{"id":28689,"date":"2020-04-23T10:45:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T06:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/?p=28689"},"modified":"2020-04-23T10:46:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T06:46:56","slug":"viu-unveils-star-studded-ramadan-2020-line-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/viu-unveils-star-studded-ramadan-2020-line-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Viu Unveils Star-Studded Ramadan 2020 Line Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Viu, a leading pan-regional OTT video service from PCCW Media Group with more than 41 million monthly active users, is set to release six highly anticipated Viu Original productions on its platform in this year\u2019s month of Ramadan. Starring some of the region\u2019s most renowned TV icons, the series will tell unconventional and unique local stories with international-quality production.<\/p>\n

The line-up includes Sultanet El Moez<\/em>, Shahed Ayan<\/em>, Gama\u2019 Salem<\/em>, El Khawabi<\/em> and Reyah El Somoum<\/em>. The shows will be streamed exclusively on Viu throughout\u00a0 Ramadan, with an episode released each day of the month. The 35-minute episodes will be packed with action, suspense, drama as well as comical moments.<\/p>\n

Mr. Wesam Kattan, Vice President of Content of Viu MENA, said, \u201cViu\u2019s approach to creating Viu Original productions has always been to bring unconventional narratives to life that appeal to both Gen Z and Viu\u2019s wider audience. With our new line-up of Ramadan shows, viewers will have a\u00a0range of content for their consumption that explores various themes including women empowerment, self-exploration and adventure, among many others.\u201d<\/p>\n

In line with Viu\u2019s commitment to create gripping Pan-Arab content, the streaming platform has secured a star-studded line up of shows for Ramadan. Arab stars that will feature in the Viu Originals include renowned Egyptian actor Hassan El Raddad, one of Egypt\u2019s most popular young actors, and Hana Shiha, who is known for appearing in various regional hit series. El Raddad and Shiha will star in the Viu Original Shahed Ayan<\/em>. Egyptian actor and model, Zeina, is also set to come back to her millions of fans in the Viu Original Gama\u2019 Salem<\/em>. Since her debut in 1995, Zeina has taken on several leading appearances in popular Ramadan series.<\/p>\n

Other stars are set to appear on Viu for the second year running following Viu\u2019s successful Ramadan 2019 series. TV icons include Ghada Abdelrazek, one of Egypt\u2019s most celebrated actors and star of Hadouta Morra<\/em>, one of Viu\u2019s best performing titles in 2019.<\/p>\n

Viewers have credited Viu\u2019s previous Ramadan releases as some of the most intriguing shows and the platform\u2019s success has not gone unnoticed. Zodiac, one of Viu\u2019s Original shows for Ramadan, received recognition at the NRJ Egypt Radio Ramadan Drama Awards in 2019. Thisaward-winning Viu Original was also named OTT Production of the Year at the ASBU BroadcastPro Awards 2019 for the second year in a row, and Viu was awarded Content Delivery Platform of the Year at the annual Digital Studio Awards 2019.<\/p>\n

Viu content can be streamed on\u00a0www.viu.com<\/a> and the Viu App. For regular updates and show announcements, you can follow Viu on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Viu, a leading pan-regional OTT video service from PCCW Media Group with more than 41 million monthly active users, is set to release six highly anticipated Viu Original productions on its platform in this year\u2019s month of Ramadan. Starring some of the region\u2019s most renowned TV icons, the series will tell unconventional and unique local […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28689"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28693,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28689\/revisions\/28693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}