Content owners and rights holders incur an annual loss of $750 million in MENA, according to Aditya Verma, senior legal counsel, OSN.
StarTimes, SMiT introduce CI Plus 1.3 CAM to Africa
StarTimes and SMiT are to jointly launch CI Plus 1.3 CAM with an operator profile function on the African market.
MENA SVOD players toil to compete with Netflix
The MENA region will have 20.80 million movie and TV series SVOD subscribers by 2023, up from the 5.22 million recorded by end-2017.
Formula 1 takes action over illegal BeoutQ broadcasts
The Formula 1 organisation has launched an investigation into the illegal broadcasts by Saudi broadcaster BeoutQ.
NBCUniversal, Eleven Sports complain about Saudi piracy
NBCUniversal’s Telemundo and Eleven Sports Networks have now also complained about piracy of their live exclusive sports rights by Saudi based BeoutQ TV platform.
FIFA World Cup rights war escalates in Middle East
FIFA has launched an attack on piracy, threatening to take action against the Saudi TV channel BeoutQ which has been illegally broadcasting the opening games of the World Cup via […]
Analysis: political shockwaves reversed MENA pay TV growth
Online subscription video market in MENA grew at a rate that was six times faster than pay TV in 2017, as political shockwaves reversed pay TV growth, according to Constantinos […]
Starz Play claims SVOD market leadership in MENA
Starz Play Arbia is leading the SVOD market in the MENA region with 26% of market share compared to Netflix at 16% and Icflix at 11%, according to a study […]
BBC signs channel deals in MENA and Turkey
BBC Earth will launch as a linear channel across MENA through the Bein DTH service on April 5, 2018.
Saad Mouneimne new MEA sales director CryptoGuard
CryptoGuard, has appointed Saad Mouneimne as director area sales Middle East and Africa effective immediately.