Produced by 3Line Media in association with twofour54, and Blink Studios, Driver Dans Story Train is a children's CGI-animated (Computer Generated Imagery) story series about a loveable train driving lion.The ...
Turkeys largest media production company has deployed Metus shared recording system with Grass Valleys Edius to store, access, find and edit its video assets. Metus MAM can read the time-code ...
YahLive, the High Definition television satellite broadcast platform and Home of HD for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has expanded its distribution network of YahLive certified satellite ...
iMediaShare, ? video content discovery and playback solution, announced reaching 1,000,000 active users during the month of February 2013. iMediaShare realises the idea of easy internet video streaming over to ...
The key to the success of any OTT service is the quality of delivery, says Antonin Král of nangu.tvTheres no doubt that smart phones and tablets have provided a major ...
Mahmud Shammam.This March, Libyas first news channel will turn two. It was launched during the revolution by an ex-Information Minister and journalist to keep the Libyan ...
The 2013 edition of CABSAT, which will run from March 12 to 14 at Dubai World Trade Centre boasts a 15% increase in size and is set to welcome leading ...
Karl Schubert.Broadcasting used to rely solely on proprietary technologies. That isnt surprising considering the massive amounts of real-time information that broadcasters deal with on a daily ...
Stefan with the Canon C500.SAE institutes head of film Stefan Randjelovic takes the C500 for a field test and shares his views exclusively with BroadcastPro ME When ...
Abdul Hadi Al Sheikh, who formerly headed LIVE, the outdoors production and broadcasting company arm of Abu Dhabi Media, has been appointed Executive Director of Digital ...
The new box enables consumers to convert their LCD/LED TVs to smart TVs.Eurostar has launched its Android-based eSmart TV+ Upgrader in the UAE. The Smart TV ...
The fund is aimed at encouraging more Arabic content for feature-length films.Miranda Technologies has acquired UK-based subtitling and captioning expert Softel. Integration planning will be led ...
From strategic outreach programmes across the region to partnering with global film institutions, the DIFF team has played a significant part in putting Arab cinema on the global mapThe ninth ...
Trade platform for the broadcast, digital media and satellite sectors across the Middle East, Africa and Southern Asian regions, CABSAT 2013 will take place from March 12-14 at the Dubai ...
Nick Grande, managing director of ChannelSculptor.What happened in 2012?A cursory glance would suggest that 2012 was a year like any other in the MENA television industry.By ...
Mohammed Al Marhouby, Director General of Engineering, Public Authority for Radio & TV, OmanIn 2009, when the recession hit the world, all eyes were on the ...
MENA SYSTEMS INTEGRATOR OF THE YEARTEK SIGNALSTek SignalsThis systems integrator is one of the few that has managed to secure several Middle East telco and broadcast ...
The panelistsNick Grande, Managing Director of ChannelSculptor, who moderated this panel discussion, summed it up for BroadcastPro METhis years CEO panel had the distinction that all ...
Telcos and Broadcasters panelists at ASBU BroadcastPro ME Summit 2012Jamal Bnari, who moderated this discussion, is an Emirati national, who has worked for years in the ...
The panel had a good mix of representatives from key broadcasters, manufacturers, systems integrators as well as service providers. The session began with panelists being asked about the key challenges ...
In a move to liberalise the audio-visual sector, Algerian Communications Minister Mohand Said held a press conference at a media industry seminar in Algiers recently. Though the law is not ...
Joel Ledlow, CEO, ScheduALLBroadcast networks can reduce the costs and challenges related to broadcasting live sport if they have an appropriate Enterprise Resource Management softwareAl Jazeeras ...
Hala Badri, board member, DMIHH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai issued a decree ...
Sarah Messer, Nielsens new director of media for MENAPGalvanised by political and social change, the Middle Easts media landscape is witnessing unprecedented developments driven, in part, ...
Dr. Ismaeel MakdisiDr. Makdisi, who was appointed Acting CEO of Intigral last month, talks about the companys new growth strategyCongratulations on your new role. I am ...
Christian Jankowski and his filming CrewWhat happens when a German contemporary artist arrives in Dubai to meet an Emirati art curator, with a camera and wearing ...
The MENA regions premier broadcast industry event, the ASBU BroadcastPro ME Summit and Awards, returns with an exciting lineup of more than 30 industry speakers as they debate regional strategies ...
CEO twofour54, Noura Al KaabiYou play so many different roles within the media. How do you juggle all of them and do they complement each other?Noura: ...
Yusuf Thakur, FilmmakerPatience, passion and perseverance are the qualities required to venture into the world of natural history and wildlife filmmaking. Broadcast Pro met with Yusuf ...
Manipal University's brand new studio.A brand new state-of-the-art HD studio has opened its doors at Manipal University, Dubai. In an exclusive interview with BroadcastPro Middle East, ...
