News

October 7, 2010

A free-to-air, Arabic version of Cartoon Network will be available from October 10 to viewers in the Arab world. The announcement was made by Alan Musa, vice president and general...

LBCI opts for Harris

October 5, 2010

Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI) recently undertook a major upgrade at its Beirut facility to streamline its workflow and facilitate programming delivery across multiple platforms. The bulk of the equipment...

David Butorac named Marc-Antoine’s successor at OSN

David Butorac has succeeded Marc-Antoine d’Halluin as CEO of Dubai-based Orbit Showtime Network (OSN) from October 1, Panther Media Group (PMG), the company that operates OSN announced.Butorac was most recently...

Twofour54 and Al Jazeera Children’s Channel tie

Captain Karim Qitar Al Hekayat, a new Arabic language production from twofour54, will be broadcast on Baraem TV, a preschool channel from Al Jazeera Children's Channel (JCC) early next year...

Mike Whittaker bids adieu to OSN

Mike Whittaker resigned from his position as VP of broadcast operations at Orbit Showtime Network (OSN) and is due to join Technicolor's broadcast services business in the UK as VP of...

Qvest wins Al Jazeera Training Centre contract

Qatar-based Al Jazeera Network recently awarded one of the most hotly-contested projects in the region to Dubai-based systems integrator Qvest Media FZ LLC. According to the deal, Qvest will put...

DPA Mics appoints Dubai distributor

Melody House Musical Instruments will be DPA Microphones' new distributor in Dubai. The appointment is part of a rebranding process that will see Melody House move into the pro-audio sector...

ARABSAT increases satellite capacity with new launches

Arabsat’s 5A and Badr-5 satellites, which were handed over recently by Astrium and Thales Alenia Space as part of an in-orbit delivery contract, have entered commercial service and will now...

twofour54 unveils INTAJI programme

Abu Dhabi's media free zone twofour54 has launched an employment and traineeship programme called ‘intaji' for UAE nationals. The 12-month programme, which will use twofour54's state-of-the-art production facility to train...

DMI mulls archiving

Dubai Media Inc. (DMI) recently issued a major tender for an extensive archival project. The first part of the project is aimed at creating a digital workflow, where staff can...

Coach building facility launches in Dubai

DotCast has launched a 12,000 sq.ft coach building facility in Dubai. The faciility is the first-of-its-kind in the Middle East and claims that it can provide fully-fitted OB vans at...

WASP3D makes successful entry into Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi Media Company (ADMC) recently deployed a WASP3D solution to enable the live coverage and presentation of its EPL and UFL championships. Besides supplying the solution, WASP3D helped integrate...

Media-Alliance powers Intigral

Media-Alliance has completed a station upgrade for Dubai-based broadcaster Intigral, a Saudi Telecom-Astro Malaysia joint venture broadcasting more than 200 international chan-nels as well as VoD services. Intigral’s setup had been...

NU-Q builds new studios

Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q), which offers undergraduate degree programmes in communications and journalism, has recently awarded a project for a three-camera HD studio, a newsroom facility and an end-to-end...

Al Jazeera opts for Streambox

Al Jazeera recently deployed a family of IP encoding and server products from Stream-box for up to 20 of its Arabic language bureaux. Armed with only a laptop running the...

INC undertakes upgrade for Qatari sports channel

Kuwait-based systems integrator INC has been contracted to undertake a major upgrade for Al Dawri and Al Kass TV. The project will see the SI upgrade the Qatari sports channel’s...

Arab Media Corporation builds studio in Riyadh

September 1, 2010

Saudi-based Arab Media Corporation, the parent company of Arab Radio & Television (ART) has contracted UK-based systems integrator ATG broadcast to design, supply, install and commission a studio for the...

UBMS joins IABM

September 1, 2010

Dubai-based distributor United Broadcast and Media Solutions (UBMS) has set a new mile-stone by being the first in the Middle East to become an official corporate member of IABM. "We are...

ERTU opts for Quantel

Egyptian state broadcaster ERTU has purchased a Quantel Enterprise sQ system to handle its entire news production needs as it transitions to HD operation. The order was placed with Quantel through...

Archion expands to Middle East

US-based storage solutions provider Archion Technologies has appointed EMEA Gateway as its business partner in the Middle East region. This appointment is aimed at accelerating the com-pany’s reach into markets...

Graham Day joins ATG Broadcast as MD

Graham Day has joined ATG broadcast as MD from July 1. Prior to joining ATG Broadcast, Day worked in Abu Dhabi as a technical consultant for Al Dafrah Group. He...

AL Jazeera expands ingest, editing and playout for FIFA cup

Dubai-based systems integrator Qvest Media, who had installed a new tapeless ingest, editing and playout solution for Al Jazeera Sports in Doha, Qatar last year and expanded its playout channels...

DU announces SVOD service

du Broadcast Services has teamed up with On Demand Group, a three-screen video enabler to launch a fully-managed subscription video-on-demand offering. The new SVOD TV service adds to the transactional...

Salam Medicast wins Bahrain TV project

SI Salam MediaCast was recently awarded a contract for the supply, installation, commissioning and training of a HD three-camera virtual studio for Bahrain TV. The installation is scheduled for completion...

Qvest Media and Junger Audio Tie

Dynamics processing specialist Junger Audio has ap-pointed Dubai-based distributor and systems integra-tor Qvest Media FZ LLC to handle the distribution of its entire product range in the Middle East. According to...

Cartoon Network plans Arabic Channel

Cartoon Network will launch an Arabic version of its channel later this year. The channel recently announced that it would open a training academy for animation at twofour54, Abu Dhabi. "There’s...

BSkyB mulls Arabic news channel

BSkyB is in talks to broadcast a 24-hour news service in Arabic from Abu Dhabi, according to the Financial Times. The project will be a 50-50 owned joint venture with a...

Boomtown captures the Queen in 16mm

Dubai-based Boomtown Productions recently produced a 30-minute documentary on the camel beauty pageant in the Western region of Abu Dhabi on 16mm. The film, which was meant to be an "artistic...

Said Bacho promoted to VP of Mesa, Harris