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 [...]
YouTube is rolling out its child-friendly app, YouTube Kids, in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The free app is accessible on smartphones and tablets for children under the age of 13. The stand-alone app is now accessible in 86 countries including 15 in the MENA region. Google’s regional marketing director for the [...]
Orbit Showtime Network (OSN) rebranded its streaming app Wavo to OSN Streaming with the intention of combining its traditional and digital offering. Within two months, content consumption on the app grew by a surprising 900 percent and the download of its apps increased by 1700 percent. Last year, OSN has announced new original productions that [...]
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 [...]
A documentary about Pope Francis will make its MENA debut on Starzplay on April 1, ahead of Easter. In January, Francesco was acquired globally by discovery+. Francesco, a film by Oscar-nominated director and producer Evgeny Afineevsky, gives audiences an intimate look at the head of the Catholic church and global leader. Topics that will be addressed include climate change, [...]
Family edutainment content creator, provider & streaming platform Spacetoon has introduced a new programming block targeting mothers and their preschool-aged kids on its free-to-air TV channel and Spacetoon Go online streaming service. Spacetoon will be the first Arab kids’ TV channel to launch such a co-watching block. Content will stream every day from 7 a.m. [...]
Netflix will release a new paranormal series set in South Africa, called Dead Places, in April. With the series taking place in South Africa, it features 50 filming locations across the country. This includes Johannesburg, Cape Town, the Cradle of Humankind, and the Limpopo town of Thabazimbi. Dead Places follows paranormal detective Will Stone, played by [...]
Intigral has renewed its collaboration with the video intelligence company NPAW. By adding NPAW’s new and enhanced “Users” product, to the existing suite of Youbora, Jawwy TV – Intigral’s premium media and entertainment product — will be able to better understand its subscribers’ behaviour to optimise the platform. The wide set of metrics provided by [...]
Netflix and the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) have announced a R28-million partnership to fund the production of South African “micro-budget” feature films. The agreement will see both partners contributing R14 million each in support of the production of local films, which will include exclusive debuts on Netflix. The partnership will see 6 local [...]
Vodacom and Google will be releasing the movie, Zack Snyder’s Justice League on their Video Play service. It is unclear how the Video Play plans to release the movie as they offer both a rental and subscription plan and pricing is unconfirmed. Subscribers is expected to pay a rental fee of about R35 or a [...]
