Saudi Arabias Ministry of Culture and Information (MOCI) has selected Jampro Antennas of Sacramento, CA to furnish turnkey broadband DVB-T ...
Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) Europe has acquired Latibaer, the Icelandic entity that owns and operates the LazyTown brand. The announcement follows Turners consolidated preschool expansion across Europe Middle East and ...
Harris Corporation announced at IBC that it has been awarded a contract to provide ...
UAE-based telecommunications company Etisalat has commissioned systems integrator Qvest Media to undertake the construction of a multi-format playout centre for the production and ...
Tapeless technology specialist EVS will provide a fully integrated news production solution for the launch of Sky News Arabia´s new 24/7 Arabic news channel. Sky News Arabia is a joint ...
The third edition of the Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) will open this year with the world premiere of Black Gold. Vocalist ...
Broadband satellites networks and services company Hughes Network Systems HUGHES) has made its first shipment of advanced Ka-band gateway equipment and satellite terminals to Abu Dhabi based Al Yah Satellite ...
Egyptian Advanced Multimedia Systems (EAMS) has selected video streaming solutions provider Anevia's IPTV head-end solution to deliver content to its entire IP network.The EAMS IPTV delivery system, Egypts first, includes ...
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 ...
The Royal Film Commission-Jordan (RFC) in cooperation with the Embassy of Chile in Amman will be screening Chilean feature films from 6 September to 8 September, 2011.The movies will be ...
Nicolas Kyvernitis Electronics Enterprises, Roland Professional distributors in the region, have recently hosted a roadshow in Kuwait.The event was attended ...
With less than two months to the debut of Tropfest Arabia, Tropfest founder John Polson tells BroadcastPro Middle East about the film festival.Tropfest was first ...
Global broadcaster Aljazeera Sports Channels will use technology from satellite communication specialist Newtec and the Arab States Broadcasting Union to receive its multimedia content.Aljazeera has invested in several Multimedia Exchange ...
Dr. Riyadh Najm, Deputy Minister of Engineering, Saudi Ministry of Culture and Information was recently ...
Dubai-based production house Icon Art Production is gearing up to launch a non-profit initiative titled International Independent Film Makers Club (IIFM) that will support four ...
BroadcastPro Middle East is now accepting nominations to the ASBU BroadcastPro Middle East Awards that will be hosted on November 23, 2011 at Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai. The event, which ...
Star has moved the playout of two of its channels from Hong Kong to twofour54, Abu Dhabis content generation zone.Since the launch of its playout centre last year, twofour54 has ...
Arabian Studios, an international production company with offices in Europe and studios in Los Angeles that produces feature films, TV commercials and documentaries, ...
Abu Dhabi Film Commission (ADFC) has announced its shortlist for the 2011 Shasha Grant. It is a $100,000 international screenwriting competition whose winner is chosen by a group of international ...
The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has won two awards at the eighth annual International Business Awards, also known as the Stevie Awards.The film festival was named Distinguished Honouree in ...
Tropfest Arabia, the new Arabic version of the worlds largest short film festival, has announced that filmmaker, Nayla Al Khaja, will represent the UAE on ...
Habibi Rasak Kharban, a Gaza love story supported by Enjaaz, the post-production fund of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), will ...
The Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF) has announced the main venues for its upcoming fifth edition, scheduled to take place in the capital from October 13-22, 2011.For the first time, ...
Brokerage house Al Ramz Securities, has entered into a partnership agreement with CNBC-Arabia, in cooperation with AWAL IT Services, a company specialising in Information Technology (IT), computer software and electronic ...
Qatar Telecom(Qtel) group's Mozaic TV service is increasing its Ramadan channels and programming during the holy month.Four new channels with Islamic content have been added to cater to audiences' preferences.The new ...
du is offering its On Demand Club service to all existing and new du TV subscriptions free of charge, until September 9, 2011.On Demand Club allows subscribers to access international ...
The official launch of the first Indian HD Bollywood entertainment channel in the UAE was announced today.The launch of the new channel titled UTV Stars was announced by Etisalat in ...
Singapore-based media company MediaCorp is set to host the 20th Public Broadcasters International (PBI) 2011 conference this October. The conference will be held at Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore from ...
Generator Rex, a new animated series has been launched by Cartoon Network Arabic. It joins other shows on the network which include Ben 10 Ultimate Alien, Dexters Laboratory and Adventure Time, which ...
A new Bollywood film titled Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (My brothers bride) which stars actors Imran Khan, Katrina Kaif and Pakistani singer Ali Zafar is scheduled to have its world premiere ...
