{"id":424,"date":"2026-01-20T17:41:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/wptest\/2026\/01\/20\/emerging-markets-streaming-leader-iflix-launches-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T18:05:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:05:21","slug":"emerging-markets-streaming-leader-iflix-launches-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/2026\/01\/20\/emerging-markets-streaming-leader-iflix-launches-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Emerging Markets Streaming Leader \u2013 Iflix Launches In The Middle East And North Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kuala Lumpur, April 28 \u2013 iflix, the world\u2019s leading Subscription Video on Demand (SVoD) service for emerging markets, today announced the launch of its revolutionary service in eight territories across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Consumers in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Lebanon, Egypt and Sudan can now sign up for a 30-day free trial, giving them unlimited access to thousands of the world\u2019s best TV shows, movies and more on every device they own, with no credit card required. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The announcement follows just one month after the Company\u2019s launch in Myanmar, its tenth market in Asia, solidifying iflix\u2019s dominance over the region with over six billion minutes streamed across ten countries since first launching in Malaysia and the Philippines in mid-2015.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With its MENA launch, iflix has established itself as the only international SVoD service with full-scale localized operations in each of its territories and a total global headcount of 700 staff across 24 offices worldwide, including new regional headquarters for MENA based in Dubai, UAE.<\/p>\n<p>Each iflix subscription includes:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Unlimited access to iflix\u2019s vast library of thousands of first-run exclusive shows, award-winning TV series, blockbuster movies, popular local and regional Arabic and Asian content, children\u2019s programs and much more;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Access to iflix on up to five devices at once, including phones, tablets, laptops, desktops, TVs and other connected devices;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The ability to download TV shows and movies to any phone, tablet or mobile device to binge-watch offline, when not connected to the Internet;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The ability to share the iflix subscription with family or friends and watch shows on two different devices at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>iflix Group Co-founder and CEO, Mark Britt commented: \u201cOur launch in the Middle East and North Africa represents the incredible vision, hard work and sacrifice by everyone in the iflix team. To have grown from a small, but ambitious 20-person operation without a live service to launching a global business, in now our second region with eight new markets and 80 staff in MENA alone in less than two years, is a testament to that commitment. MENA is one of the fastest growing and most exciting online markets in the world with data savvy consumers who share a passion for entertainment. We are thrilled to make iflix&#8217;s world class service, premier digital experience and the most comprehensive selection of content available to them, as part of our mission to redefine entertainment in emerging markets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kuala Lumpur, April 28 \u2013 iflix, the world\u2019s leading Subscription Video on Demand (SVoD) service for emerging markets, today announced the launch of its revolutionary service in eight territories across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.\u00a0 Consumers in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Lebanon, Egypt and Sudan can now sign up for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5652,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions\/5652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}