Interview with Jérôme Dutoit, General Manager of the Melody channel

Jérôme Dutoit, 47, comes from the world of television. With a postgraduate degree in Law and Audiovisual Communication Administration (Paris I), Jérôme Dutoit began his career at TF1 in 1991 as a research officer in the marketing department, then joined IMCA in 1994 as a consultant supporting producers and broadcasters...

Blood & Water, Netflix's second original African series

Last December, Netflix announced its ambitions to produce original African series. Queen Sono, the first series made in Africa produced by Netflix, marked the American platform's entry into the world of African series. Today, the world leader in streaming and VOD continues its advance on the continent with the production...

TRACE: new content sales contracts in Africa

At the end of the 69th Berlinale on February 17, TRACE announced the signing of new sales contracts in Africa, confirming its ambition to support African filmmaking through the group's content distribution division, Trace Content Distribution. These new sales confirm buyers' interest in Afro-urban entertainment. TRACE has signed a pre-purchase...

Abidjan and Lomé host the Africa TechUp Tour

The economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire will mark the first stop on the Africa TechUp Tour, a series of pan-African hackathons organized to support digital technology and innovation on the continent in the service of development. Organized by the Hackafrica association and the company Rintio, the Africa TechUp Tour is...

4,110,000 subscribers for CANAL+ in Africa

The Vivendi Group's financial results published on February 14 confirm the importance of the African continent for the CANAL+ Group With an increase of more than 650,000 additional subscribers, the CANAL+ Group reached 4,110,000 subscribers in Africa at the end of December. At the end of December 2018, the Canal+...

Interview with Denise Époté, Director of TV5 Monde Afrique

According to the latest Africascope 2018 results, TV5 Monde Afrique is the most watched generalist channel across Africa, with a 5% audience share and a 48.5% cumulative audience over the last seven days. What do you think is the secret to your channel's enduring success? The mirror effect is undeniable!...

CANAL+ supports Beninese cinema

A few weeks after a training session dedicated to ORTM journalists organized in Mali, CANAL+ launched a new initiative in Benin, in the city of Cotonou. See also: Canal+ and Galaxie Africa train Malian television journalists Out of around 100 applications received, ten young local talents were selected by the...