Moonbug Entertainment has renewed its partnership with MBC Group. The new cooperation agreement, Moonbug is set to add more television shows and programmes dedicated to children on the Arabic streaming platform Shahid VIP. The previous agreement MBC, Moonbug licensed properties including Little Baby Bum, Go Buster, Playtime with Twinkle, Little Baby Bus, ARPO, My Magic [...]
MBC Group has announced a partnership deal with COFE App, the online coffee-centric marketplace which currently serves across UAE, KSA, and Kuwait. The strategic partnership will see the media group support the digital application in achieving its ambitious growth strategy through MBC’s channels, digital platforms, and events. While the network will play a crucial role [...]
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 [...]
MBC Group has become the exclusive licensing agent for Animaccord’s children series ‘Masha and the Bear’ in the MENA region. MBC Group’s Licensing & Merchandising unit will provide Animaccord with a full 360-support solution, which includes but is not limited to inking consumer products deals, increasing and strengthening the presence of the Masha and the [...]
Sky commissioned a second series of kids show The Brilliant World of Tom Gates from TG Entertainment Limited for MENA region. The kids’ series will be available in 2022 on E-Vision as well as on MBC Group’s streaming platform Shahid. Commenting on the distribution deal, Lucy Murphy, Director of Kids’ Content at Sky UK and [...]
The Saudi Sports Company has launched satellite sports channels and sealed a contract with the MBC Group to provide broadcasting services for these channels and to transmit the events of the Saudi competitions (Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup – Prince Mohammed bin Salman Professional Cup League – Saudi Super Cup), for the upcoming [...]
Shahid VIP the premium, subscription-based service of Shahid, the Arabic streaming platform – will introduce its exclusive and special programming for Ramadan 2021, bolstering its position as the leading platform for the best Arabic content for the upcoming special season. Under the slogan of “Ramadan Ma’ana”, or “Ramadan with Us” in English, Shahid VIP is [...]
Broadcast network MBC Group has chosen MediaGenix to run its broadcast management systems. Replacing its existing systems, MediaGenix’s Whats’ On will oversee all of MBC’s on-demand services and linear channels in a unified process. The Senior Manager – Tech Ops of MBC Group, Aus Alzubaidi, said, “After running multiple proof of concepts, we chose the [...]
MBC Group’s streaming platform Shahid will premiere Arabic horror film Bloodline on October 30 exclusively in the MENA region. Bloodline is produced by Film Clinic, a production house founded by the Egyptian producer and screenwriter Mohamed Hefzy and counts Majid Al Ansari and Gabi Antal as executive producers. The feature film, written and directed by Rami Yasin, [...]
Dubai-based media conglomerate MBC Group has signed an exclusive content deal with Facebook MENA to develop content for the social media service’s VOD platform Facebook Watch. The one-year deal will see the digital arm of MBC Group, which services the Middle East and North Africa, share more than 20,000 videos from some of the most [...]