DFI to fund 12 MENA films
A scene from the film Speed Sisters.Doha Film Institute (DFI) has announced the recipients of its Spring 2014 grants that include 12 projects from the Middle East ...
A scene from the film Speed Sisters.Doha Film Institute (DFI) has announced the recipients of its Spring 2014 grants that include 12 projects from the Middle East ...
Smoke2015 native support.With the arrival of the 2015 version of Flame, Autodesk seems to have brought the software back on track, says Alistair Rankine. He gives ...
Indian film Baby was shot in Abu Dhabi.Abu Dhabi has hosted the production of a second big-budget Bollywood film in collaboration with twofour54 intaj.Titled Baby and directed ...
With evolving broadcast technology, disaster recoveryhas taken the software approach and broadcasters are investingin multi-site operations for data to be synchronised across the globeWeve all heard the phrase Disaster Recovery ...
Abdullah Hamdan Bin Dalmook, CEO of Hamdan Bin Mohammed Heritage Centre.Hamdan Bin Mohammed Heritage Centre (HHC) has officially launched a radio station at the frequency of ...
Eleuterio Fernandes, Exterity.Security is key in professional IPTV and is likely to become more important as the reach of these services grows. Eleuterio Fernandes sheds light ...
Ali Mostafa with the crew of From A to B.City of Life Director Ali Mostafa, who recently wrapped up the filming and post production work on ...
Registration for IBC Content Everywhere MENA is now open. The event will take place in Dubai on 20-22 January 2015 at the Madinat Jumeirah. IBC Content Everywhere MENA will provide a ...
Saraya Abdeen (The Palace) behind-the-scenes.TV drama is a fast-evolving genre in the MENA region, and increasingly viewed as a major revenue generator. With their eye on ...
Without doubt, the rise of citizen journalism has transformed traditional means of newsgathering and dissemination. A new breed of public citizens and independent media are leveraging the latest advances in ...
Paul Wallis, Director of Sales, Middle East, Imagine Communications.Egyptian Media and Production City (EMPC) has selected Imagine Communications Nexio AMP video servers to update six of its studios. ...
Jac Mulder.Film Director Jac Mulder, long time resident of Dubai and co-owner of Muddville Post & Production, has received the award for Best Feature Comedy at ...
The audiovisual market in the Middle East, among the fastest-growing in the world, is set to reach USD 4.63 billion by 2016, according to trade association InfoComm International.Driven by large ...
For the first time in decades the World Cup coincided with Ramadan, so there was much speculation as to what the impact might be. Would it be a month of ...
The Blue Elephant, Arabic cinemas latest blockbuster, is set to be released in the UAE on 14 August. Details of the film and the production, which has taken the Egyptian ...
Tedial will unveil its new Media Exchange Platform (MEP) at IBC.The multiscreen explosion means that broadcasters and telcos are faced with an unprecedented and often unpredictable increase in the amount ...
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K.Blackmagic Design has announced the immediate availability of Camera 1.9 software which includes new heads up display on screen metering that provides customers ...
TV Zimbo migrated to HD with VSN.VSN and British systems integrator VSC have executed the migration of Angolan channel TV Zimbo to HD.Part of the Medianova ...
Pronology, a developer of cutting-edge tapeless workflow solutions, will feature its comprehensive integration and Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings at the 2014 IBC Show (Hall 10, Stand A26). In ...
Luc Doneux, Executive Vice President Sports Division, EVS.Smart devices, coupled with ubiquitous broadband connectivity, is transforming the way we consume media and this is something that ...
Jordan has blocked nine unlicensed news websites. The blocked websites, include 7iber, Arabic for ink, an interactive website that published reports and features from contributors seeking to promote free speech and ...
Canon Middle East has appointed Creative Force to expand it professional video business in Iraq. Focused on the broadcast and production industry, the collaboration is part of Canons strategy of ...
Moustapha Bekheet, Head of Mazika.Mazika, a homegrown Arabic music streaming service from Egypt, launched in the MENA region recently. Vibhuti Arora finds out what drives it ...
IBC has revised the dates of its inaugural Middle East event in the UAE in light of the recent announcement confirming the Abu Dhabi Media Summit powered by twofour54 dates.Following ...
Bahrain-based news channel Al Arab is being built around two Viz Mosart studio automation systems from Vizrt. The independent 24/7 news channel is expected to be launched this year in ...
Al Jazeera English, Doha newsroom.Al Jazeera Media Networks is reportedly considering an investment in the Mediaset Premium pay-TV arm of Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset.Sheikh Ali Bin ...
Parts of the set used for filming the latest instalment of the Star Wars franchise in Abu Dhabi are set to be displayed in a museum in the UAE capital, it was reported ...
Selenio Flex GUI.Imagine Communications will showcase the latest innovations in its integrated, end-to-end solutions portfolio at the BroadcastAsia 2014.Visitors to the Imagine Communications stand will experience ...
Twofour54 and Image Nation Abu Dhabi highlighted the UAEs importance as a film and television hub during a meeting with top Hollywood Executives.Senior delegates from both entities discussed the growing ...
Tektronix, a broadcast video test, monitoring and analysis solutions provider, has announced the addition of new monitoring capabilities to its Sentry family of digital content monitors. These new capabilities will ...
