Mansha Daswani

OSN+ is merging with the MENA music platform Anghami to create a service that will deliver movies, TV shows, music and podcasts.

STARZPLAY in the Middle East and North Africa has launched a TVOD service allowing users to rent or buy recent films shortly after their theatrical runs.

Mediawan has picked up a majority stake in Côte Ouest, which distributes a catalog of more than 20,000 hours of content to clients across Africa.

Comcast’s NBCUniversal and Sky have sealed a deal with MultiChoice to relaunch the Showmax streaming brand, available across 50 markets in Africa.

The OTT streaming of TV episodes and movies in the Middle East and North Africa will generate revenues of $5.7 billion by 2028, up from $2.8 billion last year, according to Digital TV Research.

MBC Group has extended its long-term partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery across the MENA region.

Emad Morcos and Amel Farag, formerly of OSN, and Amanda Turnbull, previously with Warner Bros. Discovery, have unveiled Rise Studios, which will focus on developing content out of the Middle East and North Africa.

BBC Studios has licensed more than 150 hours of content to the Viu streaming platform in South Africa across scripted, docs and kids' fare.

Video revenues in the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are set to hit $2.1 billion by 2026, with AVOD and SVOD gains expected to make up for contractions in pay and free-to-air revenues, per a new report from Media Partners Asia (MPA).

By 2026, there will be 15.06 million paying SVOD subscribers in Africa, three times the 5.11 million expected at the end of this year, Digital TV Research projects.