UKRAINE: "White Media" to produce youth content for "MUZ TV"

Group of companies "White Media" announced that they will continue cooperation with "Muz-TV" TV channel for the production of entertainment content for 11-34 years old audiences and will start production in the next issue of the daily entertainment program, "Russian Sex-battle", "Conveyor of Love" and "Cosmetic repairs" reported its press-service company.

 
Recall this spring, "White Media" already made for "Muz-TV" three projects based on formats of the largest international format producer Endemol.
 

Source: Mediabusiness UA

 

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RUSSIA: 1.5 billion roubles will be allocated to the cartoon industry in 2012

In 2011 the funding for national animation increased by 500 million roubles and at least 1.5 billion roubles will be allocated to the industry in 2012, - stated Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at today's press conference.

In addition, Putin announced his intention to abolish the Federal State Unitary Enterprise"Incorporated State Film Collection" isolated from "Soyuzmultfilm" in 2003, and transfer its functions "Gosfilmofond".

Source: BFM.RU

 

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RUSSIA: A new city TV channel will be launched in Moscow this Fall

The 24 hours news channel, created at the initiative of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, will promptly tell the Muscovites on city events, inform the viewers about traffic jams and weather in different parts of Moscow.

The necessity to create a new channel comes from the fact that the Moscow authorities are not satisfied with the level and ratings of the existing city's channels:  The Capital (Stolitza) and Trust TV (Doverije). The head of the Moscow Department of Media and Advertising, Vladimir Chernikov, in his interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta said that the alternative TV channel will be presented for City Day, which this year will be celebrated on September 3, 2011.

 

Source: Lenta.ru

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RUSSIA : NMG holding takes over REN TV channel

National Media Group holding, controlled by the shareholders of the  bank "Russia," headed by businessman Yuri Kovalchuk, became the sole  owner of television channel REN TV, increasing its stake in the company to almost 100%. The holding signed an agreement with the European media conglomerates RTL Group to exchange European concern owned 30% stake in REN TV on 7,5% stake in National Media Group (NMG).

Earlier some media reported that RTL Group bought 30% of REN TV in 2005 from Irena and Dmitry Lesnevsky for 67 million euros  to leave Russia. In April last year, concern has concluded an option agreement with NMG, for which RTL might sell its 30% to be redeemed by  NMG.

Source: www.comnews.ru

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RUSSIA: JCTV channel goes satellite

The Board of the «Russian Broadcasting Network» media holding announced that the company is fully prepared to run a round o'clock TV channel for the young people audience in Russia - «JCTV». It will be carried on the satellite Hot Bird 8 (13E) from which the broadcaster already transmits the following channels:  Russian Public TV Channel "TBN-Russia" and a children themed TV channel - "Smile of a Child".

Igor Nikitin, Head of Media Holding, said: "TV channel «JCTV» must be an alternative to the MTV network». According to him, the new project will be of great interest in Russia, as evidenced by the popularity «JCTV» in the broadcast of "TBN-Russia" and on the Internet where the viewers can see the latest news of performers and musical groups, the outcome of festivals, shows about the life and the work of legendary musicians, composers, producers ...

Source: JCTV officilal website

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UKRAINE: Star Media Production is working on Warner Brothers "Cold Case"

Star Media Production is working on shooting a series of the format "Cold Case" from Warner Brothers. This was told by the chairman of board of directors of Star Media Vlad Ryashin. "We now expect the arrival of a consultant from Warner Brothers and to begin to adapt, " - he said.

Star Media also agreed with the STB TV channel that the third, fourth and fifth seasons of the series will come out on the channel. Each of these series involves four episodes.

Source: Media Business UA 

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UKRAINE: Mr. Kolesnikov launches "Ice Hockey" TV channel

The National Council for Radio and Television, at the June 1 meeting, decided to issue licenses for satellite broadcasting LLC Totveld which intends to broadcast under the "Hockey" logo.

