MBC CEO Sam Barnett resigns after 17 years at the company
Waleed Al Ibrahim, Chairman of MBC Group added that the network is looking to identify Sam’s successor "from a pool of top industry executives with global expertise".
Waleed Al Ibrahim, Chairman of MBC Group added that the network is looking to identify Sam’s successor "from a pool of top industry executives with global expertise".
Maite Ventura is the new Managing Director – MENA of the world’s top-performing football league, Spain’s La Liga – but is she a woman alone in a man’s world, or ...
Axient Digital was several years in the making before its release late last year, with Dubai rental house SLS Productions investing in the region’s first Axient ADX system. In an ...
Around 132 films from 39 countries have been selected to be screened from a total of 1,454 submissions from 86 countries, across seven categories. Screening venues in Sharjah as well ...
“A robust cloud-based solution ensures digital assets are not only protected but also reusable for the future.”
Designed and manufactured in the UK to aerospace standards, the Titan X2 represents the latest in LED technology. The product will be available from November with UAE distributor Advanced Media.
A statement from the satellite operator said: "Arabsat warns against inaccurate media statements and reports in the face of final court rulings. Based on its belief in the rule of ...
Lack of exposure and incentive are major factors that contribute to unequal representation of women engineers in the broadcast field.
The facility in New Delhi can monitor up to 1,000 channels with 24x7 support, and is powered by a playout monitoring platform in the cloud.
The deal will see Discovery produce content for Egypt Tourism on a global level, making the channel its only non-news network partner for the duration of the campaign from August ...
Since 2004, the World Teleport Organisation has been publishing the Top Teleport Operators rankings to draw attention to the important, often unsung, role of satellite service providers. WTA Executive Director ...
This year, the African Cup of Nations in Egypt made history with special 4K coverage of 10 of its 52 matches, based on a 24-camera set-up.
Today, a mix of technologies are employed to cover live events over a multiservice communications link. The power of IP makes this possible.
YuppTV came quietly onto the MENA scene two years ago, and has gone from strength to strength under the leadership of Zahra Zayat, VP and Head of MENA.
Dubai producer Kinjal Tanna took on an extreme challenge: filming wing walking at 1,500ft at 300km/h, to test the grit of Vatika Naturals styling gel. Tanna tells Rachel Dawson how ...
R&S SpycerPAM supports numerous video processing tools, including Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Avid Pro Tools and Avid Media Composer.
The 48-hour competition will kick off on October 17 at AM Studio in Al Quoz with all films to be submitted within 48 hours on October 19, 2019.
The event will highlight Dubai's position as the region’s "most sought-after destination" for creating, distributing, selling and buying high valued media and entertainment content.
The latest version includes the company’s recently launched monitoring and analytics tool, Sense.
The analysis showed that the difference in usage between cord-cutters and average subscribers rose from 14% six months before the event to 20% in the month immediately prior and 30% ...
In keeping with the rising demand for film projects in the UAE, Icon Art has revamped its kit and studio facilities as part of a $4m investment. CEO Zakir Hussain ...
The film Son-Mother/ Pesar-Madar, co-produced by Kaveh Farnam, CEO of Dubai-based distributor Advanced Media will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this September.
For the first time ever, a Dubai production house is trotting the globe with the FIA Formula One World Championship to bring exclusive content to dedicated fans in the Middle ...
Emily Pooley, Artem’s Senior Technician and Director of Marketing and Sales, went to Bali where the show was filmed with her colleague, Adam Sawatzki. Below she describes their experience.
The satellite was launched at 09:13 (GMT) on Monday from the Sriharikota space station. The spacecraft has entered the Earths orbit, where it will stay for 23 days before it ...
The new partnership will give QST access to BeINs worldwide network, with the company currently operating across five continents and 43 countries.
For the first time, the opening match and the final are being broadcast in 4K, using HEVC encoding. In total there are 52 matches being held in four cities across ...
Image Nation's latest production, Emirati body-swapping film Rashid & Rajab, has attracted international attention with a sales agent secured at Cannes. The films producers share their experience with Rachel Dawson.
This commission is tasked with analysing the reasons for the failure and identifying the measures needed to resume Vega flights while fulfilling all safety and security conditions.
VR offers enormous flexibility to change the look andfeel of sets, offering endless possibilities in news presentation. Sky News Arabia has employed the latest virtual ...
The SF3 Series RED Mini-Mag Pro Card Reader features dual card slots and a 40Gbps Thunderbolt 3 interface. RED Mini-Mags are the official SSD media for RED Digital Still ...
