Content piracy: A tech and ops debate at the MENA Anti-piracy Conference
From left: Alex Borland, Head of Media Sales EMEA at Ericsson; Dr Naser Refaat, CTO of Rotana Media Group; Petr Peterka, CTO of Verimatrix; and Mike Barley,...
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From left: Alex Borland, Head of Media Sales EMEA at Ericsson; Dr Naser Refaat, CTO of Rotana Media Group; Petr Peterka, CTO of Verimatrix; and Mike Barley,...
Ron Downey, CEO, Massive Interactive.Ron Downey, CEO at Massive, identifies the stand-out OTT trends in the market and urges operators to deliver a tailored experience to...
German-based Turkish channel YOL TV has chosen media services provider MX1 as its distribution service provider from June 1. MX1 delivers the channel via an SES satellite and provides the...
Glodina Lostanlen, CMO, Imagine Communications.New artificial intelligence capabilities will dig deeper into the decision-making realm freeing the industry to create engaging content, writes Glodina Lostanlen of...
Will Waters is Senior Director for IP Workflow Strategy at NewTek.Large investments in SDI core routers and other edge devices serve a legitimate function, writes Will...
Dr Eng Umberto Asti, Vice President of ARET Video and Audio Engineering.BroadcastPro ME speaks to the team at systems integrator ARET that custom-built the 3G HD...
Raed Zidan, the founder and co-owner of Shock Middle East.Shock Middle East based in Dubais Media City, has launched its third radio station.Hala 95.6 FM, Shock...
Anthonypillai Stanislous, Technical Manager MEA at Rohde & Schwarz.Transitioning from a traditional AVC workflow may seem daunting for video providers streaming in multiple formats, but the...
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"Diamond Bou Abboud, who plays a defence lawyer in the film, has beautiful fair skin that caught bounce from everywhere," recalls Belal Hibri who used DaVinci...
Award-winning filmmakers and a celebrity YouTuber join the Canon panel to discuss factors that determine their choice of camera.An estimated 28% of the Middle East population is aged between 15...
While security issues linger and the fear of job losses lurks outside boardrooms, participants at a roundtable hosted by BroadcastPro ME in conjunction with cloud specialist Amagi, agreed that cloud...
Keith Lissak is Senior Director, M&ESolutions Marketing at Quantum.Current data management technology has made multipoint content synchronisation a set-and-forget convenience, writes Keith Lissak, Senior Director, M&E Solutions...
BroadcastPro ME visited the Shure headquarters in Chicago recently and came back with a deeper understanding of what goes into the making of wireless systems, and the new spectrum challenges...
Organised by BroadcastPro ME in conjunction with Rohde & Schwarz, the roundtable was titled: IP-based broadcast contribution revolution or evolution?IP has been around for a...
Hasan Sayed Hasan, MD and Founder of Master Media and Chairman of the Arab HDTV and Beyond Group making opening remarks.The annual Arab HDTV and Beyond...
Robert Lakos, Founder of Deleel TVA $7 set-top box has enough logging and reporting capabilities via 3G modem or QR code to offer insights into the...
Nick Fitzgerald is Chairman of TV2UMoving beyond the IP address as a means of identifying a viewer or their location is now possible. In addition to...
OSN has announced a lineup of television series and films for the new year.On OSN First HBO HD, The X-Files returns with the newly reinstated FBI agents Mulder and Scully continuing the...
The ballroom at Habtoor Grand was packed as industry professionals gathered to hear some of the most distinguished voices on the MENA broadcast landscape come together for the ASBU BroadcastPro...
The panel discussion on internet video at the annual ASBU BroadcastPro ME Selevision Summit 2017 focused on profitability, partnerships, premium content and the scourge of piracy.Since the pre-YouTube era of...
We were promised a revolution, opened Peter Ennis, Senior Vice President, Global Services, Delivery and Customer Support, Avid. The 20-year broadcast industry veteran had flown in from New Zealand to...
In cooperation with Turkish company Polimeks, Broadcast Solutions GmbH has delivered a fleet to Turkmenistan TV, consisting of 16 vehicles (4 sets) in two phases of construction. Each set of...
Glodina Lostanlen, CMO, Imagine Communications.There is growing understanding across the industry that we are on the brink of a massive change, a huge disruption in the...
Over-the-top (OTT) distribution, which is of course IP-based, is quickly becoming the preferred video delivery method for millions of consumers, and a state-of-the-art OTT distribution operation is now a business...
Roger Franklin.The secret to better personalisation and ad insertion for OTT platforms lies in the implementation of an efficient metadata management system that provides accurate viewing...
Glodina Lostanlen, CMO, Imagine Communications.Terms like cloud-native and cloud-enabled are being used increasingly within broadcast and often interchanged by people who assume they mean the same thing....
Goran Appelquist, Chief Technology officer at Edgeware.Does a dedicated TV CDN deliver the best value when serving regional TV markets like the Middle East, or is...
With growing content, there is a growing need to store these assets safely. Sony's Nabil El Madbak says optical discs are a cost-effective and safe storage optionWe all know content...
