The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and beIN Media Group have agreed to extend the portfolio of rights to be broadcast by its flagship channel, beIN Sports, for the 2022 season to now include rights to the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup. The agreement grants beIN Sports rights in certain MENA territories, excluding KSA, UAE, […]
World of Wonder, LA-based Media company, has added a new international iteration of its hugely successful entertainment reality format, Drag Race, to its roster in Sweden. The new edition of the global franchise joins existing versions in Thailand, the US, Chile, Canada, Holland, the UK, Spain, Australia and New Zealand, France, the Philippines, and Italy. […]
ZEE5 Global, the platform for streaming South-Asian content, has set a benchmark when it comes to thriller series and films and continuing the success rate, 2022 saw some of the best thrillers so far – such as Mithya, Love Hostel, Bloody Brothers and a glimpse of Abhay 3. Coming up next is another psychological thriller […]
twofour54, the Abu Dhabi-based media, entertainment, and gaming hub, is expanding its production facilities through pioneering Virtual Solutions. Launched in partnership with the Canadian media firm Ross Video, the new offering includes Virtual Studios, Virtual Production services, and Extended Reality features. Featuring the latest 3D graphics and augmented reality (AR) technologies, it the first facility […]
Cognacq-Jay Image, a service provider for playout, head-end, and digital platforms, in partnership with cloud-native live-streaming platform Quortex, has announced that beIN Media Group has chosen Quortex’s technology to provide streaming services for its sports content in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). beIN, the global sports, media, and entertainment group, will use Quortex’s […]
SES is buying what will be SES-26, a new ultra-sophisticated software-defined satellites from Thales-Alenia Space. The craft will replace NSS-12 at 57 degrees East and serve what SES describes as “hundreds of millions” across three continents. SES-26 will maintain and expand the range of content delivery and connectivity services to broadcasters, media companies, telco operators, […]
WWE and MBC Group have announced a major broadcast partnership that will see MBC’s VoD streaming service, Shahid, become the new home of WWE in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the rest of the MENA region. The partnership includes all WWE premium live events, kicking off with WrestleMania 38 on April 3rd and April […]
beIN Media Group and its flagship channel beIN Sports have announced securing the live rights to broadcast the remaining matches of the AFC Asian Qualifiers 2022 – Road to Qatar in 18 countries throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). beIN Sports has secured the live rights to broadcast the matches in Algeria, Bahrain, […]
E-Vision, from e& (previously known as Etisalat Group), and ADQ, an Abu Dhabi-based investment and holding company, have announced the signing of a binding agreement to acquire a majority equity stake of circa 57 per cent in Starzplay Arabia, an SVoD and streaming service provider in the Middle East and North Africa. The e& led […]
Organisers of the MENA-centric DISCOP Dubai content distribution and coproduction market have announced an initiative to showcase solid homegrown film and television projects in advanced stages of development and funding. A full-service lounge, the First Look Salon, will cater to the needs of independent MENA producers wanting to shop their projects to production and distribution […]