Since the launch of digital terrestrial television channels, RTI channels have faced significant competition. What conclusions can you draw from the past year for each of your channels? It has been a year rich in lessons learned about the market, our customers, and the strategic choices made by our Group....
Netflix launches free offer in Kenya
In recent years, Africa has become the new challenge for streaming giant Netflix. After officially launching its African series production in 2019 with its first original African creation, Queen Sono, Netflix has strengthened its position in Nigeria, the world's second largest film industry with its Nollywood productions. Still with a...
France Médias Monde and the CANAL+ Group extend their distribution agreement in Africa and the Indian Ocean
France Médias Monde (RFI, France 24, and Monte Carlo Doualiya) and the CANAL+ Group have renewed their distribution agreement, extending their long-standing partnership and enriching CANAL+'s offerings in Africa and the Indian Ocean. This new agreement allows France 24 and RFI to continue broadcasting as part of CANAL+'s offering to...
Interview with Charly Kodjo, founder of the production company Instant2Vie
Charly Kodjo is the founder of the production company Instant2Vie. Created in 2014, the company initially specialized in photography, Charly Kodjo's first passion, then expanded to cover all aspects of the image industry. Why did you choose to get into audiovisual production? We wanted to tell stories, which is why...
CANAL+ becomes largest shareholder in Multichoice Group
In a letter to shareholders on Thursday, September 23, Vivendi announced that it had increased the stake of its subsidiary CANAL+ Group in the capital of the operator MultiChoice Group. With 15.37% of the shares, CANAL+ and its parent company Vivendi have become the largest shareholders in the South African...
IPTV in Ivory Coast: +50% in June and +28.6% in the first half of 2021
The latest figures from the Omedia institute, which tracks advertisers' gross advertising spending in Côte d'Ivoire, show a very strong increase in the TV advertising market (IPTV) in June 2021 (+50% vs. June 2020). Overall, the first half of the year saw growth of +28.6% compared to the first half...
Gulli AFRICA airs a commercial aimed at combating piracy
Since September 25, Gulli AFRICA has been broadcasting a commercial aimed at combating piracy. This 40-second spot, presented by Moussier Tombola and also broadcast on social media, explains how watching programs on free websites can be harmful to children. @protegeTaTélé is an initiative launched a year ago by the CANAL+...
Ivory Coast: Pathé Gaumont multiplex cinema set to open by 2023
As we announced at the beginning of the year, the Pathé Gaumont group is accelerating its development in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa. The goal is to open a multiplex in Dakar and a second one in Abidjan. Things are taking shape in Côte d'Ivoire. On social media, SETAO, a subsidiary of...
Interview with Jean-Michel Bonard, Head of Music Business at TRACE
How did YouTracePro come about? Five years ago, Olivier Laouchez decided to embark on a major digital transformation of the TRACE group: the first step was the launch of Trace Play (now Trace Plus). Then we had the following idea: the TRACE group has 28 television channels and thousands of...
Interview with Michel Mutombo-Cartier, Executive Director of A+ Ivoire and A+
Michel Mutombo-Cartier is the new CEO of A+ Ivoire and A+, the African series channel. He replaces Damiano Malchiodi, who is taking on new responsibilities within the CANAL+ Group in Asia. Michel Mutombo-Cartier has spent much of his career with the CANAL+ Group as Director of Live Productions for French-speaking...