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When Covid-19 hit the world, news organisations were the first to take action, innovating extensively to retain the audiences that had come to their platforms for information. Robyn Peterson, CNN ...
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When Covid-19 hit the world, news organisations were the first to take action, innovating extensively to retain the audiences that had come to their platforms for information. Robyn Peterson, CNN ...
The panel discussed the various challenges broadcasters face in deploying cloud-based solutions and the possible solutions.
No satellite operator in the MENA satellite space wields as much power and influence as Arabsat, which was founded in 1976. Arabsat has been serving the growing needs of the ...
Covid-19 didn’t stop Bahrain Radio or Advanced Media from forging ahead with their business strategies
The study conducted by Arabsat in conjunction with IPSOS revealed that satellite continues to enjoy a whopping 97% market share in this region.
He was only eight when he first took apart a phone and put it back together again. A passionate engineer equally comfortable in both IT and broadcast ecosystems, regional veteran ...
Muay Thai and kickboxing are recent additions to the UAE sports scene, with a great opportunity to attract a younger audience. In an exclusive interview with Vijaya Cherian, Mohamad Yehya, ...
Improving the broadcast and OTT experience has the potential to improve overall fan satisfaction, resulting in increased opportunity for better financial outcomes.
After conducting a virtual edition last year, CABSAT is back for an in-person gathering and exhibition. Thomas Löffler, AVP, Exhibitions, Dubai World Trade Centre, takes us through some of the ...
MENA leaders are setting the stage for more sports events to be hosted in the region.
Viu hit 45m MAU and 5.3m paid subscribers and ranks No.1 for number of users in Southeast Asia.
The ASBU BroadcastPro Summit and Awards highlighted the dramatic shift in market trends, brought about by the onset of COVID-19 and its impact on the entertainment industry.
Best known in Dubai as the CEO of Advanced Media for the last two decades, in recent years he has also garnered awards for some of the films he has ...
Connectivity and communications have become critical in todays world not just for businesses and individuals but also for the aid industry, telemedicine and other such sectors.
The social distancing measures have given rise to creative thinking and new storylines that no longer rely on traditional filming methods.
Despite the setbacks due to Covid-19, this year has been favourable for regional brands, be it MBC announcing Shahid's soaring popularity or the UAE launching its Mars Mission.
The webinar focussed on how filmmaking in Africa got a significant boost with new digital technologies.
The first issue of the BroadcastProME magazine was released ten years ago in July.
Are companies freezing all expenditure or rerouting their CAPEX to suit new needs in a coronavirus-impacted business scenario?
Broadcasters worked on new strategies this year to counter the impact of the pandemic and subsequent lockdown on Ramadan productions.
Sharjah Broadcasting Authority inaugurated a brand-new IP facility based on the SMPTE 2110 standard for Al Wousta TV in Al Dhaid. We take a tour of the facility with GM ...
Facebook and Netflix have come forward with USD 100m each for those financially affected by the lockdown triggered by the pandemic.
Young Arab leaders come forward to take the satellite industry to the next level.
There’s no doubt that the media industry is going through tumultuous change, but good content continues to be sought-after by both media houses and viewers alike.
Marc Antoine, whose reputation precedes him as an M&A specialist, usually comes into a company when a big change is on the horizon.
Who is the new inflight customer, and what is the key to tapping into the $33bn opportunity in this space? Is the inflight customer the traditional business person looking to ...
Another year has gone, and alongside celebrating a new generation of path-breakers at our awards and offering a fantastic networking opportunity, it gives me immense satisfaction to see that the ...
The appointment is part of Argosy's plans to increase brand awareness while also enabling it to be considered earlier in the life-cycle of a project,
Since 2016, Thales has hired 5,000 to 6,000 people a year. And in 2019, the company?s recruitment drive continues apace, with 5,500 new jobs created worldwide, including 2,500 in France.
Vijaya Cherian, Editorial Director, BroadcastPro ME.Content rating is a tricky subject and most of us may have varying opinions on whom ratings should rest with. Should ...
Vijaya Cherian, Editorial Director, BroadcastPro ME.I dont know about you but grocery shopping or meandering through traffic and waiting endlessly for a parking spot so I ...
Our vision when we launched BroadcastPro Middle East was not just to be a leading magazine in the MENA region. We wanted to be perceived as an industry insider, who ...
