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ADMC wins Premier League TV rights
Abu Dhabi Media Company has announced that Abu Dhabi Sports channel has won the exclusive rights to the Barclays Premier League for the three seasons starting in August 2010. The rights are currently with Showtime Arabia.
United Arab Emirates: Saturday, July 04 - 2009 at 10:09

ShooFeeTV inks Clique deal
Jordan-based content provider, ShooFeeTV has signed a strategic partnership agreement with the business development and strategic planning consultancy firm, Clique Media. Under the agreement, Clique will provide ShooFeeTV with strategic planning and creative marketing services geared towards bolstering ShooFeeTV's presence in the Middle East and to increase public awareness to their line-up of entertainment services.
Jordan: Thursday, July 02 - 2009 at 11:42

New Saudi TV channel to focus on children's rights
Sana TV, the first Saudi TV channel dedicated to educating children about their rights in society, will start broadcasting this month, the Saudi Gazette has reported. The new satellite channel will broadcast in Arabic 24 hours a day from Cairo, and will feature cartoons and songs designed by international child behaviour specialists in cooperation with the kingdom's Ministry of Culture and Information's Children's Rights Awareness campaign, which the ministry has launched to reduce the increasing number of cases of violence against children in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia: Wednesday, July 01 - 2009 at 11:17

Jordan to launch satellite TV coverage of House sessions
Jordan's Lower House Permanent Bureau will establish a satellite channel to cover House news, reported the Jordan Times. House second deputy speaker Tayseer Shdeifat has said the channel, expected to be called 'Nuwwab TV', will broadcast the main sessions in addition to House committee meetings. He noted that although plans are under way to launch the channel next week, 'the broadcasting mechanism is not yet clear'.
Jordan: Tuesday, June 30 - 2009 at 11:18

Regional ad agencies wins four awards at Cannes
Three regional advertising agencies won awards at the Cannes International Advertising Festival. Y&R Dubai received a silver Lion award for its campaign for Land Rover. The agency also won a bronze award for its campaign for Harvey Nichols. TBWA\Raad Dubai received a bronze medal in the press category for its Beiersdorf Hansaplast campaign, while the agency's Saudi Arabia team received the first Saudi Arabian award for advertising for their client Masa (pest control). A design bronze medal was also won by Landor Associates, the UAE, for their campaign on Aswaaq Supermarkets.
Middle East: Monday, June 29 - 2009 at 11:10

Sheikh Mohammed gives $1m for best local, Arab drama
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler or Dubai, has ordered the allocation of $1m for the best local and Arab drama TV work to be displayed by the screens of the Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI) next year, WAM has reported. The DMI will conduct a poll to assess the best dramatic work, which will be watched by Arab viewers during the Holy Month of Ramadan.
United Arab Emirates: Sunday, June 28 - 2009 at 12:42

Fifty million Mideast multi-channels homes predicted
According to new research from Informa, there will be 50 million multi-channel TV homes in the Middle East and North Africa by the end of 2014, with a pay-TV penetration of more than 70%. The report also predicts consolidation among the main pay-TV platforms, Orbit, ART and Showtime, and believes there will be significant moves towards HDTV. The report also says there will be growth in TV advertising, which is currently $5 per capita in the region compared with $100 per capita in Western Europe. However, TV advertising is not growing as fast as the number of channels available, especially free-to-air ones, the report concludes.
Middle East: Sunday, June 28 - 2009 at 12:18

TV Center opens in Quneitra, Syria
Syrian Minister of Information Mohsen Bilal has opened the Broadcasting and Television Center in Quneitra Province, the Syrian Arab News Agency has reported. The centre includes a montage room, a broadcasting studio and a TV studio provides weekly one-hour live broadcast with news coverage reporting activities in the city.
Syria: Sunday, June 28 - 2009 at 11:56

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