Dubai will play host to the eighth edition of MyContent and the 10th edition of Dubai International Brand Licensing Fair, from October 29 -30, 2017, at the Dubai International Convention and ...
Parvez Ahmed, co-founderA2ZArabia.com, the online portal has launched a shopping channel, A2ZArabia TV, on Nilesat in October 2017. Co-founder, Parvez Ahmed described the free-to-air channel on ...
Eutelsat has acquired NOORSAT, a satellite service providers in the Middle East, from Bahrain?s Orbit Holding Group.Established in 2004, NOORSAT is the premier distributor of Eutelsat capacity in the Middle East, ...
Eutelsat Communications has acquired Noorsat, a satellite service provider in the Middle East, from Bahrains Orbit Holding Group.Established in 2004, Noorsat is the distributor of Eutelsat capacity in the Middle East, providing services for more than 300 ...
Suhail Ahmed, Chief Technology Officer, TSL MESystems Integrator TSL Middle East has won the contract for the systems design and installation of the studio for HSE24, ...
(From left) Khaled Benchouche and Saleem Bhatti, Starz Play.In the last two years, the Starz Play team has been working towards shedding its software fat and ...
OTT video service Viu hit six million monthly active users (MAU) across its markets in March this year, representing a 50% growth from four million as of November 2016. Since ...
Mark Britt.iflix is launching its service in eight territories across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Consumers in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Lebanon, ...
Mark Britt.Having access to thousands of hours of premium content at a monthly subscription rate that is approximately the price of a cup of coffee may ...
MBC Group has signed a joint venture agreement with HSE24 to establish a home shopping company in the GCC.The HSE24 Group is an international omnichannel home shopping company, which operates ...
An Egyptian court has fined a man USD 5636 and sentenced him to a year in prison for illegally distributing and selling entertainment content without holding the required licences or ...
Sherif Dahan.Vuclip has announced the launch of Viu, a direct to consumer video-on-demand (VOD) service, in the Middle East.Viu already operates in Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Hong ...
iflix Arabia was announced at an event held in Kuwait on February 15, 2017.Mobile and data services operator Zain and internet TV service iflix have established 'iflix ...
Carlos Tibi, CEO and Founder of Icflix.Icflix has partnered with Zain Bahrain to offer content for a monthly fee of USD 0.27 that will also include ...
Wael Alsabban, Executive Manager at Dur Alpha.Bahrains Ministry of Information Affairs has contracted German set design specialist Flint Skallen to design, build and deliver sets for ...
Khalid Khoury.Pan-Arab TV channel, Quest Arabiya is now working with InVision and Mobily in KSA, Ooredoo and Mozaic in Qatar, Du and Etisalat in UAE and ...
Oman TV headquarters.Oman TV, the national television broadcaster in the Sultanate of Oman, is switching over to digital TV. Rohde & Schwarz will be delivering and ...
Abu Dhabi Court has convicted the administrator of a pirate website for illegally uploading torrents and facilitating illegal streaming of copyrighted television series, movies, and misusing the intellectual property rights ...
Gaurav Tandon (l) with Sanjeev Kapoor.A Dubai-based production house has created a food reality show aimed at viewers from the Indian subcontinent. BroadcastPro ME goes behind the ...
David Butorac, CEO, OSN.Marking the World Intellectual Property Day (World IP Day) on April 26, OSN is upping the ante in its fight to curb the ...
VIVA Bahrain has introduced an exclusive mobile live TV service, enabling access to 49 premium live Indian TV channels in partnership with Yupp TV.Yupp TV is available in Bahrain via smartphones, ...
Bahrain TV has upgraded its 35-year-old MCR to a new state-of-the-art HD/3G facility, as part of its system revamp. BroadcastPro ME brings you the detailsBahrain TV, the TV arm of Bahrains ...
The Quest Arabiya team.Arabic factual entertainment channel Quest Arabiya was officially launched on December 7. A partnership between Image Nation Abu Dhabi and Discovery Communications, the ...
Dubai Courts has sentenced a dealer of illegal IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) services to a three-month jail-term and fined him AED 50,000. He will also be deported after the jail-term. ...
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 ...
Carlos Tibi, CEO and Founder of Icflix.Icflix has announced a partnership with VIVA Bahrain to give VIVA customers access to premium movies, TV shows, cartoons and ...
Bahrains Information Affairs Authority recently upgraded its news studio and news centre to a full HD file-based 3G infrastructure. BroadcastPro ME brings you the detailsBahrains Information Affairs Authority (IAA), which operates ...
Starz Play Arabia uses thePlatform's cloud-based mpx video publishing system to offer direct-to-consumer multi-platform subscription video service for the MENA.thePlatform mpx provides workflow management of video ingest; metadata management; subscriber management ...
Bahraini telco VIVA has introduced Starz Play Arabia to its value added services offering HD quality entertainment. Starz Play Arabia gives VIVA subscribers access to blockbuster Hollywood movies, series and ...
Icflix has inked a deal with Humax to integrate the Icflix app directly into Humax Android set-top boxes for the GCC region.The integration of the Icflix app on Humaxs Android ...
