{"id":61677,"date":"2025-10-08T17:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T17:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/61677\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T17:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T17:00:07","slug":"pakistan-idol-goes-global-with-begin-streaming-deal-including-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/61677\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Pakistan Idol’ Goes Global With Begin Streaming Deal, Including India"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tU.A.E.-based platform Begin has secured worldwide streaming rights to \u201cPakistan Idol<\/a>,\u201d expanding the South Asian music competition series beyond its local market to international territories including India.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe acquisition represents a significant move for Begin as it continues building out its South Asian content library for international audiences. The series, produced under license from Fremantle\u2019s global \u201cIdol\u201d franchise, showcases emerging musical talent from across Pakistan.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe show features a star-studded judging panel including actor\u00a0Fawad Khan<\/a>, singer Zeb Bangash, qawwali artist Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, and Strings musician Bilal Maqsood.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cPakistan Idol\u201d currently airs Saturdays and Sundays across seven Pakistani television channels: Geo TV, PTV, Green Entertainment TV, Express Entertainment, APlus Entertainment, Aur Life, and Aan TV. While the series has been available for streaming within Pakistan, Begin\u2019s deal marks its first global digital distribution.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe show will stream on the Begin app in the U.S., Canada, Saudi Arabia, and the U.A.E. Viewers in the U.K., Germany, India, Australia, South Africa, and Nigeria can access the series directly via begin.watch.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe international distribution of \u2018Pakistan Idol\u2019 demonstrates how far South Asian entertainment has come in reaching global audiences,\u201d said Zoya Merchant, director at production company MHL. \u201cWe are proud to see a format rooted in local culture and talent become accessible to viewers worldwide. This collaboration with Begin represents an important step toward integrating Pakistani creativity into the broader entertainment ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tJonathan Mark, co-founding CEO of Begin, said the acquisition aligns with the platform\u2019s content strategy. \u201cAt Begin, our focus is on curating content that connects communities through shared cultural experiences,\u201d Mark said. \u201c\u2018Pakistan Idol\u2019 embodies the kind of storytelling and talent that transcend geography. Making it available worldwide aligns with our vision of bringing authentic South Asian voices to a truly global stage.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.A.E.-based platform Begin has secured worldwide streaming rights to \u201cPakistan Idol,\u201d expanding the South Asian music competition series…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[146,15557,85,46,45515,411],"class_list":["post-61677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-fawad-khan","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-pakistan-idol","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}