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Discovery, STARZPLAY to launch discovery+ in MENA

Discovery has announced a strategic partnership with STARZPLAY to launch discovery+ – the non-fiction, real life subscription streaming service – across the Middle East and North Africa. StarzPlay subscribers can now watch discovery+ content within a dedicated branded area across all existing StarzPlay platforms. The partnership was announced at a virtual launch broadcast from Dubai. […]

January 6, 2021

StarzPlay continues international expansion

Starzplay, the streaming service from Starz, is celebrating a collection of partner launches in the second half of 2020 including a new presence in the Nordics with NENT/Viaplay. In addition, Starzplay has expanded in key markets this month with Vodafone in Italy, Sky in Switzerland and Molotov in France, with more still planned. Starzplay says […]

December 16, 2020

Report: GCC video industry sees revenues of $1.6bn in 2020

Media Partners Asia has published its first report on the Middle East region, entitled GCC Video & Broadband Distribution 2020. The report provides analysis of the current state and future outlook for telecoms, online video & pay-TV industries across the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia […]

December 7, 2020

StarzPlay strengthens partnership with Lionsgate Play India

StarzPlay, the SVoD service in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, has demonstrated its competencies in creating end-to-end OTT infrastructure by signing a new multi-year project with Lionsgate Play India. This follows the successful partnership between StarzPlayand Lionsgate Play, forged a year ago where StarzPlay leveraged its in-house technology to provide its managed […]

November 24, 2020

StarzPlay joining Viaplay

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic streaming company, and streaming platform Starz have announced a long-term agreement that makes NENT Group’s Viaplay streaming service the exclusive Nordic launch partner for Starz’s international premium streaming service StarzPlay. Beginning in December, a wide selection of StarzPlay series will be available to Viaplay viewers across the Nordic […]

November 10, 2020

Amazon Prime Video Channels in Spain, Italy, Netherlands

Amazon Prime Video Channels has launched in Spain, Italy and the Netherlands, allowing users to add more SVoD services to their Amazon acount. All Prime Video Channels content is available through the Amazon Prime Video app, on any compatible device, using the same user interface, and charged in the user’s same monthly bill. Channels available […]

November 4, 2020

Forecast: Spain’s video sector at €4.5bn by 2024

The Spanish video market has witnessed a polarisation of fortunes in 2020. While many segments have been heavily impacted, others have seen their audiences expand due to stay-at-home measures and changing consumer attitudes towards entertainment. This is according to a Video Insights report from Futuresource Consulting, which shows consumer spend will grow by 11 per […]

October 27, 2020

StarzPlay on Apple TV channels across MENA

StarzPlay is now available through Apple TV channels across the MENA region on the Apple TV app on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, iPod touch and Mac, as well as select Samsung and LG smart TVs. Customers in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt can sign up for a seven-day […]

September 22, 2020

StarzPlay sees 141% user growth in MENA

StarzPlay, the SVoD service in the MENA region, has reported growth of 141 per cent in the number of unique users during April 2020, when the Covid-19 crisis peaked in the region, according to a study titled The Rise and Rise of Streaming Video in the MENA Market. Conducted by PSB Research, a leading global […]

September 15, 2020

HBO Max orders more Doom Patrol

HBO Max has ordered a third season of Max Original Doom Patrol. Doom Patrol executive producer, Jeremy Carver, said: “On behalf of the wonderful cast, writers and crew, we are thrilled and grateful for the opportunity to return to Doom Manor. And we are especially thankful for our partners at Berlanti Productions, Warner Bros. Television, […]

September 14, 2020By Nik Roseveare