Majid Al Futtaim Leisure, Entertainment & Cinemas (MAF LEC) was announced as Warner Bros. Pictures’ new distribution partner for the Middle East, starting with the screening of The Suicide Squad released on August 5. The Emirati holding company operates 615 screens across eight markets in the Middle East while also operating a sizeable regional film [...]
The 14-episodes historical drama Kingdoms of Fire in 4K will be aired exclusively on StarzPlay. The series is directed by Peter Weber, best known for films like Girl with a Pearl Earring and Emperor. Kingdoms of Fire has a pan-Arab cast of stars that includes Khaled Al Nabawi, Mahmoud Nasr, Rachid Assaf, Kinda Hanna, Suhair [...]
The my.t 4K smart box was launched by the CEO of Mauritius Telecom, Sherry Singh by focusing on the mission of the company which is to offer extraordinary television experience to its customers. Sherry Singh also revealed that the new TV and Broadband offerings are responding to changing usage patterns. To benefit from these new offers, [...]
The Saudi Arabian telecommunications services company, Mobily and the video on-demand service Starz Play signed a new method-of-payment partnership that makes Starz Play available to Mobily subscribers. Through the partnership, Mobily customers can now sign up to Starz Play service and make payments directly through their Mobily account. Subscribers can access to enjoy more than [...]
In May, MultiChoice CEO Calvo Mawela declared that the African pay-tv giant is working to launch a dishless DStv streaming-only service in 2019 that will closely replicate the existing DStv direct-to-home (DTH) satellite TV offering and what existing DStv subscribers are currently using on DStv Now. MultiChoice is responding to the video entertainment sphere that [...]
An African subsidiary of Pixagility, based in Abidjan, Pixafrica offers services for capturing and delivering TV channels, content processing for VOD platforms, storage and updating audiovisual catalogs, file transfer around the world, and editorial animation. To support the growing demand for television channels in Africa, Pixafrica, in partnership with Harmonic, the world leader in video [...]
PlayBox Technology has disclosed the conclusion of a major project for Ghana’s Citi TV by systems integration partner TV & Communication Systems (TVC) in collaboration with Vision in Motion. The project comprises the design and integration of two live production studios, programme storage and media asset management, fully tested and authorized at the broadcaster’s headquarters [...]