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.

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

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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).

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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.

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The number of SVOD subscriptions across 20 markets in the Middle East and North Africa will rise from 14.16 million last year to 32.65 million by 2026, according to Digital TV Research.

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Pay-TV revenues across the Middle East and North Africa continue to decline, according to Digital TV Research, with 2026 revenues expected to be 23 percent lower than those in 2016.

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Between 2020 and 2026, there will be almost 17 million new pay-TV subscribers across Africa, bringing the total to 51 million, according to Digital TV Research.

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The rights to Premier League matches in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have been secured by beIN Media Group for the 2022-2025 cycle.

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Video industry revenues from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will reach $2 billion by 2025, led by online video, according to new data from Media Partners Asia (MPA).

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Realness Institute, an organization founded to promote African content, is partnering with Netflix to create an Episodic Content Development Lab for writers in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria.

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