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  • Scripps, Blue Ant & Game TV buy ‘paranormal’ prog series from GRB

    Scripps, Blue Ant & Game TV buy ‘paranormal’ prog series from GRB

    MUMBAI: GRB Entertainment has announced sales of several paranormal series to broadcast partners in North America, Europe, Middle East, and Africa.

    Blue Ant Media in Canada and WP1 in Poland both acquired Occult Crimes which offers a look inside the devilish minds of some of the most unpredictable and dangerous killers in history. Taking their orders from the devil, real-life demons are determined to gain immortality by committing heinous murders.

    Game TV in Canada also picked up two seasons of Portal to the Unknown. The series introduces people who have had very real encounters with some of the most hauntingly unbelievable creatures and ghosts.

    For their EMEA feed, Scripps Networks International took When Ghosts Attack. Travel to the dark side of the paranormal world where the attackers are invisible, but the physical scars are real. Hear directly from the victims about what went through their mind as their other-realm experience escalated from threatening whispers and dark omens to bodily injuries.

    “GRB Entertainment holds an impressive catalogue of paranormal titles and we are excited for our partners around the world to share these programs with their viewers. Whether or not you believe that these supernatural events really occurred, you’ll be thrilled as we delve into the minds of criminals and other-worldly beings,” said GRB Entertainment SVP — international distribution Michael Lolato.

  • Indian brand Yepme enters Middle East with Souq.com, after its success in Europe & US with Amazon

    MUMBAI: After successful launch of Yepme in UK, Europe and US in association with Amazon’s global selling program. Yepme today announced its launch on Souq.com – the leading online marketplace in Middle East – for selling its merchandise in key Middle East markets.

    Yepme is a fast fashion Indian brand in the value segment with a vast range for Men and Women Apparels, footwear and accessories including casual, formal, active and party wear. Through this association, the “Unreasonably Fashionable” brand Yepme will transcend geographical boundaries and take its offerings overseas to delight Middle East customers. Yepme has more than 2000 products live for sale of Souq.com and is likely to reach 3000 products by the end of the month. All Yepme products are on “Fulfilled by Souq” model that ensures timely delivery to the customers.

    Yepme has a great talent pool in product design, technology and brand building and its presence on Souq.com will help Yepme reach out fashion conscious customers in the Middle East markets.

    “Yepme’s presence on Souq.com is another big step in increasing Yepme’s global footprint. Such association with leading marketplaces in the region can be truly disruptive as speed to market, customer service, latest trends on fashion will not be incrementally better than brick and mortar value fast fashion brand but would be a quantum leap in Value fast Fashion Space” said Vivek Gaur, CEO, Yepme.

    As per Sandeep Sharma, COO & Co-founder Yepme, expansion into Middle East was a logical step after achieving profitability in India and launch in UK, Europe & US. In his view, the three robust pillars of Technology, Fast Fashion Supply Chain and Brand will help Yepme gain market share in Middle East Fashion Market.

  • Viu enters Middle East, to provide buffer-free content

    MUMBAI: Video-on-demand (VOD) service provider Vuclip has launched Viu, a direct to consumer VOD service, in the Middle East. The platform is already available in Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Hong Kong and Singapore.

    In the Middle East, content will be available without charge, while premium content can be viewed without advertisements, after paying a monthly subscription fee. Users across the region now have access to tens of thousands of hours of local, regional and international premium entertainment, built on Vuclip’s patented Dynamic Adaptive Transcoding technology to offer viewers a buffer free viewing experience.

    The platform offers regional, international and local entertainment on-demand content, including Egyptian, Syrian, Khaleeji and Tunisian TV dramas.

    Users can access classic movies and recent blockbusters, as well as curated music videos for over 6,000 songs from artists such as Nicole Saba, Amr Diab, Hassan El Shafei, Nancy Ajram, Ramy Sabrya and Maya Diab. Bollywood content can also be streamed, with films, popular TV shows and music videos featuring stars such as Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukone.

    The company recently sealed a deal with Indian content house Shemaroo to add more content to the Viu platform.

    Vuclip regional director for Middle East Sherif Dahan voiced that the expansion will be exciting as they plan to bring new ideas to life and offer viewers a whole new experience in entertainment.

  • India: 40 per cent smartphone users stream live videos; leads in new subs

    India: 40 per cent smartphone users stream live videos; leads in new subs

    MUMBAI: There is a rise of 5G networks and consumers subscribing to the network. By 2022, there will be a growth in mobile broadband to 6.1 billion unique subscribers. Forecasting the trends in telecom sector across the world, Ericsson Mobility Report has pointed out that approximately half a billion users will be connected to 5G networks by 2022.

    North America (NA) will dominate the industry with nearly 25 per cent of 5G subscriptions in 2022. Asia Pacific will fall next with about 10 per cent of the share.

