Broadcasters such as beIN Sports and ITV used LiveUs technology to provide a 360 degree viewer experience of the UEFA Euro 2016 tournament. BeIN Sports production company Medialuso, part of ...
In the last 30 years, Discovery Communications has grown manifold and at various levels. What started as a one-market, one-genre, one-brand company now reaches 220-plus countries and territories with three ...
beIN has plans to launch 12 new channels on August 1, BroadcastPro ME can confirm now. While three Discovery Channels including Discovery Kids, DTX and DLife have been announced previously as being ...
Vice Media, a millennialfocused media entity known for its bold reportage, has ramped up its global expansion plans with several content and distribution deals across Asia, Africa and the Middle ...
BeIN has chosen EshailSat to transmit live coverage of the UEFA Euro 2016. The matches are being broadcast in 4K from 26° East hotspot covering the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) ...
David McCourt.Ireland-based Telecoms group Granahan McCourt Capital (GMC) has launched a new digital TV platform in the MENA region. Dedicated to underserved areas of the world, ...
Feras Al Suliti.There was scepticism in the market about the survival of Al Jazeera Documentary channel. While some said it would be shut down, others wagered ...
On the sidelines of a live Dune Bash event organised by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in Dubai, Vibhuti Arora caught up with Gerrit Meier, President of WWE, for an exclusive ...
Majid TV's Emirati authors at the signing ceremony.Majid Entertainment has teamed up with seven budding Emirati authors to produce exclusive content for Majid Kids TV.During an ...
Yousef Al-Obaidly.BeIN has signed a long-term deal to exclusively broadcast Wimbledon in the MENA region. With this landmark deal, beIN has become the first ever and only broadcaster globally ...
Avid has announced its plan to accelerate the media industrys transition to IP by supporting real time IP signals in the Avid Media Central platform, delivering a unified environment for ...
BeIN Media Group has announced that beIN SPORTS Instagram following has reached a 2 million strong in just over two years.The beIN SPORTS Instagram account has been ranked first in ...
BeIN is launching nine new channels that will become available to its subscribers from April 01, 2016. The new channels are claimed to add variety to the beIN portfolio and strengthen ...
Al Jazeera English, Doha newsroom.Qatar-based Al Jazeera Media Network is cutting 500 jobs, which is about 10% of its total workforce.It is said that the job cuts ...
Houssam Khaled.Ericsson has transformed the playout centre at twofour54, which the technology company acquired last year. BroadcastPro ME speaks to Ericsson's Houssam Al Khaled to find ...
The Clangers are a family of pink, long-nosed, inventive and loveable mouse-shaped creatures who live on a small blue planet, out in the starry stretches of ...
Dubai Channels Network has unveiled a fully revamped IP-based radio facility for its two channels broadcasting from Dubai. The state-of-the-art facility was handed over to the state broadcaster in December ...
While focusing on content, MIPTV this year will pay equal attention to technology. BroadcastPro ME looks at what you can expect at the event next month and whats in store for ...
BeIN Media Group has remained a quiet player for a long time. Over the years, it has quietly amassed a large number of premium sports rights, the English Premier League ...
Israel Esteban.Alongside beIN Media Groups commercial strategy to enter the entertainment space, its technical infrastructure and workflows also needed to be prepped to accommodate its expansion ...
CABSAT 2016 opened at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) today. More than 950 exhibiting brands from over 60 countries have descended on the 22nd edition of the event that covers broadcast, ...
Yousef Al-Obaidly.beIN Media Group has been quietly acquiring MENA sports broadcast rights over the years. Last November, it took an ambitious step by announcing its entry ...
On Monday, Arabsat is hosting a workshop for the Satellite Interference Reduction Group at the Address Hotel, Dubai. We caught up with Martin Coleman, Executive Director, the Satellite Interference Reduction ...
Nasser Al Khelaifi, Chairman and CEO of beIN Media Group.beIN MEDIA GROUP has confirmed the purchase of Miramax from previous owners, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and ...
Vimond Media Solutions has launched Vimond Connect, the first solution for digital media service providers who want to facilitate a social media experience for viewers of video on demand.Vimond Connect ...
BeIn Media Group and Californian film studio Miramax may strike a deal soon. According to a Reuters report, beIN Media Group hopes to buy the film studio.BeIN has been reinforcing its offering with ...
From left: JB Perrette of Discovery and Yousef Obaidly of beIN.beIN Media Group and Discovery Communications have confirmed that Fatafeat will no longer be available as ...
Guillaume de Posch, Co-Chief Executive Officer of RTL Group.Guillaume de Posch, Co-Chief Executive Officer of RTL Group, European entertainment network with interests in more than 50 ...
White Collar Dxb, an observational documentary, created and produced by Dubai-based Nomad Productions, recently aired its first season on OSN. Producer Phil Griffiths shares more about the making of the show ...
