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December 11, 2015

The Idol is based on the life of Arab Idol Mohamed Asaf.The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has confirmed that its Enjaaz programme has supported 15 ...

IBM acquires Clearleap to boost cloud services

December 10, 2015

IBM has acquired cloud video services provider Clearleap in a bid to boost its cloud services.Clearleap will be integrated into the IBM Cloud platform to provide enterprises with a way to ...

PopArabia secures deal with Warner Chappell

December 10, 2015

Noura Al Kaabi.PopArabia, a music publisher and rights consultancy serving the Middle East, now represents the four major music publishers, having recently secured a deal with ...

DIFFs 12th edition opens with international stars walking the red carpet

December 10, 2015

Ezzat Al Alayli accepting his Lifetime Achievement Award from HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.The 12th edition of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) ...

STARZ PLAY Arabia adds more series this December

December 9, 2015

A still from the series Outlander.STARZ PLAY Arabia has announced its latest content offering for December 2015. The new content includes a host of blockbuster Hollywood ...

Al Jazeera Balkans chooses Calrec

December 9, 2015

Al Jazeera operator on a Calrec Artemis.As part of an expansion and upgrade project, Bosnia's Al Jazeera Balkans has installed a Calrec router core, two Artemis ...

Vuclip teams up with Sony Music Entertainment Middle East

December 8, 2015

Arun Prakash, COO of Vuclip.Vuclip and Sony Music Entertainment Middle East have renewed their partnership to offer the latest music on the Vuclip platform.Sony Music Entertainment, ...

Harmonic makes binding offer to buy Thomson Video Networks

December 8, 2015

Harmonic has signed a binding offer to acquire Thomson Video Networks. If the shareholding conditions are met, Harmonic will acquire all of TVN for approximately $75 million in cash plus ...

Sennheiser partners with Advanced Solutions in Jordan

December 8, 2015

Sennheiser has entered into a partnership agreement with Jordan-based Advanced Solutions. As an authorised partner, the reseller and systems integrator will now offer products from Sennheisers System Solutions range, which ...

Quest Arabiya goes on air

December 7, 2015

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 ...

beIN Sports secures principal rights package for La Liga and Copa del Rey

December 6, 2015

A new deal with La Liga will enable beIN to offer exclusive access to eight matches every match day, one of which will always be either Real Madrid or FC ...

DIFF announces jury for Muhr awards

December 6, 2015

Deepa Mehta.The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has announced its panel of judges for this year. Renowned film industry professionals will make up the jury for ...

Filmmakers and producers ready to pitch projects to Netflix at DIFF

December 4, 2015

Jamal Al Sharif says Netflix is likely to consider long-term production in Dubai if it finds the right talent pool to pursue such an initiative.Netflix will ...

Peter Scarlet to lead Image Nation’s next 7th Art film screening on Dec 6

December 3, 2015

Image Nation, in partnership with TCA Abu Dhabi, is hosting a series of film screenings every alternate Sunday, and the next one is scheduled for December 6 at Manarat Al ...

Gravity Media Group acquires Hyperactive Broadcast, plans Middle East expansion

December 3, 2015

Gearhouse Broadcasts owner, Gravity Media Group, has acquired Hyperactive Broadcast Limited, a UK-based provider of products and services for the outside broadcast, long-form television and feature film markets. The company ...

Bhavesh Vaghela joins Paywizard to drive positioning and strategy

December 2, 2015

Bhavesh Vaghela.Paywizard, which is a major player in subscriber management for pay-TV in the UK, has appointed Bhavesh Vaghela as Chief Marketing Officer. The OTT service provider ...

DIFF to honour French actress with Lifetime Achievement Award

December 2, 2015

Catherine Deneuve.Catherine Deneuve, the grande dame of French cinema, will be honoured at the 12th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) this month when she is presented ...

ICFLIX ties with Jordanian telco to offer Arabic and foreign content

December 1, 2015

Jordans Umniah telecom customers can now watch original Jazwood content alongside Hollywood and Bollywood movies, TV shows, documentaries and kids content by subscribing to the Shababi prepaid plan for 6JD ...

Nickelodeon Play comes to MENA

December 1, 2015

Nickelodeon and OSN have jointly released the Nickelodeon Play app for the MENA region. Although the app is free to download throughout the MENA region, only OSN subscribers will have ...

Bexel expands EMEA footprint with new appointment

November 30, 2015

Bexel Global Broadcast Solutions has appointed Simon Atkinson as Head of Projects for its EMEA division. Atkinson brings nearly 25 years of experience to his new role and will work ...

