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Mid East & Africa
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Discovery strikes deals with beIN and OSN
Discovery has announced a raft of carriage deals for its channels in the MENA region,…
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New Qatari cultural channel launches
Qatari cultural channel Al Rayyan 2 has launched on the Es’hail-1 satellite located at the…
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African OTT service iROKO raises US$19m
African over-the-top video service iROKO has raised a total of US$19 million (€17.6 million) and…
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OSN launches Arabic movie channel, Home of HBO service and H2
Middle East pay TV operator OSN is launching six new HD channels including a ‘Home…
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beIN Media launches new movies channel
Qatar-based pay TV group beIN Media has launched a new movie channel, beIN Movies 3,…
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OSN strikes new deal with NBCUniversal
Middle East pay TV operator OSN has signed a new and extended long-term deal with…
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Orange acquires more mobile assets in Africa
Orange has struck a deal with mobile operator Bharti Airtel International to acquire Airtel’s operations…
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Orange to acquire Cellcom Liberia
Orange has entered an agreement to acquire 100% control of mobile operator Cellcom Liberia via…
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BBC launches drama channel in Middle East
BBC Worldwide has struck a deal with OSN and will roll out its drama channel…
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Pay DTT to challenge satellite in Africa by 2021
Digital terrestrial television (DTT), and pay DTT in particular, made “huge gains” in Sub-Saharan Africa…
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Africanews goes live today
Euronews’ new African channel, Africanews, will launch today at 18:00 West Africa time in Congo…
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African Movie Channel launches on Consat
African Movie Channel has launched its two channels – African Movie Channel (AMC) and African…
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Etisalat and Huawei to launch UHD TV service
UAE-based telco Etisalat has partnered with Huawei to launch what they claim will be the…
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Turner strikes exclusive MENA deal with beIN Media
Turner has formed a strategic partnership with Qatar’s beIN Media Group that will see Turner…
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Econet Wireless planning new African pay TV service
Econet Wireless, the mobile telecom operator owned by Zimbabwean businessman Stive Masiyiwa, is planning to…
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Vubiquity secures Awesomeness TV content for SVoD
On-demand content aggregator Vubiquity has signed a deal with DreamWorks and Hearst-backed Animation-backed multichannel network…
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OSN extends retail presence with Sharaf DG deal
Middle East pay TV provider OSN has strengthened its retail presence through a partnership with…
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Trace signs deal with US OTT service YipTV
Trace is due to launch five thematic channels on US over-the-top service YipTV early next…
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Deutsche Welle launching Arabic channel on Astra
German international channel provider Deutsche Welle is to make its Arabic-language service available via the…
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Canal+ teams up with iROKO for African mobile SVOD project
Canal+ Group and African OTT TV operator iROKO have teamed up to launch a new…
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Icflix strikes Pakistan smartphone deal
Icflix has partnered with Haier in a move that will see the Middle East and…
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Naspers, Samsung tipped to take on Netflix
Africa-based media giant Naspers is going to roll out its Showmax SVOD service in a…
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Ooredoo taps Metrological for TV app store
Qatar telco Ooredoo has tapped Metrological to launch and manage a cloud-based TV app store…
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Nickelodeon Play launches in MENA via OSN
Children’s app Nickelodeon Play is now available in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)…
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Qatar win for Eutelsat
Satellite operator Eutelsat and Qatar service provider Ooredoo have struck a deal that will see…
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SES supports Burkina Faso election
Satellite operator SES has been contracted by the Commission Électorale Nationale Indépendante (CENI), the official…
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Spacecom’s Amos-5 satellite still lost in space
Spacecom is still trying to re-establish contact with Amos-5 after losing “all communications and signals”…
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OSN hails ‘milestone’ in antipiracy fight
Middle East pay TV provider OSN has hailed the jailing of a dealer in pirated…
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Wananchi Group appoints new CEO
The Wananchi Group has appointed former VimpelCom executive Santiago Benedit as its new CEO, following the…
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Spacecom loses contact with Amos-5
Satellite operator Spacecom has lost “all communications and signals” from its Amos-5 satellite at the…