Vogue Arabia is facing more challenges than it would have imagined as leadership shifts in its editorial, and readers take to social media to question the choice of the new Editor-in-Chief. Last week, the fashion news media had gone abuzz with the development of Saudi… Read More
E-Vision, a fully owned subsidiary of Etisalat, has signed a strategic partnership with MBC Group to obtain exclusive rights to distribute MBC channels in the UAE. This strategic announcement makes E-Vision the point of contact for distribution of MBC channels in the UAE. In other… Read More
Former Business Insight magazine editor Tanya Selley has launched a new media platform called shh-business.com. Created as a business advice and current affairs platform, shh-business.com will bet high on social media driven. It will be a business-related, non-mainstream media platform for companies to deliver their messages to… Read More
The pay TV market in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has seen growth in 2016. According to a new analysis from IHS Markit, pay TV households topped the five million mark for the first time in the region’s history, growing 8 percent year-on-year. Revenues… Read More
The Middle East Film and Comic Con (MEFCC) opened its doors at the Dubai World Trade Centre with Director General of the Government of Dubai Media Office (GDMO), Her Excellency Mona Al Marri, officially kicking off the event. The forum was inaugurated in the presence… Read More
Similar to the optimists who see opportunity in every difficulty, the media players in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region have kept expanding and growing despite all challenges of a tough economy. Among these, Turner would be a prime example of a player… Read More
Abu Dhabi Media has officially launched ‘Radio 1’ and ‘Radio 2’ stations, part of the Abu Dhabi Radio Network, bringing the total number of stations under its umbrella to eight stations. The new launch, which brings ADM’s number of brands up to 27, underscores the… Read More
A leader in digital media and the executive behind the launch of AJ+, Yaser Bishr, has been appointed to Northwestern University in Qatar’s (NU-Q) Joint Advisory Board (JAB). Mr Bishr, Executive Director of Digital Media at Al Jazeera Media Network, leads the digital media strategy,… Read More
Qatar-based telco Ooredoo and Starz Play Arabia have come together to launch Ooredoo TV Go, an on-demand streaming service to which Starz Play will provide more than 6,000 hours of largely Hollywood shows in eight markets across the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia.… Read More
In his first visit to the UAE since signing the partnership deal that brings the global youth brand to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), VICE Founder and CEO, Shane Smith, has outlined his plans to expand VICE across the region and reimagine MENA’s… Read More
