NCI, La Nouvelle Chaîne Ivoirienne, continues its fall programming season with the return of "Mme Tonkpi & Compagnie" for a second season. After the success of the first season, consisting of 50 three-minute episodes broadcast Monday through Friday at 7:30 p.m. on TELE D'ICI and digitally (averaging 200,000 views per...
French-language fiction production in Africa: current situation and prospects
The rise of French-speaking African audiovisual media is real. Diversity of content, diversity of production, quality, authenticity... Africa is a continent steeped in history. Stories that are told, but also stories that are brought to life on screen to satisfy an audience with ever-increasing expectations. Even though financing and training...
Interview with Marjorie Vella, Deputy Program Director at TV5Monde
You have just launched the TV5MONDEplus platform. What are your ambitions for the development of this project? Will there be African content? TV5MONDEplus is the first free, general-interest French-language global platform. We wanted to offer a French-language alternative (free with advertising) to the SVoD services offered by the American giants. TV5MONDEplus...
Interview with François Deplanck, Managing Director of Tanka Studio
Let's talk about the CACAO series. A few months after its launch, what is your assessment? The series has been a huge hit with the public, and that's what matters most. The feedback on social media, in the media, and in conversations has been extremely positive. Of course, there are...
How to schedule different television series formats?
The length of series episodes varies greatly but meets programming requirements linked to the changing needs of television channels over time. 90-MINUTE FORMAT: this format is intended for prime time programming. It consists of either single-episode dramas (TV movies) or mini-series (2 to 4 episodes of 90 minutes). There are...
Interview with Mbathio DIAW, director of RAES and producer of the Renaissance series
Mbathio Diaw is the director of RAES, an NGO and production company specializing in engineering communication projects for behavioral change through education and entertainment. What types of organizations do you work with? What types of content do you produce? We work with national and international NGOs, private foundations, public agencies,...
Interview with Damiano Malchiodi, Managing Director of A+ IVOIRE
A+ Ivoire was launched in January 2019, so this is its second season. What's new in the 2020/2021 schedule? For this fall 2020 season, A+Ivoire is even closer to its Ivorian audience. It's the big return of brand new daily seasons with even more truths in the show ON SE...
Interview with Cheick Yvhane, Director of Programs at NCI
At the end of 2016, we asked you about your channel project, and you described your channel as follows: "The main idea is to contribute to educating the population, strengthening democracy, and promoting Ivorian cultural diversity and multisectoral wealth." " Ten months after the channel's launch, what is your initial assessment...
Trailers, sales pitches, and commercial offers: sports always at the top on CANAL+
The recent acquisition of Bundesliga rights allows CANAL+ to claim, in addition to broadcasting the Champions League and Europa League, the five major European leagues: Ligue 1, Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, and Serie A. To mark the start of the new seasons, CANAL+ Advertising is promoting its new commercial...
Coverage of the election of the President of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire: HACA defines the regulatory framework
The Ivorian High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HACA) has just announced several decisions allowing public service audiovisual media and private sector media to cover the election of the President of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, which will be held on October 31, 2020. 1/ WITH REGARD TO PUBLIC SERVICE AUDIOVISUAL...