
MBC Group Launches MBC5: New Satellite Channel Targets Maghreb Audience
The MBC Group is preparing to launch MBC5, a new satellite channel, entirely dedicated to the Maghreb countries, as part of the implementation of its expansion and growth plan.

The MBC Group is preparing to launch MBC5, a new satellite channel, entirely dedicated to the Maghreb countries, as part of the implementation of its expansion and growth plan.

The launch of the new television channel, MBC Morocco, is scheduled for October 2019 in Marrakech. The entry of the Saudi group into the Moroccan audiovisual landscape has been preceded by a massive recruitment of famous Moroccan artists who have been offered astronomical salaries.

Little Meryem Amjoun continues to reap successes. A year after winning the "2018 Arab Reading Challenge" in Dubai, she has just been selected to host a children’s program on the 2M channel.

The second semi-public Moroccan general television channel, 2M, will launch the Moroccan version of "L’école des fans" in the very near future. This is a French program that was broadcast for nearly 40 years in France.

A message of condolence was sent by King Mohammed VI to the family of the artist Jamila Benomar. The actress, better known to the public as Amina Rachid, died on Monday, August 26, 2019, at the age of 83.

Unanimously, the deputies voted for the bill on the creation of two television channels in the Moroccan Parliament. This initiative stems from an agreement between the parliamentary groups of the first Chamber.

"The Silence of the Cells", a 54-minute documentary, traces the journey of women incarcerated in Moroccan prisons, and especially their sometimes very difficult detention conditions.

The president of the Saudi media group MBC, Sheikh Alwalid Elibrahimi, has decided to cover the tuition fees of a young Moroccan candidate on the Arabs Got Talents show, by offering her an amount of 150,000 Moroccan dirhams.

Recently accused of plagiarism, Gad Elmaleh is unable to get back on his feet. Proof of this, the new series "Huge in France", produced and played by the Franco-Moroccan comedian, has not received the public’s approval.

Moroccan actress Dounia Boutazout will take a break to devote herself to her family life. A wedding is planned in the very near future.

Aziz Maouhoub is no more. The Moroccan actor and theater man died yesterday, Sunday, March 3, in a clinic in Rabat, after a long illness.

While he was seen all smiles and very proud to participate in the Rachid Show, the very young and very talented Idder Moutia (11 years old) was mocked, not for his abilities but for... his accent. He would have been very affected by these racist attacks.