Nigerian TV series “Crazy, Lovely, Cool” debuts on Netflix
The drama series explores the activities of undergraduate students and their teachers at a typical Nigerian university.
The drama series explores the activities of undergraduate students and their teachers at a typical Nigerian university.
It is estimated that Netflix will have lost 1.6m total subscribers during Q4 of 2019, a period during which both Disney Plus and Apple TV Plus launched.
"Queen Sono" is Netflix’s first script-to-screen, fully produced African original series with an all-African cast and crew.
Twofour54, in association with Netflix, releases four photos from behind-the-scenes of 6 Underground in Abu Dhabi, ahead of its release on the streaming platform on Friday, December 13, 2019.
Ahead of launching its streaming service, Disney has banned ads from Netflix on all of its TV platforms and pulled out its content from the platform.
Once it moves to its new building in South Amsterdam, Netflix intends to double its workforce in Holland from 400 to 800 over the next couple of years.
'Paranormal' is based on the best selling books in the Arab world by author Ahmed Khaled Tawfik. Production will commence in November in Egypt.
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The company will launch the service in the United States on November 12. Subsequent launches will follow in Canada, Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand.
Streaming platforms are devising new ways to capture a slice of the global audience, with Netflix banking on local productions. But this can spark a backlash – as it has ...
Iflix and its partner Zain are working together to wind down its operations in the Middle East with the aim of focusing on iflix's core markets in Southeast Asia.
Netflix will not be available on the OSN platform, effective August 11, 2019.
After missing Q2 subscriber targets, the streaming platform hopes this lower-priced option will help it compete with its competitors in India such as Amazon, which charges $1.87 (129 rupees) per ...
The 15-episode series starring Lebanese actor-comedian Adel Karam and Algerian actress Amal Bouchoucha will begin streaming from August 8 and will be available with subtitles in 20 languages.
Lee-Joe has over 20 years of marketing experience with major media, technology and telecoms companies including Virgin Mobile, Carphone Warehouse and Orange. She will start at Netflix in September and ...
According to Ampere, Netflix overtook Facebook as the second most viewed online video service in the US and Europe in Q3 2017 and has extended its lead since.
The series follows a group of teenagers whose lives are disrupted when a Jinn appears to them in the ancient city of Petra. Their friendships are tested when they set out ...
ConnecTechAsia2019 Summit speaker Ed Barton, Chief Analyst TV and Entertainment, Ovum, outlines the next step in televisions evolution. From the live black-and-white broadcast of Neil Armstrongs first step on ...
The report stated that Starz Play remains the main competitor for Netflix in the Middle East with its one million subscribers.
Expected to be filmed in Egypt, Paranormal is the Middle Eastern Netflix original after Jinn. It will feature a cast of Jordanian talents and will be released on June 13, ...
The well-received diversified content in the region goes hand-in-hand with Netflixs plan to produce more content in the Middle East.
Joyn will have content from both Discovery and ProSiebenSat.1, a slate of 50 channels live including Discovery Incs Eurosport, as well as video on demand.
Following the news of their multiyear production deal with Netflix in 2018, former US President Barack and Michelle Obama's production company has now announced seven projects that are in development.
Amazon revealed for the first time that it spent $1.7bn on video and music content. With this investment, it aims to capitalise on production costs of all original content to ...
Netflixs second original "AlRawabi School for Girls" is being produced in collaboration with Jordanian media company Filmizion and will be launched later this year.
The roll-out and new appointments are part of Viacoms ongoing expansion plans to enhance its international production capacity in English and Spanish languages.
2019 will see The Mediapro Studio create, produce and distribute 34 series in Spanish and English with a global reach.
Dr Nashwa Al Ruwaini is changing the MENA media production landscape through Pyramedia Group. We find out her plans for 2019 and her outlook on being a facilitator for working ...
Experts will come together at the Dubai World Trade Centre to discuss the changing roles of content creation, distribution and consumption.
CABSAT, the specialist event bringing together the broadcast, satellite, digital media and filmed entertainment industries in the Middle East and North Africa has announced its 25th edition. To be held ...
Vijaya Cherian, Editorial Director, BroadcastPro ME.Content rating is a tricky subject and most of us may have varying opinions on whom ratings should rest with. Should ...
OTT television services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and the likes have found a strong fan base in children. According to the latest report by Ofcom, UKs regulator for communications ...
The MENA region's subscription VOD (SVOD) revenues will increase from US$1.51bn in 2018 to $2.13bn by 2024, according to the latest OTT TV and Video forecasts for the MENA region ...