The Deputy Prime Minister -  Borys Kolesnikov - 100% owner of a Donetsk hockey club "Donbass" was identified as the founder and owner of the channel, which plans to start broadcasting in January - February 2012 through Astra 1G satellite ("Ukrkosmos").

Source : Unian.net

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RUSSIA: Russia is to introduce an age classification of films

Russia is to introduce an age classification of films.

According to RIA Novosti, earlier recommendations for age restrictions were introduced into the Mill's License (rating system), but they did not have a binding nature. The announced bill will make the procedure mandatory. As expected, the Ministry of Culture will be in charge of the classification by age for the films.

In addition, the Ministry of Culture is supposed to have the right to refuse to grant a Mill Certificate in cases where the film will promote terrorism, extremism, cruelty, violence or drug use.

Read the project (in Russian)

Source: Lenta.ru

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UKRAINE: The first two companies in Ukraine have been given ‘free from pirated goods’ status

As reported by the Film.ua press office, two Ukrainian companies -Digital Cinema Ukraine and PostModern – for the first time have been audited and certified by the Content Delivery & Storage Association (CDSA).

"According to experts, the loss of world cinema producers because of the piracy for the year are estimated, on average, several billion dollars. Ukraine also is among the leaders of the pirate hit parade " says Yegor Olesov, CEO PostModern.   “Until this situation is not  globally changed the attitude of the world major film producers to us  will not change neither. "

FYI:
DCU - a young company with the experience both in film manufacturing and system integration for film studios and cinemas. It is also known as Ukraine's first digital lab.

Source: FILM.UA 

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UKRAINE: Discovery is in talks with the Ukrainian production companies

Discovery Networks is in talks with two Ukrainian production companies regarding the acquisition of a locally produced TV show.

"...Beginning next year, we plan to focus more on local content that is relevant for the Ukrainian viewers, " said Mr. Paul Welling,VP, Head of Channels Central Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa.He refused to mention the name of the production studio and projects as well, noting that the company is considering purchasing the show for the Russian and Polish versions.

Source: MediaBusiness UA

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RUSSIA/UKRAINE: New Jewish channel to be launched in June

The "JewishNewsOne" TV channel will start to broadcast at the end of June in a test mode.

The National Council on Television and Radio, at the meeting on May 24, issued a license to broadcast satellite TV "JewishNewsOne" - an information channel for and about the Jewish community.

According to the Head of Legal Department, Maria Shvets, JewishNewsOne will begin test broadcasting 15-20 June. The company of Vadim Rabinovitch plans to get two licenses: the territory of Ukraine and other countries within range of reliable reception of the satellite Astra 4A (broadcast in Ukrainian language) and foreign broadcasts.

The Ukrainian version of JewishNewsOne will broadcast around the clock, 75% - in Ukrainian, 25% - in English with translation into Ukrainian in the running line. The TV channel will have offices in Kiev (31 employees), Brussels (8 employees) and Tel Aviv (8 employees). It will broadcast the news and in-house programs, including social topics on the life of the Jewish community.

Source: Jewish.ru

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RUSSIA: "Brige Media" outlines the launch of the 3 new thematic channels

Television Holding, "Bridge Media", which produces music TV channels BRIDGE TV and RUSONG TV highlights the forthcoming launch of another music channel - BRIDGE TV2.

Its repertoire will be slightly different from  BRIDGE TV (foreign videos), but it will air clips of foreign artists who were not included in the BRIDGE TV broadcasts : the clips which are not very popular domestically but more and more popular around the world (Lenka, Adele, Marina & The Diamonds , Daniel Marriweather, Ellie Goulding and others, as well as groups:  Two-Door Cinema Club, Plain White T's, Airfire, Stone Sour, and The Saturdays could be good examples of BRIDGE TV2’s content). Also the viewers will be able to see the clips of all the participants of the "Eurovision" contest in recent years.
 

