Tag: Avid

March 13, 2025

Qvest took charge of designing, supplying, installing and commissioning advanced broadcast and digital media solutions.

First Gulf Company and Avid organise event for regional media leaders

January 23, 2025

The event provided a platform for collaboration and innovation.

IBC 2024 draws 45,000+ visitors from 170 countries

September 17, 2024

IBC 2024 addressed critical trends and issues driving change across the media landscape, such as combatting false information and fake news, while offering new show features, such as the AI ...

The power of 8

September 16, 2024

Channel 8, Iraq’s latest television station, is making a splash with its impressive state-of-the-art studios and a vision to captivate diverse audiences. Vijaya Cherian takes a tour of the modern ...

CNBC Arabia’s Doha IP production centre commenced operations early this year. The multi-million-dollar studio is a crucial part of the channel’s ambitious expansion plan, which encompasses setting up multiple production ...

From breaking news to breaking ground

January 8, 2024

Alghad TV recently migrated its operations to a brand-new facility, an opportunity to implement a tech overhaul that has transformed it from a conventional news channel into a cutting-edge broadcasting ...

Oman’s Ministry of Information implements extensive upgrade with UBMS and EVS

September 25, 2023

With an ageing broadcast system that had reached the end of its lifecycle, Oman's Ministry of Information roped in systems integrator UBMS for a complete overhaul. BroadcastPro ME goes behind ...

IBC 2023 attracts 43,065 attendees from 170 countries

September 19, 2023

In 13 exhibition halls, more than 1,250 exhibitors showcased leading-edge technology across a wide range of media sectors.

Oman TV deploys EVS MediaCeption to enable multi-site content management

September 16, 2023

Following a critical evaluation process stretching over four years, the project was awarded to Dubai systems integrator United Broadcast and Media Solutions.

Sony Pictures Television signs deal with Turkey’s Sinema TV

STG affiliate to acquire Avid Technology for $1.4bn

August 10, 2023

Avid to become a privately held company upon completion of the transaction.

Alaraby TV revolutionises election coverage

August 3, 2023

Qatari broadcaster Alaraby TV set a new benchmark in election coverage by developing a data platform in-house and innovatively combining AR, VR, and AI technologies to provide viewers with an ...

EditShare provides storage network for Directors Cut Films

August 1, 2023

London-based post-production house uses EditShare Universal Projects to move work through the facility.

Avid demonstrates new Avid | Stream IO at NAB

April 18, 2023

Avid | Stream IO has been demonstrated at the NAB Show and will be commercially available later this year.

Avid brings nearline storage to Avid | Edit On Demand

April 15, 2023

Avid NEXIS | Cloud Nearline Storage is now available to ease data storage costs for content creation teams.

Avid reveals next wave of NEXIS storage performance

March 30, 2023

New Avid NEXIS | F2 SSD storage engine enables media production teams to scale and collaborate on editorial finishing, VFX, animation, colour grading and DI workflows.

Avid to debut media tech innovations in 2023 trade shows

March 10, 2023

Avid Technology will return to large trade shows in the media and entertainment industry this year.

Avid releases Media Composer 2022.12

February 10, 2023

Avid Media Composer enhances interoperability with pro tools to accelerate workflows for video and audio post-production teams.

Avid releases new version of MediaCentral

January 5, 2023

Media companies will now be able to accelerate production workflows from anywhere using new MediaCentral | Acquire ingest scheduling software.

Al Araby partners with Telestream for HQ relocation

September 12, 2022

When Al Araby decided to relocate from its London HQ to Qatari home ground, the plan to partner with Telestream on the tech infrastructure was a big part of that ...

Bringing future-K production to the Middle East

August 22, 2022

Arab Telemedia Studios has modernised its content workflows and storage system with a raft of new Avid solutions that will enable it to undertake 8K productions seamlessly. BroadcastPro ME brings ...

Amazon Studios ties with Avid to deliver production editorial in cloud

August 4, 2022

The collaboration is also part of Amazon Studios’ vision of a globally scalable studio-in-the-cloud platform.

Avid delivers media production in cloud for TV news and sports

July 25, 2022

With Media Production in the Cloud, teams will be able to leverage their existing MediaCentral workflows, along with integrated Avid NEXIS cloud storage and Avid’s MediaCentral | Stream IP ingest ...

