grass Valley has announced a new executive team which will be headquartered in San Francisco, California.Leading the team as President and CEO will be...
Abu Dhabi Media Company (ADMC) made several staff across all departments redundant last week. The move was part of the company’s efforts to “streamline and improve our operations”, according to...
Abu Dhabi Media Company (ADMC) has installed two SGL FlashNet archive systems as part of a major expansion project. The SGL archives, which are both under the control of Harris...
iPhone users can now access their favourite Abu Dhabi Radio Network (ADRN) stations including Abu Dhabi Classic FM, Star FM, Quran Kareem, Emarat FM and Abu Dhabi FM, thanks to...
Canon Middle East will be exhibiting independently at CABSAT this year for the first time, BroadcastPro Middle East has learnt.Speaking exclusively to BroadcastPro ME, Hendrik Verbrugghe, marketing director, Canon Middle...
Francisco Partners, a technology-focused investment company, has completed the acquisition of the Grass Valley Broadcast & Professional business. As of January 1, 2011 Grass Valley began doing business as an...
Zee Network has launched Zee Cinema Middle East to provide the regionÂ’s viewers with the latest Hindi blockbusters, classics, and specialised segments on the leading stars in Bollywood from the...
twofour54 has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with BahrainÂ’s Information Affairs Authority (IAA). According to the MoU, twofoure54 will be IAAÂ’s preferred supplier for media training and media training...
Moby Group, AfghanistanÂ’s privately owned media company, has moved from its small office in Dubai Media City to a much larger facility in Dubai Studio City that will be its...
Orbit Showtime Network (OSN) recently added Arabic entertainment channels from ART to its bouquet. The five exclusive Arabic ART channels are ART CINEMA, ART AFLAM 1 & 2 and ART...
Dubai-based distributor Advanced Media was recently appointed Zeiss distributor for the region.Speaking exclusively to BroadcastPro ME on the sidelines of a workshop to demonstrate the features of the new Weisscam...
Chyron has appointed Dubai-based Tevido as its distributor for the Middle East and North Africa region barring Egypt, BroadcastPro Middle East has learnt.Speaking to BroadcastPro ME, Hassan Ghoul, MD of...
As part of its efforts to bring the Middle East and South Asia (MESA) region under one umbrella and boost its customer service efforts in the region, Harris MESA has...
China Central Television (CCTV) has officially launched its Middle East regional centre in Dubai. The news bureau will serve as the Chinese state broadcasterÂ’s regional hub. CCTV correspondents stationed in...
Dubai International Film FestivalÂ’s co-production market has selected 15 new regional film projects for potential production support from over 130 entries from Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco, Palestine, Algeria, Syria and Iraq,...
Dubai International Film FestivalÂ’s post production fund Enjaaz has selected Meyar Al RoumiÂ’s Rehleh to receive financial support this year. This is the tenth project that benefits from the fund...
HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI) ordered a number of promotions and appointments of DMI staff...
Orbit Showtime Network (OSN) will discontinue the illegal reception of its signals from December 19. Its channels will no longer be available on dreamboxes, set top boxes connected to the...
Colin Sherriff has resigned from TSL Middle East to join ESPN Sports in Singapore, BroadcastPro has learnt.TSL confirmed to BroadcastPro that ColinÂ’s role will be covered by TSLÂ’s locally-based Andrew...
Earlier this week, BroadcastPro Middle East broke the news that a partnership had been forged between BSkyB and a UAE entity. We also announced that an Arabic news channel would be...
UK-based broadcaster BSkyB will tie with a UAE entity to officially launch Sky News Arabia on November 29, BroadcastPro Middle East has learnt.Adrian Wells, former head of Foreign News at...
SHEMS FM, a new privately-owned radio station in Tunisia has invested in NETIA's Radio-Assist 8 suite of digital audio automation software to streamline the delivery of its content to a...
UK-based cable and studio infrastructure solutions provider Argosy’s office in Dubai is now operational, BroadcastPro Middle East has learnt.Mike Purnell, director at Argosy, who was in Dubai recently told BroadcastPro...
Dubai International Film Festival today confirmed that it will screen 157 films from 57 countries at this year’s edition, which will run from December 12 to 19.Among its roster of...
BroadcastPro Middle East has learnt that Blackmagic Design will showcase its DaVinci Resolve non-linear colour correction system at a “DaVinci Roadshow” on November 25, 2010 at the Radisson Blue Hotel...
Amazon.com has launched Amazon Studios (http://studios.amazon.com), a new online business that invites filmmakers and screenwriters around the world to submit full-length movies and scripts to make money, get discovered and...
Sony Professional has expanded its line-up of Super 35mm digital motion picture camera technologies with the launch of the PMW-F3 camcorder.The new PMW-F3 is an affordable production tool designed for...
twofour54 intaj has added a sixth HD studio and invested in 3D stereoscopic kit and a Baselight edit suite as part of its efforts to cater to the needs of...
BroadcastPro Middle East has learnt that the much-talked about Baynounah TV project will now come under Abu Dhabi state broadcaster Abu Dhabi Media Company (ADMC).According to sources close to the company,...
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Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has formed a new production company to serve the Arabic speaking market, fronted by local production executives, Ziad Kebbi and Dany Karam, BroadcastPro Middle East can...
Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) is inviting Arab filmmakers around the world to apply for the 2011 edition of its post production fund, Enjaaz. Applications for the first 2011 cycle...
After several months of waiting and long delays in awarding a hotly-contested tender for a full High Definition broadcast facility in Oman, the deal was finally inked between top officials...
Several major industry players have confirmed their attendance at CABSAT 2011, BroadcastPro can reveal. Key names include Grass Valley; Thomson Broadcast; Abu Dhabi Media Company’s OB arm, Live; For. A;...
Sandeep Ranade has left Salam Media Cast, Dubai to join Al Jazeera’s Strategy Planning and Projects Department as Supervisor of Unit.In his new role, Ranade will be responsible for evaluating...
Lebanese media house Charisma, which recently opened an office in twofour54, Abu Dhabi, will expand its operations even further in the Middle East in a bid to encourage local talent...
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Dubai Studio City has provided several soft incentives to Paramount so as to make Dubai attractive for the filming of Mission Impossible 4, BroadcastPro has learnt.“It’s a big film and...
