Mid East & Africa

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Discovery strikes deals with beIN and OSN

Discovery has announced a raft of carriage deals for its channels in the MENA region,…

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New Qatari cultural channel launches

Qatari cultural channel Al Rayyan 2 has launched on the Es’hail-1 satellite located at the…

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African OTT service iROKO raises US$19m

African over-the-top video service iROKO has raised a total of US$19 million (€17.6 million) and…

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OSN launches Arabic movie channel, Home of HBO service and H2

Middle East pay TV operator OSN is launching six new HD channels including a ‘Home…

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beIN Media launches new movies channel

Qatar-based pay TV group beIN Media has launched a new movie channel, beIN Movies 3,…

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OSN strikes new deal with NBCUniversal

Middle East pay TV operator OSN has signed a new and extended long-term deal with…

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Orange acquires more mobile assets in Africa

Orange has struck a deal with mobile operator Bharti Airtel International to acquire Airtel’s operations…

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Orange to acquire Cellcom Liberia

Orange has entered an agreement to acquire 100% control of mobile operator Cellcom Liberia via…

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BBC launches drama channel in Middle East

BBC Worldwide has struck a deal with OSN and will roll out its drama channel…

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Pay DTT to challenge satellite in Africa by 2021

Digital terrestrial television (DTT), and pay DTT in particular, made “huge gains” in Sub-Saharan Africa…