The holiday season offers the perfect occasion to enjoy quality time with your loved ones. There is no better way to make holiday memories than snuggling up on a couch and bingeing Christmas movies with the people you care about most. This festive season, tune into STARZPLAY and get into the holiday spirit with the ultimate assortment of titles available to watch anytime, anywhere and from any device.
From Christmas classics to family adventures and comedy holiday flicks as well as Disney titles, don’t miss out on an amazing entertainment line-up and a lot more only on STARZPLAY, MENA region’s leading subscription video on demand (SVOD) service.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
No holiday season is complete without Tim Burton’s enchanting The Nightmare Before Christmas which still gets theatrical re-releases almost every year in the US, proving an incredible durability since its original release in 1993. Jack Skellington the king of Halloween Town, is bored with doing the same thing every year. One day he stumbles into Christmas Town, and is taken with the idea of Christmas, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion. The movie is now streaming on STARZPLAY.
Estranged from his father, self-absorbed college student Jake is lured home to New York for Christmas with the promise of receiving a classic Porsche as a gift. When his bullying football team dumps him in the desert in a Santa suit, Jake desperately hitchhikes his way east while his girlfriend, Allie, is forced to accept a cross-country ride from Jake’s rival, Eddie. The movie is now streaming on STARZPLAY.
Streaming on STARZPLAY now, watch the comedy drama where the Muppets perform the classic Dickens holiday tale, with Kermit The Frog playing Bob Cratchit, and a cameo from Michael Caine as Ebenezer Scrooge. Other Muppets – including Miss Piggy, Gonzo, and Fozzie Bear – weave in and out of the story as Scrooge receives visits from the Spirits of Christmases Past, Present and Future. After revisiting his sorrowful past, hate-filled present and doomed future, can Scrooge turn over a new leaf?
STARZPLAY subscribers can enjoy the royal Christmas drama of a European prince who comes to New York for a royal holiday dinner and falls in love with the chef who is planning the event. The movie is now streaming on STARZPLAY.
Streaming on STARZPLAY now, watch the scintillating romantic drama of two musicians who embark on a road trip home for Christmas and discover they are meant for each other.
While trying to set up their bosses to get more time off over Christmas, two personal assistants end up in love. The movie is now streaming on STARZPLAY.
Hired to decorate a widower’s home for the holidays, a big city interior finds herself falling for him. The movie is now streaming on STARZPLAY.
When she comes home for Christmas, the daughter of an innkeeper, finds herself falling for the son of the family operating a competing inn. The movie is now streaming on STARZPLAY.
A Christmas Carol
Disney fans can enjoy the animated retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions. The movie will be available on STARZPLAY from December 24th.
The Santa Clause trilogy
The story of Santa Clause comes to live with a touch of Disney Magic in The Santa Clause trilogy, starring Tim Allen, which tells the story of an ordinary man who inadvertently makes Santa fall off his roof on Christmas Eve, and is magically recruited to take his place. The adventures of the new Santa continue with 2 equally-popular sequels (The Santa Clause 2 and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause) – all available on STARZPLAY from December 24th.
Mickey’s Once Upon A Christmas
Watch the heartwarming Christmas themed three-part anthology film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The film includes three features: Donald Duck: Stuck on Christmas (featuring Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Scrooge McDuck and Huey, Dewey, and Louie), A Very Goofy Christmas (featuring Goofy, Max, Pete and the Beagle Boys) and Mickey and Minnie’s Gift of the Magi (featuring Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Pluto). Other Disney characters also make cameos in the film. Mickey’s Once Upon A Christmas as well as its sequel, Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas is streaming on STARZPLAY now.
With more than 10,000 hours of premium content including blockbuster movies, exclusive TV shows, kids content and Arabic series, STARZPLAY is today the number one player in the MENA region. The service is available in 20 countries across the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan for fans to enjoy quality content anytime, anywhere and from any device.
About STARZPLAY:
STARZPLAY (https://starzplay.com/) is a subscription video on demand service that streams Hollywood and Arabic movies, TV shows, documentaries, kids’ entertainment and STARZPLAY original content – to 20 countries across MENA and Pakistan.
STARZPLAY has seen phenomenal year-on-year growth since its launch in 2015, reaching over a million paying subscribers and installed on more than six million devices. STARZPLAY has secured US$125 million in equity funding through STARZ, a Lionsgate company (NYSE: LGF.A), State Street Global Advisors (NYSE: STT), and technology investment firms SEQ Capital Partners and Delta Partners.
The service carries thousands of premium titles including original hit shows like Baghdad Central, Power, Outlander, and Spartacus. STARZPLAY has long term licensing partnerships with a host of leading, global studios including Disney, Warner Bros, CBS, Showtime, Sony, Universal, MGM, and Fremantle.
STARZPLAY allows subscribers to watch its full HD and 4K content via a range of internet-enabled devices, smart TVs and game consoles, and is widely available on regional IPTV services. Its iOS and Android apps – installed on more than six million devices – also allow downloads for offline playback.