YahLive revs up the HDTV offer
YahLive promises to make SDTV as antiquated as black-and-white TV, with an offer that will fundamentally shift the economics in favour of HDTV. ...
YahLive promises to make SDTV as antiquated as black-and-white TV, with an offer that will fundamentally shift the economics in favour of HDTV. ...
To create a sound system that was as jaw-droppingly good as the interior of the club was spectacular, Joe Chidiac, ...
Alistair Rankine gives us his take on Autodesks 2012 Flame Premium release.In April this year, Autodesk released its annual update for Flame and Smoke with the introduction of its 2012 ...
Ben Bocquelet is a busy man. The second series of his animated show The Amazing World of Gumball is already in production and its first series is about to debut ...
The Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF) is geared up to take place between 13 October to 22 October.This year the festival celebrates its fifth anniversary and will screen more than ...
Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc. has finalised an agreement to acquire 100% shareholding in the Brazilian broadcast transmitter manufacturer Linear Equipamentos Eletrônicos Eletrônicos S/A ("HKL") via Hitachi Kokusai's Brazilian subsidiary Hitachi ...
OSN has unveiled its new brand identity under the banner of Just Imagine following the merger of Orbit and Showtime in 2009.Speaking about the development, David Butorac, CEO of OSN, ...
BBCs Wild Arabia team was in Abu Dhabi recently to shoot its first major TV series on wildlife in the Arab world. Producer Chadden Hunter shares exclusive production notes with ...
Bahrain TV recently invested in a brand new, state-of-the-art Master Control Room (MCR) and upgraded its existing uplink facility to support its HD transmissions. With the upgrade, Bahrain TV can ...
Walking into Al Jazeeras headquarters in Doha was a dream come true for BroadcastPro Middle East. As a state-backed broadcaster, Al Jazeera ...
Visual effects software developer The Foundry will take up residence in Hall 7 Stand B21 at IBC 2011. This is the companys 9th year as an exhibitor at the show. ...
The third edition of the Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) will open this year with the world premiere of Black Gold. Vocalist ...
Fifteen films from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Yemen and Iraq will be screened at the Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden from September 23 to 27, 2011.A ...
Habibi Rasak Kharban, a Gaza love story supported by Enjaaz, the post-production fund of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), will ...
In recognition of his remarkable career in television and, in particular, natural history, Sir David Attenborough will be awarded the IBC2011 International Honour for Excellence. His career spans almost 60 years, ...
John Ive, an HD pioneer and consultant, speak about his experiences with HD. This interview was conducted by Richard Brooking, marketing manager EMEA, Tektronix and shared exclusively with BroadcastPro Middle ...
In an exclusive interview, Azza Aboul Magd talks to BroadcastPro Middle East about switching gears from advertising executive to executive producer on an independent ...
Producer Babak Amini of Eclipse Production recently had the opportunity to test the ARRI ALEXA camera. He gives us the lowdown.When the ...
Al Jazeera English has commissioned a two-part investigation for its programme People & Power titled The Nigerian Connection. The films investigate the growing phenomenon of Nigerian organised crime in Europe, ...
BroadcastPro Middle East is delighted to announce the launch of ASBU BroadcastPro Middle East Summit and Awards 2011 along with the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU).The ...
The Dubai International Film Festival will present a selection of award-winning Emirati and Arab films in London this month, as part of Shubbak, the citys first-ever celebration of contemporary Arab ...
Arab films that received recognition at Dubai International Film Festival and Gulf Film Festival are heading to Australia.More than half of the 22 feature, documentary ...
As part of its efforts to encourage its free-to-air viewers to shift to High Definition viewing to coincide with the launch of ...
State-backed telecoms operator Etisalat is gearing up for the commercial launch of ...
We outlined the history of cloud computing and the technologies on which it depends last month. In this issue, Andrew Davies explores the current technologies that can provide cloud services ...
Mahmoud Kaabours film Teta, Alf Marra (Grandma, a Thousand Times), a documentary feature about this grandmother won the Best Film award at London International Documentary Festival, the largest documentary festival ...
Changes at an organisational level are essential to making technological advancements within the regions media houses, according to Mohammed AlSharqawi A new science that ...
Abu Dhabi Sports claims that it will broadcast the climax to the 2010/11 Barclays Premier ...
In the first of a three-part series, Andrew Davies looks at the recent cloud computing phenomenon that has swept ...
