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PARIS/LOS ANGELES: beIN has renewed its deal with Prime Entertainment Group for its entertainment channels broadcasting in the Middle East and North Africa.

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group (MTG) has completed the sale of its free-TV broadcasting and production businesses in Ghana and Nigeria to Econet Media Group.

LONDON: Elad Kuperman, the CEO of Endemol Shine Israel, has decided to step down from his role, with COO Amir Ganor tapped to lead the company.

DUBAI: MENA internet streaming service Icflix, Hit Production and Ulysson Production are releasing the Tunisian social comedy WOH!

PARIS: Canal+ has signed an agreement with The Walt Disney Company for first- and second-window rights in Africa to a range of series and movies, including the latest release from the Star Wars franchise.

LONDON: Econet Media’s Kwesé TV in Africa has secured pay-TV and catch-up rights for a handful of titles from FremantleMedia International, including the docuseries The Eighties from Tom Hanks.

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.

DUBAI: STARZ Play, which is available across the MENA region, has scored a new multi-million-dollar funding investment.

JOHANNESBURG: British chef and TV personality Matt Tebbutt (Food Unwrapped) will serve as host of A Taste of South Africa, a new food series being produced by South Africa's Oxyg3n Media.

DUBAI: Middle Eastern and North African online streaming service icflix is growing its footprint in Bahrain through a strategic partnership with telecom operator Zain Bahrain.