    The Middle East and Africa will shift from predominantly GSM/EDGE only to approximately 80 percent of users being connected to WCDMA/HSPA and LTE. The report further points out that the mobile subscriber base is estimated to scale 6.8 billion with over 95 per cent people being connected to 4G or 5G networks.

    Ericsson chief strategy officer and technology officer Ulf Ewaldsson opined that almost 90 per cent of smartphone subscriptions are on 3G and 4G networks today, and standardised 5G networks are expected to be available in 2020. He further added that 5G would help automation, IoT and big data.

    The world added 84 million new mobile subscriptions during the third quarter of 2016 with India leading regarding net additions with 15 million, with China closely following with 14 million new mobile subscribers.

    The report points out that the mobile video traffic will grow 50 per cent every year through 2022, accounting for about 75 per cent of all the mobile data traffic. Social media traffic will be the second type of traffic that will dominate the mobile traffic growing 39 per cent each year.

    As for as live streaming is concerned, two in every five smartphone users are interested in live streaming apps in India and other high-growth countries like Brazil, Indonesia and Oman. The reports suggest that the figure dropping to one in every five smartphone users in the United States of America.

    Along with 5G and Mobile Broadband, IoT will also see significant growth, with approximately 29 billion devices connected to the internet, out of which 18 billion of the devices relating to IoT.

  • India: 40 per cent smartphone users stream live videos; leads in new subs

    India: 40 per cent smartphone users stream live videos; leads in new subs

    MUMBAI: There is a rise of 5G networks and consumers subscribing to the network. By 2022, there will be a growth in mobile broadband to 6.1 billion unique subscribers. Forecasting the trends in telecom sector across the world, Ericsson Mobility Report has pointed out that approximately half a billion users will be connected to 5G networks by 2022.

    North America (NA) will dominate the industry with nearly 25 per cent of 5G subscriptions in 2022. Asia Pacific will fall next with about 10 per cent of the share.

    The Middle East and Africa will shift from predominantly GSM/EDGE only to approximately 80 percent of users being connected to WCDMA/HSPA and LTE. The report further points out that the mobile subscriber base is estimated to scale 6.8 billion with over 95 per cent people being connected to 4G or 5G networks.

    Ericsson chief strategy officer and technology officer Ulf Ewaldsson opined that almost 90 per cent of smartphone subscriptions are on 3G and 4G networks today, and standardised 5G networks are expected to be available in 2020. He further added that 5G would help automation, IoT and big data.

    The world added 84 million new mobile subscriptions during the third quarter of 2016 with India leading regarding net additions with 15 million, with China closely following with 14 million new mobile subscribers.

    The report points out that the mobile video traffic will grow 50 per cent every year through 2022, accounting for about 75 per cent of all the mobile data traffic. Social media traffic will be the second type of traffic that will dominate the mobile traffic growing 39 per cent each year.

    As for as live streaming is concerned, two in every five smartphone users are interested in live streaming apps in India and other high-growth countries like Brazil, Indonesia and Oman. The reports suggest that the figure dropping to one in every five smartphone users in the United States of America.

    Along with 5G and Mobile Broadband, IoT will also see significant growth, with approximately 29 billion devices connected to the internet, out of which 18 billion of the devices relating to IoT.

  • Mobclixs forays into south west Asia, Middle East

    Mobclixs forays into south west Asia, Middle East

    MUMBAI: Mobclixs recently announced its foray into south west Asia and the Middle East. The company that has seen over 25 per cent growth in two years aims to further penetrate the Asian market with its leading entertainment and lifestyle content including,music, games as well as Bollywood news and gossip.

    The ripe Asian and Middle Eastern markets have made a favorable ground for digital companies to experiment with content across segments. With an expected growth of 35%, digital products have been in continuous demand with multiple choices and categories. Mobclixs has adopted a local-only approach to ensure relevant content keeping in mind consumers.

    Mobclixs Technologies founder and CEO Dushyant Jani said, “We are glad that our gaming and entertainment content has been loved by our consumers so far and we hope to keep adding fresh and interesting content for consumers across the globe with our expansion. With a new set of consumers in our new markets we hope that we can replicate the same success and further expand into the African continent soon.”

    Mobclixs recently completed two years of operations, with teleco partners like Vodafone, Idea, Airtel, Aircel to name a few, Mobclixs has become one of the most popular lifestyle and entertainment content companies.

  • Mobclixs forays into south west Asia, Middle East

    Mobclixs forays into south west Asia, Middle East

    MUMBAI: Mobclixs recently announced its foray into south west Asia and the Middle East. The company that has seen over 25 per cent growth in two years aims to further penetrate the Asian market with its leading entertainment and lifestyle content including,music, games as well as Bollywood news and gossip.

    The ripe Asian and Middle Eastern markets have made a favorable ground for digital companies to experiment with content across segments. With an expected growth of 35%, digital products have been in continuous demand with multiple choices and categories. Mobclixs has adopted a local-only approach to ensure relevant content keeping in mind consumers.

