LAS VEGAS, NV, April 10, 2014 (Marketwired) Piksel, a global provider of video monetization software and services, announced today a new partnership with J-Stream, Japans largest content delivery network, ...
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 ...
Yahoo has announced two original television length comedy series to be released next year. Both will launch through its video portal Yahoo Screen next year and will be available both ...
Bassem Youssef.MBC Masr has suspended Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssefs talk show until the end of May. MBC Masr said it would keep the show off-air until ...
The Entertainment Media Use in the Middle East survey conducted by Northwestern University in Qatar in partnership with the Doha Film Institute has revealed that the majority of Arabs want tighter ...
Chuck Meyer, CTO, Core Products at Miranda Technologies.The key to designing a facility that can successfully implement an IP-based system lies in fully understanding the technology, ...
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 ...
Barbara Lange.Live broadcasts have a truly amazing power to capture and engage viewers attention. This has been true since the early days of television, and it ...
New video playout and branding server is ideal for television broadcast, content production, live entertainment and sports applicationsMONTREAL April 2, 2014 Matrox® Video today announced that video equipment ...
Chris Wyatt, CEO, Youtoo Technologies. The social TV phenomenon is gradually gaining traction in the region and has the potential to change the dynamics of the broadcast ...
Etisalat eVision IPTV network has introduced IndiaCast television channel News 18 India, which was introduced in the UK in July 2013. The channel has also launched in Singapore on SingTel's ...
Sport is one of the most popular genres on television, and the Middle East is rapidly increasing its sports facilities, not least in advance of the World Cup in 2022. ...
Deluxe Media has partnered with Ateme for the creation of encoding configurations for feature films and episodic television catalogue to be made available on UHDTV sets. The new offering relies ...
The pay-TV market in the Middle East and North Africa has quadrupled in the last 10 years, according to a report released by research firm HIS. It said that the ...
New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards, now in its 57th year, announced the award winners at their annual Gala at the NAB Show in Las Vegas. The GrandJury ...
Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) has concluded a multi-year contract for Ku-band capacity on the EUTELSAT 21B satellite to cover the Middle East, North Africa and Europe.The capacity will be ...
Oromia TV Building in Adama, Ethiopia.Ethiopian broadcaster ORTO recently switched from a 12-hour schedule to 24/7 broadcasting. Vibhuti Arora takes a look at what the project ...
OSN's CEO David Butorac with George Kordahi (centre), Kholoud Abu Homos (2nd from right) and the other stars.Pay TV network OSN has announced that it has ...
Several sessions, workshops and panels at NAB Show will discuss the increasing role played by ultra high-definition standards for 4K television displays and production technology in the media and entertainment ...
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 ...
International Cricket Council (ICC) has declared that television ratings for the ongoing 2014 World Twenty20 in Bangladesh are expected to exceed previous figures for an international cricketing event.Star Sports, ICCs global media ...
OTT opens up new opportunities and revenue streams for television channels but comes with its own set of challenges, says Safia RanaThe Middle East has witnessed an explosion in the ...
Al Kass TV.du has signed an agreement with Qatar-based Al Kass TV, the government broadcaster of free-to-air channels, for streaming services using Akamai Technologies service.Live streaming ...
Vislink acquires PBS for USD 24.78mVislink plc has completed the acquisition of Pebble Beach Systems for a total consideration of USD 24.78m. Pebble Beach Systems has ...
(L-R): Maaz Sheikh, OSN; Michael Freundlich, Eutelsat; Mahesh Jaishankar, du; Sam Barnett, MBC; Radi Al Khas, JMC; Rawand Al Zoubi, Noorsat; Andrej Lovsin, STN; Omar Shoter, ...
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 ...
Mohammad Shihadah is the founder of AppTek, a US-based firm that has been developing human language technologies for the last 24 years. In an exclusive interview with Vijaya Cherian, Shihadah ...
As Qatar prepares to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the countrys state broadcaster Qatar Media Corporation, has started modernising its broadcast infrastructure in order to give the best viewing ...
Youtoo, a US-based interactive TV software company will set up a base in Dubai to launch social TV across the Middle East region. The company will work with local media outlets to ...
Al Aan TV.Al Aan Television has adopted new end-to-end, file-based HD broadcast solution from Harris Broadcast.From its base in Dubai Media City, pan-Arab satellite channel Al Aan ...
With the rapid uptake of mobile devices, broadcast professionals must have a reliable multiplatform content delivery solution that provides a cost-efficient workflow and greater flexibility than ever beforeIn an increasingly ...
Top Gear films segments in the UAE.BBC's motoring show Top Gear has selected the UAE to film segments of the show, with host Richard Hammond test ...
