Signiant announced at NAB that the Xbox 360(R) video game platform and Zune digital media player developers at Microsoft will use Signiant's content distribution management system to help enable the...
The National Association of Broadcasters claimed it had 92,708 registered attendees this year compared to last year, where attendance was 88,044.Content professionals from across the globe flock to the NAB...
Al Kass is adding to its outside broadcast capabilities with two large outside broadcast trucks being built by Grass Valley. The two trucks and their support vehicles, together valued at...
Silver Ant animation studios and Al Jazeera Childrens Channel (JCC) launched the co-produced animated feature film SEEFOOD at MIPTV 2011...
Business and news channel Eqtisadia TV, which previously had its office in Dubai has relocated its headquarters to Saudi Arabia. Dubai-based systems integrator Qvest was contracted to relocate the broadcasters...
Short fiction films from Bahrain will be showcased at the fourth Gulf Film Festival in Dubai. The two Bahraini films shortlisted from...
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) will run its Middle East operations from Dubai Studio City (DSC).SPT had...
Orange Business Services has signed a three-year agreement with Orbit Showtime Network to provide IT and telecoms network services to the company, across the Middle East. Under the agreement, OSN...
Viewers in Egypt can now benefit from the Orbit Showtime Network bouquet after an agreement was concluded last weekend between the...
At least 11 Arab films including Emirati, Egyptian, Palestinian, Moroccan and Jordanian films - from the seventh edition of the Dubai International...
Sky News Arabia, a joint venture between UK-based BSkyB and Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corporation (ADMIC), has contracted Television Systems Limited (TSL) to undertake the integration of a turnkey HD...
Tedial will provide Oman TV with a large Media Asset Management (MAM) solution to manage its digital archive and production workflows. The...
The Gulf Film Festival has announced two eminent jury panels comprising filmmakers, authors and critics to select standout voices in local, regional, and international short...
OSN has announced a breakthrough service called SAUDI HOME CINEMA a premium on demand service that brings the...
OTT-to-the-TV viewers will outnumber IPTV viewers by 2013, according to recent research from Informa Telecoms & Media.Informa forecasts that by 2015, 380 million people globally will view online video via...
After a long period in limbo, BroadcastPro Middle East has learnt that a decision was officially taken yesterday to dissolve Baynounah in Abu Dhabi.Baynounah presently employs close to 390 people....
Experimental filmmaker Gérard Courant, who holds the world record for the longest film ever made, the 156-hour Cinématon, will be in the spotlight at the...
Moroccos state-backed broadcaster Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision (SNRT) has chosen Net Insight for expanding its existing Digital Terrestrial TV network.Net Insight won this order in partnership...
Abu Dhabi Media Company adopted a new name and took on a new logo ahead of the Abu Dhabi Media Summit as part of a new corporate branding exercise. The...
Jampro Antennas has been awarded a major contract from Jordan Radio & TV (JRTV) to supply broadcast antenna systems and related transmission equipment to upgrade four systems in the Hashemite...
Speaking at the opening conversation of the Abu Dhabi Media Summit ...
Less than 1% of online content is in Arabic although there are more than 344 million Arabic speakers worldwide and it is the seventh-most popular...
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In a groundbreaking move, Warner Bros. is looking to provide video rentals on Facebook through the official web sites of select movies. Unfortunately, the service will only be available to...
Abu Dhabi based systems integrator Tek Signals has acquired Qatar Signals, the broadcasting and systems integration arm of IT company, Middle East Data Systems (MDS), BroadcastPro ME can reveal.The acquisition...
Saudi-based healthcare channel SEHA TV has contracted Dubai-based Advanced Media Trading to undertake...
Al Shahaniya racetrack, Qatars premier camel racing venue located 25 kilometres Northwest of Doha, has upgraded and expanded Trilogy Communications Commander intercom system. The Trilogy system was supplied and installed...
Contrary to reports in various local publications today, Apple will not open...
James Cameron will kick off the Abu Dhabi Media Summit, which will be held from March 15-17, with a keynote conversation with James Murdoch, Chairman and Chief Executive, Europe and Asia,...
Dubai-based MBC Group has purchased a Quantel Genetic Engineering shared workflow infrastructure for its three Quantel eQ online finishing systems. The deal also includes a Sam, which will enable other...
Fujairah Media Group (FMG), the Fujairah-based Broadcasting Corporation formed as a joint venture between the Fujairah Cultural and Media Authority and Arab International Media Services, plans to launch at least...
Hassan Chahine, who has, thus far, been chief technology officer (CTO) of Dubai Media Inc. (DMI)...
