Visionaire's AV installation at Al Ain's United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) was recognised at the 2012 EMEA Project InAVation Global Awards as the 'Most InAVative Education Facility in 2011'.The annual ...
OSN has appointed Ahmad Zahidah to the newly created role of director of digital in a move that demonstrates OSNs plans to position OSN at the forefront of the digital ...
Icon Art Production will host a free camera workshop for film makers, cameramen, screen writers and individuals in Dubai on 28 October and 29 October from 10am to 6pm.The workshop ...
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 ...
The AV professionals in the region (for a phototour of InfoComm MEA 2011, visit http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/AVPro-Middle-East/188800204528477) did the industry proud and put on a memorable show at the inaugural InfoComm ...
The eighth Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has opened registration for students, media, and industry delegates from across the world.Accredited delegates receive access to the festivals diverse offerings, from its ...
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 ...
Sky News Arabia has invested in a range of advanced robotic and manual studio products from Vinten. The Abu Dhabi based channel, which is scheduled for launch in early 2010, has ordered ...
The first Emirati film from Image Nation Abu Dhabi is set to launch at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival on October ...
Grass Valley has acquired PubliTronic with the intention of targeting the fastest growing segment of the play-to-air market.Integrated playout is one of the fastest growing segments in broadcasting and expected ...
Harris Corporation formally celebrated the expansion of its broadcast office in Dubai Media City today at a press conference on October 12. More than 30 staff from the companys Middle ...
ATG Broadcast has expanded its systems integration and sales operations with the launch of a new company in the United Arab Emirates. ...
TV competition show Stars of Science will return for a third series at 10pm KSA today on MBC4.Stars of Science is ...
Canon Middle East, has launched a series of activities to be held over the next 10 months celebrating its 10th anniversary in the region, which also coincides with the decade-long presence of ...
Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair who directed Salaam Bombay!, Monsoon Wedding and The Namesake will bring Mohsin Hamids bestselling novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist to the ...
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 ...
In celebration of its second anniversary, the Screen Institute Beirut has announced a new batch of documentaries which have received funding and technical support from the institutes Film Fund.With films ...
The eighth edition of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), has received more than 1,760 film entries from 106 nations for its 2011 edition.Of those, more than 1,000 short films, ...
Abu Dhabi Media Companys production arm Imagenation has been rebranded as Image Nation. The company will also have a new structure that includes two ...
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 ...
Turret Media has announced the programme for medialive! - a showcase for the Middle Easts media industry, set to take place from 18 to 19 October 2011, at the Park ...
twofour54 intaj announced that it has signed a joint venture deal with advertising technology specialist, Adstream.The joint venture means that ...
The Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF) is geared up to take place between 13 October to 22 October.This year the festival celebrates its fifth anniversary and will screen more than ...
Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc. has finalised an agreement to acquire 100% shareholding in the Brazilian broadcast transmitter manufacturer Linear Equipamentos Eletrônicos Eletrônicos S/A ("HKL") via Hitachi Kokusai's Brazilian subsidiary Hitachi ...
The first episode of Emirati film director and producer Ali Mostafa's mini-series titled Classified is set to debut on the MBC website on 28 September.The series is the result of a partnership ...
Sky News Arabia has recruited 70 full time staff in the past six months, with a further 100 under mobilisation joining shortly, and another 200 people to be recruited by the ...
Radio Asia Network (RAN) has launched a new Malayalam and Tamil language radio station called Super 94.7 FM.RAN is among the first radio networks of the region, broadcasting across the ...
Animated series The Amazing World of Gumball is being launched in Arabic across the region by Cartoon Network Arabic.Creator ...
The I love UAE video competition concluded with the announcement of the winners and a debate by film experts and educationists on how to nurture film making in the UAE.The competition ...
The Abu Dhabi Film Festival has announced that the renewable energy company Masdar will be the official partner of the festivals programme for films on significant environmental issues. ADFF, which ...
The Dubai International Film Festival is partnering with the American Mission to the UAE to present eight powerful documentaries from the American Documentary Showcase to audiences across the emirates. All ...
The 15th annual Arab Film festival(AFF) is scheduled to take place between 13 October and 23 October this year.AFF will be held in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay ...
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 ...
Jordans Rubicon Group Holding (RGH) has teamed up with Classic Media, a media company with a portfolio of some of the worlds leading family entertainment brands to announce that Postman ...
Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera Network has awarded a US $20 million contract to Abu Dhabi based systems integrator Tek Signals to put in place a complete 3G infrastructure for five ...
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 ...
IBC has announced its visitor numbers for this years show which add up to 50,462. The figure marks a 4% increase in attendance when compared to IBC2010, which had a ...
News channels Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya may have to face competition from a new Saudi news channel which is in the pipeline.Prince Alwaleed bin Talals Kingdom group has announced ...
The 23rd edition of the European Film Festival will begin on September 18 in Jordan with the screening of Polish film ...
Sony Professional Solutions MEA (PSMEA) has won a US $13 million deal to supply and integrate three full HD studios for Qatar TV at the state broadcasters facility. BroadcastPro ME broke ...
Saudi Arabias Ministry of Culture and Information (MOCI) has selected Jampro Antennas of Sacramento, CA to furnish turnkey broadband DVB-T ...
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 ...
Harris Corporation announced at IBC that it has been awarded a contract to provide ...
UAE-based telecommunications company Etisalat has commissioned systems integrator Qvest Media to undertake the construction of a multi-format playout centre for the production 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 ...
The third edition of the Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) will open this year with the world premiere of Black Gold. Vocalist ...
Broadband satellites networks and services company Hughes Network Systems HUGHES) has made its first shipment of advanced Ka-band gateway equipment and satellite terminals to Abu Dhabi based Al Yah Satellite ...
Egyptian Advanced Multimedia Systems (EAMS) has selected video streaming solutions provider Anevia's IPTV head-end solution to deliver content to its entire IP network.The EAMS IPTV delivery system, Egypts first, includes ...
Fifteen films from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Yemen and Iraq will be screened at the Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden from September 23 to 27, 2011.A ...
The Royal Film Commission-Jordan (RFC) in cooperation with the Embassy of Chile in Amman will be screening Chilean feature films from 6 September to 8 September, 2011.The movies will be ...
Nicolas Kyvernitis Electronics Enterprises, Roland Professional distributors in the region, have recently hosted a roadshow in Kuwait.The event was attended ...
With less than two months to the debut of Tropfest Arabia, Tropfest founder John Polson tells BroadcastPro Middle East about the film festival.Tropfest was first ...
Global broadcaster Aljazeera Sports Channels will use technology from satellite communication specialist Newtec and the Arab States Broadcasting Union to receive its multimedia content.Aljazeera has invested in several Multimedia Exchange ...
Dr. Riyadh Najm, Deputy Minister of Engineering, Saudi Ministry of Culture and Information was recently ...
Dubai-based production house Icon Art Production is gearing up to launch a non-profit initiative titled International Independent Film Makers Club (IIFM) that will support four ...
BroadcastPro Middle East is now accepting nominations to the ASBU BroadcastPro Middle East Awards that will be hosted on November 23, 2011 at Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai. The event, which ...
Star has moved the playout of two of its channels from Hong Kong to twofour54, Abu Dhabis content generation zone.Since the launch of its playout centre last year, twofour54 has ...
Arabian Studios, an international production company with offices in Europe and studios in Los Angeles that produces feature films, TV commercials and documentaries, ...
