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 ...
Nicolas Kyvernitis Electronics Enterprises (NMK), distributor of Roland Professional in the region, has ...
Rana Kazkaz and Anas Khalaf, two Middle Eastern filmmakers have been taken to attend the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) 37º South Market by Abu Dhabi Film Commission (ADFC).The duo were runners ...
The Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) has granted a new broadcasting satellite transmission service license to MZ Intaj FZ LLC twofour54.Speaking about the new license, H.E. Mohamed Nasser Al Ghanim, director ...
Dubai-based production house Muddville has recently acquired two RED EPIC cameras.Jac Mulder, director of Muddville told BroadcastPro ME that the new ...
twofour54 intaj today took journalists on a tour of its Stereoscopic 3D lab, claimed to be the region's first to offer dedicated facilities, equipment and support for the format.Wayne Borg, ...
NMK has announced that the Roland Road Show will be coming to Kuwait tomorrow, 19 July 2011.The event will be held at the IBIS Hotel Salmiya and is scheduled to go ...
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 BroadcastPro team.More than 150 people from the TV and film production and broadcast industry in the UAE joined BroadcastPro Middle East at Calabar, The Address ...
Rotana Audio Visual Group and Sony Gulf joined ...
Al Jazeera is in talks with France Telecom to acquire the Orange Sport channel.According to France Telecom chief executive Stephane Richard Friday, the deal has not been finalised. He said:"What ...
Dubai-based distributor United Broadcast and SAE Institute have partnered to present a free workshop on the Phantom Flex camera.The Vision Research workshop is scheduled to be held at the SAE ...
The Doha Film Institute(DFI) has announced that it will be hosting a worldwide TEDX event meant exclusively for TEDx organisers called the TEDx worldwide workshop (TEDxWWW).TEDxWWW will be a private ...
The Royal Film Commission, Jordan in cooperation with the Goethe Institute in Amman will be screening the German-Spanish film One Day in Europe on the occasion of the Women's Football ...
Producer Imagenation Abu Dhabi has signed an exclusive agreement with distributor Empire International, to distribute Imagenation Abu Dhabis locally-produced slate to theatres and ...
For those looking to submit their original entries for the Emirates Film Competition(EFC) 2011, there is a little more time.Filmmakers from the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and Qatar can hand ...
Irdeto, a global software security and media technology company has announced the acquisition of BD+ technology for Blu-ray from Rovi Corporation.The newly acquired BD+ technology will fold into the companys ...
The International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers (IABM) has added 13 new members since the beginning of 2011.The broadcast and media technology suppliers that have joined the IABM fold include Ardis Technoloiges, ...
Jordanian director Zaid Abu Hamdan's Baheya and Mahmoud has qualified for an Oscar nomination in 2012, a milestone in Arab filmmaking.Abu Hamdan wrote and directed the short film which was filmed ...
Applications are now open for the first round of the Jordan Film Fund (JFF), the first grant of its kind in Jordan.Set up this year by the Royal Film Commission ...
Avid is offering a Final Cut Pro crossgrade promotion for qualified Final Cut Pro customers.The offer aims to encourage Final Cut Pro users to use Media Composer, Avids professional editing solution ...
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 ...
A survey by Regus has found that 50% of Gulf firms have successfully used social networking to win new business over the last year.According to social media expert Paul Bradshaw, broadcasters, ...
Next Generation Broadcasting (NGB), which operates as consumer brand Smart TV, will supply a DVB-T/T2 receiver conformance regime To Digital TV labs, an independent receiver conformance products and services provider, ...
HK Audio speaker systems distributor Melody House has supplied non-profit art centre Pavilion Downtown Dubai with the new Elements speaker system.The venue consists of two ...
Four young filmmakers from Doha Film Institute have attended the Fest Training Ground in Portugal. The event is now in its third year and has had over 350 participants from ...
Dubai-based rental systems integration firm AVI-SPL has purchased Shure wireless microphone systems from local distributor Nicolas Kyvernitis Electronics (NMK) Enterprises. The investment includes receivers and transmitters from the UHF-R series.AVI-SPL has ...
Al Nujoom Media Production has deployed the Hamlet MonitorScope MS9000 in its outside broadcast truck, claimed to be the first high definition unit in ...
Turkey-based SVS Telekom has signed a landmark deal with Newtec to become its first third party repair centre in the Middle East. It will cover all repairs to Newtec equipment ...
Qatar based Aspire Zone Foundation(AZF) is set to open the Gulf's first ladies-only cinema in Doha on June 30.According to the AZF website, the cinema has a seating capacity of ...
Turner Broadcasting Systems Arabia (TBS Arabia) will launch a new Cartoon Network animation development studio, Cartoon Network Studios Arabia, as part of a new agreement signed with twofour54 Abu Dhabi. Last year, the Cartoon ...
Kuwait-based telecoms company Wataniya Telecom has announced that it will launch its own satellite channel on July 15, 2011.The channel is aimed at Muslim viewers and will run only during ...
?A series of events based on the Japanese cartoon industry will be hosted at a cartoon, comic and video game convention in Bahrain. The first Bahrain Anime Convention (Banicon) will be ...
MBC showcased its High Definition offerings ahead of the official July ...
MBC's Group TV Director Tim Riordan, who is well known for negotiating many of the content acquisition deals with Hollywood Studios for the network, will retire from his position at ...
Four film projects have received cash grants from The Screen Institute, Beirut this month.Crayons from Askalan: Lebanon $15,000 (Production)Director: Laila HoteitThe film is a creative documentary based on the powerful ...
Egypt & Saudi Arabia, followed by the UAE, host the highest number of FTA channels broadcasting in the Arab World, according to a report titled Satellite TV in the 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 ...
Fewer than half of the 11 million 3DTV-ready homes in the UK in 2016 will be active and regular users of 3DTV content, according to a new report from Informa ...
TSL has acquired Celtic Audio Ltd., a UK company that specialises in the development of professional audio technology enabling the flexible and accurate monitoring of sound. The acquisition is effective ...
Bahrains Information Affairs Authority (IAA) has invested in state-of-the-art Sony XDCAM HD broadcast technology as part ...
The Abu Dhabi Media Zone Authority has offered ex-Baynounah staff the opportunity to join its freelance scheme at preferential rates, BroadcastPro ME has learnt. The scheme will enable ex-Baynounah staff, ...
OSN has announced two new appointments to its marketing team.Hamad M. Malik has ...
twofour54 tadreeb acquired SAE Dubai for US $7 million from global education services provider Navitas, BroadcastPro Middle East can reveal.SAE, a ...
Sky News Arabia, which is scheduled for launch in Q3 2012, has begun construction ...
UAE telco operator and cable ...
CABSAT will introduce a new zone dedicated to DSLR cameras, technology and equipment as part of the annual exhibition, which will be ...
The eighth edition of Dubai International Film Festival, which will be held from December 7 to 14, 2011, is presently inviting entries for the festivals 2011 official screening selection, including ...