A video competition has been launched to enable participants to express their love for the UAE by sending entries that celebrate the country's spirit and character, in time for its ...
The Arabsat 5C satellite built by Astrium and Thales Alenia Space was transported from the Astrium facilities in Toulouse, France by air to ...
Melody House, distributors of Primacoustics, has recently supplied to Dubai-based Ecstatic ...
Samir Abdulhadi, president and CEO of Orbit Group, has been appointed chairman of Panther Media Group Limited (the owning company of Orbit Showtime Network) for ...
Regional director Hideaki Nakamura is leaving Sony Middle East and Africa to head the companys operations in Latin America, BroadcastPro Middle East can reveal.Rob Sherman will be back in Dubai ...
The UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) awarded Al Maisan Satellite Communications Company (YahLive) a ten-year satellite services licence for Broadcasting Satellite Transmission ...
The world premiere of Mission Impossible 4 is likely to take place at Dubai International Film Festival, BroadcastPro Middle East has learnt. Sources claim the deal has already been signed ...
Dubai based rental, company Spectrum Entertainment Services has invested in a new in-ear monitor system - Sennheisers ew 300 IEM G3.Supplied by Sennheisers UAE distributer Venuetech, the eight channel system ...
Pebble Beach Systems, a provider of broadcast automation solutions has announced that Egypts newest commercial broadcaster, CBC Network, has launched with two Dolphin integrated channel devices under Marina automation control.CBC ...
Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI) has installed an Omneon MediaGrid active storage system from Harmonic to serve as central storage for the ...
Sennheiser Middle East has recently supplied 16 ADN systems to Saudi Arabian AV systems integrator Electronic Special Equipment (ESE) for a single governmental project in the Riyadh.Speaking about their choice, ...
The Ultraviolet initiative is pegged to be a hot topic at IBC this year; Irdetos Christopher Schouten gives Broadcastpro ME an insight into the technology.The Ultraviolet initiative will launch in ...
Dubai-based distributor United Broadcast and Media Solutions (UBMS) is set to launch an online video training centre. The training centre, which is currently ...
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, ...
Egripment's new encoded package for cranes was used for the TV broadcasting of the Turkish elections in June 2011 on TRT.The TDT6 crane package and the 306 remote head were both ...
NewTek has announced the shipment of 3Play 820, a 10-channel (eight-in, two-out), slow motion system that supports the simultaneous display, recording, and instant replay of up to eight video streams, ...
Cabletime, developer of the MediaStar range of IPTV distribution solutions will showcase new enhancements to its MediaStar Evolution range of MPEG encoders, LAN-Casters, Digital Media Decoders (DMDs) and Media Manager ...
Alan Constant and Hassan Merei will leave ART soon to join their former colleagues Steve Bjuvgard, Chris Pollard and Henk ...
Belden will highlight its latest infrastructure solutions for various applications at IBC.Specialists will be present to demonstrate how Belden cables offer the right support for the high frequencies needed for ...
MBC Group has re-launched Shahid, the first free video-on-demand website in the Middle East before Ramadan.The website provides TV series, programmes, cartoons, documentaries from the content of MBC channels as ...
OConnor, has introduced the OConnor Universal Camera Baseplate, designed to adapt small to medium size digital cine cameras (with on-center mounting threads) to various standard professional accessories available in the ...
The International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers(IABM) has released the fourth edition of its Broadcast and Media Technology: Global Market Valuation and Strategy to 2015 study.Based on original research commissioned from ...
Grass Valley has announced that Alan Wright will lead the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region as senior vice president. He will be based in the UK and report ...
The Arab Film Festival(AFF) which will be held in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area in October has received an overwhelming response to its call for entries.The festival ...
Doha Film Institute will be hosting a lab for resident screenwriters from 15 to 22 September.The lab will be conducted in English by mentors from Maisha, a non-profit training initiative ...
Conax has announced the launch of a new security solution for OTT content distribution at IBC 2011Based on the Conax Contego content protection platform, Conax will provide digital TV service ...
Viewers in the GCC can look forward to watching Bollywood films during Ramadan. The movies are part of a special film programme organised by channel Zee Aflam.Classics, historical epics, family ...
Avid has reported revenues of $161.3 million for the three-month period which ended on June 30, 2011.The company reported revenues of $162.2 million for the same period in 2010.The GAAP ...
Blackmagic Design has announced the introduction of DaVinci Resolve Lite, a new reduced feature version of DaVinci.Resolve Lite includes colour correction features in a ...
Melody House, a distributor for Primacoustic has supplied RX9 downfire stabilizers to the ...
