Broadcast production knowledge. From the newsroom to the esports arena.
CBA broadcast engineering team shares technical guides, production best practices, equipment reviews, and strategic insights on live streaming, event production, and broadcast technology.
Broadcast + streaming knowledge
Best multi-camera streaming setups for esports tournaments.
Best multi-camera setups for esports tournaments: PTZ + fixed cameras, vMix vision mixing, encoding redundancy, and how CBA ran 47 cameras at EWC Riyadh.
Hybrid event streaming: the complete production guide.
How to plan and deliver hybrid events that engage both in-person and remote audiences. Branded platforms, speaker integration, and technical infrastructure.
Live streaming: the future of brand awareness.
How brands use live streaming to build awareness, drive engagement, and convert audiences into customers.
The future of replay in sports: IP replay broadcasting.
How IP-based replay systems are replacing traditional SDI workflows in sports broadcasting. EVS, Dreamcatcher, and the move to IP video.
Why low latency matters in esports broadcasting.
Why low latency matters in esports broadcasts and how SRT delivers 2-4 second glass-to-glass latency at tournament scale. Pipeline, partners, and EWC deployment.
Understanding replay systems in live sports broadcasting.
How EVS XT, Evertz DreamCatcher, and NewTek 3Play replay systems work in live sports and esports broadcasts. Workflow, operator role, and GCC deployments.
What is SRT streaming? Secure Reliable Transport explained.
What does SRT stand for? Secure Reliable Transport, the open-source protocol replacing RTMP and satellite. How SRT works, SRT vs RTMP, and where CBA uses it.
How SRT is replacing satellite transmission in global broadcasting.
SRT streaming has replaced satellite contribution for most professional broadcasts. Cost comparison, where satellite still wins, and CBA real deployments across the GCC.
Corporate events in Dubai: virtual & hybrid in 2026.
Dubai corporate events in 2026 are virtual and hybrid by default. Production standards, platform choice, branded experience, and the data the format generates.
Starlink UAE: live streaming with bonded connectivity.
Starlink launched in the UAE March 2026. How CBA integrates Starlink as a peer connection in the bonded uplink for desert events, NEOM, AlUla, and offshore broadcasts.
Best streaming encoders for live broadcasting.
Hardware versus software encoders for live broadcast: Haivision Makito, LiveU, AJA, Teradek, OBS, vMix compared. Codec choice (H.264 vs H.265 vs AV1) and what CBA deploys.
How to record a live stream professionally.
Recording a live stream professionally: encoders, ISO recording, archive management, and post-event delivery.
Live streaming regulations in Dubai.
Dubai live streaming regulations: NMC content rules, TDRA spectrum rules, drone permits, venue authorisations, and what corporate and event broadcasters actually need.
SRT streaming in 2026: the complete guide.
SRT streaming in 2026: SRT Alliance ecosystem, latency configuration, encryption, latest hardware, and how an SRT Alliance member deploys it across GCC broadcasts.
Live event video production: the complete guide.
How CBA produces live events end-to-end: site survey, systems design, multi-camera, encoding, distribution, and what scales from corporate keynote to Esports World Cup.
Sprolink NeoLive N5s review.
Hands-on review of the Sprolink NeoLive N5s portable live streaming switcher for event production.
YoloBox Extreme review.
In-depth review of the YoloBox Extreme all-in-one live streaming studio for field production.
Indoor sports broadcasting: the complete production guide.
How to broadcast indoor sports: cameras, audio, replay, graphics, and delivery for padel, pickleball, futsal, and combat sports.
LSaaS redirect.
Live Streaming as a Service consolidated into the main services page.
Streaming without limits: 5G bonding for mobile live streaming.
5G bonding lets CBA broadcast from venues without fibre: deserts, NEOM, AlUla, offshore. The use cases, the failure modes, and how the GCC carrier mix actually performs.
Advantages of live streaming CDN providers.
Comparing live streaming CDN providers: AWS MediaLive, Akamai, Google Cloud, Azure Media Services.
Pro bono live streaming support for NGOs at conferences.
CBA provides pro bono live streaming support for qualifying NGOs at major conferences. How to apply.
Esports broadcast & live streaming services.
Professional esports broadcast and live streaming services for tournaments, leagues, and gaming events.
YouTube Live streaming updates 2025.
Key YouTube Live streaming platform updates in 2025: new features, changes, and implications for broadcasters.
How to choose a broadcast production company.
Eight questions to ask any broadcast production partner before you hire. Glass-to-glass latency, redundancy, data deliverable, real client work, and what red flags look like.
How to live stream a wedding professionally.
Professional wedding live streaming: planning, setup, connectivity, and delivery to remote guests.
How to live stream a church service.
Professional church service live streaming: equipment, crew, delivery platforms, and engagement for remote congregations.
What is an OB van? Inside an outside broadcast vehicle.
What an OB van is, how it works, and when you need one for outside broadcast production.
Top interactive live streaming tools 2026.
The interactive live streaming tools CBA actually deploys for corporate events, sports, and esports broadcasts. Q&A, polls, chat, gamification, and the data they generate.
The best live streaming in Dubai: complete guide.
