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Digital TV Research is forecasting that there will be 21.52 million paying SVOD subscriptions across 13 Arabic countries by 2027, up from 9.49 million in 2021.

According to Digital TV Research, Africa will have 13.6 million paying SVOD subscriptions by 2027, up from 4.9 million at the end of 2021.

STARZPLAY is looking to "disrupt live sports streaming" in the MENA region with the launch of the brand-new STARZPLAY Sports platform.

Netflix has ramped up its investment in stories from African creators with a new slate of African originals and a multi-project partnership with South African filmmaker Mandlakayise Walter Dube.

Abu Dhabi Media and STARZPLAY have secured exclusive rights to stream the Italian League (Serie A), Coppa Italia (Italy Cup) and Supercoppa Italiana (Italian Super Cup) for the next three seasons, starting this year.

The Abu Dhabi-based twofour54 has appointed Mark Whitehead, a veteran of the international media industry with 30 years of experience, as CEO.

SPI International/FilmBox and Globacom, a telecommunications company in sub-Saharan Africa, have partnered to launch nine channels from the SPI portfolio in Nigeria with the Glo-TV streaming service.

The Shahid streaming platform has entered into a partnership with the animation and visual effects studio Barajoun Entertainment to produce original Arabic-language animated projects.

Scripted Israel, a brand-new summit promoting the Israeli scripted television industry on the global stage, is slated to be held in Los Angeles from September 19 to 22.

DISCOP Dubai, which returned for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, wrapped on May 19, following a strong showing.