Omans Ministry of Information has issued a tender for the design, engineering, integration, supply, delivery and commissioning of a full-HD OB van.The OB van is to be used for live...
MBC has confirmed a deal with set top box manufacturer Technosat to BroadcastPro Middle East.Early last month, BroadcastPro...
MBC has signed a deal with set top box (STB) manufacturer Technosat, Broadcast Pro...
Tobe Hooper, the director behind the legendary classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre as well as...
Abu Dhabis content generation zone Twofour54 will bring Tropfest, Australias largest short film festival and competition, to the UAE capital this November. Tropfest Arabia was announced at the annual Sydney...
Dubai rental firm AV Concepts, which is responsible for corporate and live performance events, recently...
Dubai-based Showtech Rentals has recently purchased a wireless...
Saudi Arabias Ministry of Culture and Information (MOCI) will be equipped with Harris solutions at four of its new HD studio facilities. Systems integrator First Gulf Company undertook the installation.The...
80% of Qatar-based systems integrator Salam MediaCast has been acquired by Media Group, a subsidiary of Ghanim Bin Saad Al Saad & Sons Group Holdings (GSSG). The acquisition is thought...
SVS Telekom will distribute and support the entire Thomson Video Networks product range in the Turkey and the Middle East.Thomson Video Networks has appointed SVS Telekom as a value-added reseller...
Oman will be the first to deploy Harris' new Selenio infrastructure to migrate from traditional broadcast to HD.Omantel, the service provider for the Ministry of Information (MOI) in the Sultanate...
Bahrain-based satellite service provider NOORSAT is powering its growth with an extensive and flexible Thomson headend technology solution. Thomson has worked with NOORSAT over the last two years to scale...
Hitachi Kokusai Europe will exhibit the new Hitachi DK-Z50 an economical, compact, multi-format, HDTV box camera at CABSAT MENA 2011The high performance DK-Z50 is ideal for graphics stand, point of...
UAE-based MBC Network will launch a bouquet of HD channels by this summer, BroadcastPro Middle East can reveal.BroadcastPro ME has learnt that three channels are tentatively scheduled to be launched...
Autoscript will celebrate a record year of Middle East sales, while presenting a variety of high performance solutions at CABSAT, including its high brightness LED TFT flat screens, and portable...
Vision IPTV will officially launch a commercial and technical hub in Dubai, UAE at CABSAT MENA on February 9. The launch follows the recent £10m Chinese investment deal with its...
Abu Dhabi Media Company (ADMC) has announced the departure of Chief Executive Officer Ed Borgerding. After three years in the role, Borgerding leaves the company to focus on independent projects.ADMCs...
FUJINON is now able to deploy dedicated 'Technical Service-Engineer's' on short notice to provide onsite service & maintenance including training to its customers throughout the Middle East region.The company plans...
Mark Billinge, former director of Broadcast Operations at OSN has been promoted to new Vice President of Broadcast Engineering and Operations. (BO+E), BroadcastPro has learnt. Billinge has taken over from...
KIT digital, Inc. and its recently acquired business, Megahertz Broadcast Systems Ltd (MHz), an international systems integrator, will showcase the companys combined broadcast systems integrations services and IP-based solutions for...
CABSAT authorities claim that its two-day programme will be a lot better than it has been in previus years. The conference will feature industry leaders from some of the most...
Argosy has been awarded the contract to become the master distributor in the Middle East for Hamlet, a leading provider of television broadcast test, measurement and monitoring devices, for digital,...
Following its acquisition by Francisco Partners, Grass Valley has announced a new executive team which will be headquartered in San Francisco, California.Leading the team as President and CEO will be...
Abu Dhabi Media Company (ADMC) made several staff across all departments redundant last week. The move was part of the companys efforts to streamline and improve our operations, according to...
Abu Dhabi Media Company (ADMC) has installed two SGL FlashNet archive systems as part of a major expansion project. The SGL archives, which are both under the control of Harris...
iPhone users can now access their favourite Abu Dhabi Radio Network (ADRN) stations including Abu Dhabi Classic FM, Star FM, Quran Kareem, Emarat FM and Abu Dhabi FM, thanks to...
Canon Middle East will be exhibiting independently at CABSAT this year for the first time, BroadcastPro Middle East has learnt.Speaking exclusively to BroadcastPro ME, Hendrik Verbrugghe, marketing director, Canon Middle...
Francisco Partners, a technology-focused investment company, has completed the acquisition of the Grass Valley Broadcast & Professional business. As of January 1, 2011 Grass Valley began doing business as an...
