Day: March 6, 2022

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NEP Opens Middle East Office To Serve Region’s Growing Live Broadcast Needs

The global media technology partner expands its presence and investment in the region with new technology solutions, facilities, and talent to support broadcasters, leagues, rights holders and producers in delivering live sport and entertainment.

ABU DHABI, March 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NEP Group, the leading media technology partner for content creators around the globe, announced that it has opened a new office in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to meet the growing demand for its services, strengthening the company’s investment and presence in the Middle East. Located across from the famed Khalifa Park in Abu Dhabi, NEP Middle East FZ LLC (“NEP Middle East”) will provide a wide range of outside broadcast solutions, including both on-site and remote production services, to enable clients to bring live sports and entertainment to fans and audiences around the region and worldwide.

NEP is expanding on its already extensive experience and work, ranging from covering UAE National Day celebrations and New Year’s Eve concerts, to many sporting events including Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 and 2022, the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20 World Cup and T10 Cricket, and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Fight Island. In addition, NEP’s Creative Technology business provides a full set of live event audiovisual solutions to clients throughout the MENA region.

Saeed Izadi, current head of NEP’s Singapore and India businesses, has been appointed President of NEP Middle East. He will oversee business strategy and operations for all three business units.

NEP also announced that Ammar Hina has joined the company as Business Development Director for the MENA region. Hina brings more than 16 years of industry experience to lead business development and operations NEP Middle East, serving as the key contact for clients, major events and cross-divisional initiatives. Throughout his career in broadcast and TV production, he has worked on some of the most prominent franchises in the sports industry, from FIFA World Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, AFC Asian Cup, UEFA Champions league, and European Qualifiers to the English Premier League live programming.

He joins NEP most recently from The UAE Pro League, the organizing body of the ADNOC Pro League and professional football in UAE. There he served as Director of Broadcast & TV Production where he formulated and oversaw the execution of the broadcast strategy for all competitions, identified market opportunities for content development and distribution channels, managed outside broadcast service provider and media rights holder relationships, and reported on viewership, fan experience, and stadium and venue development.

“I couldn’t be happier to welcome Ammar to NEP to spearhead our efforts for this very important market,” said Izadi. “His expertise is enabling us to build a strong team locally while delivering superior service and innovative solutions for our clients located in the Middle East as well as international clients looking to share the events taking place in this great region with the rest of the world.”

“Being in the Broadcast and TV production industry for many years, joining NEP Group is a huge step for me on both career and personal levels,” Hina said. “In my previous experiences in the industry and around the globe, whenever NEP is mentioned, it means ‘Quality & Clarity’. I always believed that NEP’s presence in the MENA region is needed, and NEP can set higher production standards in MENA. I am very excited to be part or NEP Group!”

Ammar Hina and the NEP Middle East team can be reached via email at ahina@nepgroup.com or by calling +971561102210. To learn more about NEP’s full range of end-to-end solutions or career opportunities with NEP Middle East, visit NEPGroup.com.

About NEP

NEP Group is the leading media technology partner for content creators around the globe. For more than 35 years, we have been delivering innovative products and services that enable our clients to make, manage and show the world their content—anywhere, anytime, on any platform. As a trusted partner working on some of the largest productions in the world, NEP offers a complete set of end-to-end solutions, from content capture to distribution—including a growing portfolio of transformational cloud-based, software-based and virtualized technologies. Our Live Production solutions range from AV services and live audience enhancements to traditional outside broadcast and cutting-edge centralized and cloud production. NEP’s Virtual Production solutions start at the creative stage and end with exceptional execution across ICVFX, augmented reality, LED stages and more. And, our Media Processing solutions provide the tools and products our clients need to ingest, edit, store, search, manage and distribute their digital assets to rights holders across multiple platforms.

Headquartered in the United States, NEP has operations in 25 countries with over 4,000+ employees. Together, we have supported productions in over 100 countries on all seven continents, and we’re still growing. Our clients range from the leaders in sport, music, film and TV, to major corporate brands, agencies, to new content owners and creators all around the world. Learn how we are helping clients bring their creative visions, content, live sports and entertainment to life at nepgroup.com.

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Sports Minister sets West Java as center for coaching young athletes

Youth and Sports Minister Zainudin Amali has established West Java Province as the center for coaching young talents in the national sports design.

“As an appreciation from the central government for the (West Java’s achievements in sports), we have designated West Java as a center for coaching young talents in the national sports design,” Amali said in a statement obtained here on Sunday.

The establishment was based on many victories achieved by West Java, especially in the National Sports Week PON XIX and PON XX where West Java became the general champion in a row. In addition, West Java also contributes many national athletes who excel in the international arena.

“We pay special attention to West Java because it has shown good mentoring that is evidenced by achievements,” Amali said after attending the Inauguration of West Java Indonesian Motor Association (IMI) Board members for the 2021-2025 period at the West Hall of Gedung Sate Bandung.

