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Local content is booming in the Arab world and the opening up of Saudi Arabia’s media landscape has especially seen an unprecedented rise in creative and local productions. At a ...
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Local content is booming in the Arab world and the opening up of Saudi Arabia’s media landscape has especially seen an unprecedented rise in creative and local productions. At a ...
MBC Talent will provide a wide range of professional opportunities for Saudi talent locally, regionally and internationally.
MBC Group and its streaming platform Shahid VIP will later transform top submissions from the initiative into full drama TV productions on the network.
Zain eSports plans to identify and foster local talent in numerous ways, which includes creating a competition to select commentators for Arabic commentary.
The upcoming projects will bring together a band of unconventional storytellers who are passionate about combining narratives drawn from Arab culture with elements of comedy and humanity.
The film will be available in cinemas across Riyadh, Jeddah, Tabuk, Jizan and the Eastern Province in its first theatrical release.
The new cineplexes, launched over the past few days, are in Saudi Arabia’s Jubail Mall, Ahsa Mall and Haifa Mall.
Covid-19 is accelerating trends for mobile as the report finds consumers are spending double the amount of time watching the mobile video as they do with TV.
The films to be screened at this theatre include ‘Shams Al Maarif', ‘My Spy’, ‘Trolls World Tour’ and ‘Al Ghasala’.
The shows, which will be aired on Jawwy TV, will include “Aldeirah”, “Yamam”, “Hawas”, “Itijah Khate'e”, “Ejaza” and “Bent w Walad”.
Middle East’s first-ever report into the podcast landscape of KSA is due to be released in May 2020.
The collection of films will be available to watch in 190 countries from February 27.
With a total of 140 cinema facilities in 30 malls across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is set to create more than 5,314 job opportunities.
The Manga Production will document historical figures and important events in Saudi history.
Another year has gone, and alongside celebrating a new generation of path-breakers at our awards and offering a fantastic networking opportunity, it gives me immense satisfaction to see that the ...
Each 30-minute episode will feature educational topics ranging from conducting polymer experiments to creating a hologram out of a broken CD and more.
The six-part series will air in the region on October 13, 2019, at 10:40 pm (KSA) on Discovery Channel, OSN channel 500.
Based in Coral Centre, Al Taawon, Riyadh, the 240sqm showroom will include equipment suited for videography, photography and cinematography, and begin with 12 staff members.
Arabian Centers and its new partner Muvi Cinemas will continue to expand in 2020 with the launch of an additional 10 malls, bringing the movie experience to eight Saudi cities ...
The cinema is part of a series of initiatives that fall within KSA's inaugural tourism festival "Taif Season", which began on Thursday, August 1. With final preparations underway, the new ...
The company will be investing $300m in the region over the course of the next three years; starting with the launch of 63 screens across the cities of Riyadh, Jeddah, ...
This feature boosts brand opportunities to engage directly with users on the social networking site.
The first edition of the festival will be held on the Red Sea coast in 2020 and will focus on showcasing the growing Saudi creativity, new Arab film works, and ...
The entertainment complex will have an area of 135 thousand square meters, and will feature a variety of themed restaurants, retail stores and quality entertainment.
As part of the workshop, top Hollywood writers and producers will lead sessions on screenwriting for TV and features. The last date to apply for the workshop is April 7.
Saudis General Entertainment Authority signed deals with Indian entertainment companies to bring Bollywood stars to KSA.
The official launch of El Farq, meaning The Difference in Arabic, follows an extensive research period and three-month testing phase carried out across the Kingdom, which recorded a positive response ...
The Development and Investment Entertainment Co. (DIEC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Saudi Arabias Public Investment Fund (PIF), has been rebranded to Saudi Entertainment Ventures (SEVEN). Former Disney executive Bill Ernest has ...
Saudi Arabias sovereign wealth fund PIF is exploring the acquisition of up to a $700 million stake in Legendary Entertainment, the U.S. movie studio behind films such as Jurassic World ...
Maaz Sheikh, CEO and Co-founder of Starz Play.The Saudi Arabian telecommunications services company, Mobily and the video on-demand service Starz Play have signed a new method-of-payment ...
Feature film Shabab Sheyab has premiered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, becoming the first GCC film to play in cinemas in the country following the opening of cinemas in the ...
From left: Khulud Abu Homos, CEO and co-founder of Arab Format Lab with Chief Operating Officer Mustafa Alaidaroos.Khulud Abu Homos and Mustafa Alaidaroos are geared to experiment ...
Saudi Arabian production company Nebras Films has opened a post-production facility in Riyadh. London-based media and entertainment technology solutions providers root6 and Jigsaw24 carried out the four-week installation process. The ...