From not having any cinema screens until last year, it is estimated that KSA will be able to accommodate around 2,600 by 2030 and generate $950m in box office revenues, ...
The winds of change are becoming stronger in broadcast. If we only felt a gust or two in previous years, it has gathered strength, building towards a gale, with IP, ...
A few months ago, I had the pleasure of travelling to the IBC offices in London, where the jury for the IBC Innovation Awards gathered to deliberate over the shortlist. ...
Last month, there were a number of announcements that coincided with the Chinese premier's visit to the UAE. Image Nation announced that it would launch a 24/7 Chinese channel while ...
For a quiet month like Ramadan, a lot has been going on in the TV industry and I believe a lot of the ruckus has to do with the ...
Why should we take piracy seriously in the Middle East? Because it has started crippling our media companies to such a great extent that if we dont collectively do something ...
Vijaya Cherian, Editorial Director.NAB CEO Gordon Smiths speech at the opening ceremony got me thinking on how much of an influencer the organisation is, the respect ...
The MENA media industry is going through a time of tumultuous change. Some of it is exciting and upbeat, others are downright disconcerting.For instance, Saudi Arabias injection of $64bn into ...
It is strange to speak of meeting a living legend in the same breath as witnessing live tennis action captured via a remote production hub somewhere in Melbourne. Yet in ...
African reel success since the early 2000s has been the story of its most populous country, Nigeria. At a recent panel on African filmmaking, hosted by Canon at its CABSAT ...
How much do we know about Africa, and more specifically African movies or TV? Perhaps we do have some visibility to content from Egypt and Morocco maybe also Algeria. ...
The survival of the MENA media industry is at stake with the impending arrival of FAANG (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google)! Are we ready?This was the key takeaway from ...
Microservices metadata harvesting blockchain artificial intelligence machine learning these are the terms I have heard discussed more prominently in the last few months, and I ...
I was really impressed with the MBC facility at Dubai Studio City, which I had the pleasure of visiting last month. Over the years, I have visited several TV centres, ...
Last month, BroadcastPro ME was delighted to join several industry leaders for the inaugural edition of the Al Jazeera Leaders Summit.Al Jazeera Media Network has been known for thinking out ...
The 12-camera OB van will be stationed in Riyadh to service clients in the Kingdom.Dubai-based 7 Production will open its first office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ...
Nart Bouran, CEO of SNA (extreme right) in Cairo announces a series of initiatives to celebrate the network's fifth anniversary.Sky News Arabia (SNA) has planned a ...
Dubai-based English language channel City 7 TV, which has been operational since 2004, has finally succumbed to the pressures of the economic downturn and stopped broadcasting on April 20 at midnight, ...
The growth of cloud and industrialised services, and the decline of traditional data centre outsourcing (DCO) indicate a massive shift toward hybrid infrastructure services, according to Gartner, Inc.In a report ...
From left: Mohammed Shehata and Ramy Gamal of Systems Design with Samir Isbaih of Pebble Beach Systems and Khaled Raouf, Chairman - Technology at K.A.R. Inc.Saudi ...
Al Jazeera Media Network has announced the launch of an experimental platform called Kimchi for digital radio. The platform, which AJMN claims is a first of its kind, consists of ...
Twofour54 has deployed a Spectra BlackPearl Converged Storage System and Spectra T120 Tape Library, coupled with Avid Interplay Archive Software, to meet the companys digital archiving needs. Spectra Logics T120 with ...
The Forsaty campaign jury.Unilever has launched a campaign in partnership with YouTube to discover the next female vlogging star in the GCC region.The two-month campaign, called ...
Jordans state radio broadcaster, JRTV Corp., will revamp its existing radio automation and broadcast installations with NETIA Radio Assist 8. NETIA will provide the organisation with state-of-the-art production, scheduling, workflow ...
MBC Group has signed a joint venture agreement with HSE24 to establish a home shopping company in the GCC.The HSE24 Group is an international omnichannel home shopping company, which operates ...
Telestream has announced its agreement to acquire IneoQuest, a major leader in video quality monitoring and analytics solutions for content distribution across managed and unmanaged networks. Founded in 2001, IneoQuest ...
Majed Suwaidi, Managing Director of Dubai Media City.Dubai Media City partnered with Dubai Lynx to enable the sustained growth of the regions thriving media and creative ...
