Starz Play Arabia will now be available in Tunisia through Ooredoo.The subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service offers a range of high definition (HD) premium Western content, with many TV series aired ...
The 22nd edition of CABSAT will continue to drive disruptive innovation and monetisation opportunities across the MENA filmed & audio entertainment media market.Running from March 8 to 10 at Dubai ...
Twofour54 and O3 Productions have inked a three year deal that will secure an additional 300 production days a year to Abu Dhabi and see more Arabic dramas being made ...
BroadcastPro ME has announced the shortlist for the ASBU BroadcastPro Selevision Summit and Awards. The event takes place on November 10 at Habtoor Grand Hotel in Dubai Marina. The full ...
IBC2015 had a large footfall, with more than 55,000 visitors. The conference included key topics impacting the broadcast industry, ranging from ultra HD and the adoption of IP to the popularity of online ...
MIPCOM has shone the spotlight on Abu Dhabi as a production and content creation hub by hosting a panel discussion featuring twofour54s Paul Baker.Paul Baker shared the stage with fellow ...
Mohammed Al Mubarak, Image Nation.Image Nation Abu Dhabi will begin filming a new Arabic-language television series in the UAE later this year.Mohammed Al Mubarak, Chairman of ...
Ayman Jamal is the Founder of Barajoun.Bilal is the regions first attempt at a full-fledged animation film for theatrical release. Vibhuti Arora speaks to Ayman Jamal, the ...
Hasan R Sayed Hasan, MD, MasterMedia.Master Media, a media consultancy and development company and RealVision, a visual communications company, have joined hands to bring cinematic virtual reality ...
Ramy Rizkallah.Popular Egyptian comedy series Assad Allah Masaoukms director Ramy Rizkallah speaks exclusively to BroadcastPro ME about the award-winning show and his experience of shooting with ...
MENA's anti-piracy coalition.Following their fourth meeting at the MBC office in Dubai, the MENA Broadcast Satellite Anti-Piracy Coalition has agreed upon a formal policy for identifying and tackling ...
From left: Mohammed Albsimi, Santhosh Sivan and Antoine Atyeh.Canon Middle East brought together camera experts from different genres including mainstream cinema, production, news and OTT to ...
The OTT roundtable took place on the first day of CABSAT15.With OTT discussed throughout boardrooms this year, Brightcove and BroadcastPro ME got together with leading industry ...
From left: Mohammed Albsimi, Santhosh Sivan and Antoine Atyeh at the Canon roundtable.Canon Middle East hosted a roundtable discussion with cinematographers on the final day of ...
Andrew Pert.Next years CABSAT will feature the all-new Content Marketplace, a co-located event designed to unite the entire commercial ecosystem for filmed entertainment content.As a dedicated ...
Andrew Pert.Andrew Pert, Exhibitions Director at DWTC, shares information on new exhibitors at CABSAT and some important features of the showWho are some of the new ...
Maryam Al Mheri, COO, Twofour54.Etisalat and twofour54 have partnered to showcase locally produced content on Etisalats VOD platforms. An extensive collection of films produced by twofour54s ...
The set of Entertainment Tonight.CBS Studios International, and MBC Group have announced the launch of a regional format of entertainment newsmagazine Entertainment Tonight (ET). The new ...
Beno Saradzic.Abu Dhabi, The Capital documents Abu Dhabis journey to modernity. In an exclusive interview with the films producer, Beno Saradzic, BroadcastPro ME finds out how ...
Richard Gelfond, CEO, IMAX at Abu Dhabi Media Summit 2014.The fate of television in a connected world, the future of cinema and the impact of piracy ...
Nuoom Al Ghnem.Emirati filmmaker and poet Nujoom Al Ghanems latest documentary, Sounds of the Sea, opened at the Abu Dhabi Film festival to critical acclaim. The ...
Dr Naser Refaat, Acting CTO, Rotana TV Network.Rotana Media Group recently went to air with a fully revamped 14-channel playout system to enable content delivery across ...
The countdown to the 2014 edition of ASBU BroadcastPro ME Awards has begun. The judges revealed the official shortlist of the nominations today. The ASBU BroadcastPro ME ...
Winners of the Abu Dhabi Film Festivals Black Pearl Awards in the three competition categories will be announced tonight. The ceremony marking the grand finale of the eighth edition of ...
