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Mid East & Africa
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IPTV now available in nine MENA countries
Fourteen service providers across nine countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) now…
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Warner Bros. shows set for African TVOD service
South African video-on-demand service Altech Node has scored a wide-ranging programming deal with Hollywood studio…
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Nigeria’s Consat adds YFE’s Fix & Foxi channel
Nigerian pay TV platform Continental Satellite Limited (Consat) has added German broadcaster Your Family Entertainment’s kids…
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Discovery launches Middle East free-to-air channel
Discovery is launching Quest Arabiya, a new free-to-air male-skewed channel in the Middle East. The…
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StarTimes to expand African offering with new SES deal
Satellite operator StarTimes has expanded its partnership with SES to offer better picture quality and…
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Rwandan telco Tigo launches VoD service
African telco Tigo is launching a new on-demand service targeting its 2.5 million customers in…
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CNBC extends distribution deal with OSN
Business news channel CNBC has renewed its distribution deal with Middle East pay TV operator…
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Digital TV homes to reach 1.65 billion, driven by Asian gains
The global number of digital TV homes will increase by more than 1 billion between…
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iROKO chooses STN for playout
African TV platform iROKO has chosen Slovenia-based STN to provide playout and distribution services for…
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Safaricom moves into TV space with mobile broadband STB
Kenyan mobile operator Safaricom is moving into the TV market with the launch of a…
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African Movie Channel Series launches on StarTimes
UK-based broadcaster, African Movie Channel (AMC) has launched its new channel, African Movie Channel Series…
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Selevision unveils new codec with Full HD at 1Mbps claim
Middle East-based technology and content provider Selevision has unveiled what it describes as a revolutionary…
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Fox makes new appointments
Fox International Channels has promoted two senior execs at its Asian unit and brought another…
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Etisalat taps Agama for quality assurance
UAE-based telco Etisalat has selected Agama and its regional business partner Al-Falak to provide quality…
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Nigeria selects Inview for digital switchover
Nigeria’s National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has selected Inview Technology to provide the country’s national digital…
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Popcornflix expands into Middle East, Latin America
Free movie and TV show streaming app Popcornflix has launched in 36 new countries – including 16…
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Nigeria’s Consat adds Fashion One channel to line-up
Nigerian pay TV platform Continental Satellite Limited (Consat) has added Fashion One’s international channel F.O….
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IROKOtv to launch two linear channels via StarTimes
Africa-based video-on-demand service iROKOtv has signed an exclusive deal with pay TV platform StarTimes to…
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Hopster announces global rollout
Kids OTT service and learning platform, Hopster, is set to launch in 100 territories across…
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Turner’s Boing channel launches in Africa
Turner Broadcasting is launching its Boing kids channel in Africa. The new English-language service will…
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Starz SVoD service to debut in MENA
Starz’s international subscription on-demand platform will makes its worldwide debut in the Middle East and…
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Imagine supplying Iraqi broadcaster
Broadcast technology provider Imagine Communications has delivered a new master control system at the Iraqi…
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Strong launching new pay TV services for Africa
Satellite TV reception equipment provider and pay TV operator Strong Media SAL-Off-Shore (SMO) has taken…
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Arabasat and Siemens partner on Saudi CSM
Arabsat has partnered with Siemens Convergence Creators to install a new communication system monitoring (CSM)…
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Canal+ expands service for Africa with new channels
Canal+ has expanded its service for sub-Saharan Africa with the creation of three new dedicated…
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South Africa targets 84% of population in digital switchover
South Africa will now aim to cover 84% of the country’s total population with its…
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Arab region covered by 1,294 satellite TV channels
The Arab region is now covered by 1,294 satellite TV channels thanks to a boom…
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Malawi to pre-authorise DVB-T2 set-top distributors
The Malawi government said it intends to pre-qualify potential authorised distributors of DVB-T2 compliant set-top…
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Viacom to launch localised BET channel in South Africa
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Africa has partnered with African pay TV provider MultiChoice to…
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OSN taps Imagine for sports transmissions
Middle East pay TV operator OSN has tapped technology provider Imagine Communications to upgrade its…