From not having any cinema screens until last year, it is estimated that KSA will be able to accommodate around 2,600 by 2030 and generate $950m in box office revenues, ...
Saudi Arabia-based production house, Alamiya, broadcast the Kingdom's first professional boxing event to more than 40 regional and international broadcasters including MBC, KSA Sports and ESPN, among others.The World Boxing ...
Leila Masinaei, Managing Director of GM Events, organiser of the MENA Cinema Forum.Box office revenue exceeded USD 500m (AED 1.83bn) in the Middle East and North ...
Hadi Ghanem, owner of Seven Production.With an estimated audience of 200 million viewers watching the Saudi National Day celebrations on TV, the event became a global ...
Abdullah Alnafeesah, Chairman of Al Nafees Holding Company and Nebras Films.When the 35-year-old ban on cinema halls was lifted in Saudi Arabia, Nebras Films had already co-produced ...
Michael Garin, CEO of Image Nation Abu Dhabi.Image Nation Abu Dhabi has begun production in Saudi Arabia on No Kitchen Required- a TV series that follows ...
Majid Al-Futtaim Cinemas held the first screening of an Egyptian film in Saudi Arabia with the action comedy hit, El Badla directed by Tamer Hosny who also stars in the ...
Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority presented one of the largest custom-made events by Cirque du Soleil to mark the 88th Saudi National Day on the 23 September. The event was ...
Leila Masinaei, Managing Director of GM Events, organiser of the MENA Cinema Forum.The first-ever MENA Cinema Forum will be held at the Grand Hyatt hotel in ...
From left: Peter Grauer, Chairman of Bloomberg L.P., and Dr. Ghassan Alshibl, Chairman, SRMG.Following the announcement made last September by Bloomberg and Saudi Research and Marketing ...
The partnership was signed by the GCAM Director General of Media Sector Development, Jassim Alharoon, and the Director of Operations at iflix, Mark Allan Burt.Saudi Arabias ...
Executives from both companies at the signing ceremony.Saudi Arabia-based real estate developer Dar Al Arkan, has signed an agreement with UAE-based retail operator Majid Al Futtaim,to ...
Cinema exhibitor Cinépolis, has partnered with Al Tayer Group, to build and operate cinemas across the GCC region. This venture will introduce Cinépolis cinema-going experience including Luxury, Premium, Macro XE, ...
Akshay Kumar-starrer Gold became the first Bollywood film to release in Saudi Arabia.The Hindi-language film, based on the 1948 London Olympics, is the second movie after actor Rajinikanths movie, Kaala, ...
Germany-based events organiser, Better Entertainment, has announced a collaboration with Spacetoon Event, the MENA-based entertainment company aimed at children and a subsidiary company of Dubai-based media development group, Global New Age Media ...
Dignitaries at the signing ceremony.Abu Dhabi Media has signed a media cooperation agreement with Thamer bin Saud Al Muraibdh (TSM Group) in Saudi Arabia.According to a ...
Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal has taken a 2.3% stake in Snapchat, as per media reports. He reportedly paid about $11 a share.With the acquired shares valued at $250m, Prince ...
Haifaa al-Mansour has announced plans to return to her native Saudi Arabia next month for a new film project. In an interview to AFP, the 43-year-old director said that her ...
Saudi Arabias Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) has announced the completion of a $266.5M deal to buy newly issued shares in Deezer, a global digital music streaming service, through KHC and ...
Saudi Arabia's Minister of Media and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Authority for Audiovisual Media, Dr. Awwad Al-Awwad, issued the third license for operating cinema theaters ...
Dubai-based Al-Futtaim and India-based film exhibition company, PVR Limited, have signed an agreement to explore opportunities for jointly developing a cinema business in the MENA region.The joint venture will reportedly ...
Dubai-based content developer, producer and distributor, Arab format lab, has launched the Saudi Format lab an alliance between nine Saudi Arabia-based startup media companies specialised in content creation and ...
The Saudi Broadcasting Corporation will now be called the Saudi Broadcasting Authority, according to an announcement by its Board of Directors, which reached the decision at a meeting held recently ...
Vista Entertainment Solutions, a Vista Group company, has deployed the Vista Cinema software suite in the first Saudi Arabian cinema venues and has become the first cinema management software providing ...
TV Tokyo will broadcast the first episode of Saudi Arabian anime, The Woodcutters Treasure.The animated co-production is reportedly the first of its kind between Japans Toei Animation and Saudi Arabias ...
Imax and Saudi Arabias General Culture Authority have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly seek opportunities to identify and develop local Imax-format films.Under a non-exclusive MOU signed on the ...
Fadi Ismail, Group Director of O3 Productions.O3 Productions, the drama and film production arm of MBC Group and Image Nation Abu Dhabi, have announced a new ...
