Harmonic and TOD, a sports and entertainment platform for the MENA region by beIN Media Group, have announcef a strategic partnership that elevates live sports streaming. By leveraging Harmonic’s cloud-native VOS360 Media SaaS, TOD aims to enhance the viewer experience for live sports fans across the region through unmatched agility, reliability, security and scalability. James […]
Eutelsat Group and MuxIP, a specialist in media SaaS technologies for ad-supported streaming, have announced a strategic initiative, bringing together a selection of global sports channels from FAST TV platforms around the world, via satellite to audiences in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (EMENA). Per the agreement, MuxIP is distributing an initial selection […]
beIN Media Group has signed a deal extending its La Liga broadcast rights, which will see the Group’s flagship sports channel, beIN Sports, remain the home of Spanish football in 34 markets across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Asia-Pacific (APAC) until the end of the 2027-28 season and 2026-27 season respectively. beIN […]
beIN Sports, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) sports broadcaster, has set a new record with cumulative viewership of more than 1.2 billion views of its multilingual coverage of the Euro 2024 tournament held in Germany. The broadcaster’s coverage of the Euro 2020 tournament generated 0.96 billion views across the same numbers of matches, […]
Ooredoo Group has announced it is becoming an NVIDIA Cloud Partner (NCP), aligned with its strategy of becoming the leading digital infrastructure provider in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region. Through this collaboration, Ooredoo is leveraging NVIDIA’s advanced accelerated computing platform to help enable the AI revolution in the region. Capitalising on the […]
evision, the media and entertainment arm of e&, has acquired the rights for a number of popular Chinese dramas, animation and movies from iQIYI, the online entertainment service in China. This partnership enables STARZ ON, evision’s free streaming service, to become a definitive destination for Chinese entertainment in the MENA region Olivier Bramly, Chief Executive […]
Parrot Analytics, the entertainment analytics firm, has announced a collaborative partnership with HConsult’s Co-Production Salon to enhance support for the MENA production community. This collaboration aims to leverage Parrot Analytics’ unique country-specific content analytics capabilities to empower content producers, networks, streamers and the broader MENA entertainment landscape. Wared Seger, CEO Parrot Analytics, commented: “Our collaboration […]
OSN, the MENA entertainment company, has acquired the rights to all-new first run Max Originals and Warner Bros Pictures feature films in an exclusive multi-year deal with Warner Bros Discovery (WBD). Subscribers will now enjoy access to Warner Bros Pictures film catalogue and exclusive Pay 1 features in MENA following their theatrical and home entertainment […]
The 30th edition of CABSAT, the flagship conference for the broadcast, satellite, content creation, production, distribution, and entertainment industries, drew to a successful conclusion on May 23rd, organised by the Dubai World Trade Centre with record-breaking turnout. The third day of the conference, which welcomed over 18,000 visitors, featured announcements of collaborations, and Memorandums of […]
Euromedia May/June 2024 In his annual overview of the MENA broadcast sector, Chris Forrester says that despite challenges, there is major progress to report. Read the article and the rest of the issue here.