Extreme E, the off-road electric race championship, has confirmed that the Middle East’s extreme sports and adventure satellite channel, MBC ACTION, will televise all five of the series’ X Prixs across its territories in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. AlUla, Saudi Arabia will host Extreme E’s inaugural race, and people from 23 […]
MBC GROUP, a media company in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region, has chosen WHATS’ON — the BMS by MEDIAGENIX — to replace their current Broadcast Management Systems and manage all their on-demand services and linear channels in a unified process. Aus Alzubaidi, Senior Manager – Tech Ops at MBC GROUP commented: “After […]
In October 2019 it was announced that Sam Barnett would be leaving his CEO role at MBC, the Dubai-based broadcasting giant. He was in post for some 17 years. He stayed on as an ‘advisor’ to the business, but has now returned as CEO of the MBC Group. Barnett is replacing Marc Antoine d’Halluin who […]
Nextologies, a custom, end-to-end broadcast solutions provider, announced today that MBC GROUP (Middle East Broadcasting Center) a media company in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA), has chosen Nextologies to provide broadcast grade signal transport and technology services for 8 new live Rotana channels that have launched on MBC’s OTT platform Shahid VIP. Shahid […]
MBC Group and Rotana Media, the Arab broadcasting groups, have signed a new carriage agreement. MBC operates an OTT platform, Shahid VIP, and a new agreement means that Rotana’s considerable movie slate, drama series and other channels are now all carried by the platform. Described as a “long-term partnership” the deal will allow Shahid VIP […]
Dubai-based broadcasting giant MBC has signed an exclusive Entertainment Partnership with Facebook’s MENA region. The deal gives Facebook Watch access to some 20,000 videos. The content comes from an assortment of MBC channels including Mbc1, Mbc2, Mbc4, Mbc Masr, Mbc Drama, Mbc the Voice, Mbc the Voice Kids and OTT service Shahid. Content will involve […]