Shahid VIP, the premium subscription-based service of Shahid, is launching via a new mobile-only package in Morocco and Tunisia. The service is available through telecom operator Orange Morocco for $2.06 and on Orange Tunisia for $1.73. Subscribers who sign up before the end of December will also receive a free two-month introductory offer with Orange [...]
MTN South Africa announced last week that it will offer uncapped 5G access at $63.11 per month. The telecommunication operator giant has done this by upgrading its MyMTN Home Uncapped plan, which until now was only available in a 4G/LTE flavour, to 5G, which should offer users in coverage areas significantly better network latencies – [...]
MTN Cote d’Ivoire, the mobile operator giant, has launched a pilot phase of 5G in the West African country. The group has also launched the construction of a headquarters for MTN Cote d’Ivoire, as well as the start of a local trial of 5G services in Abidjan. Mcebisi Jonas, Chairman of MTN Group, commented on [...]
Akili Network has launched Akili Kids, Kenya’s first and only free-to-air children’s learning channel in March 2020. Today, ‘Akili Kids!’ is the second most watched tv station in households with kids under the age of 14 and to make everyone in the household part of the fun, the group has decided to grow the family. [...]
YouTube has launched a YouTube Shorts Fund in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Algeria, Iraq, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon and Morocco. The Shorts Creator Fund is one additional way through which creators and artists can monetise their content on YouTube from advertising to Paid Digital Goods, merchandise branded content and more. This shorts feature [...]
Saudi Broadcasting Authority (SBA) has launched a brand-new game show titled Eish El Tahdi (Live the Challenge) on SBC channel. The show, commissioned by SBA to ART Format Lab, is the first of several original productions intended to woo young Saudi audiences to linear TV. The hour-long episodes will see 16 teams of six players [...]
Etisalat announced that it is exclusively bringing the Xbox All Access service to the UAE. The offering includes a next-generation console of one’s choice between Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S, depending on one’s preferences, and a 24-month subscription to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which includes a library of over 100 high-quality games and [...]
Eutelsat’s Konnect Africa and Vodacom Tanzania PLC have signed a service agreement for packaged services to bring connectivity to underserved regions of Tanzania, leveraging Eutelsat’s EUTELSAT KONNECT high-throughput satellite (HTS). Following a successful Proof of Concept trial, Vodacom will commercialise services on the EUTELSAT KONNECT satellite under its brand, building out its service offer to [...]
Molotov, the French over-the-top TV, has signed a distribution agreement with Turkish electronics brand Vestel and is now available on all new model smart TVs in France as well as the products sold since 2018. This new partnership covers new models and all compatible TVs released by Vestel since 2018, with owners benefiting from remote [...]
IMPS, the worldwide licensee for The Smurfs, has partnered with Spacetoon to bring the brand to the MENA region via the Spacetoon TV channel, branded on-ground activities, and new toys. Through this partnership, the two companies will reintroduce the show to a young audience in MENA by broadcasting a localised, Arabic-dubbed version of The Smurfs in 3DCG [...]
