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Ian Ritchie, former CEO of MBC, took over as CEO of Associated Press Television News (APTN) a year ago. TBS Senior Editor S. Abdallah Schleifer spoke with Ritchie about APTN and its Middle East Custom Coverage, his experiences at MBC, and the direction of broadcasting in the Arab region. S. …
Read More »Rodney Pinder, Reuters TV News Editor
Reuters' latest big step vis-a-vis the Middle East is its relocation into Dubai Media City. TBS Senior Editor S. Abdallah Schleifer spoke with Reuters TV News Editor Rodney Pinder in London about this move, the restructuring of Visnews into Reuters, and how new technology affects news coverage. S. Abdallah Schleifer: Can you outline …
Read More »Steve Clark, MBC News Director
MBC is one of the newest clients of Dubai Media City—and a key client, even having a DMC building named for them. TBS Senior Editor S. Abdallah Schleifer spoke with MBC News Director Steve Clark in London about the advantages of moving to Dubai and how the move will affect their news …
Read More »Saeed Al-Muntafiq, CEO of Dubai Media City
TBS: In the short time since its launch, how far has Dubai Media City come towards its goal of becoming a regional satellite broadcasting hub? Saeed Al-Muntafiq: We have the largest Middle East, pan-Arab broadcaster, MBC, which has decided to relocate to Dubai Media City from London. We have Middle East Business …
Read More »Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer Al-Thani, Chairman of the Board of Al-Jazeera
Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer Al Thani, chairman of the board of Al-Jazeera, spoke with TBS Senior Editor Abdallah Schleifer and Managing Editor Sarah Sullivan in Doha about the philosophy behind the channel, and how it has developed into a global broadcaster. TBS: How did it all begin? How did the idea …
Read More »Ibrahim Nawar, VCS’s Managing Director
Video Cairo Sat has for almost thirty years been providing news production services to TV broadcasters around the world. Now, with the legalization of private satellite channels in Egypt, VCS is launching Cairo Sat News, its own satellite news channel. TBS Managing Editor Sarah Sullivan talked to VCS's Managing Director Ibrahim Nawar in …
Read More »Khalid Kazziha, APTN senior producer for East/Central and West Africa and Nadia Bilbasey, Africa correspondent for MBC
Growth of new technology is changing the way news is covered around the world, especially in remote locations where satellite uplink doesn't exist and where bringing in equipment is difficult if not impossible. TBS spoke with two Nairobi-based journalists—Khalid Kazziha, APTN senior producer for East/Central and West Africa and Nadia Bilbasey, …
Read More »Susan Irwin, Founder and President of Irwin Communications, Inc.
Susan Irwin is founder and President of Irwin Communications, Inc., which she founded in 1985. Ms. Irwin began her career in the satellite industry in 1977 as a consultant to the Appalachian Regional Commission on a project which demonstrated the use of satellites to broadcast live educational programming to rural …
Read More »Dolores Martos, Vice President for Latin American Sales, New Skies Satellites
Dolores Martos is the Vice President for Latin American Sales at New Skies Satellites responsible for all NSS sales and marketing activities in the Latin American region. New Skies Satellites N.V. is a private global system of commercial telecommunications satellites incorporated in The Netherlands. Ms. Martos joined New Skies Satellites …
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