Star Academy Arab World to perform at Tropfest Arabia
Tropfest Arabia announced that stars from season eight of Star Academy Arab World, one of the regions most popular reality TV shows, ...
Tropfest Arabia announced that stars from season eight of Star Academy Arab World, one of the regions most popular reality TV shows, ...
The internet is a viable and profitable option for broadcasters, writes Alan Mercer, Head of Operations, SatStream, and a cost-effective way ...
Regional broadcasters are facing increasing challenges to maintain their competitiveness and flexibility in a period of rapid change. The media industry is forcing ...
With only two weeks to its debut, Tropfest Arabia will be hosting its third virtual Tweet-up on Wednesday 19 October. The Tweet-up gives anyone interested, the opportunity to tweet their ...
Orbit Showtime Network (OSN) Dubai and German TV channel Motorvision have signed a four-year contract to distribute the pay TV channel in the MENA region.The channel will launch on 12 ...
Cayin Technology will showcase the latest multi-purpose digital signage players at InfoComm MEA 2011. New versions and more enhanced functions, along with a variety of ...
QF Radio has unveiled a number of new live political and cultural programmes with interactive elements encouraging its listeners to participate.The brand new shows were introduced beside the radio's plans ...
Prince Al Waleed's news channel, which is scheduled to launch in December 2012, may be headquartered in Dubai.Jamal Khashoggi, the head of the new Arabic TV news station backed by ...
Animated series The Amazing World of Gumball is being launched in Arabic across the region by Cartoon Network Arabic.Creator ...
Wadah Khanfar has resigned as director general of Al Jazeera, the Middle East satellite TV network which has achieved global renown and credibility during his ...
OSN has unveiled its new brand identity under the banner of Just Imagine following the merger of Orbit and Showtime in 2009.Speaking about the development, David Butorac, CEO of OSN, ...
Showcasing the diversity of Arab films produced throughout the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) region in the past year, the Doha Film Institute (DFI) today announced the feature films ...
Walking into Al Jazeeras headquarters in Doha was a dream come true for BroadcastPro Middle East. As a state-backed broadcaster, Al Jazeera ...
The Arabian Radio Network (ARN), which was launched in 2001, has added a new Farsi language radio station for the UAE to its seven stations, to celebrate its 10th anniversary.Broadcasting on ...
Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) Europe has acquired Latibaer, the Icelandic entity that owns and operates the LazyTown brand. The announcement follows Turners consolidated preschool expansion across Europe Middle East and ...
Tapeless technology specialist EVS will provide a fully integrated news production solution for the launch of Sky News Arabia´s new 24/7 Arabic news channel. Sky News Arabia is a joint ...
In an exclusive interview with BroadcastPro Middle East, Jordan Media Citys CEO Radi Alkhas talks about the media zones unique offerings and its ...
Abu Dhabi Film Commission (ADFC) has announced its shortlist for the 2011 Shasha Grant. It is a $100,000 international screenwriting competition whose winner is chosen by a group of international ...
Tropfest Arabia, the new Arabic version of the worlds largest short film festival, has announced that filmmaker, Nayla Al Khaja, will represent the UAE on ...
Qatar Telecom(Qtel) group's Mozaic TV service is increasing its Ramadan channels and programming during the holy month.Four new channels with Islamic content have been added to cater to audiences' preferences.The new ...
Generator Rex, a new animated series has been launched by Cartoon Network Arabic. It joins other shows on the network which include Ben 10 Ultimate Alien, Dexters Laboratory and Adventure Time, which ...
Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI) has installed an Omneon MediaGrid active storage system from Harmonic to serve as central storage for the ...
MBC Group has re-launched Shahid, the first free video-on-demand website in the Middle East before Ramadan.The website provides TV series, programmes, cartoons, documentaries from the content of MBC channels as ...
Viewers in the GCC can look forward to watching Bollywood films during Ramadan. The movies are part of a special film programme organised by channel Zee Aflam.Classics, historical epics, family ...
Dubai-based post production house Blink Studios recently upgraded its facility with a ...
Rotana Audio Visual Group and Sony Gulf joined ...
Turner Broadcasting Systems Arabia (TBS Arabia) will launch a new Cartoon Network animation development studio, Cartoon Network Studios Arabia, as part of a new agreement signed with twofour54 Abu Dhabi. Last year, the Cartoon ...
Arab films that received recognition at Dubai International Film Festival and Gulf Film Festival are heading to Australia.More than half of the 22 feature, documentary ...
twofour54 tadreeb acquired SAE Dubai for US $7 million from global education services provider Navitas, BroadcastPro Middle East can reveal.SAE, a ...
Despite all the good news that has been coming from the Middle East regarding next-generation networks, superfast broadband and greater competition, this provides only ...
Christophe Carniel, CEO of NETIA shares details of the companys success and its plans for the MENA region with BroadcastPro MEHow successful have you been in the Middle East and ...
Dubai Media Inc. will launch a new radio station that will broadcast Khaleeji and Emirati music along with live programmes that celebrate Arab culture. The new channel could potentially rival ...
Abu Dhabi Sports claims that it will broadcast the climax to the 2010/11 Barclays Premier ...
Orange Jordan has launched a new mobile TV service that enables its mobile subscribers to view HD content from channels with which it has exclusive content deals.The launch is primarily ...
Abu Dhabi Film Commission (ADFC), which previously reported to the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture & Heritage (ADACH), will henceforth report to and be integrated with the Media Zone Authority ...
Gulf culture, including its music and unique ceremonies, are in the spotlight today at the fourth annual Gulf Film Festival, the home of ...
BroadcastPro ME brings you an exclusive report on how Oman TV will manage its digital archive and production workflows with a state-of-the-art MAM system from Tedial.Last year, when Omans Ministry ...
Silver Ant animation studios and Al Jazeera Childrens Channel (JCC) launched the co-produced animated feature film SEEFOOD at MIPTV 2011 ...
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) will run its Middle East operations from Dubai Studio City (DSC).SPT had ...
Viewers in Egypt can now benefit from the Orbit Showtime Network bouquet after an agreement was concluded last weekend between the ...
Abu Dhabi Media Company adopted a new name and took on a new logo ahead of the Abu Dhabi Media Summit as part of a new corporate branding exercise. The ...
Less than 1% of online content is in Arabic although there are more than 344 million Arabic speakers worldwide and it is the seventh-most popular ...
In his first-ever, full-fledged media interview, Mohammed Al Marhouby, Director General of Engineering Ministry of Information, Sultanate ...
From humble cameraman to CEO of some of the worlds leading media houses, David Butorac has done it all before heading down to Dubai to run OSN. In an exclusive ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Can you tell us more about this part of your activity?Part of Doha Film Institutes (DFI) mission has always been to reach out, engage and give our community a sense ...
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, ...
Shooting at 5,000 feet above sea level in the lush forests of Munnar, a small hill station in the south of India can be a dramatically different and challenging experience ...
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 ...
Eight years ago, I recall going on location with Emirati filmmaker Nayla Al Khaja as she made her first documentary Unveiling Dubai. Fresh out of University, Al Khaja came to ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...