After over 17 years at MBC Group, its CEO Sam Barnett has resigned. While a successor is yet to be named, Mr Barnett will be an advisor to the company’s board from January 2020, focusing on “strategy-related matters”. In an internal mail to MBC staff,… Read More
MBC Group is launching ‘MBC Hosts’, a series of talks featuring personalities from around the world who have contributed to the shaping of key industries. The media world will witness the debut of the platform at Dubai Lynx 2019 with businessman Steve Harvey. The Emmy… Read More
Snap is expanding content from Middle Eastern brands on Snapchat. Strengthening its Discover page, over 30 series from more than 20 Middle East media brands will be launching on Snapchat. New partners include Dubai Media Inc., Gulf News, Sabq, ITP Media Group and Abu Dhabi… Read More
To mark Saudi National Day on the September 23, the General Entertainment Authority put together a custom-made event by Cirque du Soleil, organized by MBC Group. The record-breaking performance, that features Cirque du Soleil’s largest number of circus artists ever assembled for a special event,… Read More
MBC Group has added MBC Studios to its production assets that at present include O3 Productions (MENA), AlSadaf (KSA) and O3 Medya (Turkey). The new subsidiary focuses on MBC’s aim to increase premium film and television content production in the Middle East and North Africa… Read More
O3 Productions, the drama and film production arm of MBC Group, the largest private media company in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region, and Image Nation Abu Dhabi, a media and entertainment companies in the Middle East, have formed a new partnership to… Read More
Wego, an online travel marketplace across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and MBC Group (Middle East Broadcasting Center), a multimedia company, have entered a strategic partnership whereby MBC has invested a significant amount to accelerate Wego’s growth across the region. As part… Read More
BBC Worldwide has concluded several deals with broadcasters across the Mediterranean and Middle East for its catalogue of natural history and factual content. This includes a deal with MBC Group’s (UAE) digital service Shahid, where the series Planet Earth II will be premiered along with… 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
The evolution of the telecom industry globally has asserted the significance of being in the content play. The Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region has its own examples of this, including the multi-year Memorandum of Understanding between Ooredoo and MBC GROUP, signed last year,… Read More
