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Heba Mashari Hamada composed the original songs for the musical, which is directed by Tamer Mahdy.
MBC Group received the market regulator’s approval on November 21 to list its shares on the Tadawul exchange.
The unveiling of the project took place in a panel discussion, covering various facets of intellectual property development at the Red Sea International Film Festival.
This acquisition with Infty Art aligns with MBC Group's vision to cultivate friendship, introduce social values, and provide entertainment that transcends borders.
Al Jazeera Documentary, MBC Group, Alaraby, and Asharq News Services have secured a selection of TVF's series and specials focusing on current affairs in the Asia region.
CimaClub enabled users to directly download or stream pirated content, offering a VOD library of nearly 50,000 movie and TV series titles in Arabic and their original versions.
Saudi Arabia’s government owns 60% of the broadcaster, while Waleed Al-Ibrahim, the founder and chairman, owns the remaining stake.
Shahid has acquired the series for MENA territories, and Dubai Media secured the rights for its free TV channels, Dubai TV, and Dubai One.
The awards recognise excellence and innovation in the Media and Entertainment industry.
Inspired by American novel 'Daddy-Long-Legs', the movie is envisaged as the first Arabic musical production.
In the recently established Riyadh offices, Al Arabiya has adopted the Vianeos O.room Corporate solution, featuring Android Set-Top Boxes and PC players.
Heba Mashari Hamada composed the original songs for the musical, which is directed by Tamer Mahdy.
The program is a collaboration with 20 Arab and international media organizations including Reuters, Al Arabiya and MBC Group.
Under the agreement, MBC3 will have the first free-to-air run in the region for a minimum of 350 episodes of Nickelodeon shows per year.
With film festivals, grants, new initiatives and rebate programmes, Saudi Arabia is attracting regional and international entities to its shores.
The agreement also includes plans to create a digital media platform that will produce videos, articles, podcasts, and documentaries for online platforms.
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The new radio station MBC Loud FM follows a Contemporary Hit Radio format.
MBC Loud FM is now broadcasting in Jeddah, Dammam and Riyadh.
The growth and expansion of the company has been driven by partnerships across industries, including telcos, device manufacturers, and banks, among others.
Based on the international format, the new adventure programme will see 100 contestants from around the Arab world compete for a $1m grand prize.
The clipping tool allows users to add annotations and captions, adjust the beginning and ending points of the clip, and more.
MBC Group has expanded its anime content on Shahid and introduced an investment fund for anime production.
Snapchat has partnered with broadcasters, digital publishers and creators across the Middle East and North Africa region to bring shows to its platform.
MBC Group and a division of the Dubai Government tapped Editshare for storage networks
The extended licensing deal results in the ongoing broadcast of top titles across MBC2 and Shahid.
The Pentera platform increases MBC's security validation capacity 10x across its IT Infrastructure.
The streamer's subscribers can now pay for subscriptions via electronic wallets, powered by Paymob.
During Ramadan 2023, TikTok will launch its Premium Publisher Programme, combining the best of MBC Group's content.
Al Arabiya became the first news channel in the region to surpass 10m YouTube subscribers.
For the takedown of Shahed4U, ACE collaborated closely with MENA broadcast media companies OSN and MBC Group.
Vuz will launch special social channels for MBC Group on its platform.
The series is written by Egyptian journalist Khaled Salah and directed by Palestinian-American Tarek Al-Arian.
Euronews will be the first and only international news channel available on the streaming platform.
With decades of experience across international markets, Wayne takes over the role from Peter Smith, who remains with the group as an advisor.
Smith joined MBC Studios in 2018 as it launched as the production arm of the free-to-air network MBC Group.
The new partnership will include Arabic-language lifestyle content created exclusively for the MBC Group.
Broadcast live on MBC channels and streaming platform Shahid, the three-hour event had more than 20 artists awarded for some of their latest works.
The extended deal will allow MBC Group to offer Hollywood, Cartoon Network content until 2026.
Every Wednesday, the show will take place live from the Boulevard Riyadh City.
The nine-episode series is set in the 1900s and follows the journey of five main characters from around the world who fall into slavery.
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Konka started promoting Shahid's content on its global social media channels this September.
Neom has hosted about 26 productions in the past 18 months, including 'Desert Warrior'.
A number of series have been acquired by MBC Group, including 'Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War' by TV Tokyo.
Oscar nominee Kaouther Ben Hania, Saudi filmmaker Shahad Ameen and Egyptian star Nelly Karim are among the jury member of the Red Sea International Film Festival.
According to local insights shared by MBC Group, hundreds of websites pirate its content daily, including Arabic-language and locally produced films, series and programmes.
The Joy Awards, which will take place on January 2, 2023, is organised by MBC Group.
It is expected that the group will make the move as soon as next year.
The festival will open with Shekhar Kapur’s romantic comedy ‘What's Love Got to Do With It?’ and conclude with 'Valley Road' by Saudi director Khaled Fahd.
MBC Group's Shahid will award cash prizes worth $230,000 to three Saudi projects in development and production during the Talent Day programme.
The local adaptation is already in production with Medyapim, which previously produced the Turkish version of the format, 'Sadakatsiz'.
The partnerships will see Turkish content offered exclusively on MBC channels and Shahid through first-look and volume deal agreements, along with Arabic-language originals produced for the MENA market.
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The rental house has also leased a plot of 50,000 sqft in Dubai’s Al Quoz area to create a 360-degree environment for the professional community to collaborate on projects.
With filming scheduled to begin next month, the show will air in December this year.
Under an agreement signed with Saudi Minister of Culture Prince Badr bin Farhan in 2020, MBC Group has moved its headquarters from Dubai to Riyadh.