At the moment, the holding prepares to launch the dance music oriented channel DANGE TV and WTG TV which will appear on the satellite platform NTV plus soon.

More about Bridge TV

Source: Za Novoe TV

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BELARUS: RIA Novosti news agency opens office in Minsk

The official site of RIA Novosti will open soon in Minsk, and all relevant documents have been prepared and submitted to the Foreign Ministry of Belarus, the company said.

Opening a representative office underlines the importance of the Belarusian information space for RIA Novosti with regard to further development of the Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus and military cooperation within the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).

Source: Media Day

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RUSSIA: Akado out of crisis

The group of companies Akado showed in 2010 revenue growth of 19% (10.6 billion rubles). On the results of the 1st quarter 2011 revenues totaled 2.5 billion rubles, an increase of 4% over the same period last year. Subscriber base grew for the year by an average of 8-10% depending on segments of the market (broadband and TV). This year, the operator intends to return to its pre-crisis plans for market expansion.

 

According to the analytical agency TelecomDaily, Akado takes up to 21% of the capital market of broadband access (29% belong to MTS (Comstar), 20% - to VimpelCom). In a TV segment Akado is the leader with a market share of 53%, followed by NTV-Plus and Comstar which account for 15%, then - VimpelCom with 6%.

Source: ComNews

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UKRAINE: Ukraine and France will sign an agreement on joint film production

The Minister of Culture of Ukraine, Mikhail Kulinyak and his French counterpart, Frederic Mitterrand, will sign a 2 year agreement on joint film production between Ukraine and France during the Cannes festival, said the head of the State Agency for Cinematography Catherine Kopilova. The signing will take place May 14 in Cannes.
 

In addition, the Ukrainian national pavilion at the Cannes festival will include the presentation of films united under the title "The new Ukrainian cinema." ("Novoye ukrainskoye kino"). Two new Ukrainian projects : the movie "ROCK'N'BALL" and series "Enchanted by Kiev" ("Vlublionnye v Kiev"), which will consists of 9 short films (similar to the movie" Paris, je t'aime ", " New York, I Love you "," Moscow, I Love You ") will be presented as well.

Source: Interfax UA

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UKRAINE: NTV+ will provide the channels to Ukrainian broadband providers

"The satellite TV operator "NTV +" is preparing to enter the IPTV Wholesale market in Ukraine" - said Igor Davydenko, project director of "NTV + Ukraine".

The service is about to sell a package of channels of NTV + (140 SD and HD channels) to the local broadband operators who will transmit them to their end customers.

Source: Comments UA

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CROATIA: MAXtv is still among the most successful IPTV platforms in South-eastern Europe

T-Croatian Telecom  IPTV platform MAXtv continue to grow strongly and ended the first quarter of 2011 with an impressive 317 000 users. Of these 299 000 are residential users, while the remaining 18 000 are business customers. 

T-HT has maintained a leading position in all three markets (mobile, fixed telephony and IPTV) and the number of mobile subscribers increased by about 7.9%. The number of ADSL connections has increased to 535 000 or 13.2%, and if these numbers are added to business users T-HT will have a total of 642 000 ADSL users.

 
MAXtv is still among the most successful and fastest growing IPTV platforms in Central and South-eastern Europe.

  
Source: mPortal.com.hr

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UKRAINE: First program about Tattoos is being drawn up

Soon Ukraine will have an analogue of "Miami Ink" program about Tattoos and all related interestingness.

It will be produced together by FILM.UA company and Internet portal tochka.net which previously launched its own VOD platform http://tv.tochka.net/

The show will begin airing May 2011.

Source: Media Nanny

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CZECH REPUBLIC: Metropol TV starts broadcasting

On May 1, 2011 shortly after noon, a new digital TV station began broadcasting Prague - Metropol TV.  Broadcast viewers can tune in for example the DVB-T multiplex 4, which is operated by Telefonica. The project is from the founders of music TV Ocko George Nemecek and former reporter Mark Vitek.

