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Starzplay, WATCH IT content partnership

Starzplay has announced its multi-year partnership with WATCH IT, one of the leading VoD platforms in the region, to bring the biggest Arab talent and their most recent works to Starzplay and evision audiences, and likewise the biggest Hollywood productions to WATCH IT subscribers at no extra cost. From movies and series to daily talk […]

February 2, 2023

Study: MENA video needs “more edgy content”

A White Paper from Comcast Technology Solutions, released ahead of Dubai’s CabSat, says that the MENA region offers “a thriving and dynamic market in which to operate for content, streaming providers, and distributors”. But the broadcast market cannot stand still, warns the study. It quotes Luis Duran, the former CCO at MBC’s Shahid and now […]

October 7, 2021By Chris Forrester

Report: GCC video industry sees revenues of $1.6bn in 2020

Media Partners Asia has published its first report on the Middle East region, entitled GCC Video & Broadband Distribution 2020. The report provides analysis of the current state and future outlook for telecoms, online video & pay-TV industries across the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia […]

December 7, 2020