Old Mutual’s reality talent search show Amazing Voices is back for a second season on 11 April. The show will be available for 13 weeks until 5 July and includes participants from Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Season 2 was rolled out in October with a call for entries where 546 singers sent in their recorded videos. [...]
Zain Bahrain, a leading telecom services operator in the kingdom, has announced the launch of ‘Wiyana’, an umbrella for its postpaid plans offering a range of benefits to ensure customers stay connected by paying less with high-speeds while receiving great value. Wiyana’s value-packed postpaid plans will avail subscribers of unique offers and benefits. The launch [...]
Universal Music Group announced a collaboration between its Republic Records division and music mogul Wassim “SAL” Slaiby that comprises of the launch of Universal Arabic Music (UAM), a new label that will service the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region. According to Universal, UAM will seek to discover rising artists in the region and [...]
SVOD platform StarzPlay is collaborating with Mistco, a content distribution agency and Calinos, a Turkish content distributor to offerTurkish content for viewers across the Middle East and North Africa region. Subscribers will have exclusive access to some of the popular Turkish series that includes Resurrection: Ertugrul, The Innocents, Our Story, Filinta, and many more. The shows will be [...]
MTN has launched new capped fixed-LTE packages under its MyMTN Home and MyMTN Business plans. “We are harnessing the best network in South Africa to cater for the customer looking for more affordable home connectivity by leveraging the strength, reliability and speed of our network,” said Mapula Bodibe, Chief Consumer Officer at MTN South Africa. MTN’s new [...]
Facebook has launched dynamic ads for streaming to help video streaming brands highlight their entire content library so they can showcase the right titles to the right audiences. With dynamic ads for streaming, when people see an ad for the service in their feed, they can swipe through the ad to see personalised, relevant titles [...]
Spacetoon, the family edutainment content creator, provider, and producer, has extended its partnership deal with eOne, Hasbro’s global entertainment studio. This multi-year allows Spacetoon the opportunity to bring three successful eOne shows to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The titles Transformers: Rescue Bots, Power Rangers Beast Morphers, and My Little Pony: Pony Life will be [...]
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has inked an exclusive deal with the Saudi Sports Company for the media rights of the AFC Competitions covering the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the commercial cycle 2021-2024. The deal offers the Saudi Sports Company exclusive rights in Saudi Arabia to air the AFC’s major National Team and Club [...]
Netflix and Abu Dhabi TV have rolled out the second season of The Platform, a UAE-produced series, which rose to the global streaming platform’s ‘popular’ list within two days from its launch. The series first season was launched in September 2020 across global streaming platform Netflix, making it the first-ever UAE production to be air on [...]
Dubai TV and Samaa Dubai have introduced their Ramadan line-up, which is scheduled to air from the beginning of Ramadan. The two channels will offer a mixed bag of high-octane Egyptian dramas in addition to Emirati comedies, quiz shows as well as the local animated series Shaabiat Al Cartoon. The shows scheduled to broadcast on both [...]
