Tag: MENA

April 8, 2017

Ipsos recently released a report enumerating some of the factors contributing to the growth of OTT services in the MENA region. We bring you some key findings of the report ...

Irdeto secures GOBX platform

March 20, 2017

Irdeto has announced a new multi-year deal with GOBX, a new premium entertainment platform in the MENA region. Irdeto Cloaked CA is a software CA solution and part of the ...

House Hunters Middle East shares expats’ relocation experiences

November 28, 2016

Phillip Luff, MD, Scripps Networks Interactive, UK and EMEA.House Hunters Middle East follows families and couples from around the world as they try to find homes, start ...

Ellens Design Challenge to premiere in MENA on beIN

October 16, 2016

During the finals, carpenters Matt Muenster (left) and Chip Wade (center) brainstorm with designer Sef Pinney (right) on how to design a signature bed paired with ...

Guy Elliott appointed Telestreams Head of EMEA Sales

September 2, 2016

Guy Elliott.Telestream has announced the appointment of Guy Elliott as its Head of Region Sales for Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA), following two years when ...

Roundtable – Sports Talk

by Vijaya Cherian

August 7, 2016

BroadcastPro ME and Avid brought together some key sports production and broadcast specialists from the GCC to discuss the challenges of broadcasting sports events in the region and how to ...

The changing face of pay TV in MENA

by Vijaya Cherian

March 9, 2016

BeIN Media Group has remained a quiet player for a long time. Over the years, it has quietly amassed a large number of premium sports rights, the English Premier League ...

Ross Video focuses on workflow simplification and efficiency

March 6, 2016

Real-time motion graphics, Xpression.At CABSAT, Ross Video will be demonstrating a range of solutions designed to help broadcasters and those working in live production simplify and ...

MENA internet users hungry for premium content but unsure where to look

March 5, 2016

The start of 2016 has been marked by a number of new players launching premium content services in the MENA region. Perhaps the biggest splash came from Netflix who announced ...

Physique TV signs carriage deal with Prime Entertainment Group

February 10, 2016

Content provider Prime Entertainment Group has signed a carriage deal with Physique TV who will take its Fitness Series in the Middle East and North Africa.Physique TV is claimed to ...

Sun Network to launch 10 channels on YuppTV for MENA

February 6, 2016

South Indian television network Sun Network has partnered with online platform YuppTV to offer regional entertainment channels. YuppTV will launch 10 channels in four languages Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil and ...

OSN to launch BBC First in MENA

January 11, 2016

Picture Shows: (L-R) Dolokhov (TOM BURKE), Anatole Kuragin (CALLUM TURNER), Anna Pavlovna (GILLIAN ANDERSON), Prince Vassily Kuragin (STEPHEN REA), Helene Kuragin (TUPPENCE MIDDLETON), Pierre Bezukhov (PAUL ...

All eyes on MENA

January 9, 2016

Ted Sarandos spoke in a video conference during DIFF.Netflix is set to launch in the MENA this year. Dubai Film andTV Commission hosted a video conference ...

Netflix launches in 130 new countries including MENA

January 7, 2016

Reed Hastings is CEO of Netflix.Netflix launched its service globally, simultaneously bringing its internet TV network to more than 130 new countries around the world. The company made ...

Pan-African news channel to launch in Arabic and English

January 6, 2016

The French-language pan-African satellite news network Africa 24 is expanding its operations to produce content in Arabic and English.The broadcaster will produce an Arabic news channel in Casablanca, while the ...

OTT on the rise

December 12, 2015

Leading regional OTT providers and content producers discuss online business models and their future in the MENAModerator Nick Grande opened the discussion by asking Maaz Sheikh to comment on the ...

State of convergence of media in MENA

November 20, 2015

Sanjay Salil, Managing Director, MediaGuru.This report, jointly undertaken by MediaGuru and Arab Advisors Group, analyses the state of convergence between media, gadgets and telecom in the ...

