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April 28, 2019 Starz Play $125 Million Strategy

Starz Play achieved its multi million dollar vision by understanding what their customers wanted. Their niche of YouTube generation, that they targeted in MENA helped create a strategy unlike other similar providers. They provided paying streaming subscription as part of their mobile bill, empowering mobile phones, broadcasting Arabic content at the same time as local […]
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July 16, 2018 Is video-on-demand the killer of TV or is the original tube part of our DNA?

With the emergence of subscription video-on-demand services (SVODs) such as Netflix and Amazon Prime, the media has been quick to foretell the demise of TV. But, is there any truth to those words? TV has remained a powerhouse and mainstay in modern life ever since its introduction in the 20th century. Many historical moments broke […]
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July 08, 2018 “It is unfair to say that digital is completely replacing TV”

By Abdallah Adra, senior regional manager, PMX MENA Who had ever imagined ten years back that spends on digital media or any other media could one day overcome the investments on TV advertisements? Whoever thought back in that period that what was offered as a free of charge media to support paid traditional media, would […]
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May 15, 2018 Who’s leading the OTT space in MENA? No, it’s not Netflix or Amazon Prime

Demand for online video content around the world and in the region is growing with OTT players competing with traditional TV for a market potentially worth $1 billion by 2020, according to ATKearney. A recent report by GlobalWebIndex (GWI) shows that 31% of total TV viewing is spent on online TV in the MEA region. […]
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January 19, 2016 Starz Play Arabia exclusively available on Etisalat eLife

Etisalat launched an exclusive partnership with video-on-demand service Starz Play Arabia to offer a range of Hollywood movies and series directly to Etisalat’s eLife TV customers. Etisalat’s eLife TV subscribers can now watch Hollywood movies, original series & kids entertainment for free with their 30-day trial, exclusively available in the UAE to eLife TV customers. […]
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July 13, 2015 Starz Play announces content licensing deal with CBS Studios International for the MENA region

Starz Play has agreed to a multi-year licensing agreement with US television studio CBS Studios International for exclusive digital rights to bring premium content from Showtime and CBS to the region. Exclusive series and full TV box sets will be available to Starz Play subscribers on demand, including the first two seasons of Showtime drama […]
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June 16, 2015 The show must go on

  The production house was, once, a very defined roof under which a very defined set of people lived. They all knew their roles and their job was clear: to produce. As the old adage goes: times change. Digitization has forced the production industry to evolve and function in a much more collaborative way because […]
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April 13, 2015 STARZ Play brings premium video content to MENA

STARZ Play announces the launch of its new STARZ Play service, a premium online video offering that claims to provide the latest US blockbuster movies and TV series immediately after they premiere in the US, along with a library of recent TV series, movies and children’s content. STARZ Play marks the first time that Starz […]