Netflix will release the third season of the Saudi drama series titled Takki on October 28, 2021. The series will be available in 190 countries around the world and available in over 32 languages. Mohammed Makki, Director of Takki, commented on the series saying: “My journey with Takki almost 10 years ago on Youtube, and [...]
Succession, the biting drama series about power struggles in a family media empire, is coming for a third season on Showmax. Actor Jeremy Strong, who plays media executive Kendall Roy, said he felt lucky to be part of something that is such a sort of cultural lightning rod and part of people’s lives and at [...]
This Spooktober, beIN MEDIA GROUP, the global sports and entertainment broadcaster, is featuring a series of scary movies that promise to keep you in suspense and on the edge of your seat – featuring several movies from the “King of Horror” himself. So, we invite you to stock up on all the candy treats, put [...]
Despite an unchallenged domination in terms of pay TV revenues, the Comcast group, which operates Sky and Now TV brands in the UK, Ireland, DACH markets and Italy, is moving its strategy away from satellite TV. The US based media group has launched standalone OTT pay TV products in each of its operating markets, slowly [...]
Image Nation Abu Dhabi and AGC International, an arm of AGC Studios in the US, have released the first teaser trailer for its upcoming action film titled Al Kameen (The Ambush). The film is based on the true story of a daring mission by a group of Emirati soldiers who set off to rescue their [...]
Dubai-based Blue Engine Studios (BES) has signed a deal with MBC Group for the Arabic version of Talpa’s music and dance talent show titled Avastars. It is the first pre-sale of the show, which will launch in Netherlands in April 2022. Produced by Blue Engine Studios, the show will be available on MBC’s channels and [...]
Last year Eutelsat released its Sat.tv set-top box in the MENA region. The idea was to make it easy for viewers to arrange the hundreds of free-to-view channels available into simple to use menu options complete with channel logos and images. Most pay-TV operators have been doing this for years, but in the MENA market [...]
Showmax announced via Twitter on October 11 their upcoming new content set to premiere on the streaming service, one of which is the local horror film, Triggered. Co-written and directed by Alastair ‘Axis Mundi Orr, the 2020 film won the 2021 Best Achievement in Make-Up and Hairstyling award at the South Africa Film and Television [...]
Netflix will launch a collection of 32 films either helmed by Palestinian filmmakers or about Palestinian stories, under the category ‘Palestinian Stories’ on October 14. The collection is a tribute to the creativity and passion of the Arab film industry as Netflix continues to invest in stories from the Arab world. Basil Khalil’s 2015 Oscar-nominated [...]
MultiChoice confirmed that the pay-TV service and M-Net are reviving Big Brother Mzansi after seven years for another South African season. “The MultiChoice Group and Banijay are pleased to announce that the much-loved Big Brother Mzansi will be making its highly anticipated return to your screens soon, and it promises to be as exciting, entertaining [...]