Trey Smith begins filming in the UAE

November 30, 2015

Trey Smith in the UAE.Trey Smith, the disc-spinning son of actor Will Smith, is in the UAE filming 10 days in Abu Dhabi and five days ...

DIFF 2015 to host 55 world premieres and 46 MENA premieres

November 25, 2015

DIFF unveils lineup for 12th edition.The 12th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE ...

Dubai Courts sentences vendor of illegal IPTV service

November 25, 2015

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. ...

Image Nation announces cast for TV series JUSTICE

November 24, 2015

Mansoor Al Feeli has been cast in lead role in Justice.Image Nation has announced the cast for its upcoming legal drama Justice (Qalb Al Adalah).Emirati actors ...

DIFF to bring the best of global cinema to UAE

November 24, 2015

A still from the film Song.This years most anticipated films from across the globe will take centre stage in the Cinema of the World segment of ...

Arab Telemedia Group adds Baselight colour pipeline

November 23, 2015

Baselight at Arab Telemedia.Emmy Award winning production company Arab Telemedia Group has added an integrated Baselight colour pipeline to its production and post workflows. The new ...

BeIN Media Group inks deal with Front Row

November 23, 2015

BeIN Media Group has inked a five-year first-run output deal with Middle East film distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment. The deal follows beINs recent announcement to expand its offering of paid ...

Al Baghdadia TV upgrades news production with Avid

November 22, 2015

When Al Baghdadia TV, an independent Iraqi-owned satellite TV network, wanted to overhaul its operations in order to take advantage of file-based HD workflow efficiency, it required a holistic strategy that ...

Twofour54 and O3 Productions ink three year deal to grow Arabic drama

November 21, 2015

Twofour54 and O3 Productions have inked a three year deal that will secure an additional 300 production days a year to Abu Dhabi and see more Arabic dramas being made ...

Rosco to open office in Dubai

November 19, 2015

Rosco Laboratories will open its Middle East office in Dubai, UAE.Kees Frijters, President of EMEA at Rosco will be responsible for leading the Middle East operations while continuing his present ...

Sennheiser and UBMS host training event

Sennheiser and UBMS Broadcast Sound Perfected event in Dubai.Sennheiser, in conjunction with UAE-based regional reseller partner United Broadcast & Media Solutions (UBMS), hosted a workshop in ...

Alrai TV virtualises playout with Imagine Communications

Tarek Majdalani, Director of Engineering and Operations at Alrai TV.Imagine Communications has implemented a proof of concept IP-based playout system at Alrai TV, Kuwaits first privately ...

Ericsson dismisses rumours about being acquired by Cisco

Hans Vestberg, President and CEO of Ericsson.In response to recent speculation about a possible acquisition of Ericsson by Cisco, Hans Vestberg, President, CEO and member of ...

OSN extends partnership with Warner Bros. for exclusive content

David Butorac, CEO, OSN.OSN has signed an output agreement with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution for first and exclusive access to its premium content for the MENA region.The long-term ...

Nigeria chooses Paywizard for digital TV switchover

Paywizard has been selected by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) of Nigeria to support the national digital TV switchover project.Working with Inview, Paywizards AgileXtra platform will manage all customer data, ...

Avid reopens Dubai office, appoints Territory Account Manager

November 17, 2015

Ahmed Shanti.Avid has appointed Ahmed Shanti to the role of Territory Account Manager for Middle East. Shantis responsibilities are to increase Avids market share in the region ...

Yahlive launches 43 channels in Maghreb region

November 17, 2015

Sami Boutany, CEO, Yahlive,Yahlive has launched 43 channels in the greater Arab Maghreb region. The channels are a result of Yahlives partnership with Paris-based Sahli Media ...

SANAD funded films vie for the Oscars

November 16, 2015

Three of the seven Arab films being considered for the Best Foreign Language Film category in the 2016 Academy Awards were funded by SANAD, demonstrating the quality and success of ...

Vuclip expands Arabic content offering with El Sobky Films

November 16, 2015

Arun Prakash, COO, Vuclip.Vuclip recently announced a partnership that will allow it to showcase the biggest blockbusters from El Sobky Film Productions. This move is in ...

International Showbiz Expo to join DFM 2015

November 15, 2015

The Dubai Film Market (DFM) and International Showbiz Expo (ISBE) 2015 are coming together at DIFF 2015 from 14 16th December at the Madinat Jumeirah.ISBE brings together cinema and ...