Cliff Nelson, CEO, My-HD.My-HD, an ultra-low pay direct to home (DTH) platform in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, now claims to have more ...
Selevision will showcase its service on its newly launched Android hybrid set-top box - DVBS2 /IP at CABSAT.Commenting on the launch of the platform, Dr. Read Khusheim, CEO of Selevision ...
Broadpeak has teamed with global satellite provider Eutelsat to improve the delivery of OTT multiscreen services. Utilising a combination of Broadpeak's nanoCDN and Eutelsat's "smart LNB" technologies, operators can cost-effectively ...
Having helped shape the regions broadcast and satellite industry landscape for two decades, the historic 20th edition of CABSAT, the leading content management event in the Middle East, Africa and ...
Consumer demand is increasing for over-the-top (OTT) offerings and internet TV services like icflix and Netflix in the GCC countries according to new research from Irdeto, a multiscreen, revenue assurance ...
ViewSat, a global provider of broadcast services for television and radio channels to sign partnerships with over-the-top (OTT) streaming partners at the event while simultaneously building upon its relationships with ...
Pay-TV operator OSN will launch TLC HD the new channel from Discovery Networks International across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) on 24 March.The channel brings with ...
The best of the world's filmmakers, producers, broadcasters and distributors will be at MIPTV Cannes next month to buy, sell and view new TV content. In an exclusive interview with ...
OSN has unveiled its first current affairs themed reality series, El Boss starring acclaimed journalist and TV personality, Ibrahim Eissa. EL Boss On OSN Ya Hala.Premiering exclusively ...
With less than a month until the landmark 20th edition of CABSAT, the leading professional content management event in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA), Dubai World Trade ...
Kuwait TV has deployed Harris Broadcasts distribution and over-the-air technology to implement end-to-end DVB-T2 for digital transmission.Mathias Eckert, Vice President, Europe, Middle East and Africa for Harris Broadcast said: Kuwait ...
A Government-owned Oman Sports Channel has suspended its broadcaster for five days for violating the terms and conditions of the channel, it was reported in Gulf News recently.The report said ...
UAE based production house Rohan Shailaja Vanmala Productions (RSVP) has launched its debut television venture, The Retake, on Zee Cinema Middle East. The show targets cinema lovers across the region. ...
With the ever increasing demand for mobile broadband anytime, anywhere, the explosive growth of Over-the-Top (OTT) content has accelerated rapidly with a staggering 352.4 million people expected to pay for ...
Coinciding with Sharjah TVs silver jubilee, Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Ruler of Sharjah launched Al Sharqiya channel from Kalba.Al Sharqiya is a private television channel which will ...
Thales Angenieux and Binocle 3D are to join forces to better serve the stereoscopic 3D market.Thales, based in 56 countries, relies on the combined expertise of 65,000 employees and World-class ...
As digitisation of television becomes more widespread, the focus is now shifting on achieving impeccable transmission. We look at some of the prerequisites for delivering quality and choice to the ...
OTT offers innumerable opportunities that also come with a host of challenges. With more viewers taking to the second and third screens, broadcasters want to grab a share of the ...
Exterity will demonstrate its extended portfolio tailored to the needs of Middle Eastern broadcasters and pro-AV installers at CABSAT. New developments include a fully HDCPv2-compliant portfolio, SDI &HD encoding capability, dual ...
Raad Haddadin, Head of Technical at Al Aan TV.Al Aan TV recently shifted to 16:9 widescreen format to give viewers better quality screen images.Today the majority ...
From left: Humaid Rashid Sahoo, CEO of e-vision with Sumo Dutta, Country Head - Middle East, Africa & Pakistan, Star.Etisalat has entered into a distribution tie-up with ...
Ameerah Al Taweel (r) with Noura Al Kaabi.Princess Ameerah Al Taweel, Chairwoman & CEO of Time Entertainment Holding, met and discussed future collaboration opportunities with Noura ...
Chris Anning, who previously served as Acting Director of Broadcast at Al Jazeera Network, has joined specialist consultancy Master Media as Senior Projects Manager.Annings first assignment at Master Media will ...
Dubai telecommunications company du has upgraded its IPTV and VOD service interface to provide users with a better browsing experience. The upgraded VOD interface is available free of charge and ...
Pay-TV network OSN is strengthening efforts to support the community with the launch of Live More, its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, aimed at encouraging families in the MENA region ...
With the MENA region being the stronghold of FTA channels, pay-TV has not found much favour thus far. Cliff Nelson, CEO of MY-HD speaks about how affordable platforms can potentially ...
ViewSat, a global provider of broadcast services for television and radio, has announced record growth owing to the increase in the number of channels in the region. During 2013, the ...
Fox International Channels Middle East has signed multiple deals with Electus International to air more than thirty hours of content in territories including Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, ...