Avid decides to come back to the floor for IBC 2022

June 24, 2022

Avid announced earlier this year that it will not exhibit at any major trade shows because of concerns about Covid but has now changed its mind.

Qvest develops and delivers mobile TV station for Asharq News

May 17, 2022

The fully functional TV production environment was first set up as a test assembly at Qvest’s premises in Cologne, Germany before it was shipped to the broadcaster's headquarters in Saudi ...

Arab Telemedia Group signs new multi-year subscription agreement with Avid

March 24, 2022

By upgrading its production infrastructure, ATG will be able to deliver content in 8K.

A new dimension

September 20, 2021

Iraq’s Al Sharqiya Group, known for its news and general entertainment channels, recently built and kitted out a brand-new TV studio complex in Erbil. In an exclusive interview with BroadcastPro ...

Panasonic, Ross, Canon, and Sony latest to announce withdrawal from NAB 2021

September 14, 2021

Avid, Adobe and Blackmagic Design have also already pulled out of the show.

Avid enhances Media Composer subscription offering

August 27, 2021

The upgrade will speed up content production by using adjacent computing resources.

Sharjah Broadcasting Authority streamlines workflow with NOA

March 16, 2020

SBA is embarking upon a company-wide approach to organising archival assets through a WAN infrastructure that interconnects multiple locations. It will use NOA mediARC to drive the workflow from several ...

Avid cancels Avid Connect 2020 event, withdraws from NAB Show

March 11, 2020

Avid’s new product introductions will take place online in April; Avid and Avid Customer Association’s (ACA) will host regional Connect events after public safety is assured.

Dubai production house accelerates UHD capabilities with Avid

January 30, 2020

With its roots in documentary production, Genomedia required to streamline the production process to expand its TV genre capabilities and meet business demand for UHD content.

Avid delivers video editing workflows with ProRes RAW and DNx codecs

September 15, 2019

These integrations will allow content creators and post-production companies to create high-quality ProRes content natively regardless of their OS and save time during the creative storytelling process.

NMK Electronics brings AV industry together for product showcase and networking

September 5, 2019

More than 250 AV professionals attended the event along with NMK's brand partners, Shure, Bose, Epson, Avid, Roland, Astera, Ayrton, Terbly, Furman, Luminex, Mersive, Neutrik, Denon DJ and Clear-Com.

IABM appoints new board members

July 16, 2019

IABM board members, who serve two-year terms, chart the overall strategy of the organisation, help direct IABM activities and are responsible for its policies.

Avid releases Pro Tools 2019

May 11, 2019

Pro Tools 2019 provides support for macOS Mojave and offers multiple features for working with high track-counts and audio post productions.

Avid appoints Kathy-Anne McManus as VP

February 6, 2019

Kathy Anne McManus.Avid has appointed media technology services expert Kathy-Anne McManus as Senior Vice President of Global Customer Solutions and Services. With more than 30 years ...

Medi1 TV Morocco upgrades newsroom workflows with Avid Maestro graphics solutions

November 12, 2018

Avid has announced that Medi1 TV Morocco, the Morocco-based, private free-to-air news channel, has integrated Avid Maestro graphics solutions to advance workflow productivity, content quality, and grow audience share.Medi1 TV ...

Why broadcast solutions providers have integrated Unreal Engine

by Supriya Srinivas

November 5, 2018

From having a fleet of sports cars in the studio to placing the presenter at the heart of a raging tornado, studios are not restricted by space or geography. Solutions ...

Upgrading Al-Sharqiya’s London studio

by Supriya Srinivas

October 7, 2018

Ahmed Bin-Afif, CTO at Al-Sharqiya Group.With an audience reach estimated at 80% of television viewers across Iraq, Al-Sharqiya Group has created seamless collaboration with social media ...

Avid First creative tools achieves one million user downloads

September 15, 2018

Avid has announced that more than one million users in nearly every country have downloaded Avid First creative tools for free, including Pro Tools | First, Media Composer | First ...

Avid appoints Dubai-based NMK Electronics as pro audio division distributor

August 12, 2018

Avid has appointed NMK as their Pro Audio Division Distributor in the Middle East. NMK will reportedly build on Avids audio presence providing support in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman UAE and ...

