Eastern Europe, Africa, and Southeast Asia are the first targets for expansion beyond the MENA region.
July 11, 2017
‘Subscription streamer Starz Play Arabia, the first Starz-branded OTT service outside the U.S., is planning to expand beyond the Middle East and North Africa on the back of a second round of funding that pushes total investment in the service to $125 million since its inception two years ago.
Starz Play Arabia – which launched in April 2015, beating Netflix to the punch in the fast-growing region – announced the funding increase Tuesday.’