DoP mario Delic with focus puller Mohammad Badran on the sets of The Brothers.Dubbed as a one-of-its-kind production for its scale and style, big-budget Syrian drama ...
A participant from the reality series 'I am a Nat Geo photographer'.National Geographic Abu Dhabis I am Nat Geo Photographer brings one of National Geographic Channels ...
Ian Trow is Senior Director of Emerging Technology and Strategy at Harmonic.While NHK and the Japanese government have been very proactive in promoting 8K, the format may ...
BroadcastPro Middle East celebrated its fourth anniversary at Rixos The Palm Dubai on May 20, 2014. The party brought together more than 150 industry specialists, including systems integrators, manufacturers and ...
Al Jazeera Media Network has been broadcasting from several underreported locations around the world using Quicklink technology. Some of the most recent news stories that made the headlines include the ...
David Butorac, CEO, OSN.With the number of illegitimate broadcast services on the rise in the Middle East and several online portals offering unlimited entertainment dirt cheap, ...
The UAE pavilion at Cannes.The media and entertainment organisations in Abu Dhabi and Dubai will come together at the UAE Pavilion at Cannes from 14 to ...
Abdulrahman Al Hazza'a, President of Saudi Broadcasting Corporation.Saudi Broadcasting Corporation marked its 50th anniversary with a grand celebration on April 20, 2014. In an exclusive interview ...
Joseph Kusaga.Tanzanian media conglomerate, Clouds Media Group will launch an African TV station, Clouds TV International, on June 15, BroadcastPro ME can reveal. Based out of ...
Playback of recorded content with loudness monitoring.Axon has introduced a new licence-based logging and monitoring option for TRACS. The loudness licence will enable monitoring and logging ...
Speaking on the first day of the Asia Media Summit in Jeddah, Salaheddine Maaoui, Director General of the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), said there are nearly 1,300 channels in ...
Dubai-based boutique creative production company recently invested in a full HD fly-away OB (outside broadcast) kit aimed at servicing the local conference and events market.It's a natural extension of our ...
See the Possibilities With Piksel People in Hall 7, Stand CD-9NEW YORK, NY(Marketwired Feb 16, 2014) - Piksel, a global provider of video monetization software and services, will be showcasing ...
New SOA to drive fast, flexible virtualization of IP-video infrastructure with minimal disruption to legacy systemsNEW YORK, NY, April 4, 2014 (Marketwired) Piksel, a global provider of video monetization ...
Dubai Studio City.Discovery Networks Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA), a division of Discovery Communications, has announced the relocation of its Middle East ...
HD (high definition) viewing will soon be a technology of the past, with the proliferation of 4K coming Asias way. 4K, also commonly known as ultra-high definition (UHD), is an evolved ...
Saudi Arabia is planning tighter regulation of video content produced in the country for YouTube. According to Google, viewers in Saudi Arabia watch three times as much YouTube content as ...
Al Aan TV has been modernising its broadcast infrastructure gradually in a bid to migrate to a full HD facility. Raad Haddadin, Head of Tech, updates Vibhuti Arora on the ...
DaVinci Resolve's edit page.Alistair Rankine takes an in-depth look at DaVinci Resolve 10 to find out how the software has evolved into an affordable editing and ...
Image Nation Abu Dhabi has announced that it had attracted funding from American production company, Participant Media, for its forthcoming documentary about the life of Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl ...
Shibu Vahid, Head of Technical Operations, R&M Middle East, Turkey and Africa.As fast-growing traffic continues to stretch the capacity of 3G networks to their limit, fibre ...
Qatar-based Al Jazeera Media Network is standardising on Sonys XDCAM HD 422 camcorder range for its news broadcasting service. Al Jazeera selected the PMW-500 and PMW-200 camcorders with supporting accessories ...
The new Grass Valley, formed by the merger of Miranda and Grass Valley, was unveiled to the public at NAB.Marco Lopez, President of Grass Valley said: The new Grass Valley ...
Ali Amiri,Executive VP of Carrier & Wholesale Services, Etisalat.Etisalat's smart practicesIn an exclusive interview with Vijaya Cherian at the Smart Media conference in Dubai, Ali Amiri, ...
Dubais key players in the film and TV content market Dubai Studio City (DSC), Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) and Dubai Film and TV Commission (DFTC) will be exhibiting ...
BroadcastAsia 2013.Social media, OTT and multi-platform screening are some of the key trends to watch in 2014. Fuelled by a steep increase in consumption of data ...
Chady Debs explains the impact of multiple devices on TV consumption and programming trends in the Arab worldIf mobile TV was summarily dismissed because people werent expected to watch long-form ...
Technology will drive storytellingThe art of storytelling will become more complex and more informative. Audiences are growing more diverse and receive their information from myriad sources. If a broadcaster must ...
Samir Isbaih.Pebble Beach Systems has secured a contract from Intigral to provide Marina automation and eight channels of its Dolphin integrated channel technology as part of ...
Unfazed by political turmoil, Iraqs burgeoning broadcast industry boasts more than 80 private channels, with more on the way. BroadcastPro ME takes an exclusive look at one of the recent channel ...