MBC Group, the Middle-East broadcaster, has reported strong full-year 2025 results, with revenue rising 28.5 per cent year-on-year to SAR 5.4 billion (€1.2bn), driven by growth in the Shahid streaming service and media production. There was a 4 per cent dip in net profit to SAR 382.5 million due to investment costs, but operating profit […]

Shahid, Disney+, and OSN+ have announced a streaming bundle in the GCC region that brings together all three apps in one unified subscription plan. Available exclusively via Shahid, subscribers can gain access to three streaming  platforms for the price of two.  The bundle is available immediately. Natasha Matos-Hemingway, Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer at Shahid, […]

The Middle East’s dominant broadcaster, MBC, enjoyed 9-month Group revenues up 29.9 per cent (y-o-y) and net profits growing almost 71 per cent to Saudi Riyals 3.8 billion (€0.87bn). Its Shahid OTT streaming platform saw a 27 per cent jump in subscription revenue and a 23.4 per cent rise in ad-revenues. MBC Group’s ‘Broadcasting’ division […]

MBC Group, the media and entertainment conglomerate in the MENA region, has announced its H1 financial results ended June 30th 2025, reporting revenues of SAR 3 billion (€0.69bn), up 37. per cent YoY, supported by solid growth across all business segments. Net profit for the six-month period was SAR 335.4 million in H1 2025, a 41.1 per […]

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 […]

Mediagenix, a specialist in software solutions for content strategy, content value management and content scheduling, has announced that Shahid, the Arabic streaming platform, has gone live with Mediagenix On-Demand, a scheduling, content management and content performance solution for managing high-performance, dynamic streaming operations. Shahid is part of MBC Group, the media and entertainment conglomerate in […]

BBC Studios has announced an agreement with MBC GROUP to launch BBC Kids content on Shahid, the Arabic streaming platform, from February 8th. The collaboration will bring BBC Studios’ children’s content to a wider audience in the Middle East, providing families and children aged 0-12 with digital access to a diverse range of inspiring, entertaining […]

Technology company KONKA Group and MBC Group, a media company in the MENA region, have announced a strategic partnership that will allow all KONKA Android (version 11 and up) and webOS smart television users in MENA countries to quickly access MBC’s Shahid, the Arabic streaming platform, via the homepage launch bar or the Shahid App. […]

Personalised recommendations and hyper-targeted advertising platform ThinkAnalytics has confirmed that MBC GROUP streaming service Shahid is deploying the Think360 personalised content discovery and viewer engagement platform. Shahid will go live with Think360 in the summer of 2022, with support for Arabic, English, and French languages. It will support Shahid’s customer acquisition and content monetisation goals […]