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OKX Bets Streaming Perks Can Take Crypto Mainstream Across MENA

Six months of Anghami Plus and OSN+ is the crypto exchange’s latest offer. The deal will also feature community experiences, thought leadership, and media collaborations.

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3 weeks ago

September 16, 2026

Dana Saadeh

okx bets streaming perks can take crypto mainstream across mena

OKX, the global crypto exchange, is offering its users in the Middle East something that has nothing to do with trading: six months of music and television.

Under a partnership announced in Dubai today, eligible OKX users in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and the Levant will receive six-month subscription benefits for both Anghami Plus and OSN+, the region’s homegrown music and video streaming platforms.

The partners describe the new arrangement as an ongoing platform rather than a single campaign, spanning customer benefits, music activations, community experiences, thought leadership, media collaborations and brand integrations. In practice that means a raft of branded activations: Anghami × OKX Music Sessions with regional artists, Crypto Community Watch Parties built around selected OSN+ releases, and a talks series titled The Future of Entertainment × Finance. Co-branded platform integrations are promised around content releases and cultural moments. Participating artists, featured titles, venues, speakers and dates will all be announced in due course.

The logic on OKX’s side is simple enough. “For years, the conversation around crypto has focused on investing,” says Rifad Mahasneh, Regional CEO at OKX MENA & CIS. “Increasingly, its biggest opportunity is enabling the digital economy itself.” He describes the aim as “rewards, subscriptions and seamless payments that bring crypto into everyday entertainment”.

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For Anghami and OSN+, the exchange is a new audience channel. “As crypto and digital finance become increasingly relevant across MENA, partnering with OKX – a platform used and trusted by a growing community – reflects our ambition to stay close to evolving consumer interests,” says Choucri Khairallah, Chief Business Officer at Anghami & OSN+.

What the announcement leaves open, however, is the mechanism. Mahasneh talks of seamless payments, but nothing in the deal describes paying for a subscription in crypto, or how a streaming subscriber becomes a trader. Those details, like the artists and dates, are still to come.

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New Disney+ Streaming App Has Officially Launched In The UAE

The app’s recommendations now factor in what’s popular in the UAE, and a dedicated Junior Mode gives kids their own corner of Disney+.

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14 hours ago

October 9, 2026

Dana Saadeh

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A new Disney+ app has officially launched in the UAE, and subscribers can now keep watching their favorite titles when they travel. Disney+ says access extends across supported markets in Europe, the United States and beyond.

The app is built around a dynamic homepage and simpler navigation, with recommendations drawn from each customer’s viewing habits and what’s popular in the UAE. Content from Hulu and ESPN is now easier to find alongside Disney+’s own library, the company says. Audio and subtitles come in up to 25 languages, and supported devices get high-quality video and sound.

For families, the app includes Junior Mode, a dedicated, simplified version of Disney+ for younger viewers, built around age-appropriate shows and movies. It sits alongside existing controls such as PIN-protected profiles, customizable content ratings and account notifications when a profile is changed.

The catalog still spans Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic, Hulu and FX. Returning series include Season 8 of “The Kardashians,” Season 23 of “Grey’s Anatomy” and Season 38 of “The Simpsons”. Also on the service are the second season of International Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning series “Rivals,” comedy “Only Murders in the Building,” Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Zootropolis 2” and 20th Century Studios’ “Send Help”.

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Marvel Television’s “VisionQuest” is on the way, and Disney’s live-action “Moana” is due later this autumn. Beyond Hollywood, the Turkish title “Halef” is coming to the platform alongside a lineup of Korean entertainment: Korean-Japanese romantic comedy “Merry Berry Love” is streaming now, and “The Remarried Empress” arrives November 4.

Existing subscribers will be prompted to download the new app and sign in with their current credentials, with on-screen steps covering account confirmation and profile setup. Subscriptions start at AED 49.99 per month and can be canceled at any time.

For UAE subscribers planning to travel, the update will likely be well received, but Disney has left one question open. It confirms Europe and the United States as supported markets but doesn’t yet say which others fall under and beyond.