The recent events in various countries across the MENA region have highlighted major concerns for TV broadcasters who have been exposed to unpredictable situations and disruptions to their broadcasting signals ...
The humble intercom has now evolved into a more sophisticated solution that links large communication networks and installations across various sites. This paper looks at the role of the modern ...
Omani video production house KMA Productions recently won eight film awards at the Annual WorldFest-Houston Film Festival, the third oldest international film festival in North America and the oldest indie ...
Gulf culture, including its music and unique ceremonies, are in the spotlight today at the fourth annual Gulf Film Festival, the home of ...
BroadcastPro ME brings you an exclusive report on how Oman TV will manage its digital archive and production workflows with a state-of-the-art MAM system from Tedial.Last year, when Omans Ministry ...
With the boom in satellite and new media platforms, sceptics have been quick to ...
At least 11 Arab films including Emirati, Egyptian, Palestinian, Moroccan and Jordanian films - from the seventh edition of the Dubai International ...
One would assume that when undertaking a stereoscopic 3D project, the team will be conceptualising their ideas in 3D.And yet, the reason for the notoriety associated with Stereoscopic 3D or ...
After nearly a decade of lackluster growth and sluggish performance, in part due to heavy saturation, then made even worse by the recession, the video switcher/vision mixer market is enjoying ...
Chris Pollard discusses why hybrid technology is the way forwardOn the face of it, delivery of TV services over the internet, or over a private network, has a lot going ...
The Gulf Film Festival has announced two eminent jury panels comprising filmmakers, authors and critics to select standout voices in local, regional, and international short ...
Experimental filmmaker Gérard Courant, who holds the world record for the longest film ever made, the 156-hour Cinématon, will be in the spotlight at the ...
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I have three different set top boxes in my house thanks to three different pay TV operators in the UAE who cannot agree to coordinate and collaborate with each other, ...
Vijaya Cherian recently caught up with Ted Schilowitzto get a glimpse of the brand new EPIC camera and to explore where the company was heading with its technology. Around five years ...
Sony released Vegas Pro 10 last month in the Middle East. Paul Mongey takes the software through its paces My first non linear editing (NLE) system was Final Cut Pro v3.0 ...
In his first-ever, full-fledged media interview, Mohammed Al Marhouby, Director General of Engineering Ministry of Information, Sultanate ...
From humble cameraman to CEO of some of the worlds leading media houses, David Butorac has done it all before heading down to Dubai to run OSN. In an exclusive ...
Live demos from Axons extensive range of Synapse solutions at the show.AXON will attend at the 17th Cabsat, to be held in the Dubai World Trade Center from February 8th ...
Dubai International Film Festivals post production fund Enjaaz has selected Meyar Al Roumis Rehleh to receive financial support this year. This is the tenth project that benefits from the fund ...
Orbit Showtime Network (OSN) will discontinue the illegal reception of its signals from December 19. Its channels will no longer be available on dreamboxes, set top boxes connected to the ...
Dubai International Film Festival today confirmed that it will screen 157 films from 57 countries at this year’s edition, which will run from December 12 to 19.Among its roster of ...
Amazon.com has launched Amazon Studios (http://studios.amazon.com), a new online business that invites filmmakers and screenwriters around the world to submit full-length movies and scripts to make money, get discovered and ...
Can you tell us more about this part of your activity?Part of Doha Film Institutes (DFI) mission has always been to reach out, engage and give our community a sense ...
Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) is inviting Arab filmmakers around the world to apply for the 2011 edition of its post production fund, Enjaaz. Applications for the first 2011 cycle ...
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 ...
Having come from a high-end post production and television background, I have always viewed Adobe Products in the past as toys, and although Photoshop has been integrated into my workflow ...
Your Excellency, you have often spoken in the past of "opening new vistas for the Saudi media". How do you plan to transform the media scene in KSA?I'm a firm ...
Mike Crimp, CEO of IBC speaks to BroadcastPro Middle East about whats hot at this years event.What are your expected audience figures this year? IBC attracts around 45,000 attendees every ...
By the end of the first quarter of 2010, the number of IPTV subscribers around the world stood at 36.3 million, up by almost 8% in the first three months ...
Like many industries in this difficult economic climate, the broadcast industry is being challenged to accomplish a wider range of core tasks using less equipment, a lower budget and fewer ...