What caught my eye at IBC2024
Paul Mongey, a DoP based between Dubai and the UK, arrived at IBC with a shopping list. With an emphasis on enhancing collaboration for international clients, he explored cutting-edge technologies ...
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Paul Mongey, a DoP based between Dubai and the UK, arrived at IBC with a shopping list. With an emphasis on enhancing collaboration for international clients, he explored cutting-edge technologies ...
The eight-week festival in Riyadh will showcase gaming activities, community tournaments, pop culture festivities, international experiences, and more.
Riyadh hosts Esports World Cup featuring $60m prize pool as global professionals compete in 22 competitions across 21 titles.
The EWC will create exclusive content for TikTok and collaborate with TikTok creators for additional activations.
The collaboration with the Esports World Cup Foundation entails that STC Group will ensure connectivity throughout all EWC venues.
BBC Studios, beIN Media Group, Fremantle, Paramount Global and Virgin Media O2 to feature speakers at IBC Conference.
Cuez grants users control over broadcast content elements in the rundown, ensuring all media plays on time and in the correct order.
The league aims to enhance competition in esports across countries while also bringing people together across cultures and borders.
According to the report, by 2025, there will be more than 318m e-sports enthusiasts worldwide, up from 215.2m in 2020.
Industry decision-makers (64%) cited increasing competition as their top challenge amid generally flat or lowered budget outlooks.
Under the deal, Sawa Group, which supports the localisation of global video games largely developed in China, will relocate to Abu Dhabi.
Savvy's investment will help VSPO continue to deliver on its global strategy and accelerate the growth of mobile e-sports with a particular focus on Saudi Arabia.
Additionally, the joint venture will act as the media rights agency for MENA and the Indian subcontinent.
The partnership will see new products, services and solutions delivered to gamers in Saudi Arabia and the wider region.
Glensound also displayed the Nomad portable live audio unit using standard cellular connectivity, including 4G.
As per the reports, there are 23.5m gaming enthusiasts in the Kingdom, while 21.1m have already played esports titles on a semi-pro or amateur basis.
As part of the collaboration, the Nasr team’s newly redesigned kit will carry TikTok branding.
Ooredoo will be launching a series of products, services and initiatives specifically geared towards the gaming audience.
The studio will be used for branded content creation, production and live broadcasts in the Middle East.
The hub will include the first-ever certified esports academy in the region with the mission of highlighting the importance of playing responsibly.
While Covid-19 hit the esports sector hard with live activations and events halted, it also created a rise in the number of people competing and watching online video game tournaments.
There will be two seasons in each calendar year, with the first season taking place in 2020.
89% of sports fans subscribe to a pay-TV or OTT service, yet 51% watch pirate sports services at least once a month.
Service providers are continuing to charge end users the regional sports network fees, even though live sporting events have been cancelled.
While a boom in media rights for eSports was expected, the coronavirus outbreak may see the value of these rights jump significantly, the analyst said.
PWL was awarded the project by Doha-based event company The Planners who, combined with TCS and Trimex, has become a major player in the country for such shows and events.
With esports snowballing in popularity, the biggest production players are clearly the gaming workstations, which are based on IT and IP technologies by their very nature, says Matt Allard.
Watching esports and game video content is becoming as important as actually playing, says Ricardo Rodrigues, Head of Business Development – Americas at Telstra Broadcast Services.
Key luminaries from the esports ecosystem converged at the BroadcastPro Summit to discuss the direction that esports is taking, its growth prospects as a profession and its future in the ...
Key luminaries from the esports ecosystem converged at the BroadcastPro Summit 2019 to discuss the direction that esports is taking, its growth prospects as a profession and its future in ...
Karim Mousa of Cyber Sports League and Edouard Griveaud of Webedia talk about tapping into the million-dollar market of esports and the possibilities for growth in the MENA region at ...
Scott Barber, Business Development Manager, XPression and VS Solutions of Ross Video discusses emerging trends and technical challenges within esports.
Every year, IBC brings new elements to the table to keep the show fresh. We catch up with Michael Crimp to learn more about what’s new this year.
This year we have created a dedicated showcase with industry experts who will examine the state of the industry, highlight the production challenges and much more," said Steve Connolly, Business ...
Studio Technologies' Model 207 eSports Console offers a combination of analog and digital audio resources specifically intended to support eSports-related live event, entertainment, and streaming broadcast applications.
Vizrt's Global Sports unit will lead all business worldwide with sports broadcasters, sports teams and federations, e-sports, and sports venues. It will sit alongside the other business regions of EMEA, ...
Esports has exploded onto the entertainment scene in a unique way, creating new opportunities for organisers, players and media platforms. Liam Hayter looks at how broadcasters can capitalise, and what ...
Experts will come together at the Dubai World Trade Centre to discuss the changing roles of content creation, distribution and consumption.
Digital content revenues are expected to reach $250bn in 2019, up $23bn from last year, according to a report titled Digital Content Business Models: OTT & Telco Strategies 2019-2023 from ...
Chris Merrill, Director of Product Marketing at Grass Valley.While still a young segment in the Middle East, with revenues of around $3bn in 2017 (Statistica), all ...
Online users who viewed games videos were more likely to subscribe to a greater number of SVOD (Streaming Video-on-Demand) services than the average user; around six SVOD services, compared to ...
HRH Prince Faisal Bin Bandar Bin Sultan Al Saud, President of the Saudi Arabian Federation For Electronic And Intellectual Sports (SAFEIS ).The Saudi Arabian Federation for ...
Dubai Media Office and free zone operator TECOM Group have announced plans for the Middle Easts first esports stadium. The announcement was made on the Dubai Media Office's Twitter page via ...
