Al Jazeera wins two ASBU BroadcastPro Awards | Al Jazeera Media Network

Published on: 15 Nov 2015

Al Jazeera’s Technology and Operations Division scooped two Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) BroadcastPro Television Awards for 2015, during the award ceremony in Dubai on November 10th, 2015.

The division was awarded “MENA Broadcast Trendsetter” for their innovative approach to re-configuring Al Jazeera’s bureaus around the globe, including state of the art technology for newsgathering and broadcast.

The second award, “CTO of the Year”, was presented to Mohamed Abuagla, Al Jazeera’s Executive Director for Technology and Operations, for having led the transformation of the Technology and Operations departments after combining them into one division.

Abuagla was also the keynote speaker at the BroadcastPro Summit & Awards annual flagship event where he walked the audience through Al Jazeera’s journey, having moved from the old ways of working on tape to becoming an industry leader.

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