The Metropol TV station gives viewers information from the capital as well as cultural, social, political and sporting events.
The channel can be received via DVB-T (multiplex 4), O2 TV IPTV television and cable networks of UPC Czech Republic.

Source :Parabola.CZ

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SLOVAKIA: TV MARKIZA is launching additional TV channels

The CEO of the Slovak commercial TV station TV MARKIZA  Zuzana Ťapáková has announced that two additional TV channels will be launched in the next two years.

The TV channels will be focused on news, entertainment, reality shows and entertainment formats.

Source: SME.sk

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UZBEKISTAN: UNESCO has recognized TV Reporters of Uzbekistan as the best in Eastern Europe and CIS

At the international contest of children's shows in New York, conducted by UNESCO, TV Studio "Yangi Avlod" (Uzbek "UzNTT" network, which brings together about 30 private TV channels) was recognized as the best among the countries of Eastern Europe and CIS.

Note that 196 countries participated in this competition. Uzbekistan presented the video about contest of children's telethon held in March this year in Tashkent in celebration of international day of children's television and radio broadcasting, "the name of a happy childhood." This significant date is celebrated each year since April 1994, on the first Sunday of March at the initiative of UNICEF. On this day the MEDIA around the world focus their attention on programs for children and about children.

According to the organizers, Uzbek video won the award due to a high level and interesting content of television program that reflect the major changes in childhood education, health development, sport and culture of Uzbekistan.

Source: Podrobno UZ

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RUSSIA: Mosfilm launched its YouTube channel

Russian Cinema Concern Mosfilm opened its own channel on the Google-owned video sharing YouTube. At http://www.youtube.com/mosfilm about 50 films from 1930's to early 2000's, can be seen until and among them "Jolly Fellows" ("Veselye Rebyata"), " "Irony of Fate " ("Ironiya Sudby"), "Andrei Rublev", "The Mirror" ("Zerkalo") and others.

About a year ago Mosfilm had already launched a network of online cinema at www.cinema.mosfilm.ru where registered users could watch a movie at one of two "virtual cinemas." Some of Concern movies were broadcasted for free but the visitors did not have the possibility to choose films and had to follow the website announcements.

Now they can do it on the Mosfilm's YouTube channel where around two hundred popular films will be lined up in high definition before the end of the year as reported by the Russian office of Google and the Concern.

Source: MediaBusiness UA

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UZBEKISTAN: "Sport-tour" on TV and Radio Channel «Sport»

A new TV program "Sport-tour" will be launched on TV and Radio Channel «Sport». The audience will be introduced to historical monuments of the ancient cities of Uzbekistan, as well as resorts, where you can spend your time usefully to health through a variety of sport activities.

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The program mostly oriented towards recognition of the variety of sport activities in Uzbekistan. In addition, the audience will be introduced to the history of the ancient cities in Uzbekistan such as Samarkand, Khiva, and Bukhara, and their modern development.  It has been planned to combine the stories of country's ancient culture and its modern development, particularly the development of tourism in Uzbekistan. The program will be aired twice a month on TV and Radio Channel «Sport».

Source: NTRC official website

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BALKANS: Viasat Nature HD is testing in Croatian, Slovenian and Serbian language

Media group MTG (Modern Times Group) has started to test its new high-definition channels in HD Viasat Nature which broadcasts quality and award-winning documentaries and series dedicated to the world of nature, wildlife and wilderness.  The channel also tested on a dozen other Central and Eastern European languages.

The channel broadcasts on ASTRA 4A satellite at the orbital position 5 degrees East.


Source: mPortal

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UKRAINE: Two new documentaries narrate the history of the Ukrainian capital

April, 22 "First National" channel presented a new documentary series of its own production "Lost City." Each episode of the new documentary will tell the story of one of the ancient houses in the Ukrainian capital as reported by "MediaBusiness." 