Arabsat launches Badr-7

November 15, 2015

Khalid Balkheyour, CEO and President, Arabsat.Arabsat has successfully launched Arabsat-6B to cater to the growing needs for satellite broadcasting capacity across Middle East, Africa and Asia.Arabsat-6B, ...

Strengthening ties

October 10, 2015

Anuj Gandhi, Group CEO, IndiaCast.Viacom18 and IndiaCast are expanding in the MENA region with the launch of a new channel, Rishtey Asia. Anuj Gandhi, Group CEO of ...

Argosy appoints Graham Lay to lead Dubai-based regional team

by Staff Writer

October 7, 2015

Graham Lay, General Manager, Argosy Middle East.Argosy has appointed Graham Lay as General Manager of its Middle Eastern operation. Lay has worked for IEWC, Argosys parent ...

Arabic version of Sesame Street to air from this month

September 3, 2015

The cast of Iftah Ya Simsim.The Arabic version of Sesame Street, Iftah Ya Simsim, is all set to make a comeback on MENA TV screens after ...

BeIN Sports awarded MENA Olympics rights from 2018-24

July 29, 2015

Olympic stadium London 2012.BeIN Sports has been awarded the exclusive broadcast rights in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for the Olympic games between 2018 ...

Twitter hires Sales Chief to head the MENA region

June 13, 2015

Benjamin Ampen.Twitter has appointed Benjamin Ampen as Head of Sales for the MENA region. The social media platform is preparing to open an office in Dubai ...

Image Nation and Discovery to launch new Arabic channel

June 9, 2015

UAE's Image Nation has partnered with Discovery Communications to create and launch a new Arabic language TV channel, Quest Arabiya, for the MENA region.Quest Arabiya will be free-to-air and will go live ...

Dubai Media City Chief highlights opportunities for content creators

May 26, 2015

Mohammad Abdullah.Deloittes recent TMT Predictions 2015 highlight real growth opportunities for content creators across the MENA region, focusing particularly on short-form content and Digital Islamic Services. ...

YouTube star Grace Helbig to premiere show on OSNs E! channel

April 26, 2015

The Grace Helbig Show.YouTube star and internet sensation Grace Helbigs new hybrid, comedy talk show, officially titled The Grace Helbig Show, is set to premiere on ...

The winning formula

April 15, 2015

Sami Boutany, CEO, Yahlive,In an interview with BroadcastPro ME, Yahlives CEO Sami Boustany outlines the companys new business strategy and how focusing on a Farsi-speaking audience ...

Middle Easts video-capable mobile device penetration spurs monetisation opportunities

March 4, 2015

With the value of global Over-the-Top (OTT) video streaming due to reach US$22.7 billion by 2018 - up from US$6.5 billion in 2013 and legitimate IPTV subscribers across the MENA region ...

Selevision teams with du and Akamai for digital content in MENA

January 21, 2015

Du and Akamai Technologies have announced that Selevision, a Saudi Arabian on demand service provider, has selected the companies content delivery services to support over-the-top delivery of its channels throughout ...

Cartoon Network Arabic partners with Code.org in MENA

January 19, 2015

Cartoon Network Arabic has partnered with Code.org to raise awareness and inspire children to get involved in computer science. This is the first initiative of its kind for Code.org in ...

Bridge Technologies partners with MERA-TECH for MENA

January 12, 2015

Simen K Frostad, Chairman, bridge Technologies.Bridge Technologies has appointed MERA-TECH as its regional business partner for MENA. With a new office in Dubai, MERA-TECH will carry ...

Sony to showcase latest cinema cameras at IBC Content Everywhere MENA

January 4, 2015

Underlining the MENA region as a growing market for creative content, Sony will show its latest cinematography cameras at IBC Content Everywhere MENA, in Dubai on 20-22 January 2015. Sony ...

Peter Ostapiuk on the future of 4K

January 4, 2015

Peter Ostapiuk, Intelsat.In an interview with BroadcastPro ME, Peter Ostapiuk, Vice President of Media Product Management at Intelsat, reveals the direction 4K is expected to take ...