    Mobclixs Technologies founder and CEO Dushyant Jani said, “We are glad that our gaming and entertainment content has been loved by our consumers so far and we hope to keep adding fresh and interesting content for consumers across the globe with our expansion. With a new set of consumers in our new markets we hope that we can replicate the same success and further expand into the African continent soon.”

    Mobclixs recently completed two years of operations, with teleco partners like Vodafone, Idea, Airtel, Aircel to name a few, Mobclixs has become one of the most popular lifestyle and entertainment content companies.

  • KnightsAD expands to Sri Lanka and Middle East

    KnightsAD expands to Sri Lanka and Middle East

    MUMBAI: KnightsAD Digital Media Associates recently announced its foray into Sri Lanka and the Middle Eastern markets of the UAE, Kuwait and Qatar. The company has seen close to 20 per cent month-on-month growth since its launch in January 2016 across India markets.

    KnightsAD CEO Malik Gilani said, “We are ecstatic to announce our global expansion. We hope to provide our partners a global platform and extended reach.”

    With Sri Lanka featuring among the top 10 countries in the world for mobile advertising growth (source, ExchangeWire) and the Middle East showing a growing mobile e-commerce trend (source, Adotas), the markets are ripe for content players to leverage this growth by extending their mobile and WAP advertising reach.

    KnightsAD has partnered with leading telecoms and content companies in Sri Lanka and the Middle East; telecom partners include Oreedoo in Kuwait and Qatar, DU in the UAE as well as Dialog in Sri Lanka. With a conversion rate of up to 75000 a month, KnightsAD has quickly become one of the networks with the highest success rates and now widest reach.

    With this expansion, the company hopes to replicate the success they have seen in India for content partners like Hungama, Nazara, Mauj and Saregama, to name a few.

  • KnightsAD expands to Sri Lanka and Middle East

    KnightsAD expands to Sri Lanka and Middle East

    MUMBAI: KnightsAD Digital Media Associates recently announced its foray into Sri Lanka and the Middle Eastern markets of the UAE, Kuwait and Qatar. The company has seen close to 20 per cent month-on-month growth since its launch in January 2016 across India markets.

    KnightsAD CEO Malik Gilani said, “We are ecstatic to announce our global expansion. We hope to provide our partners a global platform and extended reach.”

    With Sri Lanka featuring among the top 10 countries in the world for mobile advertising growth (source, ExchangeWire) and the Middle East showing a growing mobile e-commerce trend (source, Adotas), the markets are ripe for content players to leverage this growth by extending their mobile and WAP advertising reach.

    KnightsAD has partnered with leading telecoms and content companies in Sri Lanka and the Middle East; telecom partners include Oreedoo in Kuwait and Qatar, DU in the UAE as well as Dialog in Sri Lanka. With a conversion rate of up to 75000 a month, KnightsAD has quickly become one of the networks with the highest success rates and now widest reach.

    With this expansion, the company hopes to replicate the success they have seen in India for content partners like Hungama, Nazara, Mauj and Saregama, to name a few.

  • Zee Entertainment acquires TOIFA 2016 global telecast rights, except India

    Zee Entertainment acquires TOIFA 2016 global telecast rights, except India

    MUMBAI: Zee Entertainment Group has bagged the exclusive telecast partners across the world, excluding India of The Times of India Film Awards (TOIFA) 2016.

    The partnership is aimed at promoting TOIFA’s grandeur, to reach out to viewers across the globe, which will include some of these regions like Middle East, Pakistan, Asia Pacific, America, Africa and Europe.  

    TOIFA 2016 Dubai presented by Gulf Air and Splash will be held on 17 & 18 March at the Dubai International Stadium and also will see performances by Shah Rukh Khan, Varun Dhawan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez, YoYo Honey Singh and others.

    Zee Entertainment Middle East CEO Mukund Cairae says, “It’s a privilege to associate with TOIFA as an exclusive broadcast partner, as Zee is also the global leader in providing entertaining content for global viewers at present. This partnership goes beyond the Middle East region, as we have acquired International telecast rights. With Zee’s global reach and viewership, we are sure to entertain the audience with Indian and Bollywood content.”

    TOIFA is going to be promoted across India, Bahrain, KSA, Qatar, Oman and UK. TOIFA has already partnered with Thomas Cook in India and Dadabhai Travels in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) as its Travel Partners.

    Zee Entertainment Middle East chief content & creative officer Manoj Mathew added, “At Zee, our simple mantra is to continuously entertain and bring new content to our viewers. We continue to do this with our association with TOIFA and this year the awards have special significance since it is hosted in Dubai.” 

    He further added, “The event offers great entertainment with performances by some of the biggest Bollywood icons; we are thrilled to partner with the event, which will further delight our viewers not only on-ground but also broadcasting it on Zee Cinema and Zee Aflam for the region.”

    For the South Asians audience in Middle East TOIFA will be showcased exclusively on Zee Cinema and for the Arabic audience it will be showcased on Zee’s Arabic Bollywood channel Zee Aflam.