A similar program "Old Kiev" dedicated to the history of capital's streets was launched  on the "City" TV channel on April 9th.

Source: Media Business UA 

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CZECH REPUBLIC: Advertising market is getting recovered from the economic crisis

Advertising via TV channels and Internet have become the most important for the marketers in the Czech Republic - confirms the company Admosphere.

Speaking about television sector,  the companies spent 0.41 billion CZK more in advertising via TV Channels in the first quarter of  this year  than in 2010 for the same period. In the same time the rates for the advertising space of most of the TV channels decreased or maintained at the same level. Only Barrandov TV, CT4, CT24 and PRIMA TV reviewed their price list for increases (46%, 33%, 15% and 11% respectively).

Source: Digizone.cz

 

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SERBIA: Total TV expands its offer

On Monday, 18 April 2011 Serb satellite platform Total TV expanded its offer with Ginx, a  TV channel devoted to gaming.

Ginx TV has 3 versions of the DVB subtitling: Serbian, Slovenian and Croatian.

Source: TotalTV official site

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RUSSIA: O2TV increased its coverage by 62.7% compared to the same period in 2010

In the first quarter of 2011 channel "O2TV increased its coverage by 62.7% compared to the same period in 2010 and its subscribers database grew up to 4.393 million.  According to the results on March 31, 2011, channel "O2TV" can be viewed in 73 Russian regions in 247 cities across Russia, including Moscow and all cities with populations over 1 million people. 

Only in Moscow its number of subscribers grew by 22% from January to March 2011 and counts 554.34 thousand subscribers.

Source: ComNews.ru

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CROATIA : New video portal in Croatia

EPH, in collaboration with its partners, is launching a new multimedia web portal called WPN in Croatia. This service allows for viewing TV channels, videoclips and localy produced content provided by TV channels and TV producer such as KlasikTV, MTV, CMC, JutarnjiTV, Transmeet TV, Xstream, DSLR channel and Fashion.hr.  Initially, the service is supposed to be free of charge, pay-tv services will be developed later.

WPN.tv is the first Croatian Web-TV platform and expected to be launched in early April.

Source: BUG Online

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POLAND: Pimp My Ride by Coca-Cola Zero" arrives in Poland

MTV Networks Poland, and Coca-Cola Poland Services are collaborating on the project "Pimp My Ride by Coca-Cola Zero" - the first Polish edition of the international MTV hit, made for entertainment and 'motoring enthusiasts'. "Pimp My Ride by Coca-Cola Zero" is the first of planned projects for this year of a new integrated strategy for the 360 degree commercial division MTV Networks Poland, managed by Maciej Kutak - Vice President, MTV Networks Poland Commercial.

"Pimp My Ride by Coca-Cola Zero" will be promoted in three stages - applications, production and emissions - on all platforms, including television stations and websites, with the use of mobile applications and communities.  The program will air on MTV Poland in Fall 2011.

Source:  MTV Poland

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CZECH REPUBLIC: Real Madrid VS FC Barcelona in 3D for the first time ((Czech Republic, 3D, programming))

 

SPORT 1  TV in Czech Republic will propose, for the very first time, a real sport adventure and  technical experience.  The  ‘live’ broadcasting possibility of the football match between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona is a sophisticated way of feeling the action "on the ground" which is scheduled for the 16th of April 2011 @ 10.00PM

Source: Sport 1 Website

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SLOVAKIA: Another Turkish drama started yesterday on DOMA TV

After the unbeatable success of “1001 Nights,” TV DOMA started to broadcast another popular romantic series “Tears of Bosphorus” (Eleveda Derken).
Due to their success Another Slovak TV channel MARKIZA TV is planning to include some Turkish dramas in its program grid.

Source: Medialne.sk

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RUSSIA: LoveStory begins ...

'LoveStory' -  a new 24H/24 entertainment TV channel primarily oriented at a female audience (18+) was launched today. The broadcast grid of the channel is composed of big-budget melodramas, romantic comedies, dramas from American major studios, as well as films of European and domestic production.

