Broadcast Solutions acquires Videlio Middle-East to accelerate its operations in the Arab world and Africa

Broadcast Solutions acquires Videlio Middle-East  to accelerate its operations in the Arab world and Africa

Laurent Mairet, Stefan Breder, Munzer Rushdi, Nicolas Hans

Broadcast Solutions, a leading media technology and system integration company, announced today that it had finalised the acquisition of Videlio Middle-East F.Z. LLC, the Dubai-based subsidiary of Videlio group. This new acquisition will merge with existing Broadcast Solutions operations in the Middle-East, led by Munzer Rushdi.

“Our goal is to expand our activities in the Middle-East and beyond into Africa”, explains Stefan Breder, CEO of Broadcast Solutions GmbH. “This acquisition dramatically increases our ability to service regional broadcasters and propose fixed installations and facilities in addition to our OB vans and mobile platforms.”

With a team of a dozen professionals based out of Dubai Media City, Videlio Middle-East was set-up five years ago. It services UAE and GCC-based broadcasters, as well as provides Command and Control (C2) systems to corporate and enterprise clients such as ADCO, Total, Dassault Systems, Dubai Petroleum or Emirates NBD.

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“We are excited to join Broadcast Solutions. We gain additional resources and skills to better service our existing and future clients”, explains Laurent Mairet, Managing Partner of Broadcast Solutions FZ LLC. Broadcast Solutions expertise in live production was a natural fit to our news, post-production and archive practice.”

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About Videlio

French group VIDELIO is one of the largest media systems integrators worldwide. With over 900 staff and with offices across Europe, the US and Asia, VIDELIO is publicly listed on the Euronext stock exchange (VDLO). VIDELIO teams have been designing, deploying and maintaining mission-critical systems for the past thirty years.

About Broadcast Solutions

Headquartered out of Bingen, Germany, Broadcast Solutions is one of the leading media technology and system integration companies in Europe, the Middle-East and Africa. It specialises in mobile, fixed and hybrid installations for broadcasters, production houses, educative, enterprise and government organisations.

With over 350 vehicles built to date, Broadcast Solutions is one of the largest (OB) manufacturers in the world. Based on its expertise in live production, the company develops hi - human interface, the next generation software control layer for studios and media facilities.

Established more than fifteen years ago, Broadcast Solutions is a privately-held company with offices throughout Germany as well as in the UK, Scandinavia, Ukraine, Russia, the United Arab Emirates and Singapore.

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