iflix pulls out of Middle East market following Africa exit

Pan-Asian streamer recently closed a $50m funding round with investors including Fidelity International.
Read morePan-Asian streamer recently closed a $50m funding round with investors including Fidelity International.
Read moreNew shows include a reboot of Malaysia’s Kopitiam and a sequel to Hong Kong drama Psycho Detective.
Read moreBreaking its own non-theatrical policy, the streamer also confirmed that The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs and Bird Box will be released theatrically.
Read moreStreaming giant added 670,000 subscribers in the US and 4.47 million internationally, compared to predictions of 1.2 million and 4.97 million.
Read moreStory and cast of Asian adaptation of the Scandinavian crime series will straddle Singapore and Malaysia.
Read moreKorean spy thriller Steel Rain and Malaysia’s Crossroads: One Two Jaga will open this year’s Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy.
Read moreAlibaba also announces co-production deal between Youku and Endemol Shine for two unscripted shows.
Read moreSix-part supernatural drama to be directed by Lebanon’s Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya (Very Big Shot) and scripted by Jordan’s Bassel Ghandour (Theeb).
Read moreCreated by Tony Valente, the property became the first French hardcover manga to be published in Japan in 2015.
Read moreTalks come as the Paris-based studio is struggling with debts following the box office failure of Besson’s Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets.
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