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The INTV conference organized by Israel’s Keshet is luring a host of international media executives to Jerusalem this November. It seems that every day there is a new device on which to watch our favorite shows and movies, a new website serving up engaging TV series, a new social-media site …

SILVER SPRING/LOS ANGELES: Discovery Networks International has expanded the reach of OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network by launching an exclusive programming block for its content in South Africa. Launching October 17, the block will be available exclusively to DStv subscribers on TLC Entertainment (which is the new name for TLC in …

CANNES: Telenovelas lead the slate that Televisa Internacional is presenting for sales in the Middle East and Africa. The Tempest follows the life of a young woman who falls in love with the captain of a fishing boat. There is also Life of Lies, available in English, Portuguese and French, …

CANNES: The Emirati entrepreneurs Peyman and Mohamed Parham Al Awadhi, founders of Qabeela New Media, a twofour54 partner company, will be at MIPCOM to promote their new social-media travel series Peeta Planet. The show, which twofour54 helped to develop, follows the two brothers as they travel and explore 12 countries. …

LONDON: Twofour Arabia has named Reem Nouss, Yara Awad and Rosie Kingham to its executive team based in Abu Dhabi. In their new roles, which are immediately effective, Nouss, Awad and Kingham will deal with the factual series and features ordered by Abu Dhabi Media (ADM) for the Abu Dhabi …

TEL AVIV: Keshet Media is hosting the second annual INTV conference, which will again feature a PromaxBDA Creative Clinic. Kendrick Reid, the senior VP and executive creative director of brand strategy for BET Networks, will be a special guest at the Creative Clinic. He will present a session called "personalizing …

DUBAI: OSN is bringing its flagship Arabic-language channel OSN Ya Hala to TalkTalk in the U.K., marking its first international foray. The deal was secured in partnership with THEMA, a company that aggregates foreign TV channels into bouquets targeted to diaspora communities. this is the first time that a bespoke Arabic …

MIAMI: The Telemundo channel has officially begun operating in Africa, where it is available in more than 48 countries through MultiChoice’s DStv digital pay-TV satellite platform. Touting the tagline Telemundo: Feel the Passion, the network is delivering programming such as Precious Rose, Aurora, My Heart Beats for Lola Volcán and Behind …

JOHANNESBURG: FOX International Channels (FIC) has launched its FOX Crime channel in South Africa on MultiChoice’s DStv platform. This carriage adds 1.6 million subscribers to the brand’s existing 25 million households. In South Africa, FOX Crime features FIC original co-productions such as The Bridge as well as key franchise acquisitions, including Criminal Minds, CSI …

DUBAI: The Middle Eastern streaming platform icflix has scored a range of titles, including Black Sails, The White Queen and Spartacus, from Starz Digital Media. icflix is the Middle East’s first unlimited streaming platform for Arabic content, Bollywood and Hollywood content. It will be offering select Starz Digital Media content …