{"id":645132,"date":"2017-07-12T04:16:52","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T04:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/07\/12\/starz-play-secures-funding-for-usd-125-mn\/"},"modified":"2017-07-12T04:16:52","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T04:16:52","slug":"starz-play-secures-funding-for-usd-125-mn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/07\/12\/starz-play-secures-funding-for-usd-125-mn\/","title":{"rendered":"Starz Play secures funding for USD 125 mn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In other startup news, <strong>MENA on-demand video streaming service STARZ PLAY raised a total of USD 125 mn since its launch in 2015<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.starzplay.com\/starz-play-raises-125-million-funding\/\">the company announced<\/a>. New investments in 2017 include those from Lionsgate\u2019s Starz, asset manager State Street Global Advisors, and media and tech investment firms SEQ Capital Partners and Delta Partners. 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