The first annual DISCOP Business Summit will take place in the Nigerian capital city of Abuja next year during the annual ZUMA Film Festival.

Former Disney executive Bill Ernest has been tapped as the CEO of the Saudi Entertainment Ventures Company (SEVEN).

The CEO is looking at international partnerships to bring a new vision of Africa to the global landscape. 

The African Movie Channel is expanding the development and production of its own films and series with the establishment of AMC Original Productions (AMCOP).

The CEO talks about how OSN is reinventing itself for the future.                               

Netflix is expected to continue to dominate the SVOD market in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), according to Digital TV Research, which projects that the region will have a total of 20.8 million SVOD subscribers by 2023, up from 5.2 million at the end of last year.

There will be some 10 million SVOD subscribers across Sub-Saharan Africa by 2023, up from 1.6 million at the end of last year, according to Digital TV Research, but revenues from that base will only reach $775 million.

Entertainment platform Kwesé iflix has expanded its African reach with the launch of its new mobile app in Zimbabwe as it gears up to deliver coverage of the FIFA World Cup.

Raffaele Annecchino, the president and managing director for Southern and Western Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), shares the company’s strategy

As it looks to ramp up its business in the Middle East and Africa, iflix is partnering with Vodafone in Egypt and setting up a new regional hub in Cairo.