No conference is complete without a discussion on monetisation. Our high-profile OTT discussion at the BroadcastPro Summit explored strategies for content localisation, partnerships, collaborations, user engagement, and the integration of...
Citing violations of national values, RTÜK has taken the programmes off air for a period of two weeks due to their violent content.
In recent years the streaming industry has witnessed a significant shift in viewer preferences, with free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) surging in popularity. According to a recent Omdia report, while...
Industry experts gathered for a roundtable organised by BroadcastPro ME and Cleeng in Dubai to discuss how to future-proof their OTT services.
The inaugural BroadcastPro KSA summit brought together regional experts to take a closer look at personalised content strategies, diverse monetisation models and cutting-edge technologies driving the OTT landscape in the...
Streaming services acknowledge that personalisation is the cornerstone of an enhanced entertainment experience. However, its efficacy hinges on a raft of factors that shape its success or failure. In a...
With major streaming services raising their prices and clamping down on subscriptions, more customers, especially millennials, are turning to FAST channels.
How do broadcasters chart a steady course as turbulence and disruption become the new normal? Streaming, in particular, has upended broadcast business models in the region. In a special CEO...
Exploring and analysing efficient content delivery methods, safeguarding content through anti-piracy measures, leveraging data-driven insights in OTT and addressing the technical challenges associated with live streaming were debated at the...
The sports media industry in the Arab world is rapidly evolving due to a slew of emerging tech and swiftly changing viewer trends. Market leaders discuss the state of the...
As formats compete to dictate trends in a diverse MENA environment, what is the nature of content production? Content experts discuss new trends, upcoming business models, changing consumer behaviours and...
As the OTT media space becomes increasingly competitive, industry professionals at the ASBU BroadcastPro Summit discussed ways to improve viewer engagement and monetisation to stay in the race.
A cutting-edge digital media hub has emerged in Dubai, designed to meet the demands of a tech-savvy, digitally immersed Arab audience. With a strong focus on providing content optimised for...
StarzPlay has evolved over the years from being solely an OTT player in the MENA market to offering its robust tech platform to telcos and studios, both locally and globally....
Ahead of IBC, Jonas Engwall, CEO at Bedrock Streaming talks to BroadcastPro ME, discusses the company's unwavering commitment to streaming and delves into their strategic approach, highlighting how it positions...
How do broadcasters offset the stratospheric ticket cost of sporting rights? Can sports subscribers be converted into entertainment consumers? And how can value leaks be plugged? A panel of MENA...
Technology has shaped the development of streaming, but can it keep pace with the fast-evolving needs of the industry?
From niche content to data-driven personalisation at every level, streaming players are using a variety of tactics to bring in new audiences. Delegates at the BroadcastPro ME summit were given...
OTT transformed the digital landscape for brands, content creators and broadcasters – and the pandemic transformed OTT. A recent roundtable, hosted by BroadcastPro ME in conjunction with Edgio (formerly Limelight),...
In two years, a lot has changed within the world of entertainment, with the onset of Covid leading to companies adopting different strategies for survival and growth.
With OTT having moved into mainstream entertainment and fewer people watching linear channels, broadcasters’ models and strategies must adapt to fit ever-changing interests. The IP Studios Future of Sports Broadcasting...
Cashing in on the thrills of watching trained race camels mounted with robotic jockeys galloping at 70km/h and the spills of F1 cars hurtling around a track, video pirate sports...
Producing and distributing children’s content has been their forte for the last decade. Now the founders of Jordan’s PG Studios have launched a MENA streaming service for kids, aiming to...
While the entertainment industry is abuzz with how streaming services have altered the viewing experience forever, these players remain newcomers in the e-commerce space. Pure e-commerce players have been taking...
The popular CEO panel was back at the ASBU BroadcastPro Summit, with industry stakeholders examining the status quo and discussing their plans for 2022 and strategies to maintain a commercially...
As content continues to drive consumption across a panoramic OTT backdrop, a panel of experts at the ASBU BroadcastPro Summit explored strategies to entertain the diverse audiences of the MENA...
Heba Korayem discusses why Netflix had to take down 'The Good Doctor' in MENA and navigates content rights in the region.
