World Screen

DUBAI: OSN has extended its landmark agreement with The Walt Disney Company EMEA to remain as the exclusive pay-TV service in the MENA region for first-run Disney movies, ABC Studios series and Turkish adaptations of hit ABC Studios shows. As part of the pact, OSN continues to bring Disney Channel, …

CANNES: Telefe’s telenovela Forever Julia and series Stories from the Heart are to be adapted for the Middle East and North Africa by the Dubai-based production company Beelink. The adaptations of Stories from the Heart and Forever Julia will be aired in aired Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, …

LONDON: Broadcasters in Africa have snapped up more than 150 hours of programming, including Dynamo: Magician Impossible, from Passion Distribution. Seed Entertainment took a number of shows for free-to-air broadcast throughout the continent. Titles include Life’s Too Short, a comedy; Murder on Honeymoon, a documentary; and the OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network …

TEL AVIV: Keshet Media Group has announced a second installment of the INTV conference, which is focused on the convergence of innovation and technology in the TV industry. The event is hosted by Avi Nir, Keshet’s CEO, and Nir Barkat, the mayor of Jerusalem. The two-day event will feature keynote conversations, …

This article originally appeared in the MIPTV 2013 issue of TV Middle East & Africa.   Africa is poised for significant growth, and a number of social and economic factors support the optimism many in the media business have for this vast territory.   There is no doubt that this diverse …

ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi Media has commissioned a host of factual content from Twofour Arabia as part of a long-term partnership between the two companies. The commissioned content will feature as part of Abu Dhabi TV’s grid relaunch this December. The upcoming slate include a series on some of the UAE’s …

DOHA: Al Jazeera Sport has picked up the rights to Barclays Premier League action in the Middle East and North Africa for a three-year period beginning next month with the 2013-2014 season. The sports broadcaster clinched the deal for British football with MP & Silva, giving it the exclusive rights …

LONDON: NBCUniversal International Television is bringing Telemundo to Africa, where it will be available in 48 countries throughout the continent on MultiChoice’s digital pay-TV satellite platform, DStv. The African launch will mark the first time that the pay-TV Telemundo branded service will be available outside of Latin America, where it is …

LOS ANGELES: DISCOP Africa has already sold out the floor plan for its next edition, which is set for November 6 to 8 at the Sandton Convention Center in Johannesburg. More than 2,000 delegates from 70-plus countries are expected to attend. National umbrellas representing the U.K., France, the U.S., China, …

PARIS: Morocco’s 2M has snapped up 30 episodes of Novovision’s new candid-camera series, which targets viewers in the Middle East and is the company’s first production in the Arab region. Locally titled Al Camera al Majnouna (Crazy Camera), the 13-minute show was inspired by Novovision’s Crazy Hidden Camera. The production …