Tag: mbc

March 27, 2015

With the regions broadcasters and media partners increasingly looking at ways to set themselves apart from the competition, there is a growing focus on how they can offer a unique ...

YahLive reaches more than 25 million Farsi speaking viewers: IPSOS

March 8, 2015

Sami Boutany, CEO, Yahlive,A survey conducted by IPSOS has revealed that YahLive reaches 25 million Farsi speaking viewers. The most watched content is movies with 62% ...

CABSAT 2015 to highlight MENA media growth

January 7, 2015

CABSAT 2015, a platform for the broadcast, production, content delivery, digital media and satellite sectors across the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA), will examine how global media and ...

Syria’s Hazem Sharif wins Arab Idol

December 15, 2014

The winner of Arab Idol Season 3 - Hazem Sharif.Syria's Hazem Sharif has won this year's edition of Arab Idol, a popular show that is estimated ...

Paul Wallis, Regional Director of Imagine Communications MEA on some of the successes the company has had in the last year – IBC 2014

September 18, 2014

Big plans for small screens

September 5, 2014

Saraya Abdeen (The Palace) behind-the-scenes.TV drama is a fast-evolving genre in the MENA region, and increasingly viewed as a major revenue generator. With their eye on ...

Arab Idol returns to MBC

September 4, 2014

The judges for Arab Idol Season 3.The third season of Arab Idol will premiere on MBC 1 and MBC Masr on Friday, September 5.The popular Arab ...

Sinking pirates

August 18, 2014

MENA's anti piracy coalition was announced on March 11, 2014.The newly formed Broadcast Satellite Anti-Piracy Coalition has taken some important steps in its battle against the ...

Cut a long story short

by Guest Columnist

August 16, 2014

MBC deployed Pixel Factory, a promo solution for its newly launched Bollywood channel. Keith Dallison, Post Production Manager at MBC, sheds light on how the solution has improved workflowsOne of ...

MBC secures rights to Saudi Football League and King’s Cup for $1 bn

August 4, 2014

Free-to-air satellite broadcaster MBC has secured the broadcast rights for Saudi Arabian Professional Football League and the King's Cup, in a ten-year deal worth over US$1 billion.The Saudi professional football ...

The shows that ruled during Ramadan

July 25, 2014

Abu Dhabi Al Emarat has been the leading channel among the ADTV channels with Habet Ramil taking the top spot among all Emiratis and expat Arabs.The number two show among ...

Samsung partners with MBC to launch Shahid application

July 2, 2014

Samsung Smart TVs across the MENA will now feature MBCs Shahid application.Shahid application and Shahid.net are available to viewers to catch up on their favourite TV shows and series. It recorded ...

Minister hails MBC-Maspero TV deal

June 1, 2014

A recently signed cooperation agreement between MBC and Egypts Maspero TV will benefit Egypts state broadcaster, according to the countrys Minister of Information, Doriya Sharaf Al Din.As part of the ...

Piracy: the big debate

May 14, 2014

David Butorac, CEO, OSN.With the number of illegitimate broadcast services on the rise in the Middle East and several online portals offering unlimited entertainment dirt cheap, ...

Arab celebrities impersonate renowned singers in Your Face Sounds Familiar

April 15, 2014

Jury member Haifa Wehbe with Mazen Hayek.MBC Group held a press conference recently to officially launch the new program Your Face Sounds Familiar that will broadcast ...

Nab the thieves

March 11, 2014

MBC and OSN have managed to garner support to fight the illegitimate distribution of content on TV as well as online platforms. Vibhuti Arora finds out how legitimate players are ...

My-HDs channel offering grows to 68

March 11, 2014

Cliff Nelson, CEO, My-HD.My-HD, an ultra-low pay direct to home (DTH) platform in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, now claims to have more ...

MBC to show Your Face Sounds Familiar

March 4, 2014

MBC has ordered a 10-episode first season of the Endemol celebrity talent TV show Your Face Sounds familiar. The show will be produced by Endemol Middle East and launch in ...

My-HD and MBC Group launch new channel

February 11, 2014

From left: Sam Barnett, MBC and Cliff Nelson, My-HD.In line with the long term partnership between My-HD and MBC Group, another high definition channel was made ...

