Egyptian actor and celebrity Hesham Selimwill host Hiwar Al Qahira,a new Egypt-focused weekly discussion showon Sky News Arabia.An extension of Sky News Arabias popular weeknight Hiwar Al Laila programme, Hiwar ...
MP & Silva has been awarded the live audio visual broadcast rights for all 380 Barclays Premier League matches per season for seasons 2013/14 2015/16 in the Middle East ...
Intigral has developed "Dawri Plus", an interactive digital platform that will enable viewers to watch Saudi League Seasons (2012 2013 2014) across all digital platforms. The software was developed ...
Winners of the Gulf Film Festival last year.Enjaaz, the post-production support programme, and Image Nation Abu Dhabi announced today a collaboration that will see them joining ...
Abdul Hadi Al Sheikh, who formerly headed LIVE, the outdoors production and broadcasting company arm of Abu Dhabi Media, has been appointed Executive Director of Digital ...
The new box enables consumers to convert their LCD/LED TVs to smart TVs.Eurostar has launched its Android-based eSmart TV+ Upgrader in the UAE. The Smart TV ...
DAMAMAX, a subsidiary of DAMA Ventures and one of the largest backbone operators in Jordan providing broadband solutions through optical fiber, has signed an agreement with Arabic News Broadcast Television ...
Doha Film Institute (DFI) announced that submissions are now open for its MENA Grants 2013 Spring Session.The deadline for applications is January 31st, which has been extended to February 4 ...
UAE-based distributor Nicolas Kyvernitis Electronics Enterprises has recently supplied a Midas PRO1 digital live audio system to Dubai-based Integrated Audio Visual System. The systems integrator has provided the console as ...
Peyman Dadpanah, Business Director, MediaCast.MediaCast has signed a new deal with Solid State Logic (SSL). According to the deal, MediaCast will distribute SSL in the UAE ...
Director, Actor, Writer & Producer Cherien DabisArab-American filmmaker Cherien Dabis May in the Summer was the opening film for the U.S. dramatic competition at the 2013 ...
Global film distribution and content business company, SPI International has signed a long-term agreement with Arabsat for the exclusive distribution rights for three new HD channels in HD/SD for MENA ...
From strategic outreach programmes across the region to partnering with global film institutions, the DIFF team has played a significant part in putting Arab cinema on the global mapThe ninth ...
Haifaa Al Mansours film WADJDA won best Muhr Arab Feature Film at DIFF 2012Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has announced the 10th anniversary will run from ...
TV network OSNs Ya Hala Shabab HD and OSN Ya Hala Arabella HD are now live and set to showcase a mix of original and dubbed programmes and films.Arabic content ...
A cultural centre in Taif, Saudi Arabia recently undertook a large audio installation with Sennheiser Group. BroadcastPro ME brings you the detailsSaudi Arabias Souk Okaz public theatre in Taif has ...
Commemorating its fourth anniversary, Qatar based kids channel Baraem TV recently hosted a theatrical event Ba-Ba-Ba-Baraem at the Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC).The show brought together presenters, familiar puppets and ...
Douglas I. Sheer is CEO and Chief Analyst of D.I.S.Channel-in-a-box (CIAB) technology has become a bright spot in an otherwise rocky post-recessionary market environment. Although the ...
Belgium Satellite Services (BSS), a teleport and satellite communications provider in Europe and Asia, has signed a new long-term contract with Eutelsat for 46 MHz of C-band capacity on the ...
IPTV solutions provider Exterity is supporting this years international Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship by providing an e3555 Encoder installed in an Exterity c1101 Chassis enabling the host venue to ...
Taking place from 27 June to 14 July 2013, the Arab Film Festival Australia is accepting entries from filmmakers until 1 March.The Festival aims to showcase stories from Arabic-speaking peoples ...
Trade platform for the broadcast, digital media and satellite sectors across the Middle East, Africa and Southern Asian regions, CABSAT 2013 will take place from March 12-14 at the Dubai ...
Director Jean Claude CodsiShowcasing independent Arabic cinema, Aflam, Abu Dhabi's monthly film club will screen A Man of Honor by Lebanese film director Jean Claude Codsi. ...
Winners of the 2012 Gulf Film FestivalOfficial competition submissions are now open for the sixth edition of the Gulf Film Festival (GFF), which will be held ...
Gerhard Zeiler, president of TBS InternationalA Time Warner Company, Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) has announced plans to reduce the headcount across its EMEA operations by 30%. ...
Known for Sally El Hosaini's Sundance prizewinner My Brother the Devil, and Ahmad Abdalla's Microphone, Egyptian Production Company Film Clinic, is branching out into music.Headed by producer Mohamed Hefzy, the ...
Nick Grande, managing director of ChannelSculptor.What happened in 2012?A cursory glance would suggest that 2012 was a year like any other in the MENA television industry.By ...
File photo of Saleh Nass.Bahraini director Saleh Nass short film Lubba (Game) will make its US debut as part of the official selection of short films ...
Miller Camera Support Equipment has appointed MediaCast as its authorised distributor in the UAE and the Middle East.Paul Maroni, Group Sales and Marketing Manager at Miller stated that the companys ...
