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After a two-year pause, DISCOP is heading back to Dubai from May 17 to 19 at the Dubai World Trade Center.

Netflix has partnered with the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, which will provide a one-time grant of $250,000 to be distributed by the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity, in order to promote telling stories about and by women in the Arab world.

VIS Social Impact, the cause-driven production division of Paramount’s VIS,  has launched its inaugural writers’ room, Beyond the Binary: Fluid Voices, with Paramount Africa.

A consortium comprising e&’s E-Vision and the Abu Dhabi-based investment and holding company ADQ has entered into an agreement with STARZ to take a majority stake in the STARZPLAY Arabia streamer.

DISCOP Dubai and CABSAT have agreed to join forces and co-locate their respective events.

MGM International Television Productions and MBC Group have entered into a multiyear deal to develop and co-produce original international series.

Video revenues in the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are set to hit $2.1 billion by 2026, with AVOD and SVOD gains expected to make up for contractions in pay and free-to-air revenues, per a new report from Media Partners Asia (MPA).

Rapid Blue has tapped Ziyanda Ngcaba to take over as CEO on April 1, replacing Duncan Irvine, who is stepping down after 30 years.

SPI International/FilmBox has partnered with Zuku, an East African home entertainment provider under the Wananchi Group, to bring 360 TuneBox to Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi and Zambia.

SPI International/FilmBox has inked a distribution deal with AXIAN Group to bring four of its channels to Madagascar, Comoros and Togo.