Three months after Yves Bigot's departure, TV5 Monde is preparing to appoint a new president. Kim Younes Charbit, 42, will be officially confirmed in this position at the board meeting on October 2. Her appointment, proposed by France, is expected to be approved by all shareholder countries. Kim Younes Charbit...
Audiovisual and Film Production in Francophone Africa: Review of the 2023/2024 Season
A year ago, in Abidjan, during the launch of the Guide to Audiovisual and Film Production in French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa, the first Adweknow Meetings were held, bringing together renowned speakers such as Angela AQUEREBURU, co-founder of YOBO studios, Ana BALLO, Director of RTI distribution, Pierre CECCALDI, co-founder of "On est ensemble...
YARHA Festival: International First Film Week from January 19 to 26 in Cameroon
The 11th edition of International First Film Week will take place next January in Yaoundé. Created in 2013 by the YARA association, the international week is a professional platform where directors, actors, producers, and filmmakers from around the world present their first works (first and second feature films) to the...
The HACA reiterates the terms of the law and puts pressure on itself
For the second time in a few months, the High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HACA) has reiterated that "any audience measurement carried out outside its framework and certification is considered illegal and constitutes a violation of the legislation in force. Such practices pose a risk of destabilizing the Ivorian media...
Season 2 of Ôbatanga coming soon to CANAL+PREMIERE
After the success of the first season, Ôbatanga, the series created by Alex Ogou, returns to screens with a highly anticipated second season on CANAL+ PREMIERE. Winner of the award for best foreign fiction at the prestigious Luchon TV Festival in 2023, the series found its audience as soon as...
Vivendi reorganizes its activities: CANAL+ reconfigured into three divisions
In a press release published on September 20, Vivendi, which announced in December 2023 its intention to reorganize its activities, details the new configuration of the CANAL+ Group. GVA, better known in Africa under the Canalbox brand, Dailymotion, L’Olympia and the Théâtre de L’Œuvre in France, and the CanalOlympia movie...
Everything you need to know about AFRICAMAT, the new audience measurement system offered by CANAL+ ADVERTISING and MEDIAMETRIE
Make no mistake, AFRICAMAT is not an African e-commerce site for materials. No! The AFRICAMAT study is a new tool for measuring television audiences in sub-Saharan Africa. CANAL+ADVERTISING and MÉDIAMÉTRIE presented this tool to the market on Wednesday, September 11, in the presence of numerous pan-African advertisers and agencies and...
NCI, official broadcaster of the UEFA Champions League
NCI, the New Ivorian Channel, announced in a press release that it has acquired the free-to-air television broadcasting rights for the UEFA Champions League from New World TV for three (3) years in Côte d'Ivoire. For free-to-air television, the rights include the broadcast in high definition (HD) of one UEFA...
"Buzz," the new series by Franck Vlehi on Orange TV and NCI
BUZZ: "When the desire to appear turns into a nightmare" is the new Ivorian series directed by Franck Vlehi and co-produced by Lully Grace Production and Orange TV that is creating a buzz. The story: Mayana is 19 years old, beautiful, and dreams of becoming a singer. She has already...
CANAL+ Pop suspended for 45 days in the DRC
The Congolese High Council for Audiovisual and Communication (CSAC) has just suspended Canal + Pop for 45 days throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo as a precautionary measure. In French-speaking Africa, censorship does not only affect news channels; it also affects entertainment channels. CANAL+POP is currently the victim of this:...