Sharjah Broadcasting Authority has announced its Ramadan line-up of TV and radio shows. With over 137 programs focusing on a wide range of religious, social and entertainment and cultural shows, Sharjah Broadcasting Authority will be the largest and most diverse offering till date. Mohamed Hassan Khalaf, Director General of SBA, said: “The carefully crafted content [...]
Netflix and South Africa (SA) Tourism have agreed to explore joint opportunities that will showcase stories made in South Africa. Currently, the service is available to 204 million members in 190 countries around the world and continues to showcase South African culture, fashion, music, art, scenery and languages through stories made in South Africa by [...]
Digital mobile payment platform Apple Pay is now available in South Africa, according to several banks across the country – Absa, Discovery Bank, and Nedbank customers. Apple Pay allows users to load a supported banking card and use their Apple device – such as an iPhone or cellular Apple Watch. “As the affinity for digital [...]
Kids’ channel Spacetoon has inked a licensing deal with Pocket.watch, a digital media studio that specialises in extending kids and family YouTube stars and characters into global franchises, to be the master consumer product licensing agent in the MENA region for the brand Love, Diana. Besides becoming the CP licensing agent of Love, Diana in MENA, Spacetoon has also [...]
The leading Arabic cooking channel – Fatafeat – today announces the relaunch of its famous world-first Arabic cooking course app, Genius Kitchen, into an updated, elevated version of the platform – the Fatafeat App. Following the success of the mobile application in its first year and building upon Fatafeat’s mission of making the much-loved brand [...]
StarzPlay has strengthened its presence through its collaboration with Virgin Mobile in Saudi Arabia to provide StarzPlay services at no additional cost alongside select Virgin Mobile plans. Virgin Mobile KSA subscribers can enjoy StarzPlay’s library of blockbuster content for three-months, six-months, or more, with select Virgin Mobile packages. Available at no additional cost, subscribers can [...]
Music streaming and discovery platform Audiomack has inked a partnership with independent music distributor DistroKid. Audiomack has 17 million monthly active users and is popular in developing markets like the African continent. Warner Music inked a licensing agreement with Audiomack for key African territories including Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania in November 2020, after becoming the [...]
The production team behind this extreme non-elimination competition spent six months on rigorous prep work and scouting hundreds of locations covering more than 56,000 kilometres around the globe. The 12 daring individuals are about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime in National Geographic’s Race to the Center of the Earth. The seven-part series will [...]
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and eMedia Investments, the company behind free-to-air satellite service Openview, have announced a new distribution deal that will boost both companies in the free-to-air category of television broadcasting. The collaboration between South Africa’s fastest-growing satellite network and SA’s most established broadcaster signals a seismic shift in the country’s broadcasting [...]
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and eMedia Investments, the company behind free-to-air satellite service Openview, have announced a new distribution deal that will boost both companies in the free-to-air category of television broadcasting. The collaboration between South Africa’s fastest-growing satellite network and SA’s most established broadcaster signals a seismic shift in the country’s broadcasting [...]