Top flight football from Germany’s Bundesliga will be available to football fans throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, following the announcement of a three-year partnership with MBC Group. The deal, which begins immediately, ensures that the millions of German football fans across the region can watch Bundesliga matches without restriction, starting with […]
MBC Group, the media and entertainment conglomerate in the MENA region, has announced its H1 financial results ended June 30th 2025, reporting revenues of SAR 3 billion (€0.69bn), up 37. per cent YoY, supported by solid growth across all business segments. Net profit for the six-month period was SAR 335.4 million in H1 2025, a 41.1 per […]
MBC Group, the MENA media organisation, has announced new regional partnership with Netflix. The new agreement will give customers of MBCNOW – the recently launched entertainment service aggregator by MBC Group – seamless access to the full Netflix service. The newly created bundle will combine Netflix alongside Shahid, the Arabic streaming platform, in addition to […]
MBC Group, the MENA media and entertainment conglomerate, has announced its financial results for Q1 2025 reporting a 117.3 per cent YoY increase in net profit to SAR 263.5 million (€63.1m) on revenues of SAR 2 billion, up 65.4 per cent YoY, and yielding a net profit margin expansion of 3.1 percentage points to 12.9 […]
Mediagenix, a specialist in software solutions for content strategy, content value management and content scheduling, has announced that Shahid, the Arabic streaming platform, has gone live with Mediagenix On-Demand, a scheduling, content management and content performance solution for managing high-performance, dynamic streaming operations. Shahid is part of MBC Group, the media and entertainment conglomerate in […]
MBC Group, the largest and leading media company in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has announced the renewal of its strategic partnership with Parrot Analytics, the content valuation and global entertainment analytics firm. Through this collaboration, Parrot Analytics has broadened its scope and deepened its insights into the Arabic-speaking entertainment market. By working […]
Antipiracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has secured a major victory in its fight against content piracy in the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region with the shutdown of Cima4U, an illegal streaming service based in Giza, Egypt. Cima4U operated 498 domains that enabled users to stream online content illegally. Through its various […]
MBC Group’s Saudi Arabia stock exchange IPO debut raised $222 million with its debut, and early investors saw an immediate 22 per cent jump in the share price helped by a significant over-subscription in demand. MBC is the leading – some might say dominant – Arab language broadcaster over the Middle East. The MBC IPO […]
MyCima, the second-largest piracy operation in the Middle East region, has been shut down by the Egyptian authorities following a referral from anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE). Based in Alexandria, Egypt, the illegal service averaged more than 55 million visits per month prior to its shutdown and comprised more than 70 […]
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal ecosystem for creative content, has a new member operating in key Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) markets. MBC Group, the largest media company in the MENA region, is the latest member to join the growing coalition dedicated to combating […]