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 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
The MENA Broadcast Satellite Anti-Piracy Coalition is optimistic following the public commitments from all its satellite provider members to remove “pirate channels” by May 4, 2017. Seen as a breakthrough, the development came at the Coalition’s 10th meeting in Dubai attended by the region’s major… 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
Ooredoo and MBC Group have entered a seven-year partnership granting Ooredoo the exclusive rights in Qatar to several MBC HD channels. Ooredoo TV customers in Qatar will now be able to access coverage of a range of MBC content including the likes of ‘Bab Al‑Hara’, ‘Omar’,… Read More