How Dubai live streaming actually works in 2026: production companies, venues, platforms, regulations, and what corporate clients should know before booking.
What is SMPTE 2110? Baseband vs IP video.
SMPTE 2110 is the IP video standard replacing baseband SDI in broadcast facilities. What it is, how it compares to SDI, and what it means for production engineers.
Best cameras for live streaming.
PTZ, ENG, cinema, mirrorless, action cameras compared by what CBA actually deploys at EWC, COP28, and Saudi Pro League broadcasts. Workflow recipes per event type.
Cellular bonding devices for live streaming.
LiveU LU800, TVU One, Teradek Prism, Haivision Pro4K compared. Cellular bonding setup, when to use it, and CBA deployments at COP28 and the Saudi Pro League.
Video production for virtual events.
How professional video production for virtual events differs from a Zoom call. Studio versus on-location setups, remote speakers, encoding, and platform choice.
OBSBOT Tail 2 review.
In-depth review of the OBSBOT Tail 2 AI-powered PTZ camera for auto-tracking live events.
Benefits of live streaming for business in Dubai.
Why Dubai businesses are adopting live streaming for corporate communications, events, and marketing.
Best live streaming company in Dubai.
How to evaluate a Dubai live streaming company before you book. Eight diligence questions, what good answers sound like, what red flags look like, and CBA proof.
Live clipping at 1 Billion Followers Summit.
How we delivered real-time social clipping at the 1 Billion Followers Summit.
Social media streaming for brand awareness.
Why most brand live streams fail and the production standards that drive 10x viewership. Platform-by-platform guide to LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram for GCC brands.
Webcast vs Microsoft Teams: when you have outgrown the all-hands tool.
Microsoft Teams works for 50-person calls. At 500+ attendees, external stakeholders, or brand-sensitive moments, a produced webcast is the better answer. Here is where the line sits.
The real ROI of producing your webinar properly.
Most webinar ROI calculations miss half the math. The cost side is obvious. The returns are what marketing teams consistently underprice: pipeline from attendance data, content you re-cut for months, and the second event that converts better because you know who to invite.
Audience data is the product. The stream is the delivery mechanism.
What you cannot get from a Teams town hall that you can get from a produced webcast: engagement depth, drop-off mapping, question quality, geographic reach, and sponsor-ready heat maps. The stream is delivery. The data is what you are actually buying.
What sponsors actually want from your livestream.
Sponsors do not pay for logos. They pay for data, exposure duration, and attribution. Here is what five years of sponsor conversations tell us to build into your next branded webcast.
Why live beats post-event reports for sponsor activation.
Post-event reports arrive two weeks after the moment ended. Live activation puts the sponsor message into feeds while attention is still there. Here is the shift, and what a 72-hour window does to sponsor ROI.
IR broadcast readiness audit.
Investor calls, AGMs, and earnings broadcasts carry different risk than marketing webinars. Regulatory, disclosure, authentication, archival. Here is the 14-point audit we run for IR teams before their first broadcast with us.
Hybrid event playbook for marketing teams.
An 8-week runbook for marketing teams planning their first (or tenth) hybrid event. Week-by-week deliverables, stakeholder map, tech questions to close before week 4, and the common mistakes that cost you attendance.
Five NAB 2026 shifts that actually matter for GCC live events.
NAB Show 2026 announcements that change how you produce live events in the GCC. Vertical video, SMPTE 2110 at commodity pricing, live AI translation, cloud master control, agentic clip factories.
Bonded cellular for GCC live events.
What bonded cellular is, when CBA uses it on GCC shoots, where it fails, and why LEO satellite now matters for remote Saudi and Oman events.
Kings League streaming production.
Kings League is the fastest-growing football format in MENA. The production playbook: 7v7 layout, 30-min matches, social-first delivery, and what GCC franchises need.
Hyrox broadcasting and obstacle racing production.
Hyrox is the fastest-growing fitness racing format in the world. Production challenges: 8 stations, mass starts, parallel heats. How CBA covers Hyrox events in the GCC.
3x3 basketball broadcasting production guide.
3x3 basketball is half-court, 10-minute matches, FIBA-sanctioned international tour with annual UAE stops. The production playbook for camera, audio, and social delivery.
The rise of alternative sports.
Padel, pickleball, Hyrox, Kings League, 3x3 basketball: alternative sports are reshaping the GCC sports broadcasting market. The trend, the audience, and the production stack.
Squash broadcasting and PSA production guide.
Squash broadcasting demands behind-glass cameras, all-glass court coverage, and PSA World Tour timing integration. The production playbook for UAE-hosted squash events.
Padel live streaming and broadcast production.
Padel is the fastest-growing sport in the UAE. Premier Padel tour production: glass-walled court coverage, doubles format, behind-glass cameras, and what venues need.
Pickleball live streaming and broadcast production.
Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in North America extending into the GCC. Production playbook: court coverage, doubles format, growing tournament circuit.
NAB 2026: what actually ships, what to pilot, what to wait on.
NAB 2026 product verdicts from a working broadcast team. What ships now, what to pilot, what to wait on. AWS Elemental Inference, Blackmagic SMPTE 2110, AI-Media voice, more.