Shahid VIP will air the Arab World’s first Arabic language sci-fi drama series on September 12 as the film and media industry in the Arab World looks to broaden its scope. Entitled ‘Hell’s Gate’, the sci-fi production features a stellar cast from the Middle East and beyond. Set in Beirut in the year 2052, the [...]
Ghana Jollof is a new comedy series involving Basketmouth that is set to be available to stream on Showmax. The series is currently being produced in Lagos Nigeria and Accra Ghana to be released later in the year 2021. The soundtrack of the series was released as a single last week and the music video [...]
OSN has partenered with Think360 from ThinkAnalytics to provide subscribers with a personalised user experience in Arabic, including enhanced recommendations and sophisticated search engine. OSN selected Think360 as a partner because of its breadth of personalisation capabilities, support for multiple languages including Arabic for search, recommendations and content intelligence, plus speed to market. The streaming [...]
Showmax announced on Twitter on September 2 the release of the documentary Doin’ My Drug on their platform. The documentary tells the story of Thomas Buttenschon, singer and songwriter born with HIV in 1985, and his crusade to use his music to wipe out AIDS in his native Zambia and beyond. Born in Zambia to [...]
TV Anywhere Africa (TVA), an emerging media-technology company and leading mobile network operator in Nigeria, Globacom, have partnered to launch GloTV in Nigeria. Glo TV is an OTT platform that brings engaging, interactive and premium entertainment content to its subscribers through a rich bouquet of offerings including hundreds of live entertainment programs, music, documentaries, news, [...]
Shahid, the Arabic streaming platform, has released a new original series titled Globie’s Colourful World, the Arabic-language animation for pre-schoolers. Globie’s Colourful World tells the story of Globie, a quiet shy cow who avoids trying new experiences. To help her become more social, Globie’s parents arrange magical and colourful trips to neighbouring islands where she [...]
Showmax, the streaming service giant, has announced on Twitter on September 2, the release of the Afrikaans movie ‘Flatland’ on their streaming platform. The film tells the story of a young woman whose husband has been murdered. She then finds herself fleeing with her best friend across the Karoo while being pursued by a police [...]
Lionsgate-owned streaming service STARZPLAY has renewed its comedy drama ‘Run the World’ for a second season. Run the World follows a group of smart, funny, and vibrant thirty-something Black women who live, work and play in Harlem. As they strive for world domination, they each navigate career highs and lows, hookups and heartbreaks that causes [...]
Netflix released Image Nation Abu Dhabi’s critically acclaimed feature film Scales (Sayidat al Bahar) throughout the middle east region, following an award-winning festival season and cinema releases in Saudi Arabia and the USA. The UAE feature film explores the changing role of women in society through the allegorical, magical-realist tale of Hayat, a young girl [...]
The documentary, Sleeping Warrior, based on the true story of Africa’s first female Lacrosse team, is now available to stream in Kenya on MyMovies.Africa. Set in Kenya’s Rift Valley, the 92-minute documentary follows their journey across the globe to the 2019 World Championships. Transformed by the experience, these determined young women experience heartbreak and joy, [...]
