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A new report from IHS reveals that the pay-TV market in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region saw rapid growth in 2015, passing the billion-euro mark in revenues for the first time.

LONDON: A+E Networks has appointed Yusuf Nabee to the newly created role of general manager for Africa, effective June 1.

SVOD revenues across the Middle East and Africa are expected to increase from $124 million in 2015 to $1.24 billion in 2021, according to Digital TV Research. The Middle East & Africa OTT TV and Video Forecasts report estimates that Turkey will remain market leader covered, with $257 million in SVOD revenues by 2021.

ABU DHABI: Media Zone Authority—Abu Dhabi (MZA) is streamlining its content investment initiatives, with Image Nation Abu Dhabi set to take the lead in supporting TV and film projects from the Emirate.

MILAN/DUBAI: OSN has tied up with Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) to launch Comedy Central HD in the Middle East and North Africa.

Jay Stuart explores the buzzing local production sectors in the Middle East and Africa.

AMMAN: Media group Arab Telemedia is due to roll out 44 of its series and movies on iTunes, marking the first time a production company has released Arab content in the digital store.

CANNES: SPI International’s FashionBox HD TV channel will launch in Seychelles hotels as an in-suite TV network.

LOS ANGELES: U.S.-based network The Africa Channel (TAC) has partnered with AfricaXP in a deal that sees the content distributor become the channel’s exclusive supply agent, while the two companies have also agreed to launch a new channel for Africa.

AMSTERDAM/CANNES/TEL AVIV: Endemol Shine Group has established a new scripted hub in Israel, with plans to invest in local writers, showrunners and on-screen talent.