Hal Leonard to distribute Avid Pro Tools and Sibelius in EMEA

July 26, 2018

Avid has announced that Hal Leonard will distribute Pro Tools digital audio software and Sibelius music notation software to individual creatives, aspiring professionals and educational establishments through authorised resellers in ...

Avid upgrades newsroom for public broadcaster RTS Senegal Africa

April 29, 2018

Boubou Sall, Director of New Technologies, RTS Senegal.Senegalese national public broadcaster has modernised its newsrooms with a new infrastructure based on Avid's MediaCentral platform in combination with ...

Avid fires Louis Hernandez Jr., appoints Jeff Rosica as CEO

February 26, 2018

Avid appoints Jeff Rosica as CEO with immediate effect.Avid's Board of Directors has appointed Jeff Rosica as its Chief Executive Officer of the company, with immediate effect and terminated ...

Avid celebrates successes at BAFTA Film Awards

February 22, 2018

Still from DunkirkAvid announced that the winners and nominees in all sound and editing production craft categories at this years British Academy of Film and Television Arts ...

First look at Kuwait TV’s 4K news studio

January 28, 2018

Meshaal Megled, Undersecretary for Engineering at Kuwait TV.Kuwait's national broadcaster offers a first look at its new cutting-edge 4K news studio and production workflow, in an ...

Avid Maestro Graphics improves workflows for content creators

January 4, 2018

Avid has released the latest versions of its Maestro | Designer and Maestro | News solutions. The new versions enable content creators to create superior, high resolution graphics more efficiently ...

Avid solutions deployed at ITV Studios Daytime

December 9, 2017

Avid solutions reportedly allows ITV Studios Daytime to create unique graphics for its live entertainment programmes such as Good Morning Britain, Lorraine, This Morning, and Loose ...

Tech experts discuss challenges in the broadcast workplace

by Supriya Srinivas

December 5, 2017

We were promised a revolution, opened Peter Ennis, Senior Vice President, Global Services, Delivery and Customer Support, Avid. The 20-year broadcast industry veteran had flown in from New Zealand to ...

Avid connects with partners and customers in Lebanon

November 29, 2017

Avid, a media technology provider for the creation, distribution and monetisation of media assets for global media organisations, enterprise users and individual creative professionals, conducted a two-day customer and partner ...

AJA and Avid team up on Avid Artist | DNxIP Interface

November 16, 2017

AJA Video Systems has announced that it has collaborated with Avid to develop Avid Artist | DNxIP, a new hardware interface option for Avid Media Composer users that reportedly supports high frame rate, ...

Avid enters into enterprise agreement with Viacom

November 9, 2017

Avid President Jeff RosicaAvid has announced a multiyear enterprise agreement with global entertainment company Viacom to enhance its worldwide production infrastructure on Avids MediaCentral platform. The platform, ...

MBC expands with Avid at Dubai Studio City facility

November 3, 2017

Avid has announced that MBC (Middle East Broadcasting Center) Group has implemented a comprehensive Avid newsroom solution for its new facility in Dubai Studio City.The new MBC studios at Dubai Studio ...

Avid embarks on multi-year agreement with Microsoft

October 16, 2017

Avid participated for the first time at GITEX this year and used the opportunity to announce an alliance with Microsoft. The partnership is a comprehensive, multi-year strategic agreement in which ...

Avid graphics to energise Glasgow 2018 European Championships

October 13, 2017

Avid has announced that it has been appointed as the broadcast graphics platform supplier for the Glasgow 2018 European Championships. As an official supporter of the major new multi-sport event, Avid ...

Louis Hernandez, Jr, of Avid on leveraging the cloud

October 11, 2017

Louis Hernandez, Jr,Chairman & CEO, AvidMedia organisations are looking to capitalise on the efficiency, agility, flexibility and scalability that the cloud facilitates.Video over IP creating ...

Avid delivers cloud sharing for Sibelius

September 29, 2017

Avid, has announced the availability of Sibelius | Cloud Sharing. The new Version 8.7 software update for Avid Sibelius, a music composition and notation software, delivers enhancements to Sibelius and ...

Avid partners with NMK Electronics for live sound

August 2, 2017

Venue S6L.Avid has announced a new live sound partnership with NMK, a distributor of professional audio, video and communication products in the Middle East.Based in Dubai, ...

Turkish channel ATV invests in Avid graphics

July 23, 2017