wedotv, the AVoD and FAST channel programmer and distributor, is expanding the distribution of its flagship channel, wedotv big stories, to audiences across the Middle East and North Africa via the Eutelsat 7 West A satellite, located at the region’s leading 7/8° West video neighbourhood. wedotv big stories brings audiences factual entertainment, documentaries and other […]
Omdia analysis has revealed the MENA cinema market is poised for substantial revenue growth, projected to increase from $900 million (€847.1m) in 2024 to $1.5 billion by 2029. Saudi Arabia is expected to play a pivotal role, contributing nearly two-thirds of the region’s cinema revenue by 2029. Screen growth in the Middle East has overtaken […]
Moonbug Entertainment, a subsidiary of Candle Media, has announced a deal with Yango Play to bring its Blippi & Friends channel to the Middle East and North Africa. Named after Moonbug’s popular, live-action preschool brand, Blippi, Blippi & Friends is a 24/7 channel catering to children ages 4-8 and includes a daily segment for younger […]
Timeline Television, a provider of broadcast technology and services, has announced the launch of a new base and operation in the Middle East, designed to meet the growing demand for live production and broadcast services across the region, from major sporting events to live events, entertainment and news coverage. Facilities including a state-of-the-art flypack solution […]
beIN Media Group, the sports and entertainment group, and the NBA have extended their broadcast and digital partnership for the 2024-25 season that will see beIN Sports, the group’s flagship sports channels, continue to air more than 400 live NBA games exclusively across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The renewal builds on beIN […]
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 […]