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Having fun!

mahmood — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:25:37 +0000

We’re in the midst of producing another documentary film for one of our clients which required us to also create a couple of television commercials. The guys worked hard with a crew of ten on location, but didn’t forget to have fun whenever they could too! Here are a couple of shots you might enjoy:

Gulf Broadcast wins prestigious international Strategic Video Award

mahmood — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:07:44 +0000

Gulf Broadcast wins the ‘Advertising’ segment of a highly competitive season for their ‘Harmony of Nature’ villa tour production for Riffa Views Gulf Broadcast (GB), an innovative film, video and new media production company based in Bahrain, won the ‘Advertising’ segment of the Strategic Video Awards (SVA) for the ‘Harmony of Nature’ villa production developed [...]

Happy Holidays & 2012

mahmood — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:50:35 +0000

Hey guys, our clients, friends and prospects. We’d like to thank you very much indeed for the time you have given us and the challenges you posed us which we hope to have excelled at. Thank you all so much for your friendship and your efforts. We hope that 2012 will be a better year [...]

Eid Mubarak!

mahmood — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:38:45 +0000

Celebrating Sangeetha’s birthday

mahmood — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:41:00 +0000

We celebrated Sangeetha’s birthday this morning. Sangeetha’s the longest serving member of the team, she’s been with us since 2000 and has been the rock around which Gulf Broadcast was built. I’m privileged to have you as my partner Sangeetha, may you have many many more happy returns of the day. (L-R) Mustafa Almaarij, Mahmood [...]

18-foot crane arrives

mahmood — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:51:37 +0000

Another item is added to our capabilities with the arrival of this 18-foot jib/crane which can handle payloads up to 10kg. We’re looking forward to put it to use in our productions Note the full remote servo enabled head. The camera can be controlled remotely and be made to rotate a full 360-degree on two [...]

Testimonial: Jules Sprakel of Think Pink Foundation

mahmood — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 09:20:06 +0000

We benefited from this community and feel that it is our duty to Pay It Forward, so we got involved in various philanthropic efforts as a team. The best way we thought we could exercise that principle is get involved in a worthy cause and use our creativity and expertise in order to increase the [...]

Final Cut WHAT?

mahmood — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 06:53:53 +0000

Since its release last Thursday, the latest iteration of Final Cut Pro has been razzed by most of its downloaders. I’ve not downloaded it yet, and neither has my editor. I think for us, at the moment at least, we’ll stick to our trusted Avid Media Composers with our Unity, thanks very much! Here’s one [...]

Gulf Broadcast wins the prestigious eContent Award for the 2nd time!

mahmood — Sun, 22 May 2011 12:25:47 +0000

Gulf Broadcast is thrilled to have won the coveted Bahrain’s eContent Award for 2011 in the eBusiness category for RiffaViews.com. The concept of Bahrain eContent Award inspired by the World Summit Award (WSA) which showcase best eContent projects. The Bahrain eContent Award is distinctively featured as a national event which contributes to introduce and promote [...]

Financial Considerations for Commissioning Video Production

mahmood — Thu, 12 May 2011 07:51:29 +0000

While it is difficult to estimate how much one corporate video will be compared to others, the calculation of costs is quite transparent and methodical. Typically, the costs are determined by the