Five years ago this week… Driven by recent investment from Sky, South East Asian OTT platform iflix announced expansion to eight new countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The race was on for newer services to grab a foothold in emerging markets before the likes of Viu and Netflix made their mark, and iflix was no stranger to tying up distribution deals with local operators. Founded in 2014, iflix had grown to a user base of 5 million by May 2017, with 25 million last reported in early 2020 before the company was acquired by Tencent. — Lionsgate, which bought Starz for $4.4 billion in 2016, is in discussions to sell the US TV network and streaming…