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Extended deal ensures OSN maintains exclusive rights to Disney Channels making OSN the home of Disney XD, Disney Junior and Disney Channel HD in MENA region
Agreements cover first-pay movies from across The Walt Disney Studios, the launch of a Disney-branded HD movie channel and the Academy Awards®
OSN launches four new products - Disney Channel Pop Pick Play, Disney Forever, Disney English and Disney Channel Hindi for an enhanced online/ On Demand experience - also available on OSN Play
OSN offers subscribers even more hit new and returning ABC Studios series
Dubai, UAE - The wonderful world of Disney has just got bigger on OSN, the region’s leading entertainment network.
Opening doors to delightful Disney experiences, OSN’s subscribers in the Middle East and North Africa region can now watch amazing content from the world’s leading family entertainment provider first and exclusively on their favourite network.
As the home of Disney’s first-pay movies and Channels in the region, OSN will continue to offer an extensive selection of blockbuster movies, popular series and coverage of the prestigious Academy Awards® through the renewed deal. OSN will also launch a dedicated Disney-branded HD movie channel early next year, as well as the Disney Forever On Demand service in the coming months, which will include fan favourite Disney Channel classic series.
OSN will remain the entertainment destination for the biggest blockbusters from Lucasfilm Ltd. such as Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Marvel titles including Doctor Strange, Disney·Pixar films such as The Incredibles 2, as well as top quality ABC Studios shows including Scandal and How To Get Away With Murder, among others.
OSN’s subscribers will get to watch the latest Disney movies on OSN’s channels more than a year before any other pay television or subscription on-demand platform in the region. OSN will also continue to broadcast some of the top ABC Studios television series.
Emad Morcos, Chief Content Officer, OSN, said: “We are continuing to build on our strong collaboration with Disney through an even wider range of content that appeals to family and kids. The quality of Disney entertainment is unbeatable and the addition of more On Demand anytime, anywhere shows will offer added choices for our customers. Our long-term partnership with Disney is industry-defining as it raises the bar in home entertainment and brings even more value for our subscribers.”
OSN will offer its subscribers more Disney movies than ever before across its channels and on-demand services, including many classic titles. Customers can also look forward to exciting pop-up channels and stunts featuring some of the biggest Disney franchise titles.
Chafic Najia, General Manager, Disney Middle East & North Africa said: “We are delighted to build on our long-standing and dynamic relationship with OSN across the MENA region. Through offering new, dedicated channels and services, families across the Middle East and North Africa can access the premium family entertainment that Disney is world-famous for. Everyone has their own Disney favorites, and they can enjoy them and more with OSN.”
As the sole provider of the channels Disney XD, Disney Junior and Disney Channel HD, OSN has also enhanced the online, catch-up and On-Demand Disney programming experience for ‘anytime, anywhere’ access with the launch of three new digital services – Disney Channel Pop Pick Play, Disney English and Disney Channel Hindi. OSN viewers will also continue to get access to box sets of favourite series with ABC Studios on Demand and classic movies on Disney on Demand.
Further engaging the local community, Disney XD will introduce Arabic dubbing in 2018 adding to Disney Junior and Disney Channel HD are already available with Arabic dubbing or subtitles.
Explore the world of blockbusters
OSN’s renewed agreement with Disney means subscribers have the widest choice of blockbuster movies at their fingertips. With access to all Lucasfilm Ltd. titles as part of the deal, including Star Wars movies past and present, OSN subscribers will now have the enviable opportunity to be the first to watch on pay TV Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which had its cinematic release in December 2016 in the region.
From Marvel Studios, viewers will be able to enjoy blockbuster movies in their Pay TV window including, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther and more, while the Disney Pixar Animation movies and franchises will bring kids and family favourites such as Finding Dory, Cars 3 and The Incredibles 2. Disney Buena Vista movies and franchises will offer viewers classics such as Beauty and the Beast, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and more, while Walt Disney Animation Studio will bring movies including the recently released musical adventure animation Moana.
