According to the Global Music Report recently published by the IFPI, the organization representing the global recorded music industry, the global market grew by 9.0% in 2022, driven by the growth of paid subscription music streaming. The figures show that revenue levels in the recorded music market reached $26.2 billion...
"AFROPOLITAINE" – Season 2 on TV5Monde
TV5MONDE is broadcasting season 2 of "Afropolitaine," a comedy web series highlighting Afro-French culture. Starting March 31, two episodes will be available on TV5MONDE Afrique's digital platform, followed by a new episode every Wednesday and Friday. The episodes will also be available in June on the free French-language platform TV5MONDEplus....
PAGE BLANCHE, a writing agency specializing in screenwriting
Screenwriter and director Françoise Ellong has announced the creation of Page Blanche, a writing agency specializing in screenwriting in all its forms, with a focus on "training." Co-founded by three professionals in the field of cinema and audiovisual media: Adiaratou Sangare, Jean De Dieu Konan, and Françoise Ellong-Gomez. Françoise Ellong...
The Voice Africa on AirtelTV in 14 African countries starting March 26
Airtel, the telecom operator based in New Delhi and present in 14 African countries, is launching the first season of The Voice Africa on Sunday, March 26, 2023, on Airtel TV. The program will run for 25 weeks. 100 contestants will participate in blind auditions, battles and cross battles, and...
Interview with Karine Barclais, founder of Pavillon Afriques, a showcase for African cinema at the Cannes Film Festival
Since its creation in 1946, the Cannes Film Festival has been dedicated to showcasing and promoting high-quality filmmaking. In 1959, the Marché du Film was created with the aim of bringing together professionals from the film industry at the festival site. Since then, industry professionals, producers, and buyers have been...
IPTV 2022: -6.1 in 2022 compared to 2021
According to the Omedia institute, which tracks television advertising investments (IPTV) by advertisers in Côte d'Ivoire and other countries, these investments fell by 6.1% in 2022 compared to 2021. With a total amount of just over 12 billion CFA francs, Ivorian television channels saw their gross revenues decline, but...
TIVI5MONDE, TV5MONDE's youth channel, available on digital terrestrial television in Mauritius
TIVI5MONDE, TV5MONDE's youth channel, will be available from April 3 on channel 17 of DTT in the 300,000 Mauritian households equipped with DTT. To mark the 55th anniversary of the Republic of Mauritius, the Mauritius Broadcasting Company, the national broadcasting company, has decided to offer children aged 4 to 14...
Can SVOD grow in Africa?
According to DIGITAL TV RESEARCH, which publishes an annual report on the current state and future prospects of the SVOD market, there will be 15,570,000 paid SVOD subscriptions in 2028. This is a very low figure compared to the overall population of the countries studied: according to this study published...
The production company Instant2Vie opens a subsidiary in Senegal
Charly Kodjo, founder of the production company Instant2Vie, has just announced the launch of its activities in Senegal, in the city of Dakar. This is a major step forward for the company, which was founded in 2014 and has gradually moved from photography to video production, notably with the production...