Fashion Star enters the season finale
Dubai One and DubaiTV Channels are all set to air the final episode of its fashion-based reality TV show, Fashion Star, on Wednesday, April 6. International fashion designer and leading mentor, Reem ...
Dubai One and DubaiTV Channels are all set to air the final episode of its fashion-based reality TV show, Fashion Star, on Wednesday, April 6. International fashion designer and leading mentor, Reem ...
Dominic Baillie.Discovery Communications has named Dominic Baillie, Chief Technology Officer, Olympics & Sports leading up to the 2018 Olympic Games. The network has won exclusive multimedia rights ...
Ali Al Shaiba (l) with Fahad Al Hassawi.Du, together with its partner in the region, Akamai Technologies, have been chosen by TV.AE as its content delivery ...
The inaugural MIPDrama Screenings showcased 12 high-end drama series from 10 countries. Each series made its international première in Cannes supported by talent and production executives. More than 350 television ...
In a major swoop down on TV piracy, Alexandria Police raided two shops on Al Malek Hifni Street and confiscated more than 370 IP decoders, 500 LAN converters, 175 Wi-Fi ...
Al Jazeera English will now offer its content on Opera TV's network of over-the-top (OTT) partners, through a newly developed app using Opera TV's Snap technology. The channel can be accessed worldwide ...
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 ...
From left to right: Chuck Silva, Director, OSN Pinoy, Emad Morcos, SVP OSN, Media Partners, Affiliate Channels & Digital, Gilberto Duavit, Jr GMA, President ...
STARZ Play Arabia, the on-demand video streaming service available in 17 countries across the MENA region, has announced that John Penney, Chief Strategy Officer at Starz, has been elected Chairman ...
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 ...
Director Sherif El Bendary has wrapped up the shooting of his film Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim, which was shot at different locations in Cairo, Egypt. A co-production between the UAE, Egypt, and ...
MIPTV has published an exclusive report entitled The Definitive Guide: How to Create a Hit Format in 10 Lessons, which lifts the lid on the secrets of the international format ...
Well-known Emirati commentator Ali Saeed Alkaabi will return to beIN Sports this April. AlKaabi is considered among the most popular football commentator in the MENA region. With a substantial fan-following and more than half ...
Babeleye has been selected by AfricaXP to manage rich EPG metadata of its linear channels distributed to two of AfricaXP's customers. Babeleye will provide total management and distribution of programming ...
TECOM Group has reiterated its commitment to play a leading role in the implementation of the UAEs innovation strategy and reaffirmed its intention to continue to pioneer industry growth through ...
Communic Indonesia, the Communications and Information Technology Exhibition, will be held for the first time at the Jakarta International Expo, Indonesia, from 31 August 3 September 2016. The exhibition ...
OSN has launched a new App that offers subscribers effortless access to their OSN Plus HD box with new ways to discover OSNs vast library of content.Designed to enhance the ...
Ammar Baranbo.A report released by Ipsos Connect has revealed that Yahlive has the largest market share of satellite broadcasters in the Farsi-speaking community across the Middle East and ...
The judges for Arab Idol Season 3.The growth in locally made talk shows, game shows, reality shows and childrens TV programming is being well received in ...
Image Nation Abu Dhabi has announced that principal photography has been completed on its legal drama series Qalb Al Adala (Justice).Using a production team of more than 70 people from ...
Verizon Digital Media Services has announced an agreement to acquire Volicon, a provider of compliance monitoring solutions for the broadcast industry. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.Verizon Digital Media ...
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 ...
Fahad Al Hassawi.UAE telco du is adding a raft of channels from SPI International to its premium English TV package. SPI is a supplier of theatrical films and television ...
OSN hosted a lively and engaging Q&A with four of crickets biggest legends Michael Vaughan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Graeme Smith and Anil Kumble on Monday evening (March 14). The event ...
Dubai Channels Network's fashion-based reality TV show, Fashion Star, is showcasing the creative skills of designers in the Arab world as it heads into its seventh episode this week. The show ...
Jordan Media City (JMC) has chosen an end-to-end headend solution from Harmonic to support its direct-to-home (DTH) satellite service. JMC is using Harmonic's ProView integrated receiver decoders (IRDs), Electra X2 ...
Jamal Al Awadhi heads Commercial at twofour54 Film and TV services.Signiant has been working with twofour54 by providing the Signiant Media Shuttle as part of its ...
He Named Me Malala. (photo credit: Caroline Furneaux)National Geographic Abu Dhabi will dedicate sizable share of its airtime this month to woman-specific subjects, notably for the occasion ...
Majid TV has launched its new website and free mobile app for users across the globe.The website and app will bring TV clips, music, games and issues of the magazine to ...