Muhammad Irfan Gondal.With growing demand for content in war-torn Libya, TV channels are looking at producing content in neighbouring Egypt and Turkey. Libyan media house Alwasat ...
Abdulla AL Balooshi, General Director of Technical and Technology Affairs at IAA.Information Affairs Authority (IAA), a government-owned broadcaster in Bahrain, has upgraded its news infrastructure with ...
A new report from Arab Advisors Group has revealed that IPTV is in its initial stage of penetration in the Arab World, and is still developing. Fourteen service providers in ...
Eutelsat is traditionally associated with Europe. What is the importance of the MENA market in your companys commercial strategy?While its true that Eutelsats roots are European, the Middle East and ...
Malik Al Musalmani.While major broadcasters in the region are investing heavily in expensive international formats, Khaleeji productions also continue to have a loyal audience. Vibhuti Arora ...
Maaz Sheikh.STARZ Play announced today the launch of its new STARZ Play service, a premium online video offering that provides the best and latest US blockbuster ...
Dinesh Lalvani and Kaswara Al Khatib.As OTT platforms continue to challenge traditional models of television viewing, more companies are producing content purely for digital platforms. This ...
Global media and entertainment company Starz has been launched in 17 countries in the MENA region. The first international Starz Play is a new, premium content, direct-to-consumer multi-platform subscription video ...
From left: ARRI's Markus Zeiler, Dr Jorg Pohlman, Sigrid Muller and Sohail Shafi.ARRI has established a new subsidiary lighting company in Dubai with the name of ARRI ...
Selevision has announced that it targets a million registered customers within the first six months of operation. In order to achieve this goal, Selevision will continue to bring the freshest ...
Alarab news studio in Bahrain.Bahrains Minister of Information Affairs Isa Abdulrahman Al Hammadi has announced that Manama-based news channel Alarab was suspended because of the channel's ...
Alarab news studio in Bahrain.The regions most awaited news channel, Alarab, went live today at 5pm UAE time. Fahad Al Sukait CEO of Alarab News Channel ...
Bahrain based Alarab TV has awarded a contract to supply an integrated media traffic, planning and scheduling system to Imagine Communications. Alarab TV is scheduled to launch in February this ...
From left: Fahad Alsukait, Chairman and CEO of Alarab News Channel, and Jamal Khashoggi, well-known Saudi journalist and General Manager of the channel, address the press ...
On November 11, at the ASBU BroadcastPro Summit, our keynote speaker Her Excellency Sameera Ebrahim bin Rajab, Minister of State for Information Affairs and the Official Spokesperson for the government ...
David Sternberg, Head of Media, Manchester United.In an exclusive interview with Vijaya Cherian, David Sternberg, Head of Media at Manchester United, speaks about the clubs recent ...
Bahraini officials with OSN's anti-piracy team.OSN organised an in-depth workshop for the officials of various Bahraini Ministries and government departments on the adverse economic impact of ...
Jamal Khashoggi, General Manager, Alarab.Qvest Media has completed its delivery and implementation of all production, broadcast and distribution facilities for the Arab regions latest breaking-news channel, ...
With more channels, the demand for locally generated sports content is growing and Abu Dhabi Media has been leading the pack with LIVE HD, its dedicated production arm. BroadcastPro ME ...
Alarab, a 24-hour news channel based out of Bahrain, is set to launch by the end of the year. The news channel will target Arabic-speaking viewers across the Arab world ...
Jamal Al Awadhi of twofour54 (l) with FGB's Rainer Schueler.twofour54 has entered into a partnership with First Gulf Bank Arena (FGBA) to promote and utilise the ...
Tarek Alaas.Tarek Alaas of BBC Arabic will be joining Alarab News channel as a news anchor.Tarek Alaas has 16 years experience as a broadcast journalist. Most ...
Qatar is all set to launch a new TV station as a rival to the hugely successful Al Jazeera Network.The new Arabic language broadcaster, called Al Arabi, will be based ...
The Entertainment Media Use in the Middle East survey conducted by Northwestern University in Qatar in partnership with the Doha Film Institute has revealed that the majority of Arabs want tighter ...
The pay-TV market in the Middle East and North Africa has quadrupled in the last 10 years, according to a report released by research firm HIS. It said that the ...
Arabsat is sponsoring and participating in the Gulf Radio and TV Festival, running from March 25 to 27 in Manama, Bahrain. During the festival, Arabsat will be showcasing its new ...
Consumer demand is increasing for over-the-top (OTT) offerings and internet TV services like icflix and Netflix in the GCC countries according to new research from Irdeto, a multiscreen, revenue assurance ...
In an exclusive interview with BroadcastPro ME, Ben Kinealy, CEO of Intigral talks about his strategy, vision and the roadmap he has chalked out for the companyWhat's the Intigral story ...
Chris Anning, who previously served as Acting Director of Broadcast at Al Jazeera Network, has joined specialist consultancy Master Media as Senior Projects Manager.Annings first assignment at Master Media will ...
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has awarded systems integrator Qvest Media to design and build the complete production and broadcasting infrastructure for Alarab news channel. The Manama, Bahrain based channel is a ...