Ali Jaber, MBC.On the sidelines of Ericssons recent Change Makers Forum in Dubai, Ali Jaber, Group TV Director of MBC, spoke to Vibhuti Arora about the changing ...
In another shocking move, beIN will carry six Discovery channels on its platform as part of a new deal with Discovery Communications, BroadcastPro ME can reveal. Of these, five will ...
As resolutions continue to go higher, there is greater need for data compression to deliver video files faster and without affecting their quality. Here are a few codecs that are commonly ...
Rani Raad will continue to oversee Turner's Kids and General Entertainment businesses across Turkey and the Middle East in addition to his other core responsibilities.Rani Raad, ...
Furious 7 on OSN.Close on the heels of its deals with BBC First and Warner Bros., OSN has signed a new and extended long-term deal with ...
From left: Giorgio Stock, President of Turner EMEA and Nasser Al-Khelaifi, Chairman and CEO of beIN Media Group.Last week, beIN Media Group announced an exclusive deal with ...
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 ...
Rani R. Raad is Managing Director at Turner for the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey.BeIN Media Group has announced an exclusive deal with Turner Broadcasting. ...
Oprah Winfrey's Belief will air on TLC from January.OSN in collaboration with Discovery Networks, will air Oprah Winfreys new series Belief - a documentary series that ...
Senior executives look at whether the entry of more pay TV operators will make the FTA proposition less lucrative for the stakeholdersImagine you were the CEO of a free-to-air television ...
Italia Film International and beIN Media Group have signed a five-year multi-million dollar content output deal. The deal will enable beIN to acquire more than 600 movie titles.Italia Film International is ...
The 22nd edition of CABSAT will continue to drive disruptive innovation and monetisation opportunities across the MENA filmed & audio entertainment media market.Running from March 8 to 10 at Dubai ...
Noura Al Kaabi.PopArabia, a music publisher and rights consultancy serving the Middle East, now represents the four major music publishers, having recently secured a deal with ...
A new deal with La Liga will enable beIN to offer exclusive access to eight matches every match day, one of which will always be either Real Madrid or FC ...
Baselight at Arab Telemedia.Emmy Award winning production company Arab Telemedia Group has added an integrated Baselight colour pipeline to its production and post workflows. The new ...
BeIN Media Group has inked a five-year first-run output deal with Middle East film distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment. The deal follows beINs recent announcement to expand its offering of paid ...
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 ...
Nasser Al Khelaifi, Chairman and CEO of beIN Media Group.BeIN Sports has won the rights to broadcast The Premier League in the Middle East and North ...
Arabsat customers had a taste of the satellite operators hospitality at the eighth annual broadcasting forum, Atheer, in Marrakech last month. The event brought together key figures from the MENA ...
In a roundtable hosted by BroadcastPro ME and SAM, regional broadcasters discussed the pros and cons of IP-based systems and how the new technology will steer the broadcast industry forwardBroadcast ...
BroadcastPro ME has announced the shortlist for the ASBU BroadcastPro Selevision Summit and Awards. The event takes place on November 10 at Habtoor Grand Hotel in Dubai Marina. The full ...
Nasser Al Khelaifi, Chairman and CEO of beIN Media Group.BeIN has announced expansion of its pay TV platform through launch of movies and entertainment channels. A ...
Anuj Gandhi, Group CEO, IndiaCast.Viacom18 and IndiaCast are expanding in the MENA region with the launch of a new channel, Rishtey Asia. Anuj Gandhi, Group CEO of ...
beIN Sports, which is operated by Qatari Sports Investments, has released promos on its channels announcing the arrival of a movie channel, sending shockwaves through the industry. We first broke the story ...
Majid Al Ansari.Image Nation Abu Dhabis recent Emirati feature film, Rattle the Cage (Zinzana), is attracting considerable attention from both festivals and partners.Prolific independent studio IM ...
Karim Sarkis is CEO at Sync Media FZ LLC.If you're a traditional free-to-air broadcaster in the Middle East, you most likely belong to one of five ...
Anuj Gandhi, Group CEO, IndiaCast.Viacom18 has announced the launch of the Hindi variety entertainment channel Rishtey Asia for viewers in Asia Pacific and Middle East.The channel will be the ...
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 ...
Ayman Jamal is the Founder of Barajoun.Bilal is the regions first attempt at a full-fledged animation film for theatrical release. Vibhuti Arora speaks to Ayman Jamal, the ...
Last month, BroadcastPro Middle East, in conjunction with Imagine Communications, hosted a roundtable on the cloud in the region. The roundtable was well attended by CTOs and senior executives from various ...
The cast of Iftah Ya Simsim.The Arabic version of Sesame Street, Iftah Ya Simsim, is all set to make a comeback on MENA TV screens after ...