According to him, the key to West Java’s success is consistency in the athletes coaching and support of adequate sports infrastructure. Moreover, West Java now has a Sports Science Laboratory at the Indonesia University of Education (UPI).

“It was not easy to achieve it as mentoring is a must,” Amali commented.

Furthermore, Amali even revealed that West Java is currently experiencing a surplus in athletes. He said, almost all provinces sent athletes mentored by West Java during the PON XX National Games implementation in Papua.

“I found the surplus when I gave medals for other provinces’ (athletes) in PON Papua. I asked them where they were from, and it turned out it was West Java. This was not only in one sports branch, so I concluded West Java has a surplus of athletes,” he said.

Amali also expressed hopes that with great coaching and a number of talents, West Java can be the main contributor for representing Indonesia in the Olympics.

“West Java must be the main contributor in the Olympics event which is our target,” he said.

Source: Antara News

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Govt plans more base transceiver stations in Jayawijaya

The Indonesian government is planning to build several base transceiver stations (BTS) in Jayawijaya district, Papua province, to help villagers get easy access to the Internet, an official has said.

Twenty of the 246 base transceiver stations that will be constructed in Jayawijaya district have been completed, Chief of the Jayawijaya District Communication and Informatics Office Arkilaus Windesi said here on Saturday.

“This year, we will try to prioritize (the construction of) base transceiver stations in border sub-districts so that local people can directly benefit from them,” he said.

The BTS construction had been obstructed since some local residents had not accepted the governments’ plan to offer the facility in their villages, he added.

“Some members of the community had limited knowledge. Earlier, they could not accept (BTS) but when we gave them good understanding about the advantage of BTS they could accept them,” he said.

With the local people accepting the construction of base transceiver stations, there will be no problem about customary rights for building them, he added.

“Up till now, the construction is still going on thanks to the support of the district head, sub-district heads, and village heads who have given understanding to the public,” he said.

Several materials for the construction of BTS have been sent from outside Papua to Jayawijaya, he informed.

“One of the advantages of base transceiver stations is that they can help students in the villages and sub-districts to find learning materials. Moreover, if they are studying at university, they can finish their assignments more quickly,” he said.

Source: Antara News

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Indonesian Ambassador presents letter of credence to FAO DG

Indonesian Ambassador Muhammad Prakosa presented a letter of credence to Director General of FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) Qu Dongyu, in Rome, Italy.

Muhammad Prakosa, concurrently Indonesia’s Ambassador to Italy, Malta, Cyprus, San Marino, IFAD, WFP and UNIDROIT, submitted the letter on Thursday, the Indonesian Embassy in Rome said in a statement on Saturday.

On the occasion, Prakoso conveyed greetings from the Indonesian Government and people to FAO Director General Qu Dongyu, who accepted it warmly as he is also an Asian representative, the statement said.

The Indonesian ambassador expressed his commitment to improving cooperation between Indonesia and FAO, in particular to increase Indonesia’s strategic role in various FAO forums.

Indonesia will also strengthen the implementation of the memorandum of understanding between FAO and Indonesia regarding Southern and Triangular Cooperation (KSST) through the Transforming Agri-Food Systems initiative in Indonesia, he added.

In addition, Ambassador Prakosa also expressed his appreciation for FAO’s support for Indonesia’s G-20 Presidency this year.

Meanwhile, Qu Dongyu expressed his appreciation and support for stronger cooperation between FAO and Indonesia, particularly for Indonesia’s active role in various committees, forums, and dialogues within the Rome-based FAO framework.

He emphasized the importance of efforts to improve efficiency and food security for Indonesia’s 270 million people.

He also expressed his optimism in the transformation process in Indonesia, especially in the fields of green development, digital-based agriculture and a green economy.

On the occasion, the Indonesian Ambassador was flanked by Deputy Chief of Mission Lefianna Ferdinandus, Coordinator for Economic Affairs/Minister Counsellor Caka Alverdi Awal, and Multilateral function officer/First Secretary Purna Cita Nugraha .

The FAO Director General was accompanied by Director of Cabinet Godfrey Magwenzi, Chief of Protocol Paola Dini, Deputy Director of Cabinet Hua Yang, and Coordinators of the Office of Director General (ODG) Gabriella Piacentini and Xiaoruo Jiang.

Source: Antara News

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West Aceh still prone to forest, land fires: BPBD

The West Aceh District Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) emphasized that the West Aceh region is still prone to forest and land fires.

“This condition occurs because most of the burned land was in peat areas,” West Aceh BPBD Acting Head Mukhtaruddin said in Meulaboh, Aceh on Sunday.

In February, he said, the agency had managed to extinguish peatland fires in West Aceh which spread across three separate locations: Peunaga Cut Village and Ranto Panyang Timur Village in Meureubo Sub-district, and one point in Ujong Beurasok, Lapang Village, Johan Pahlawan Sub-district, West Aceh District.

