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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.

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.

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.

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

SPI International’s FilmBox Action channel has debuted on StarTimes, one of Africa’s leading TV operators.

Fuse Media has expanded its global reach with the launch of its flagship Fuse channel in South Africa via Ultraview.

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.

Envision Entertainment has teamed with South African production company Scene23 to develop Tighthead, an action-comedy crime procedural.