Kristin Brzoznowski

BritBox International has struck a deal with South Africa's DStv to make the British-TV streamer available as an app on the Explora Ultra and Streama devices and as an add-to-bill option for all subscribers.

Africa’s Primedia has set up Primedia Studios, which will be led by Jan Du Plessis as president.

MBC Group has extended its licensing deal with NBCUniversal to bring Hollywood movies from Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation to audiences across the Middle East and North Africa.

Idris Elba's Green Door Pictures and Mo Abudu's EbonyLife Media are joining forces to empower and uplift talent from Africa and the Diaspora.

MBC Group has appointed Christina Wayne as managing director of MBC Studios, taking over the role from Peter Smith.

The New World TV Group (NWTV) has secured the exclusive pay-TV rights to broadcast the Emirates FA Cup exclusively in 17 countries across Western and Central Africa and non-exclusively in Chad.

Film AlUla in Saudi Arabia has started construction of a cutting-edge studio complex in an effort to kick-start the next phase in northwest Arabia’s emergence as a regional hub for the screen sector.

StarzPlay is set to stream every match from the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in partnership with eVision.

SPI International/FilmBox and Emirates-based Etisalat have struck a carriage agreement to introduce the two new specialized FilmBox channels to subscribers in the Middle East.

BBC Studios has aligned with the free-to-view satellite television provider Openview in South Africa to launch the multi-genre channel BBC UKTV.