Adam Nightingale isVP Sales EMEA at Accedo.A dynamic user experience can increase conversion, engage the user, reduce churn and ultimately increase revenue, says Adam Nightingale TV service...
Rodrigo Fernandes.Operators worldwide have recognised the need to build an OTT service, and have started down that road. Rodrigo Fernandes of Irdeto has some dos and don'ts...
Samir Zehani.In the current highly competitive and complex media landscape, media service providers can help broadcasters find their audience by providing them with technical, marketing and communication...
As the broadcast landscape continues to evolve, infrastructural needs of broadcast facilities have changed drastically. A critical part of this infrastructure is the cable. Josh Simons takes us through what...
Onur Ozdemir is Azure Media and Apps Lead for Microsoft Middle East & Africa.Multi-device delivery allows content owners to build audiences, but how do you protect ownership?Audiences...
Dr Glodina Connan.Live production facilities, despite representing the final touches of an all-IP overhaul, will make the move to what is widely seen as a more agile...
Tim Felstead.Although there have been one-off events produced in 4K, the technology is still far from ready to be adopted for mainstream broadcast. Tim Felstead discusses...
Adam Lewis, CEO of Voddler Group.A key aspect of online video streaming is the Quality of Experience (QoE), which is not governed by a single entity...
Andrew Wajs.There needs to be greater awareness that cybercrime has evolved in recent years. In essence, the attack surface is now much bigger, making platform security...
The broadcast industry has changed dramatically over the last decade, even just over the last few years. While the viewer has certainly had a lot to do with it ...
Todays IP technology offers a best-of-all-worlds combination of increasing performance with decreasing costs, says Brad PriceWhile the transition from analogue to digital is nearly complete in all realms of professional audio,...
Tape is almost obsolete and the move to tapeless workflows is urgent and compelling in today's fast-changing broadcast ecosystem Technology in the broadcast industry is undergoing a transformation in a number...
Ken Tankel is Product Manager at Linear Acoustic.Embracing scalable technology like AoIP will become increasingly critical if organisations want to seamlessly accommodate emerging audio requirements and...
Paul Wallis, Director of Sales, Middle East, Imagine Communications.The IT industry is massive compared with the broadcast industry broadcasters would be foolish not to take...
Understanding the dynamics of the media player, and how to efficiently integrate metadata into live streams, will help broadcasters elevate the streaming radio experience and remain competitiveThe proliferation of digital...
Sanjay Salil, Managing Director, MediaGuru.This report, jointly undertaken by MediaGuru and Arab Advisors Group, analyses the state of convergence between media, gadgets and telecom in the...
Transitioning multi-channel QC and monitoring tasks to the cloud generates enormous efficiency gains for broadcasters and MVPDs alike, says Ted KorteGeneral conversation around the digital TV transition often gives off the aura...
When a radio station successfully uses social media to create and deliver a more personalised experience, it is sure to draw more audience and more revenue, says Alexandre MartinezOver the...
Nic Hatch, CEO, NCAM.Augmented reality in sports broadcast is a growing trend these days, as viewers become more discerning and demanding. Ncams Nic Hatch explains what augmented...
Ryan Burr.Networked audio is the way forward for audio distribution, as it helps eliminate the shortcomings of analogue and is cost-effective, says Ryan BurrOne of the most promising...
John Halksworth is Senior Product Manager at Adder Technology.IP-based KVM technology is a valuable proof point for the complete move to IP, adding flexibility, cost-effectiveness, reliability and scalability...
Yarod Sakhnini, Regional Director, MEMA at Brocade.A high-performance infrastructure can address many of the challenges of a multi-entity, digital media production and distribution system to deliver...
Communications on the move (COTM) is used across a variety of vehicles to provide continuous and seamless satellite connectivity, while the vehicle is in motion. It can be used in...
Satellite communications is essential to the modern maritime industry, providing vital safety, operational and crew welfare services that cannot be delivered effectively in any other way. With increased bandwidth requirements,...
High Throughput Satellites have become a familiar phrase throughout the industry, and although it was a hot topic a year ago, its even hotter now. Operators are all set to...
RV Krishnan.Modern MAM systems are capable of simplifying the production environment and adapting workflows to optimise productionConsidering the plethora of sources for media assets and the...
Sanjay Salil, Managing Director, MediaGuru.While everyone's talking of digitising their assets in today's content-heavy media environment, the challenge lies in doing it right. Sanjay Salil sheds light...
Michel Merten, CEO, Memnon.Media assets of many a broadcaster are decaying for lack of platforms to play them. They need to act fast to keep their...
Graham Taylor.With a universal confidence monitoring system, broadcasters and other media companies can use just one product from a single interface by a single user to very...
Andy Rayner.As the broadcast eco-system becomes more virtual, we find out what software-defined networks really mean to broadcastersAs broadcasting moves into an environment increasingly driven by...
Back in 2002, the demand for bandwidth increased steadily especially for applications such as mobile telephony and SMS services. Nowadays, mobile communications and applications, with internet everywhere and entertainment on-the-move...
Glenn LeBrun.Affordable, reliable and easy to manage, Cloud Disaster Recovery is proving to be a practical and effective choice for ensuring business continuity in the event of...