Cliff Nelson

February 3, 2014

With the MENA region being the stronghold of FTA channels, pay-TV has not found much favour thus far. Cliff Nelson, CEO of MY-HD speaks about how affordable platforms can potentially ...

Tview announces 2013 audit report

February 2, 2014

Christopher O'Hearn, GM of tview.Tview recently announced the results of a CESP (Centre d'étude des supports de publicité) audit report for the year 2013. CESP, a ...

Taking stock

by Guest Columnist

December 18, 2013

An overview of TV viewership in the past year and whats in store for the year aheadIts been a year! Not just a year of my columns in BroadcastPro ME ...

Keeping the past recent

December 10, 2013

The FIAT/IFTA world conference held for the first time in Dubai brought together a community of archivists and broadcasters from 40 different countries around the world. A report[caption id="attachment_20218" align="alignleft" ...

MBC to launch new Bollywood channel

October 4, 2013

MBC will launch a new Bollywood channel this month. The channel due to launch in mid-October will show series and movies, bringing MBCs total number of channels to 14. MBC ...

My-HD offers MBC channels in HD on Arabsat

September 3, 2013

L to R: Sam Barnett CEO MBC Group and Cliff Nelson CEO My-HD.My-HD has announced the availability of eight MBC channels in High Definition (HD) on ...

Abe Naga

September 2, 2013

As broadcasters worldwide move towards delivering content on multiple screens, we witness a similar revolution among top-tier broadcasters in the Middle East. In an exclusive interview with Vijaya Cherian, the ...

Solving the Middle East broadcast industry puzzle

August 29, 2013

The Middle East TV entertainment industry has always been a puzzle for internationally successful pay-TV networks that have not had to compete in a market where there are more than ...

MBC installs state-of-the-art news centre in Cairo

August 4, 2013

Cairo city.Middle East broadcaster MBC Group has launched a state-of-the-art news facility in Cairo, Egypt. The news centre is designed, integrated and tested by system integrator ...

MBC News reports live from Egypt with Quicklink iPhone App

July 18, 2013

MBC News has captured Egypts political, social and civil activities by documenting the ongoing civil war using the Quicklink iPhone HD Pro App and broadcasting live footage to air and ...

Regions first soundstage gets busy

April 3, 2013

In an exclusive interview with BroadcastPro ME, Fadi Ismail, GM of O3 Productions, the production arm of MBC Group, talks about the new productions the broadcaster will undertake at the ...

MBC3 to launch HD service on My-HD Media

March 6, 2013

Sam Barnett, CEO MBC Group (left) & Cliff Nelson CEO My-HD (right) during the signing.Kids entertainment TV channel, MBC3 will be available in HD from March ...

Ramadan programming rakes in the dollars

August 25, 2012

Vijaya Cherian.Ramadan Mubarak! Although life in the Arab world slows down a bit during this season owing to the holidays, the Holy month of Ramadan is ...

Change Management

July 4, 2012

Andy Palmer, Group Director of Technical Operations, MBC Group.Andy Palmer, group director of technical operations, MBC Group, sums up current views on changing broadcast technology workflowsAs ...

MBC4 launches latest Turkish hit series

February 26, 2012

MBC4 has aired the first episode of the latest addition to its portfolio of Turkish drama series, ...

New Turkish drama debuts on MBC4

February 25, 2012

Fatima, a griping Turkish drama, debuts on Saturday on MBC4. The drama series is dubbed in Arabic and joins MBCs portfolio ...

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 ...

MBC HD bouquet now available on OSN

February 1, 2012

Almost a month ago, BroadcastPro Middle East tweeted that MBCs HD bouquet would become available ...

MBC delivers latest in entertainment same week as in the US

January 19, 2012

MBC Group will deliver the latest in global entertainment and content by airing most recent series in the US, in addition to new episodes of ...

MBC and YahLive tie up

December 5, 2011

MBC Group has entered into a strategic long-term partnership with YahLive to broadcast seven of MBCs channels ...

MBC celebrates 20-year anniversary

November 21, 2011