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Moby Group, Afghanistans 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...

OSN adds ART channels to Arabic offering

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...

Advanced Media appointed Zeiss distributor

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 and Tevido tie

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...

Harris expands MESA team

January 1, 2011

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...

Chinese state broadcaster launches Middle East bureau

December 23, 2010

China Central Television (CCTV) has officially launched its Middle East regional centre in Dubai. The news bureau will serve as the Chinese state broadcasters regional hub. CCTV correspondents stationed in...

DIFF hosts workshop on

December 18, 2010

Dubai Film Connection 2010 to support 15 projects

December 17, 2010

Dubai International Film Festivals 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,...

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December 16, 2010

Rehleh to get post-production funding from Enjaaz

December 16, 2010

Dubai International Film Festivals post production fund Enjaaz has selected Meyar Al Roumis 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...

OSN launches 3D; will disconnect services on older boxes

December 6, 2010

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 leaves TSL Middle East

December 5, 2010

Colin Sherriff has resigned from TSL Middle East to join ESPN Sports in Singapore, BroadcastPro has learnt.TSL confirmed to BroadcastPro that Colins role will be covered by TSLs locally-based Andrew...

BroadcastPro’s story on BSkyB’s new partnership confirmed

November 29, 2010

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...

Sky News Arabia to be officially launched on November 29

November 27, 2010

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 streamlines content delivery with Radio Assist

November 24, 2010

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...

Argosy opens office in Dubai

November 23, 2010

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...

Forty one world premieres at DIFF

November 23, 2010

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...

Blackmagic Design to host roadshow in Dubai

November 18, 2010

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 launches film production outfit

November 17, 2010

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 unveils super 35mm digital motion picture camera

November 9, 2010

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 expands facility

November 9, 2010

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...

Baynounah TV placed under Abu Dhabi Media Company

November 8, 2010

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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EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television forms new production company in Dubai

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...

DIFF invites entries for post production fund

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...

Oman MOI makes HDTV deal with Sony Professional Solutions ME official

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...

More exhibitors join CABSAT, IBC offers support

November 6, 2010

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 exits Salam MediaCast

November 4, 2010

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...

Local talent will drive local content: Charisma head

November 3, 2010

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...

Jordan hosts sixth Rawi Screenwriters

November 2, 2010

Dubai Studio City chief breaks silence on MI 4

November 2, 2010

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...

Egyptian state broadcaster collaborates with Prodea Systems

October 29, 2010

Egyptian Radio & Television Union has partnered with Prodea Systems to address the growing demand for digital content and applications in the country. The state broadcaster will use Prodea Systems’...

DIFF 2010 to celebrate best of Mexican cinema

October 29, 2010

The seventh edition of Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) will showcase the best of Mexican cinema as a tribute to the nation’s bicentennial, DIFF announced today although it did not...

Alif Alif shuts down

October 27, 2010

Saudi-owned channel Alif Alif, which was meant to begin operations in Dubai soon, has been put on hold indefinitely owing to huge losses, BroadcastPro Middle East can reveal.More than 30...

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October 25, 2010

2010 Circle Conference splits $100,000 grant between two filmmakers

October 16, 2010

Two filmmakers will share the coveted$100,000 Shasha Grant that is awarded by the Abu Dhabi Film Commission (ADFC) at the end of its annual Circle Conference to aspiring filmmakers in...

Egypt clamps down on private broadcasters

October 16, 2010

Egypt’s telecoms regulator has stopped satellite firms from providing live feeds to private TV channels, Reuters has reported. Channels whose permits have been cancelled will only be allowed to broadcast...

TSL expands Middle East operations with new appointment

October 12, 2010

The Middle East arm of TSL has expanded its regional operations with the appointment of Suhail Ahmed as manager of technical services. In his new role, Ahmed will be responsible...

ADFC gears up for fourth annual Circle Conference

October 11, 2010

Abu Dhabi Film Commission will host the fourth annual Circle Conference from October 13-16 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Abu Dhabi. Besides the fact that several key players from the...

Saudi MOCI ministers visit BE Quincy plant

October 9, 2010

Engineers from Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Culture and Information (MoCI) visited Broadcast Electronics’ plant in Quincy to preview the company's STX LP transmitter as more than 30 BE STX LP...

Charisma to begin production from twofour54 in November

October 7, 2010

Lebanese production house and broadcast consultancy firm, Charisma, will begin its Abu Dhabi operations from November 2010. The media firm, which produces more than 1200 hours of television content every...

Cartoon Network Arabic to go live from October 10

October 7, 2010

A free-to-air, Arabic version of Cartoon Network will be available from October 10 to viewers in the Arab world. The announcement was made by Alan Musa, vice president and general...

LBCI opts for Harris

October 5, 2010

Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI) recently undertook a major upgrade at its Beirut facility to streamline its workflow and facilitate programming delivery across multiple platforms. The bulk of the equipment...

David Butorac named Marc-Antoine’s successor at OSN

David Butorac has succeeded Marc-Antoine d’Halluin as CEO of Dubai-based Orbit Showtime Network (OSN) from October 1, Panther Media Group (PMG), the company that operates OSN announced.Butorac was most recently...

Twofour54 and Al Jazeera Children’s Channel tie

Captain Karim Qitar Al Hekayat, a new Arabic language production from twofour54, will be broadcast on Baraem TV, a preschool channel from Al Jazeera Children's Channel (JCC) early next year...

Mike Whittaker bids adieu to OSN

Mike Whittaker resigned from his position as VP of broadcast operations at Orbit Showtime Network (OSN) and is due to join Technicolor's broadcast services business in the UK as VP of...

Qvest wins Al Jazeera Training Centre contract

Qatar-based Al Jazeera Network recently awarded one of the most hotly-contested projects in the region to Dubai-based systems integrator Qvest Media FZ LLC. According to the deal, Qvest will put...

ARABSAT increases satellite capacity with new launches

Arabsat’s 5A and Badr-5 satellites, which were handed over recently by Astrium and Thales Alenia Space as part of an in-orbit delivery contract, have entered commercial service and will now...

twofour54 unveils INTAJI programme

Abu Dhabi's media free zone twofour54 has launched an employment and traineeship programme called ‘intaji' for UAE nationals. The 12-month programme, which will use twofour54's state-of-the-art production facility to train...

DMI mulls archiving

Dubai Media Inc. (DMI) recently issued a major tender for an extensive archival project. The first part of the project is aimed at creating a digital workflow, where staff can...

Coach building facility launches in Dubai

DotCast has launched a 12,000 sq.ft coach building facility in Dubai. The faciility is the first-of-its-kind in the Middle East and claims that it can provide fully-fitted OB vans at...

WASP3D makes successful entry into Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi Media Company (ADMC) recently deployed a WASP3D solution to enable the live coverage and presentation of its EPL and UFL championships. Besides supplying the solution, WASP3D helped integrate...

Media-Alliance powers Intigral

Media-Alliance has completed a station upgrade for Dubai-based broadcaster Intigral, a Saudi Telecom-Astro Malaysia joint venture broadcasting more than 200 international chan-nels as well as VoD services. Intigral’s setup had been...

NU-Q builds new studios

Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q), which offers undergraduate degree programmes in communications and journalism, has recently awarded a project for a three-camera HD studio, a newsroom facility and an end-to-end...

Al Jazeera opts for Streambox

Al Jazeera recently deployed a family of IP encoding and server products from Stream-box for up to 20 of its Arabic language bureaux. Armed with only a laptop running the...

INC undertakes upgrade for Qatari sports channel