NETIA has announced two new appointments in the Middle East and Africa (MEA). Adel Hamla has been named the companys Sales Manager for the MEA region, a position in which he ...
Majid Al Ansari.Netflix has acquired worldwide streaming rights to Image Nation Abu Dhabis recent Emirati feature film, Zinzana.Independent studio IM Global handled international sales rights (excluding ...
Mark Billinge, CTO at OSN.OSN is ramping up capacity on EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite operated by Eutelsat Communications. Additional capacity at the Middle Easts flagship TV neighbourhood ...
Rob Arnold, VP at Omnitek.Omnitek, a test and measurement and IP and design services company, has appointed Rob Arnold as its Vice President of Worldwide Sales for ...
Paul Wallis, Director of Sales, Middle East, Imagine Communications.Imagine Communications has secured the contract to transition the playout facilities at Jordan Media City (JMC) in Amman, ...
The Avid booth at CABSAT 2016.Twofour54 has announced that it has streamlined and centralised its production processes by leveraging the advanced media management solutions from the ...
PerceptionTV Ltd, a multi-screen IPTV platform provider and FANAP, a major player in the ICT industry, have announced a joint venture dedicated to the development of the Perception platform sales ...
UAE-based satellite operator, Yahsat, has been awarded a licence to operate its upcoming Ka-band satellite, Al Yah 3, by the National Telecommunications Agency, ANATEL, in Brazil. The award of the ...
Inmarsat has signed Global Beam Telecom as its first UAE distribution partner for L-band communications services. The signing ceremony was held at CABSAT yesterday.Global Beam Telecom, headquartered in Dubai, is a fixed and mobile ...
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, ...
Bluebell Opticom Ltd. has announced an agreement with UK-based EMEA Gateway as a channel partner. A sales-and-marketing outsourcing company for the broadcast and media industry, EMEA Gateway will develop and manage new ...
LiveU has announced that it is increasing its presence across the Middle East with the appointment of United Broadcast and Media Solutions (UBMS) as regional sales partner.Dubai-headquartered and works across the ...
From left: OSN's David Butorac with ARN's Mahmoud Al Rasheed and Steve Smith.Subscribers of OSN in the UAE can now tune into all nine radio brands ...
Patricia Hidalgo, Senior Vice President, Chief Content & Creative Officer Kids EMEA and International Kids Strategy for Turner.Turner, a division of Time Warner, has revealed key ...
Sami Boutany, CEO, Yahlive,Yahlive has launched its first free-to-air 4K channel, Fashion One 4K, in the MENA region. Yahlives viewers can now enjoy the highest viewing ...
CABSAT is gearing up to welcome hundreds of major content and production industry professionals at the first Content Marketplace presented by the show's title sponsor Selevision.The all-new Content Marketplace is a ...
The start of 2016 has been marked by a number of new players launching premium content services in the MENA region. Perhaps the biggest splash came from Netflix who announced ...
Louis Hernandez, Jr., Chairman, President, and CEO of Avid.Avid is adopting a restructuring plan, scheduled to be completed by the end of the second quarter of ...
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 ...
The filming of Bollywood production Dishoom, facilitated by twofour5, has wrapped in Abu Dhabi after six weeks. With a final count of 38 filming days, Dishoom is Abu Dhabis longest ...
OSN subscribers will now have exclusive access to a roster of movies and future television series from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM). The renewed long-term deal between OSN and MGM, builds on ...
Philip Belcher, CEO of Fairlight.Qvest Media has entered into a partnership with Fairlight to be its sales partner in the UAE. The partnership will also make Qvest Media the ...
Abou Mustafa.Datamena has announced the appointment of Abou Mustafa as Vice President. This change comes in response to the rapid expansion of datamena platforms customer base, and aims ...
Chair of Media Zone Authority-Abu Dhabi (MZA) and twofour54 Board, Noura al Kaabi, and Abu Dhabi Ports Chief Executive Officer, Captain Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi.Twofour54 and ...
Carlos Tibi, CEO and Founder of Icflix.Streaming service Icflix is now available to subscribers as an Apple TV application.Available to download from the Apple TV App Store, ...
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 ...
Satellite service provider SES will be acquiring broadcast and media service firm RR Media. SES intends to merge the operations of RR Media with its platform services group to create a ...
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 ...
Three Arab films supported by SANAD, the development and post-production fund of twofour54, have won awards at the 66th annual Berlin International Film Festival, held in Germany from 11 to ...
OSN will air all of the live action from the star-studded 88th Academy Awards ceremony at the same time as the US.Organised under the theme We All Dream in Gold, ...
As highlighted by Ericsson's latest Mobility Report, networks are suffering from increased strain as OTT and video becomes an ever-more dominating force in network traffic, with an expected growth of ...