“The total area burned in West Aceh District in February 2022 was 1.49 hectares,” Mukhtaruddin pointed out.

He emphasized that his team will always be ready to extinguish fires, even small scale ones.

“Because if it is not handled immediately, it could spread to a wider area,” he said.

Therefore, West Aceh BPBD appealed to all communities not to conduct land burning activities to avoid land or forest fires in the area, he said.

Earlier, on February 25, 2022, the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) had detected two hotspots in the Aceh region that have the risks of experiencing forest and land fires.

“Throughout the day, two hotspots were detected in the Aceh region, so we urge residents to be aware of fires,” the Head of Sultan Iskandar Muda Aceh Besar BMKG Class I Data and Information Section, Zakaria Ahmad, explained in Banda Aceh.

The two hotspots were detected in Trumon Timur Sub-district, South Aceh District, with a medium confidence level, which was resulted from the monitoring by Terra, Aqua, and Suomi NPP satellite sensors.

According to Ahmad, drought had also hit some districts/cities so land and forest fire was very likely to happen, especially in peat areas.

Source: Antara News

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Saudi Crown Prince reaffirms commitment to Nusantara development

Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan received a form of commitment to the development of Nusantara Capital from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during his visit to Riyadh.

In a recent post on Pandjaitan’s personal Instagram account @luhut.pandjaitan as seen here on Sunday, he explained that Prince Mohammed bin Salman will join the Sovereign Wealth Fund Indonesia Investment Authority (INA).

“I became more optimistic when I heard that he wanted Saudi Arabia to contribute to the development of Nusantara Capital City, and more importantly, Saudi Arabia will join the Sovereign Wealth Fund Indonesia (INA),” he said.

According to Pandjaitan, he took the initiative to form a unified team that will leave for Riyadh next week to follow up on the commitment.

He detailed, the Indonesian government intends to immediately plan for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to visit Indonesia before the month of Ramadan.

“I took the initiative to form an integrated team that will depart for Riyadh next week, to follow up all of our talks today, so that we can directly prepare a visit by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Indonesia before Ramadan,” he said.

In his post, Pandjaitan also recounted his experience of being hosted warmly by Prince Mohammed bin Salman. He was invited to a dinner in the Royal Palace’s courtyard along with senior cabinet members of Saudi Arabia.

Pandjaitan also said that he has known the Prince for the past two years and was quite intense in communicating even only through Whatsapp messages.

“Another mystery of life for me because according to the Indonesian Ambassador, Prince Mohammed bin Salman very rarely receives guests from overseas, except guests from neighboring Gulf countries,” he wrote.

Furthermore, he also showed a gift he received from the Prince. The gift is kiswah or a piece of Kaaba cloth and a Kaaba key replica.

“Trust must be placed before everything. Our background of religion, race, and ethnicity is not an issue, as long as we have the same interest that prioritizes the humanity and welfare of all nations to make the world a better place for our grandchildren in the future,” Pandjaitan concluded.

Source: Antara News

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Indonesia Reports 30,156 New COVID-19 Cases, 322 More Deaths

Indonesia yesterday confirmed 30,156 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 5,723,858, the country’s health ministry said.

According to the ministry, the death toll from COVID-19 in the country rose by 322 to 149,918, while 46,669 more people recovered from the disease during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 5,073,522.

As the government is accelerating its national vaccination programme, to curb the spread of the virus, more than 191.83 million people have received their first dose of vaccines, while over 147.28 million have taken the second dose.

Indonesia started mass COVID-19 vaccinations in Jan last year, after the authorities approved the emergency use of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine.

Aiming to fully vaccinate 208.26 million people in the country, the government has administered over 351.05 million doses, including the third booster jabs.

Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK

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Strong Winds Hit Indonesia’s Capital, Satellite Cities, Killing One

Strong winds hit Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta and its satellite cities yesterday, killing one man, damaging houses and public facilities, local media reported.

The man, who was a driver of an app-based motorcycle taxi, reportedly died after being hit by a falling road signboard, in Bekasi district, one of Jakarta’s satellite cities, the district’s Head of Transportation Agency, Deni Setiawan, said.

“He died from a severe injury on his head. There was one more person who was also hit by the road signboard. He has been admitted to a hospital due to a serious injury,” Setiawan added.

In Jakarta, strong winds reportedly made dozens of trees, billboards, road signboards and ceilings in malls fall down, causing heavy traffic in most parts of the capital, according to local news outlets.

Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said, it warned residents over “potentials of heavy rains, strong winds and lightning across the areas from day to night.”

“The strong winds were caused by convective clouds, such as cumulonimbus, moving from the east to the west,” BMKG’s Head of Weather Prediction and Early Warning Division, Miming Saepudin, said, in a press release.

Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK

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