With the rise in prominence of streaming services, winning share of time, mind and wallet has become critical in an increasingly crowded market. This panel explored new strategies and discussed...
Content acquisition experts have a tough job ahead of them, between balancing budgets and securing a continuous stream of content that keeps their subscribers on the platform. At the MENA...
At the MENA OTT conference hosted by BroadcastPro Middle East, a panel of industry experts discussed emerging global and MENA business models to make streaming services commercially viable, the role...
Viu recently announced impressive growth numbers for H1 2021, especially in Southeast Asia. BroadcastPro ME caught up with Rohit D’silva, Chief Business Officer for Middle East and South Africa, to...
BroadcastPro Middle East, in association with Limelight, recently hosted a roundtable exploring new trends in the streaming market and the role of CDNs in offering a better user experience. We...
The BroadcastPro Tech Summit opened with a keynote presentation from the OSN team: Zahra Zayat, Senior VP – OTT Digital and Telco, and Peter Riz, CTO of the pay-TV network....
With the Covid-19 outbreak creating a huge appetite for binge-watching services, entertainment platforms experienced massive traffic, compelling media houses to ramp up their in-house technology services to cope with the...
Rights, monetisation, distribution deals, fan engagement and piracy are some of the most critical discussions around sport today. Industry experts navigated them within a MENA context at the Future of...
Social media platforms play a big role in the sports ecosystem, helping rights owners to increase audiences through fan engagement and extending the traditional narrative. This panel at the Future...
Covid-19 brought the world to a standstill and forced people to stay at home, resulting in an accelerated demand for online entertainment. The OTT Leaders’ Panel brought together panellists who...
2020 brought a lot of unexpected change that will perhaps continue into 2021 – but some solution providers and broadcasters have had time to take stock of the situation and...
In an exclusive interview with Vijaya Cherian, Shahid CTO Dominic Farrell and Head of Digital Infrastructure Adriaan Bloem talk about what led MBC to install a private CDN and what...
In an exclusive interview with Vijaya Cherian, TikTok's Head of Video and Creative Rami Zeidan discusses how the app is attracting content creators, audiences and businesses to its platform in...
Intigral was unfazed when a complete lockdown was announced in late March in Dubai. With most of its Ramadan productions ready owing to early planning and the launch of Jawwy...
Broadcast services provider and integrator Prolane, which has offices in Lebanon and Dubai, has developed a platform called Streamlane together with Open Broadcast Systems, based on the RIST protocol. In...
StarzPlay has been hailed as a success story in the MENA region, with more subscribers than Netflix and Shahid Plus – the other members of the region’s big three. The...
The scalable solutions announced are Aquila Streaming’, ‘Cygnus 360° Events’, ‘Cygnus Contribution’ and ‘Cygnus Distribution’, which will enable service providers, operators, content owners, and broadcasters to launch new offerings without...
With per capita consumption of social media across the MENA among the highest in the globe, the second panel discussion on OTT and social media made for compelling listening at...
From left: Onur Alp Aydin, Business Development Manager with Ahmed Nureni, Director, Business Development, Qanawat.With programmatic TV as represented by VOD and YouTube poised to account...
Benjamin Ampen, Managing Director, Twitter MENA.Video on Twitter has emerged as a key revenue earner for the microblogging site in the region. Managing Director Benjamin Ampen of Twitter MENA explains...
Hisham Arafat, Managing Director of CMT Technologies.The fully customised end-to-end OTT solution for nine HD channels and six radio channels at Saudi Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), is not...
Sanjay Salil, Managing Director of MediaGuruHuawei, Dubai recently deployed a centralised solution to manage its media assets and push content on IPTV and OTT platforms. Huawei's...
(From left) Khaled Benchouche and Saleem Bhatti, Starz Play.In the last two years, the Starz Play team has been working towards shedding its software fat and...
Nadine Samra.Zee's new VOD portal Z5 Weyyak offers Hindi and Arabic drama series and Bollywood content to cater to Arab audiences worldwide. In an exclusive interview...
Starz Play Arabia recently launched its 4K UHD direct-to-consumer service becoming the first SVOD service provider to do so in the MENA region. BroadcastPro ME brings you details of the technology...