Netflix has launched a UAE-based legal drama titled Justice. The series has been produced by Abu Dhabi studio Image Nation and Beelink Productions and is available to watch worldwide.The series, ...
Netflix has reportedly removed the second episode of Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj from its Saudi streaming service, after receiving an official complaint asking for the episode to be removed ...
Netflix Inc. has announced that Spencer Neumann is its new Chief Financial Officer. Neumann was most recently CFO of Activision Blizzard and previously held several senior positions at the The ...
Netflix and Skydance Media in association with Bay Films, have completed principal photography in Abu Dhabi, UAE on 6 Underground, the action-adventure feature film, directed by Michael Bay and starring ...
Netflix has purchased Lionheart, its first original Nigerian film, in September.African subscribers of Netflix will soon be able to watch local shows. The global streaming giant ...
Virgin Mobile, the second brand under the Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), has teamed up with Netflix to provide customers three months subscription with Netflix, at no extra fee.The offer ...
Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC) has announced a partnership with streaming giant Netflix to enable du and Virgin Mobile customers to enjoy Netflix across TV and mobile services.Commenting on the ...
Video was found to be almost 58% of the total downstream volume of traffic on the internet as per the 1H 2018 Global Internet Phenomena Report by network intelligence solutions provider, ...
Netflix has released the first footage and images from its Turkish original series The Protector.The Protector will launch later this year on Netflix.The series follows the adventure of Hakan, a ...
The series will feature up-and-coming talent from the region.Netflix has announced that its first Arabic original series begins principal photography today in Amman, Jordan. Reportedly maximising ...
Saudi Arabia-based comedian Ibraheem Alkhairallah.Saudi Arabia-based comedians Ibraheem Alkhairallah and Moayad Alnefaie, join fellow Arab performers Adi Khalefa (Palestine) and Rawsan Hallak (Jordan), as part of Netflix's ...
The MENA region, including Turkey, will have 20.8m SVOD subscribers by 2023, up from 5.22m at the end of last year, according to Digital TV Research, in a report titled: ...
Television viewership during Ramadan goes up by 78% in the Middle East, a recent YouGov survey commissioned by Netflix found.The poll asked residents in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt ...
A study by Digital TV Research forecasts that Netflix will have 201m streaming subscribers by 2023, up by 82% from 111 million at end-2017. About 28m subscribers will be added ...
Cary Fukunagas series Maniac.Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer at Netflix, has announced developments in content from EMEA at the See Whats Next Netflix event in Rome.A new ...
Maaz Sheikh, CEO of Starz Play.OTT service provider Starz Play is the leading service provider in the region, holding 26% of the market share compared to ...
The 30-episode Arabic drama series, Secret of the Nile, produced by Beelink Productions and Eagle Films Middle East, was launched globally on Netflix on March 15, 2018. The first Egyptian drama ...
Jinn will be directed by Lebanese director Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya (Very Big Shot)Netflix has announced Jinn, its first Arabic original series. The series will feature Middle ...
Lebanese comedian and actor Adel KaramNetflix has announced that the first local production out of Middle East, Adel Karam: Live from Beirut comedy special will launch on Thursday, March ...
OSN customers will have access to series and films in Ultra HD 4K and HDR such as 'Bright', starring Will Smith and Joel Edgerton.OSN has claimed ...
Saudi Arabias STC reportedly experienced the largest loss on the index in January 2018 (at 0.70 Mbps), decreasing its monthly average to 2.17 Mbps, down from 2.87 Mbps in December, ...
Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video will shift an increasing percentage of their content budgets from licensed content to originals. By 2022, the amount invested in originals will triple ...
Still from the Netflix funded series 'Stranger Things'SVOD (Subscription Video on Demand) services, provided by the likes of Netflix and Amazon, will drive a surge in OTT revenues to ...
A scene from the film.After the 2016 acquisition of Zinzina, a spine-chilling plot, directed by Emirati filmmaker Majid Al Ansari, Netflix has now acquired the worldwide streaming ...
Still from 'Girlboss'In a new survey by Netflix Middle East, it was revealed that as much as two thirds of parents in the region stated they ...
Adel KaramNetflix has announced the first local production in the Middle East starring Lebanese comedian and actor Adel Karam.The comedy special, produced by Creative Arab Talent, is scheduled ...
Disney is planning to launch a direct-to-consumer streaming service in 2019 starting in the U.S. and expanding globally.Disney announced in a statement that it would spend heavily on original programming ...