Lebanese socio-cultural drama series Al Hayba is set for Turkish adaptation in an agreement signed between Lebanese film and TV production company Cedars Art Production and Turkish production houses Ay Yapim. The production of the Turkish adaptation of the Lebanese format is set to start early next year. Now in its fifth season, Al Hayba [...]
SAWA Rights Management (SAWA), a strategic service provider to the MENA pay-TV industry, has concluded a multi-year agreement with SES to deliver TV channels to commercial properties. Under it, SAWA will utilise MonacoSAT, a satellite located at 52 degrees East, to broadcast the first 14 channels that are licensed by leading regional and international providers [...]
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), through SABC Sport announced an exciting multiyear television broadcast rights agreement with the National Basketball Association (NBA). As part of the partnership, SABC Sport will air more than 35 games throughout the season, including a Christmas Day game, NBA All-Star Saturday Night, Conference Finals and The Finals, broadcast live [...]
Showmax and MTN Nigeria have partnered up to offer streaming lovers a great entertainment deal. Users can buy MTN data bundled together with a Showmax Mobile subscription and score 2.5GB of MTN Data. It represents 25 hours of viewing time which is enough to stream 60 local or kids’ shows episodes, or 15 movies, or [...]
BeIN MEDIA GROUP, the global sports and entertainment broadcaster, and its flagship sports channel beIN SPORTS will be broadcasting a selection of the very best Rugby Autumn Internationals, live and exclusively across the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) from this weekend. This Saturday 30 October, kick-off will commence with a fierce head-to-head from Scotland [...]
StarzPlay, the SVOD platform, has signed a deal with India-based Star TV network to bring six of its entertainment channels on its platform. With this deal, StarzPlay will foray into the South Asian entertainment segment with plans to further expand this entertainment space. The streaming platform has now introduced an all-new dedicated South Asian entertainment [...]
StarTimes, celebrating five years of operation in Ghana, has expanded its network of offices with a fifth official office in the Capital of Northern Ghana. The official broadcaster of the Ghana Premier League is set to welcome the return of Real Tamale United and its supporters into elite football in Ghana with her official landmark [...]
Qualifying households have been urged to apply for a free government-subsidised decoder (set-top box) at their local post office. During the 2021 state of the nation address, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that South Africa must complete the migration to digital broadcast by March 31, 2022. Johan Kruger, Communications Manager at SA Post Office, expressed her [...]
State broadcaster Abu Dhabi Media has expanded the distribution of its children’s brand Majid with the launch of Majid Universe, an app that takes some of the Arab region’s favourite cartoon characters to the digital age. Available on iOS and Android devices and Apple TV, via monthly and annual subscriptions, the Majid Universe app will [...]
Television Signal piracy is a real shortfall for the audiovisual industry nowadays. During the African Nations Championship held in Cameroon in January-February 2021, opportunity was given to the African Union of Broadcasting to (re) take stock of satellite and online piracy, during broadcast time. Out of 32 games delivered in 21 days, several were screened [...]