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Mid East & Africa
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SES Platform Services forms JV with Ghana’s K-Net
Satellite operator SES’s media services arm, SES Platform Services, has formed a joint venture with…
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New Tunisian free platform for North and West Africa
Tunisian state broadcasting corporation the Office National de la Télédiffusion (ONT) has struck a multi-year…
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Ofcom: BEN TV in breach of broadcast licence
BEN TV, an entertainment and news channel targeted at diaspora African and Caribbean audiences, has…
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Eurochannel goes live on du in the UAE
European culture and lifestyle channel, Eurochannel, is now available in the United Arab Emirates through…
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OSN names chief content officer
Middle East pay TV operator OSN has named Emad Morcos to the new position of…
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Lollipop on Middle East platforms
Channels provider Mimyuni Media Entertainment has secured carriage for its new Lollipop kids channel with…
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A+E appoints African channels boss
A+E Networks has named a new general manager for Africa. Yusuf Nabee will take up…
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Turner launches kids Hindi channel in MENA
Turner has launched kids channel, Cartoon Network Hindi, across the Middle East and North Africa….
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SES to provide capacity for Nigeria’s CCNL ahead of DSO
Satellite operator SES has signed a deal with Nigerian content aggregator and platform provider Cable…
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BeIN launches 360° video
Middle East pay TV broadcaster BeIN Media has begun publishing a range of 360° video…
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OSN claims antipiracy success
Middle East pay TV operator OSN has claimed a series of wins against pirates in…
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beIN Media hails Instagram milestone
Middle East pay TV broadcaster beIN Media Group’s sports Instagram following has passed the two…
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Orange takes stake in Africa Internet Group
Orange has made a €75 million equity investment in Africa Internet Group and has said…
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Euronews’ sister channel Africanews to launch this month
Euronews’ sister TV channel, Africanews, is due to launch across sub-Saharan Africa on April 20,…
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AfricaXP chooses Babeleye for pay TV metadata
Pan-African pay TV content aggregator AfricaXP has chosen multilingual video content metadata platform provider Babeleye…
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Yahlive consolidates leading position among Farsi viewers
Yahlive, the Abu Dhabi-based satellite joint venture between SES and UAE satellite operator Yahsat, is…
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CBeebies to make Middle East and North Africa debut
BBC pre-school channel CBeebies is due to launch in the Middle East and North Africa…
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OSN retains House of Cards as Netflix makes first Arabic acquisition
UAE-based pay TV operator OSN has retained the rights to the fourth season of Netflix’s…
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Eurovision deploys Flex for song contest, opens office in Dubai
The EBU’s Eurovision network is to deploy its new Flex platform in the premises of…
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Al Jazeera taps Arqiva for global satellite distribution
Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera Media Network has tapped media services provider Arqiva to provide its…
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Es’hailSat outlines future plans
Middle East satellite operator Es’hailSat plans to launch its Es’hail-2 bird by the end of…
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Netia names MEA team
Orange-owned media service provider Netia has named Adel Hamla as its sales manager for the…
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beIN Media buys Miramax
The fast-growing Qatar-based beIN Media Group has bought US studio Miramax. The deal, financial details…
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OSN renews deal with MGM
UAE-based pay TV provider OSN has renewed an exclusive supply deal for movies with MGM….
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Selevision taps Verimatrix for hybrid TV offering
Content security provider Verimatrix has been chosen by Saudi Arabia-based service provider and technology provider…
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Thema taps AlterPoP for playout and distribution
French channels provider Thema has chosen managed content preparation, playout and multiplatform delivery service provider…
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Al Jazeera HD bouquet launches on Es’hail-1
Al Jazeera Media Network has launched a new HD bouquet on the Es’hail-1 satellite at…
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BBC trials new responsive news site
The BBC has launched a new responsive news website designed to present content on mobile…
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Al Jazeera launches audio app for hard-to-reach areas
News service Al Jazeera Network has launched a new audio web app to give users…
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Friend MTS launches automated IPTV antipiracy service
Content security specialist Friend MTS is to launch an automated IPTV antipiracy service, Viper, at…