Tag: broadcastPro Middle East

February 14, 2012

Sennheiser claims its ADN conference system has proved popular in Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom presently has the highest number of installed ADN ...

Zee Entertainment selects Siemens OTT TV Suite solution

February 13, 2012

Indian media group Zee Entertainment will deliver OTT TV over the internet to viewers in ...

Better signal with fewer devices

February 13, 2012

DEV Systemtechnik, German-based producer of high-performance products and systems for the optical and electrical transmission of Radio Frequency ...

FIC refutes claims of 3D channel launch

February 13, 2012

Fox International Channels (FIC) has refuted claims that the global multimedia business is ...

MBC4s prime-time drama, 04 announces new partnership with Google

February 12, 2012

MBC4 has formed ...

Etisalat launches e-masala +2 for South Asian audience

February 9, 2012

UAE telecommunications operator Etisalat has introduced Asian TV channel e-masala +2 ...

Saudi TV ratings measure set to bolster Gulfs media market

February 8, 2012

Saudi Arabias plan to measure television ratings will provide a much-needed boost ...

Gulf Film Festival takes talent to Morocco

February 7, 2012

Building on its success and to take the event to a wider audience, the Dubai-based Gulf ...

Caracol Internacional looks to Middle East

February 6, 2012

Colombia's national independent network Caracol Internacional is looking to expand its operations to the Middle East.The company regards Central Asia, the Middle East and Northern Africa as its most important ...

MBC relaunches portals to ensure efficient content delivery

February 5, 2012

Dubai-based free-to-air network MBC Group has relaunched its web portals to streamline its operations and enable content to be delivered efficiently and quickly in ...

Abu Dhabi Media launches Indias biggest radio station in the UAE

February 1, 2012

Abu Dhabi Media has gone live with Indias number ...

400 film fans attend Aflam film club launch

January 31, 2012

More than 400 film enthusiasts attended the Abu Dhabi launch of AFLAM, a new film club founded by UAE filmmaker and producer, ...

Visual Unity offers a good vu

January 30, 2012

Multi-screen specialist Visual Unity will place a strong focus on mobile devices at this years CABSAT.The company will demonstrate its vuMedia family of products that ...

New 24/7 channel to operate from Abu Dhabi

January 23, 2012

Digital Media company EMM will launch and operate a 24/7, general entertainment TV channel ...

Thomson Video Networks powers NOORSAT

February 7, 2011

Bahrain-based satellite service provider NOORSAT is powering its growth with an extensive and flexible Thomson headend technology solution. Thomson has worked with NOORSAT over the last two years to scale ...

FUJINON announces new Middle East service initiative

February 2, 2011

FUJINON is now able to deploy dedicated 'Technical Service-Engineer's' on short notice to provide onsite service & maintenance including training to its customers throughout the Middle East region.The company plans ...

CABSAT MENA promises better conference this year

January 24, 2011

CABSAT authorities claim that its two-day programme will be a lot better than it has been in previus years. The conference will feature industry leaders from some of the most ...

twofour54

December 16, 2010

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Dolby

November 7, 2010

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EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television forms new production company in Dubai

November 7, 2010

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 ...

Jordan hosts sixth Rawi Screenwriters

November 2, 2010

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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 ...

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 ...

Twofour54 and Al Jazeera Children’s Channel tie

October 4, 2010

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 ...

Qvest wins Al Jazeera Training Centre contract

October 4, 2010

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 ...

Al Jazeera opts for Streambox

September 10, 2010

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 ...

DMI mulls archiving

September 10, 2010

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 ...

Media-Alliance powers Intigral

September 10, 2010

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 ...

Maximising your Investment Strategy

September 7, 2010

All of us know how our industry has moved from one of public service to big business. We are also acutely aware of the global trends of declining advertising revenue, ...

Satellite pay TV under threat

September 7, 2010

With internet TV becoming more popular, broadcast veterans predict the early demise of satellite pay TV. Satellite pay TV has been the mainstay of the TV industry for many years, ...

A new magazine for the Middle East broadcast industry

July 1, 2010