Eutelsat Group and BHS Media Group have announced the renewal of their satellite contribution contract. This agreement extends the capacity leased on the Eutelsat 21B and Eutelsat 70B satellites, ensuring seamless content delivery for BHS’ broadcast customers across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Based in UAE, BHS specialises in TV distribution and […]
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) streaming video market is projected to reach $1.5 billion (€1.35bn) by the end of 2025, with SVoD subscriptions crossing 27 million, according insights presented by Maria Rua Aguete, Head of Media and Entertainment at Omdia, during her keynote address at the Comcast Technology Summit in Dubai, held in […]
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 […]
OSN, the network for premium entertainment in the MENA region, announced that it has selected Magnite, the independent sell-side advertising company, to power its Advanced TV, addressable advertising across OSN’s STB linear broadcast and VoD inventory for the first time. The Magnite SpringServe video platform’s ad server will manage the delivery of this high-value advertising […]
Friend MTS, a provider of content protection services, has announced that TOD, the sports and entertainment OTT subscription service for the MENA region by beIN Media Group (beIN), has chosen FMTS’s watermarking and anti-piracy services to protect its content including movies, the Premier League and the US Open. The latest version of the TOD platform […]
Mediagenix, a specialist in smart content solutions, and White Peaks Solutions, the end-to-end OTT solutions provider, have announced a strategic collaboration with the Sharjah Broadcasting Authority to bring next-level content personalization to Maraya, the authority’s flagship streaming platform. Sharjah Broadcasting Authority is the public media entity of the Emirate of Sharjah. Its digital platforms — […]
Film AlUla, the film agency of the Royal Commission for AlUla, has signed an agreement with MBS MENA Limited, the newly established regional entity of The MBS Group, the studio operator and production services provider, to exclusively manage and operate the AlUla Studios. This strategic partnership marks a first-of-its-kind collaboration in the region, pairing Saudi […]
Euromedia May/June 2025 Chris Forrester examines the MENA media scene, with help from local experts and insiders. Read the article and the rest of the issue here.
beIN Mediap Group and UC3, the UEFA-ECA joint venture, have extended their media rights agreement, ensuring beIN Sports, the network’s flagship sports channel, will continue to broadcast European football’s top club competitions live and exclusive across the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia until 2027. The partnership between the sports broadcaster and UEFA club competitions […]
The US-funded Arabic language Al Hurra satellite news channel is close to having to cease broadcasting with the Trump administration’s decision to cut its funding. Al Hurra, which launched in 2004 to counter anti-American sentiment, has a claimed 30 million viewership over the Middle East and North Africa. Local reports say that in notices to […]