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STOCKHOLM: Ericsson’s first end-to-end SVOD content service, NuVu, is set to launch in early 2016 with Airtel Nigeria as a partner. NuVu will feature around 3,000 TV and film titles, available for a monthly fee. Content can be downloaded directly to smartphones or tablets at no additional data cost during ...

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DUBAI: Online streaming service icflix has teamed up with Moroccan director Noureddine Lakhmari to co-produce the upcoming film Burn Out. The film is set to debut next year exclusively to icflix subscribers globally, as well as in select theaters worldwide. Written and directed by Lakhmari, Burn Out is set in ...

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WARSAW: Eight FilmBox channels are being added to the Airtel and TTCL IPTV networks in Tanzania. FilmBox Arthouse, dedicated to world cinema, is part of the deal, as are FightBox HD, featuring sports such as MMA; Fast&FunBox HD, an extreme-sports network; and DocuBox HD, showcasing documentary films. Also headed to Tanzania ...

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LONDON: Passion Distribution has sold several of its series and documentaries into Africa, including a deal with Viasat Explore. Viasat Explore picked up a package that includes Timber Kings seasons one through three and the factual-entertainment series Carver Kings. Additional sales include seasons one and two of Mind of a ...

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JOHANNESBURG: The 11th edition of DISCOP Africa came to a close today, with event organizer Basic Lead reporting a total of 2,160 participants, which represents a 56-percent increase from last year. A total of 92 countries were represented at the market. There were 426 producers on hand, of which 309 ...

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JOHANNESBURG: DISCOP Africa put China in the spotlight during a special showcase that highlighted the partnership opportunities between the two territories. The China Showcase was sponsored by the International Cooperation Department of State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, People’s Republic of China, and undertaken by China International ...

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JOHANNESBURG: The African internet TV service iROKO has launched a global content distribution and licensing division, iROKO Global, at DISCOP Africa. The new unit will be licensing iROKO’s library of Nollywood films and TV series across pay TV, internet TV, inflight and YouTube channels. The headquarters will be in London. ...

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JOHANNESBURG: The 11th edition of DISCOP Africa kicked off today in Johannesburg at the Sandton Convention Centre, which is set to welcome upwards of 2,000 attendees over the next few days. Patrick Zuchowicki, the CEO of event organizer Basic Lead and the founder of the DISCOP markets, told World Screen ...

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LOS ANGELES: Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products has entered into an international licensing partnership with Al Ahli Holding Group for a theme park and resort in Dubai featuring attractions based on TV’s Sons of Anarchy and The Simpsons, among other rides. The Fox-branded theme park and resort is also slated to ...

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JOHANNESBURG: Ratna Siriah has been named general manager of FOX International Channels (FIC) Africa. Based in Johannesburg, Siriah will report directly to Adam Theiler, the executive VP of FIC U.K., Nordic region, Turkey and Africa. The exec assumes the management of the company’s business in the region, where FIC operates ...

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