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It originally premiered on the BBC\u2019s CBeebies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to premiere <em>Bing<\/em>, which continues our deep commitment to providing high-quality entertainment across traditional broadcasting and digital platforms, in the MENA region for our youngest audiences,\u201d said Ashraf Younis, director of MBC3. \u201cWe also look forward to creating further engaging experiences, from toys and games to experiential events for families to enjoy together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mikael Shields, CEO of Acamar Films and producer of <em>Bing<\/em>, added, \u201cWe have such respect for all that Ashraf and the MBC team have achieved over many years, in building the best media offering for younger children and their families in the region. This is our first strategic move in the global expansion of <em>Bing<\/em>, and we\u2019re delighted to be launching <em>Bing<\/em> across all areas of media, licensing, publishing and consumer products in the MENA region in our new partnership with MBC.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acamar Films has signed a programming and licensing and merchandising deal for Bing with MBC Group in the Middle East and North Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":30115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[744,11208,508,1135,315,8930,8767],"class_list":["post-30112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-acamar-films","tag-ashraf-younis","tag-brown-bag-films","tag-mbc-group","tag-mbc3","tag-mikael-shields","tag-shahid","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bing Expands with MBC Group Deal - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bing-expands-with-mbc-group-deal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bing Expands with MBC Group Deal - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Acamar Films has signed a programming and licensing and merchandising deal for Bing with MBC Group in the Middle East and North Africa.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bing-expands-with-mbc-group-deal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-17T13:00:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-17T18:11:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/1-AcamarFilms-Bing-0725-THUMB.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bing-expands-with-mbc-group-deal\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bing-expands-with-mbc-group-deal\/\",\"name\":\"Bing Expands with MBC Group Deal - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-17T13:00:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-17T18:11:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bing-expands-with-mbc-group-deal\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bing-expands-with-mbc-group-deal\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bing-expands-with-mbc-group-deal\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bing Expands with MBC Group Deal\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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