This column has been authored by Nick Grande, MD of ChannelSculptor, a strategic consultancy providing services to MENA media businesses, international broadcasters and content owners since 2008. BroadcastPro Middle East ...
Slobodan Milivojevic.What is your main role within the world of production?I started as an animator and motion graphics designer in 1995. Then, I gradually fell in ...
Nigel Thompson, Sales Manager, Sony Professional Solutions MEA.Ethiopia-based Tigrai Regional State Mass Media Agency has contracted Sony Professional Solutions MEA (PSMEA) to install a turnkey HD ...
On-air broadcasting area.Sharjah Radio recently took delivery of a dira! digital audio archive solution that was designed, developed, installed and integrated by German manufacturer and systems ...
Action replay is no longer an element that only TV viewers have come to expect. Playing the highlights of a game on digital signage displays at stadiums have become a ...
Connected TV may give the consumer access to content when they want it and enable real interactivity, but in practice it needs to provide better quality to move the viewer ...
The word convergence has been used around the television business for decades, without anyone really understanding its potential. With the advent of file-based workflows and the proliferation of IP circuits, ...
wTVision announced at IBC 2012 that it has added the French Football League to its portfolio. For the last few years, the company has been responsible for on-air graphics, data ...
Dr. Riyadh Najm.Two months ago, the Council of Ministers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia sanctioned three resolutions that will see the Kingdoms media landscape undergo ...
Mustafa Tell.Arab Radio and TV, Jordan, recently opted for IP over satellite to transport its Ramadan content from its headquarters in Jordan to its distribution centre ...
National Geographic Abu Dhabi will premiere the first Megafactories episode to focus on a Middle East company: Almarai, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The episode is set to focus ...
Civolution has announced that SyncNow won three awards at IBC 2012: Best Interactive TV Technology or Application in the CSI Product of the Year Awards, the prestigious IABM Award for ...
TECOM Media Cluster hosted a panel discussion in Dubai, as part of the Thought Incubator Series, a debate centred on the rapid shift in new platforms and creative approaches. The ...
Tom Urquhart will present The Entrepreneur.The premiere episode of The Entrepreneur, the first reality TV show created by du, will be broadcast on Dubai One channel ...
Saleh Nass and Chaker Ben Yahmed with a member of their crew.They started out with a laptop, two hard disks, and a dream. Today, Bahraini director ...
Chris Forrester.Channels must reflect that viewers are more sophisticated, says Chris Forrester.Good broadcasters are already building and planning for tomorrow. Good broadcasters supply multiple opportunities for ...
Sony has announced at IBC 2012 that Autodesk is the latest member of the production community to adopt its SRMASTER format.Autodesk 2013 extension versions of Autodesk Flame Premium, Autodesk Flame, ...
Tech expert and 3D stereographer Clyde Desouza gives us his take on the NewTek Tricaster 8000, which was recently demonstrated in Dubai by local distributor MediaCastNewTeks video toaster was akin ...
Hayley Doyle meets up with Hazem Amin, founder and managing director of TreeHouse, a Dubai-based production house that offers professional helicam servicesAs new production houses begin to mushroom in an ...
In exclusive interviews with Vijaya Cherian, Samer Younes, consultant engineer for the Television Support Development Committee of Qatar; Fahad Essa Al Kaabi of Al Jazeera Arabic and Karim Abdel Massih ...
Vijaya Cherian.Every now and then, one has the pleasure of meeting someone in a position of power who has used the resources he has to bring ...
Cinegy and its master reseller of products in Turkey, Orsatek, have announced the latest installation at Fox International Channels (FIC), Turkey. FIC Turkey supplies media content to Pay TV under ...
Egyptian anchorwoman, Fatma Nabil, read the Channel 1 news broadcast on Sunday whilst wearing a veil. This is the first time a news presenter has appeared on Egypts state television ...
Vijaya Cherian.Ramadan Mubarak! Although life in the Arab world slows down a bit during this season owing to the holidays, the Holy month of Ramadan is ...
One dreary UK day in February 2011, I recall reading an article by an end user in Broadcast Pro Middle East about the role of systems integrators in the Middle ...
Director Aws Al Sharqi.The second season of Hindistani, a popular Saudi comedy series that includes a Bollywood-style song-and-dance sequence is being shown on OSN Yahala as ...
BroadcastPro Middle East was given exclusive access to the much-awaited Sony FS700 camera. We partnered with Dubai-based DoP and steadicam operator Tom Lebaric to put the Sony FS700 through its ...
As the UAE gets ready to roll out the Arab worlds first TV Audience Measurement system, Christopher OHearn, GM of Emirates Media Measurement Company (EMMC), the company that heads the ...
Samacoms brand new 16-channel High Definition playout system will enable it to offer end-to-end services to clients and strengthen its position as the Middle Easts largest teleport. In an exclusive ...
IBC TV News has asked EVS to provide their integrated news production system for a fourth year. EVS will install a news solution for HD ingest, storage, editing and playout ...
