News about audiovisuel in MAGHREB Region
A new agreement was reached between the SECOM group and My-HD, a satellite operator, to broadcast two channels, Melody (classic French songs) and MyZen TV (lifestyle), across the Middle East and Africa (the Mena area). The two companies also agreed to launch Melody d’Afrique, a channel specialising in African song and its artists. Melody …
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France 24 has signed a major new distribution agreement with pan-Arab operator beIn Sport Mena, the second largest Arab-world pay-TV platform. With this agreement the international news channel hopes to strengthen its presence in the Middle East and North Africa and thus gain 890,000 additional households. France 24 is now available on channel 149 in …
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Morocco is now one of the leading film locations in the world, whether for cinema or television, for big budgets or small productions. In April 2015 The Guardian even called Morocco the second best international base for making films. The Centre Cinématographique Marocain announced that in 2016 MAD 280 million (about €26 million) had been …
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At the end of February the Tunisian Ministry of Cultural Affairs appointed Nejib Ayed, a film producer, to run the Carthage Film Days (JCC) this year and next. He succeeds Brahim Letaief, also a producer. Néjib Ayed was born in 1953 in Ksar Hellal. After a Master’s in French, he moved into the film industry …
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Desert Storm, a new feature by Chinese director Dante Lam, is being filmed in several Moroccan towns until the end of May. The inhabitants of Rabat have seen their town centre transformed into scenes of war, with military vehicles and extras dressed in battledress. According to executive producer Zakaria Alaoui, Desert Storm is one …
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The Moroccan parliament has approved a package of measures to promote major film projects made in the country. The new law will come into force this year, with the aim of creating jobs in the film industry. According to Amine Tazi, managing director of Atlas Studios and CLA Studio, the measures to help producers will …
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The Festival International d’Oran du Film arabe (FIOFA) has launched a call for entries for its 10th session scheduled from July 25th to 31st 2017. The films submitted must not have been shown elsewhere, they must be “Arab produced or directed” or subtitled or dubbed in Arabic and produced between 2016 and 2017. The deadline …
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