Exterity will make its Mediatech Africa debut on July 17-19 at Stand F31, Ticketpro Dome, Johannesburg. The company will display a number of solutions including the ArtioGuest, ArtioSign, AvediaStream g4400 ...
Vijaya Cherian, Editorial Director, BroadcastPro ME. BeIN Sports let go of a fifth of its staff last month, and OSN, which has been trimming its staff ...
In his new role, Williams will oversee the technical and commercial performance of the projects department and make a strategic contribution to overall business growth.
"Our cost-effective, hassle-free and one-stop licensing regime is a key reason for attracting media professionals and investors to register with RAKEZ Media Zone," said Ramy Jallad, Group CEO, RAKEZ.
The addition of HDR is consistent with NEPs stated strategy to expand its reach within broadcast services and media solutions and increases the company's ability to serve its clients in ...
VSAT-enabled maritime vessels are estimated to grow in number from over 20,000 vessels in 2018 to over 75,000 by 2028, and to generate almost $42bn in ...
The surge in viewers is credited to an increased lineup of content especially during Ramadan, improvements to the production and technology, and a better digital strategy. MBC will accelerate investment ...
Constantinos Papavassilopoulos, Associate Director, IHS Markit Technology. The pay-TV and over-the-top (OTT) subscription markets in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have followed divergent ...
The analyst says revenue for maritime service providers is estimated to exceed 2,5 billion dollars by 2025. Among the general trends, we will see the emergence of the smart ship ...
The company will be demonstrating its multi-cloud management platform in Asia for the first time at booth 6N2-08, BroadcastAsia.
The company will demonstrate its software-defined ingest server and how content creators are using its servers to deliver multi-format productions at its stand 4S4-08.
This year, Yamaha and Sennheiser collaborated to enable seamless integration between the Yamaha CL and QL series consoles and the Sennheiser Digital 6000.
Our legal panel brought together high-profile lawyers representing media houses from the UAE, Egypt, India and the UK to address some of the key issues that plague the industry.
Titled Fighting Back: Using Technology to Shield Media Assets, the second panel discussion, moderated by Ahmed Abbas of DigiSay, addressed the need to shield media assets using technology.
From left: Christodoulos Protopapas, CEO of Hellas Sat;Dr Omar Olaian R Alaidda, Chairman of the Hellas Sat Board and , Technical Director at Hellas Sat. Hellas ...
From Left: Robert Lakos, founder of Deleel TV; Farah Ramadan, Digital Planning Manager at MBC Group; Manoj Mathew, Territory Head MENA, Pakistan & Turkey for Zee ...
These include a mix of scripted and unscripted projects. The programs reflect the breadth and depth of talent and storytelling available across Africa.
The show will be available on beINs YouTube and Facebook channels, whilst fans can also follow her journey on social media using the hashtag #beINSPIRED19.
Vijaya Cherian, Editorial Director, BroadcastPro ME. How time flies! BroadcastPro Middle East will be nine this July and SatellitePro seven. I thought this would be a ...
The satellites GX7, 8 & 9, are optimised for real-time mobility and have beams that direct capacity over high-demand areas.
This iteration of the Womens World Cup is expected to be the biggest in terms of profile and commercial opportunity to date.
The company will highlight products from a range of key application areas including live production, IP infrastructure, workflow solutions at stand 4R2-01.
The company will display its solutions at booth 4T3-01 on Level 4, BroadcastAsia, Suntec, Singapore from June 18 to 20, 2019.
Four-time Emmy-winning producer and five-time PromaxBDA Gold award-winner, Nicole Hendrix shares the art of creating the perfect pitch and the power of crowdfunding in the MENA market.
Data insights based on 270,000 viewers votes enabled FNG to develop recommendation algorithms with pattern discovery and trend analysis based on historical data.
The soon-to-release documentary will take viewers behind the scenes of several political parties' campaign rooms and present a ringside view of gargantuan political rallies.
Cinegy will showcase its product solutions at stand 4F2-03, BroadcastAsia, Suntec Singapore, 18-20 June 2019.
The new platform that supports digital video broadcasting satellite systems and digital satellite newsgathering will be on display at stand 1M2-01, BroadcastAsia 2019, Singapore.
The Steadicam M-2 expands the open architecture of the Steadicam M-1 with new lighter weight components in a mix-and-match configurable system to meet any camera operators needs.