Abu Dhabi has been named the only Middle Eastern city alongside a list of countries like Australia, Canada, and Germany on the list of top international locations for film production ...
Egyptian director Marwan Hameds latest paranormal thrillerThe Blue Elephant is among the top-grossing Arab films this year. BroadcastPro ME delves deeper to unravel the story of its successThe commercial success ...
Mary Poppins.Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF), powered by twofour54, has announced a collaboration with Martin Scorseses The Film Foundation/ World Cinema Project (WCP).As part of the ...
Broadcast Satellite anti-piracy coalition members meet in Cairo.The Broadcast Satellite Anti-Piracy Coalition is gaining momentum following their second meeting which took place in Cairo. The coalition strengthened its ...
Ali Mostafa with the crew of From A to B.Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF) will open, for the first time, with a locally produced film ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Centre: Amir Endalah, filmmaker.Dubai-based filmmaker Amir Endalah recently shot a corporate video using the Sony PMW-F55. He shares his experience with BroadcastPro MEAmir Endalah is an ...
Solid State Logics AWS 948 Super Analogue console/integrated controller.360 Media, a full-service, multi-room facility covering music and film projects across the Middle East, has expanded its ...
Following much speculation in the media about the filming of Star Wars, twofour54 has now released an official statement confirming the shoot in the UAE capital. The statement said that Abu ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
In an attempt to feed the growing demand for 4K content, a Dubai-based media house has decided to convert its sci-fi feature Mantera to 4K Ultra HD. BroadcastPro ME brings ...
In an exclusive interview with BroadcastPro ME, Ben Kinealy, CEO of Intigral talks about his strategy, vision and the roadmap he has chalked out for the companyWhat's the Intigral story ...
The historic 20th edition of CABSAT will host the toast of Hollywood next week, after British film editor, Mark Sanger, scooped an Oscar for his cutting-edge work on hit movie, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Filmmaker Wassim Beydoun.Dubai-based filmmaker Wassim Beydoun made a documentary on thalassaemia using a Sony NEX- FS700. In an exclusive interview with Vibhuti Arora, the filmmaker talks ...
The tenth Dubai International Film Festival has revealed a rich and diverse selection of world and international premieres with a total of 174 feature films, shorts and documentaries from around ...
Peyman and Mohamed Parham Al Awadhi won BroadcastProOutstanding Social Media Project of the year.Intaj, the film and television services arm of twofour54, and two of its ...
Daddy ABC, a short film animation receiving increasing worldwide acclaim, is to be screened at Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF) as part of the Emirates Film Competition. The film has ...
On location - Make-A-Wish series with Kamil Roxas.A TV series documenting the work of the Make-A-Wish Foundation went on air this Ramadan. The 30-episode series showed ...
On the sets of Hammam Shami.twofour54, the commercial arm of the Media Zone Authority-Abu Dhabi, announced its results for the first half of 2013. The six ...
Jamal Al Sharif.Jamal Al Sharif, Managing Director of Dubai Studio City, spoke to BroadcastPro ME about the entitys current projects and future plans on the sidelines ...
Paul Baker, Exceutive Director of intaj with the Hollywood Producer and an intaj team member.Abu Dhabi Film Commission (ADFC), Sony Pictures Entertainment, through its film production ...
From left: HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President of the United Arab Emirates, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai, and Sheikh Walid Al Ibrahim, ...
Syrias political turmoil is no deterrent for the flag bearers of the nations popular drama production industry. Tapping into the surging demand, the content creators shift base to Abu Dhabi ...
A set from Hammam Shami.twofour54 has announced the filming of a new Syrian drama titled Hammam Shami at its Abu Dhabi studios. Hammam Shami is to ...
In an exclusive interview with BroadcastPro ME, Fadi Ismail, GM of O3 Productions, the production arm of MBC Group, talks about the new productions the broadcaster will undertake at the ...
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 ...
Jamal Al Sharif.Industry professionals working at Dubai Studio City have been watching the gradual rise of a building that will be the first of three grand ...
Nadia Eliewat and Fadi G HaddadBroadcastPro Middle East meets up with two Jordanian filmmakers as they put the final touches to their first feature film When ...
Dubai Film and TV Commission.Dubai Film and TV Commission, newly announced under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, crown ...