Arabsat launches Badr-7

November 15, 2015

Khalid Balkheyour, CEO and President, Arabsat.Arabsat has successfully launched Arabsat-6B to cater to the growing needs for satellite broadcasting capacity across Middle East, Africa and Asia.Arabsat-6B, ...

Telestream acquires cloud encoding company PandaStream

November 13, 2015

Telestream has acquired cloud-based encoding provider PandaStream. The result of a comprehensive investigation of key suppliers in the cloud-based encoding market, the acquisition accelerates Telestreams strategy for providing cloud services to ...

Dubai 48HFP kicks off today, Canon joins as imaging sponsor

Hendrik Verbrugghe.The 48 Hour Film Project (48HFP) will kick off today at AM Studio in Al Quoz and Canon Middle East has joined hands with the ...

Sami Bouajila to receive DIFF’s Arab Lifetime Achievement Award

French Tunisian actor Sami Bouajila to receiive DIFF's lifetime achievement award.The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) will award this years Arab Lifetime Achievement Award to French-Tunisian ...

VOD service provider Grey Juice Lab opens Dubai office

Grey Juice Lab has strengthened its Middle East and Africa (MEA) presence with the opening of a new regional content marketing and commercial hub in Dubai Media City.The new office ...

MultiChoice chooses Elemental for video services in Africa

Elemental Technologies has announced that MultiChoice is using Elemental for live streaming and video-on-demand (VOD) delivery of its DStv online service, which makes sports and entertainment content available on smart ...

ASBU BroadcastPro Selevision Summit and Awards a big success

November 11, 2015

ASBU BroadcastPro Selevision Award winners.The 2015 edition of the ASBU BroadcastPro Selevision Summit and Awards took place on November 10 at Habtoor Grand in Dubai. The full-day ...

DMI deploys Facilis TerraBlock for shared storage

November 9, 2015

Facilis has delivered a 96TB TerraBlock shared storage system to Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI). The TerraBlock system is positioned at the heart of DMIs new media management and content creation ...

Icflix to premiere Arabic animation for kids

November 9, 2015

Fadi Mehio, Chairman, Icflix.Icflix is set to premiere an original childrens action-comedy animated series titled Dunia. The first season comprising 10 episodes will premiere globally this ...

beIN Sports wins Premier League MENA rights till 2019

November 8, 2015

Nasser Al Khelaifi, Chairman and CEO of beIN Media Group.BeIN Sports has won the rights to broadcast The Premier League in the Middle East and North ...

DIFFs childrens film line-up announced

November 5, 2015

Savya, heart of a warrior.DIFF has announced the Cinema for Children line-up. The showcase will include a number of new releases and a good mix of films ...

ABS and Arabsat sign expansion capacity deal

November 4, 2015

ABS and Arabsat have signed an expansion capacity agreement on ABS-3A for a multi-transponder, multi-year deal for Ku-band payload. The additional capacity will be used for different customer networks within ...

The shortlist is out for the ASBU BroadcastPro Selevision Awards 2015

November 3, 2015

BroadcastPro ME has announced the shortlist for the ASBU BroadcastPro Selevision Summit and Awards. The event takes place on November 10 at Habtoor Grand Hotel in Dubai Marina. The full ...

Cisco acquires OTT platform 1 Mainstream

November 2, 2015

Cisco Systems has acquired over-the-top (OTT) cloud streaming platform startup 1 Mainstream for an undisclosed price. 1 Mainstream offers an automated platform for distribution of linear and on-demand content to connected devices such ...

BeIN announces entry into entertainment content

October 31, 2015

Nasser Al Khelaifi, Chairman and CEO of beIN Media Group.BeIN has announced expansion of its pay TV platform through launch of movies and entertainment channels. A ...

Yahlive and Alpha One broadcast to Balkan communities in MENA

October 30, 2015

Sami Boutany, CEO, Yahlive,Yahlive has signed a capacity deal of one transponder with Adriatic Tours S.L., owners of Alpha One RTV Network. The two companies will ...

Icflix launches on PS3 and PS4 gaming consoles

October 29, 2015

Carlos Tibi, CEO and Founder of Icflix.Icflix has partnered with Sony to stream movies and series to TVs via the PlayStation3 (PS3) and PlayStation4 (PS4) consoles.The Icflix ...

Ericsson completes acquisition of Envivio

October 28, 2015

Ericsson has completed the acquisition of Envivio. The transaction was completed through a merger of its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Cindy Acquisition Corporation, with and into Envivio, Inc. Envivio, Inc. survives the merger ...

DIFF launches awards with Taaleem and Animation Chamber

October 27, 2015