IBC Content Everywhere and NHK bring 8K television to MENA

by Guest Columnist

January 4, 2015

IBC Content Everywhere is a new series of global events addressing the latest developments in media.With digital out-of-home presentations and high quality acquisition high on the list of current trends, ...

G.fast solves UHD bandwidth bottleneck

by Guest Columnist

January 3, 2015

The Broadband Forum, a global association of broadband service providers and technology vendors, has announced support for the new ITU-T ultra broadband access standard, G.fast, as a new way to ...

Radio stations in MENA increase by 48%: Arab Advisors Group

December 10, 2014

Private FM radio stations slightly outnumber government-owned ones in the Arab World, according to a report by the Arab Advisors Group. Arab Advisors research of FM radio stations in the ...

Local content to drive MENA media growth: ADMS study

November 18, 2014

Noura Al Kaabi.Untapped demand for local, Arabic content will spur rapid regional media growth over the next five years, according to a new study unveiled at ...

Pay-TV in MENA to reach 15.2m by 2019: Ovum

August 16, 2014

The number of pay-TV subscriptions in the Middle East and North Africa will increase from 10.6 million last year to 15.2 million by the end of 2019, according to London-based ...

Digital TV to reach two-thirds households in MENA: report

May 21, 2014

According to the Digital TV Middle East & Africa Databook from Digital TV Research, digital TV penetration will be 73.8% in the Middle East & North Africa (up from 64.3% ...

TV Everywhere in MENA to grow to $100m by 2018: Frost & Sullivan

May 15, 2014

TV everywhere in MENA in 2013 accounted for more than USD 10m, which is projected to grow ten fold by 2018 to $100m.The main drivers of TV Everywhere are high ...

CABSAT’s technology zones underline new content-rich approach

March 10, 2014

Having helped shape the regions broadcast and satellite industry landscape for two decades, the historic 20th edition of CABSAT, the leading content management event in the Middle East, Africa and ...

Panasonics 4K range at CABSAT

March 10, 2014

Panasonics latest portfolio of next-generation 4K audio visual solutions, including new camcorders, monitors, live switchers and the DMC-GH4 - the Worlds First 4K Video Recording Digital Single Lens Mirrorless Camera ...

beIN Sports Arabia reports record growth

February 25, 2014

Qatar-based beIN Sports Arabia (formerly Al Jazeera Sport) now has more than 2.43m subscribers, with active users across 23 countries in the MENA region, a recent report revealed. The broadcaster saw ...

ViewSat achieves record growth in MENA

February 2, 2014

ViewSat, a global provider of broadcast services for television and radio, has announced record growth owing to the increase in the number of channels in the region. During 2013, the ...

Argosy introduces Ghielmetti patch panels to MENA

January 28, 2014

Argosy, a supplier of HD broadcast cables and studio infrastructure products, will debut Ghielmettis high performance CSF series audio patch panels in the Middle East on its stand at CABSAT.The ...

83% growth for MENA pay-TV by 2020

January 23, 2014

A recent report has revealed that pay-TV revenues in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) will grow by more than 83% between 2010 and 2020 to USD 5.60 billion. ...

The road to production in MENA

by Guest Columnist

January 2, 2014

Dubai Film and TV Commission (DFTC), in partnership with Oliver Wyman, a global management consulting firm, released a white paper examining key areas for growth and investment in the MENA ...

Ringing in the new year

by Vijaya Cherian

January 1, 2014

I wish all of you a happy and blessed New Year. May 2014 be filled with new broadcast projects that are innovative, out-of-the-box and award-winning, and may each one of ...

White paper highlights Dubai as media production hub

December 12, 2013

Jamal Al Sharif.Dubai Film and TV Commission (DFTC), in partnership with Oliver Wyman, a global management consulting firm, released a white paper examining key areas for ...

Al Jazeera in exclusive deal for UEFA rights

September 10, 2013

Al Jazeera Sport has secured the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) rights for the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Champions League and UEFA Europa League for 2015-2018.The broadcaster ...

Haivision and Digital Planet join forces for greater presence in MENA

August 30, 2013