An unbeatable range of series
The Disney collaboration expands OSN’s series programming to a new high with a line-up of top-quality and award-winning ABC Studios shows such as: How to Get Away with Murder, Scandal, Grey’s Anatomy, Criminal Minds, Once Upon a Time, Secrets & Lies, Devious Maids, The Catch and more.
OSN subscribers will also have access to hit shows Black-ish, Baby Daddy, Young & Hungry, among others. In the action adventure roster are Marvel Studios’ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and American Crime, and variety shows include Amazing Race, The View and The Chew.
An enhanced online/catch-up experience
Disney Channel Pop Pick Play (PPP) is the definitive catch-up platform for all Disney programming. The dedicated Disney section will bring over 600 unique episodes every year, with at least 180 episodes of Disney entertainment available at any moment in time.
New to the region, Disney English is a new English learning product, which uses Disney characters to help youngsters learn and develop a passion for the English language. It will feature two modules including 52 lessons in total, and a third module will be introduced in 2018.
Disney Channel Hindi will include 200 episodes of Disney programming every year provided by Disney India. There will be 100 such episodes available at any point in time.
Disney Forever is a new On Demand service, to be launched in the coming months, which will include fan favourite Disney Channel classic series.
For more details on the amazing range of Disney entertainment available on OSN, visit www.osn.com
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About OSN:
OSN is the ultimate destination for the widest choice of brand new premium Western, Arabic, South Asian (Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Tamil) and Filipino entertainment in the Middle East and Africa.
OSN is the home to over 150 channels and services filled with great value entertainment, offering viewers in the MENA region exclusive access to the latest blockbuster movies, top rated series, sports, documentaries, news, kid’s entertainment and live talk shows. The movie offering includes over a 100 uncut and uninterrupted movie premieres a month.
OSN boasts the most comprehensive portfolio of exclusive rights from all the major studios including Warner Brothers, Paramount, Fox, Disney, Sony, MGM, NBC Universal, HBO and DreamWorks and offers access to the world’s leading television brands including Disney channel, Sky News, Discovery Network and National Geographic.
Launched in August 2013, OSN Pehla brings the best of Bollywood movies and premium cricket, including exclusive telecast rights of international tournaments such as the ICC Cricket World Cup and Indian cricket, through leading sports channels OSN Sports Cricket HD and Ten Cricket.
As the leader in innovation, OSN has changed the TV viewing experience by bringing quality entertainment through 65 High Definition channels and is currently the only network offering a full HD bouquet of channels as well as 3D entertainment in the region.
OSN was the first to launch the OSN DVR HD; the regions first online TV platform, OSN Play; the regions first 3D, HD, internet enabled satellite receiver and recorder, OSN Plus HD and the region’s first VOD service, OSN on Demand offering viewers the opportunity to watch over 1000 movies and 52 latest seasons of the top series, all available in full HD quality and Dolby Digital sound.
The OSN platform is owned and operated by Panther Media Group Limited; a company registered in DIFC, and is owned by KIPCO and Mawarid Group Limited.
About Disney:
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise. Disney is a Dow 30 company and had annual revenues of $52.5 billion in its last fiscal year, the highest in the Company’s history (FY15).
The Walt Disney Company has been at the forefront of family entertainment in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for over 80 years and is dedicated to creating innovative, entertainment experiences for children and families. The Company has offices in 25 countries and employs more than 5,300 people (and 14,500 employees in Disneyland Paris) and London, UK is the regional headquarters. The Disney brand is experienced in a number of ways across the region including in cinemas, on TV screens with Disney-branded channels as well as non-branded content, through a wide range of consumer products that are sold at mass market retailers and in Disney Stores across the region. The Disney brand is also experienced at Europe’s #1 tourist destination, Disneyland Paris, which opened in 1992.
For further information, please contact:
Zahabia Motiwala Nivine William
Communications Director, OSN ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller
Dubai Media City, Dubai, UAE Dubai
+971 (0) 4 367 7084 +971 (0) 4 450 7600
zahabia.motiwala@osn.com nivine.william@bm.com
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