KUALA LUMPUR: While it continues its Asian expansion, OTT service iflix is targeting a launch in the Middle East and North Africa this year, entering into a partnership with regional mobile and data services operator Zain.

The major players in the Sub-Saharan pay-TV sector all saw strong subscriber gains in 2016 as they dropped their prices in order to remain competitive, according to a Digital TV Research study.

STOCKHOLM: Ericsson has clinched a second-run feature-film deal for its Nuvu VOD service across sub-Saharan Africa with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution.

Hundah, whose career in African media has included senior roles at MultiChoice and Modern Times Group, is leading Kwesé TV as the president and CEO of Econet Media.

STOCKHOLM: Ericsson has picked up more than 2,500 hours of programming from a range of providers, including Viacom and CBS Studios International, for Nuvu, its SVOD platform developed for mobile operators primarily on the African continent.

LOS ANGELES: Frederic Chesnais, the CEO of Atari, is attending DISCOP Johannesburg this year to unveil the gaming company's television plans.

The CEO of Image Nation is using his years of experience working in Hollywood and the emerging markets of Central and Eastern Europe to cultivate a strong and successful production business in Abu Dhabi.

LONDON: Discovery Communications is expanding its business in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), partnering with BHS Media for a new free-to-air lifestyle channel in Farsi.

LONDON/DOHA: AMC Networks International (AMCNI) is partnering with beIN Media Group to launch five channels across the Middle East and North Africa this August, including AMC.

LONDON: Ahead of the launch of its own TracePlay VOD platform, urban entertainment group TRACE has bought the pan-African service Buni.tv.