The channel is broadcasting from the EutelsatW7, 36 ˚ E. in MPEG4.

Source: VseTV

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BROADCAST NEWS  UAE: NEW FREE-TO-AIR ARABIC TV CHANNEL LAUNCHED Fujairah Media Group, the joint venture between the Fujairah Cultural Authority and Arab International Media Services, in collaboration with Mamoth Holdings, has started broadcasting newly-launched ABC TV, a free-to-air, family-oriented TV channel that features Western and Arabic programming. Headed by Barakat, who brings his extensive industry experience to the network, ABC TV stands out with its distinguished team of presenters from all Arab nationalities, who collectively provide audiences with a wide variety of programming. | READ MORE... (Source : UAE Interact)  QATAR: QATAR TO LAUNCH TV CHANNEL FOR WEATHER FORECASTS Qatar will launch a satellite television channel for weather forecasts next year, a Qatari official has said. "The Meteorology Department will launch a satellite channel for weather forecast by mid-2011. It will telecast weather forecast reports and bulletins throughout the day," Ahmad Abdullah Mohammad, head of the Department of Meteorology, said. "Later, the line up will be expanded to documentaries and other programmes," he said, quoted by Qatari daily The Peninsula..| Back to summary READ MORE... (Source : Gulf News)    IRAQ: PRIVATE KURDISH TV/RADIO NEWS SERVICE SOON A new satellite TV channel and a radio station will soon be launched, airing news in Kurdish. According to AKnews, the general director for the new outlets said most of the preliminaries are completed and the new service will air programs from early 2011 There are a number of governmental and party affiliated media outlets, broadcasting their programs from the Kurdistan Region, however, private services are rare. | Back to summary READ MORE... (Source : Iraq Business News)  UAE: ZEE CINEMA MIDDLE EAST LAUNCHED Zee Network has launched Zee Cinema Middle East to provide the region's viewers with the latest Hindi blockbusters, classics, and specialised segments on the leading stars in Bollywood from the 24-hour Hindi movie channel. The network already airs Zee Aflam, a special movie channel primarily targeted at Arab audiences. Speaking about the new launch, Bharat Ranga, COO of Zee International, said, "Zee Cinema has been a very successful channel for us, world over. We have an extensive library of more than 1500 titles. | Back to summary READ MORE… (Source : BroadcastPRO ME)   UAE: 'GOT TALENT' AND 'MOMENT OF TRUTH' DEBUT IN ARABIC The top-rated global TV format "Got Talent" makes its regional debut in Arabic with "Arabs Got Talent" on MBC4 Also part of the line-up is "Moment of Truth", hosted by Syrian actor-turned-presenter Abbas Al Nouri, where each participant is subject to a "polygraph" test in parallel to his or her on-screen appearance. | Back to summary READ MORE… (Source : Emirates 24/7)  AFGHANISTAN: MOBY GROUP ESTABLISHES REGIONAL HQ IN DUBAI STUDIO CITY Moby Group, Afghanistan's privately owned media company, has moved from its small office in Dubai Media City to a much larger facility in Dubai Studio City that will be its regional headquarters. The Moby Group dominates the Afghan media market with a combined 80 percent market share. Its Tolo TV and Lemar TV lead the Afghan television market with more than 60 percent audience reach, while Arman FM is the most popular entertainment radio station in Afghanistan. | Back to summary READ MORE… (Source : BroadcastPRO ME)  QATAR: QTEL'S MOZAIC TV+ ADDS PAKISTAN NEWS CHANNEL TO ITS OFFER Qtel's Mozaic TV+ continues to expand the range of news and entertainment, with the addition of new channels and ongoing enhancement of the service. Customers who get the Prime Asia Package will be able to access SAMAA TV-Pakistan, one of the top three news channels from Pakistan. The service is aimed at Urdu and Hindi speakers interested in accessing a dedicated news channel