Mohammed Al Marhouby, Director General of Engineering, Public Authority for Radio & TV, OmanIn 2009, when the recession hit the world, all eyes were on the ...
Held for 10 days from February 7, Saudi director and actress Ahad Kamel will show her short film Sanctity at the Berlin International Film Festival 2013. It is also the first Saudi film to feature ...
Tareq al Hosani, deputy CEO, YahsatYahsat, a private joint stock company fully owned by Mubadala, highlighted the successful deployment of its broadband satellite Internet service YahClick ...
Palestine, Iraq and Egypt lead in the number of terrestrial TV stations, hosting 59.5% of total terrestrial TV channels in the Arab World, as reported by the Arab Advisors Group.Local ...
Noura Al Kaabi, CEO of twofour54.More than 80 crew including producers, directors, engineers, and cameramen from twofour54 intaj and Broadcast Solutions Group (BSG) are in Bahrain ...
As part of a new deal, GlobeCast will provide YahLive with a 24/7 monitoring and reporting service for its satellite signals (video, audio, and data) across the MENA region. The ...
ECS European Communication Services has expanded an agreement to bring a Sub-Saharan DTH (Direct To Home) broadcaster's programming worldwide. This multi-year contract enables the news and entertainment DTH broadcaster to ...
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Sony Mobile Communications has partnered with Rotana Audio Visual Group, a member of Rotana Holdings, to broadcast the Lebanese pop star Elissas latest music video Assaad Wa7da. The video, directed ...
MENA SYSTEMS INTEGRATOR OF THE YEARTEK SIGNALSTek SignalsThis systems integrator is one of the few that has managed to secure several Middle East telco and broadcast ...
Matt DamonPromised Land, an anti-fracking film written and produced by Hollywood stars Matt Damon and John Krasinski is part financed by Image Nation Abu Dhabi, a ...
Ofcom has imposed a financial penalty of £25,000 on Al Mustakillah Television Limited for unduly promoting a political movement in Tunisia. Al Mustakillah is a news, current affairs and general ...
ASBU ME 2012 TECHNICAL ACHIEVERMark BillingeMark Billinge, VP of Broadcast Operations and Technology OSNMark Billinge managed a team of more than 100 people across various departments ...
BEST STUDIO OF THE YEARDubai Media Inc.Dubai Media Inc.DMI moved aggressively towards a full HD tapeless environment this year and spearheaded this move by upgrading one ...
In an estimated deal that could be worth as much as $500 million (Dh1.8 billion), Al Jazeera will be buying Current TV. Founded by Al Gore and partners the Current ...
PIONEERING CONTRIBUTION TO BROADCAST TECHNOLOGYFadi KahhalehFadi Kahhaleh Fadi Kahhaleh (right) is a young Jordanian who works for US media solutions provider ONE MEDIA. Fadi Kahhaleh was ...
MENA BROADCAST TRENDSETTERSKY NEWS ARABIASky News ArabiaThe judges were unanimous in their decision for this category. Sky News Arabia is the first news channel to broadcast ...
BEST HD PRODUCTION OF THE YEARThe Turtle: FQC Media, Big Features and FilmworksThe Turtle: FQC Media, Big Features and FilmworksThe Turtle was ...
BEST SPORTS COVERAGEOSNOSNOSN raised the bar for sport way back in 2007 when it first acquired the rights to the English Premier League. Since then, it ...
Du-DatamenaDu, although a relative newcomer to the telco market, has been leading from the front in terms of aggressively moving forward with new ventures especially within broadcast. Du has implemented ...
The team from YahLive (Mohamed Youssif, CEO, far right in pic) and SES (Edgar Milic, General Manager Business Development MENA, far left in pic).YahLive & ...
Eng. SALEH AL MEGHAILEETHDEPUTY MINISTER OF ENGINEERING AFFAIRS,MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION, SAUDI ARABIAEng. SALEH AL MEGHAILEETHDEPUTY MINISTER OF ENGINEERING AFFAIRS, MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION, ...
Sanford Jewett, VP of Marketing, ThurayaThurayaMore than 52 journalists have been killed this year while working in war zones. As viewers demand to watch news as ...
MENA SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDTVSDC/QATAR TVTVSDC/ Qatar TVThe multi-million dollar investment undertaken across the board by Qatars Television Support Development Committee (TVSDC) to build new facilities ...
Khalid Ahmed Balkheyour President & CEO, ARABSATARABSATArabsat recently began the first tests for HbbTV in the MENA region. From its initiatives with regional organisations for the ...
A still from the film Life of PiIn Life of Pi, one of the many recent movies to have released in cinemas across UAE, Codex technology ...
The panelistsNick Grande, Managing Director of ChannelSculptor, who moderated this panel discussion, summed it up for BroadcastPro METhis years CEO panel had the distinction that all ...
Jane Williams, Director - Film Connection & Film ForumOn training programmes, cash awards and outreach towards the larger Arab market for filmmakersWe have been organising Interchange ...
