Starzplay Arabia
Growth Score40DXBi Rank104Heat Score100Starz Play Arabia FZ LLC
Leading MENA and Pakistan direct-to-consumer streaming and sports entertainment platform.
Media
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Milestone moment in MENA streaming sector as STARZPLAY absorbs ADtv
StarzPlay reports record growth in 2024, driven by ADIO partnership
Professional Fighters League Teams With Starzplay on Multi-Year Middle East Rights Deal
e& (E-Vision) and ADQ acquire 57% majority stake in STARZPLAY Arabia
UAE telecom giant e& and ADQ pick up majority stake in streaming platform Starzplay Arabia
Overview
Growth Score
Steady
Heat Score
Trending up
Details
- Operating Status
- Acquired
- Company Type
- Private (majority owned by ADQ and e&/E-Vision)
- Headquarters
- Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Founded
- 2015
- Company Size
- 201-500 employees
- Revenue
- Reported AED 370m+ (~$100M) revenue milestone per April 2025 coverage
- Website
- starzplay.com
Products & Services
STARZPLAY (main app)
Flagship on-demand streaming app offering Hollywood movies, TV series, Arabic-original productions, and children's programming across mobile, web, TV and connected-device apps (e.g. Samsung TV, Google Play).
STARZPLAY Live TV
Live television streaming tier offering Gulf and international news, sports, entertainment and music channels alongside the on-demand catalog.
STARZPLAY Sports (incl. Serie A rights)
Live sports streaming bundled into subscriptions, including Italian Serie A football and other major sporting events year-round.
Licensed premium content bundle (SHOWTIME, Paramount+, WATCH IT)
Aggregated third-party premium content (US and regional) made available to subscribers through the STARZPLAY platform.
PFL MENA / PFL content hub
Dedicated Professional Fighters League MMA content strand (World Tournament, Champions Series, PFL Europe/MENA/Africa) under the 2025 multi-year rights deal.
People
Technology
No technology or web presence data on file yet.
Financials
$420M
Valuation
Funding rounds
Projects
Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) partnership drives record 2024 growth
STARZPLAY reported record 2024 financial/operational performance, with revenue exceeding AED 370m (~$100.7m), a 2.5x increase since its ADIO partnership began in 2022, supporting original content production and platform growth.
$101M
Apr 23, 2025
Abu Dhabi Media (ADM) and STARZPLAY strategic content partnership
Abu Dhabi Media's digital catalogue (5,000+ hours of Arabic entertainment, sports and cultural programming, plus live channels including Abu Dhabi TV, Al Emarat TV, Abu Dhabi Sports and National Geographic Abu Dhabi) becomes exclusively available on STARZPLAY's ad-supported tier, giving ADM access to STARZPLAY's ~2.6 million subscriber base.
Nov 4, 2025
STARZPLAY renews exclusive Serie A rights for MENA through 2027-28
STARZPLAY secured a multi-year renewal of exclusive Serie A (Italian top-flight football) broadcast rights across MENA, extending from 2025-26 through 2027-28, reported to be valued around €28 million ($32.6 million) for the three-year cycle.
$33M
Aug 23, 2025
STARZPLAY partners with PFL (Professional Fighters League)
STARZPLAY became the streaming partner for the 2025 PFL World Tournament, covering the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other MENA markets to expand PFL's regional footprint.
Mar 25, 2025
e& (E-Vision) and ADQ acquire 57% majority stake in STARZPLAY Arabia
A consortium of e&'s E-Vision and Abu Dhabi's ADQ signed a binding agreement (announced March 2022, completed October 2022) to acquire approximately 57% majority equity stake in STARZPLAY Arabia at a post-money valuation of $420 million; STARZ and SEQ Investors remain existing shareholders.
$420M
Mar 17, 2022
e& and ADQ Acquire 57% Majority Stake in Starzplay Arabia
A consortium led by e& (formerly Etisalat) and Abu Dhabi state investment group ADQ acquired a 57% majority stake in Starzplay Arabia in a transaction reported to be valued at approximately $420 million, taking the streaming service from majority foreign/VC ownership to majority UAE government-linked ownership. This corresponds to the already-known 'strategic majority acquisition (post-VC)' funding stage on file.
$420M
Mar 8, 2022
STARZPLAY Arabia – Abu Dhabi Media UFC Partnership
Starzplay Arabia signed an agreement with Abu Dhabi Media giving subscribers access to live UFC fights and events on the platform.
Jan 1, 2021
Professional Fighters League (PFL) Middle East Multi-Year Rights Deal
STARZPLAY signed a multi-year media rights agreement with the Professional Fighters League (PFL) covering the MENA region, bringing PFL's World Tournament, Champions Series, PFL Europe, PFL MENA and PFL Africa content to Starzplay's mobile and TV apps, with PFL MENA content offered free to regional viewers in 2025. Announced ahead of the April 3, 2025 PFL World Tournament launch on the platform.
Mar 25, 2025
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