about Pakistan and the Asian subcontinent. | Back to summary READ MORE… (Source : The Peninsula)  TURKEY: BRAVAHDTV GET IPTV DISTRIBUTION IN TURKEY Dutch based Opera and Culture HD channel BravaHDTV has been added to the HD TV packages of the Turkish broadband operator TTNET, part of the Türk Telekom Group. BravaHDTV is offered in Turkey through TTNET's Tivibu (Web TV platform) and IPtivibu (IPTV platform) services. Launched on February 24, 2010, Tivibu offers television and cinema experiences to the users of its high-speed broadband service, with more than 600,000 subscribers reached in the first nine months. | Back to summary READ MORE… (Source : Broadband TV News)   UAE: CHINA CENTRAL TELEVISION OPENS MIDDLE-EAST REGIONAL CENTRE IN DUBAI In the presence of His Highness Sheikh Hasher bin Maktoum Al Maktoum, Director-General, Dubai Department of Information, Sun Yusheng, Vice-President of China Central Television (CCTV), Gao Yusheng, Chinese Ambassador in the UAE, Abdullatif AlMulla, Group Chief Executive Officer of TECOM Investments.| Back to summary READ MORE… (Source : WAM)   KUWAIT: KUWAIT TO SWITCH-OFF ILLEGAL CHANNELS Kuwait's government has asked the information ministry to shut down all television stations broadcasting from Kuwaiti without a local permission. "The decision aims to regularize the work of the satellite channels and curb abuses by some of them," the government said in a letter to the information ministry, Kuwaiti daily Al Jareeda reported| Back to summary READ MORE… (Source : Digital Production ME)   UAE: YOUR CHOICE: DITCH ILLEGAL CABLE TV OR PAY FINE Intensifying the anti-piracy campaign in the UAE, authorities are cracking down on dubious distributors who sell smuggled dish TV satellite receivers and smart cards. Residents found using pirated dish TV connections will be fined Dh20,000, 'Emirates24|7' can reveal.| Back to summary READ MORE… (Source : Emirates 24/7)   QATAR: PAN ARAB GAMES AND AL JAZEERA SPORTS SIGN DEAL Sheikh Saud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Secretary General of Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) and Nasser bin Ghanem Al Khelaifi, Managing Director of Al Jazeera Sports exchanging documents after signing an agreement in Doha yesterday. Al Jazeera Sports and QOC signed a deal yesterday for the broadcasting rights for the Pan Arab Games. The Games which are held every four years will take place from November 11 to 25 in Doha and 22 countries are expected to take part in the event.| Back to summary READ MORE… (Source : The Peninsula)   UAE: DU ENTERS RACE TO PROVIDE 3D TV FEED IN MIDDLE EAST Telecom service provider du has joined the race to be among the first companies in the Middle East to provide its customers a three-dimensional television viewing experience. The company announced yesterday that its one-year-old video-on-demand (VoD) service is now 3D-capable and has started airing its first 3D content. | Back to summary READ MORE… (Source : Gulf News)   UAE: THE TOURIST MOST POPULAR FILM IN THE UAE The American blockbuster The Tourist was the UAE's highest grossing film in the week ending 22 December, taking AED153,397 ($41,762) in box office admissions. The film, which stars Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, took AED862,95 more than the second most watched film, Narina: Voyager of the Dawn Treader. | Back to summary READ MORE… (Source : Arabian Business) MEDIA RESEARCH NEWS  TEN MIDDLE EAST DIGITAL PREDICTIONS FOR 2011 Carrington Malin from SpotOn Public Relations takes a look at the state of digital marketing in the Middle East, and shares with us Ten Middle East digital predictions for 2011; against the backdrop of macro-economic trends in the Arab world's largest economies, higher Internet penetrations, new e-commerce options and the increasing influence of social media across the region. | Back to summary READ MORE… (Source : MediaME)

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