Ooredoo Kuwait signs a strategic partnership with OSN

Ooredoo Kuwait has signed a partnership agreement with OSN - the region’s leading entertainment network - to provide its customers access to OSN’s all-new online and mobile app entertainment platform, ‘WAVO’. Available on mobile devices and tablets (iOS/Android), Samsung and LG Smart TVs or PCs, WAVO combines a unique blend of live and catch-up TV, including English and Arabic family and kids shows, hit TV series, blockbuster movies and live and exclusive sporting events.

WAVO will be available as part of the unique “Shamel Home” offer that Ooredoo Kuwait recently launched. Customers can select either the WAVO Entertainment, WAVO Movies or WAVO Sports package as part of this offer and get the remaining two packages at no additional cost, until the end of February 2018.

Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Thani, CEO of Ooredoo Kuwait, said: “We’re happy to announce our strategic partnership with OSN and to offer WAVO’s best-in-class digital entertainment services to our customers. We see our customers consuming TV content increasingly on their mobile devices and smart TVs and WAVO with its wide array of exclusive entertainment is a perfect fit.”

Francesco Perta, VP Telecom Partnerships, OSN, said: “This new agreement with Ooredoo Kuwait ensures we deliver on our goals of providing customers more value and an unrivalled TV viewing experience anytime, anywhere. WAVO’s offering is unbeatable in the region and we are extremely pleased that now even more customers across the region can enjoy all the amazing entertainment WAVO has to offer.”

Amine Tazi, Head of Strategy and Business Development, Ooredoo Kuwait, said: “OSN’s unique entertainment platform, WAVO, perfectly fits with our strategy of offering the best digital products and experiences for our customers and differentiates us in the market. This is a new milestone for Ooredoo’s digital transformation journey and we would like to further extend the breadth of our offerings in collaboration with OSN going forward.”

WAVO capitalizes on some of OSN’s top exclusive partnerships with leading studios, including HBO and Disney, giving Ooredoo Kuwait customers unprecedented access to their favourite TV entertainment, anytime, anywhere. Top shows include Emmy Award winning hits, Game of Thrones, Westworld and Big Little Lies; as well as Disney family favourites. In addition, with 21 live TV channels and a huge volume of exclusive Hollywood and Arabic content available on catch up TV and on demand, WAVO’s offering is unmatched in the region.