The Ivorian audiovisual landscape is plunged into sadness following the death of Éric Didia, better known by his nickname "Roro." An iconic figure in radio and television in Côte d'Ivoire, Roro passed away during the night of Thursday, June 5 to Friday, June 6, 2025, in Abidjan, after a long...
France 24 and RFI suspended for three months in TOGO
Togo's High Authority for Audiovisual and Communication (HAAC) announced in a statement that France 24 and Radio France Internationale (RFI) would be suspended for three months. The two media outlets were accused of broadcasting "inaccurate and biased reports" following protests that rocked the country earlier this month. "Several recent broadcasts...
NEW QUEEN, the new pan-African reality TV show on CANAL+ POP
CANAL+ Afrique innovates with a new program of unprecedented scope. NOUVELLE REINE is a beauty and talent contest that began airing on Saturday, June 7, exclusively on CANAL+POP, and will continue every Saturday at 8:30 p.m. GMT. Produced by ON EST ENSEMBLE PRODUCTIONS and CANAL+ AFRIQUE, this original and ambitious...
The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup on NCI
The Nouvelle Chaine Ivoirienne (NCI) will broadcast the first ever FIFA Club World Cup free of charge and exclusively in Côte d'Ivoire from June 15. In 2022, NCI decided to acquire and broadcast major soccer competitions (2022 World Cup, 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, and 2024 Champions League). With the...
CANAL+ AND NETFLIX EXTEND THEIR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP TO FRENCH-SPEAKING AFRICA
(Press release) CANAL+ and Netflix are strengthening their historic partnership, which began in 2019 for France and Poland, by extending their strategic distribution agreement to sub-Saharan Africa. Thanks to this agreement, CANAL+ will become the first operator to distribute Netflix as part of its offerings in 24 countries in sub-Saharan...
MEA CULPA on TV5Mondeplus and TV5MONDE
TV5 Monde began broadcasting Mea Culpa, a crime series produced in Ivory Coast, on June 4. This highly original format, created by Landry AGBADOU, was co-produced by African Impact Movies & Nouvelle Chaîne Ivoirienne (NCI), which has already broadcast the series in Ivory Coast and owns the rights, now sold...
West Africa TV removed from Guinea
Guinea's High Authority for Communication (HAC) has ordered the immediate withdrawal of West Africa TV from all broadcasting packages, including those of Canal+ Guinea and Startimes Guinea. This decision follows the broadcast of the program Star en ligne on May 30, 2025, during which comments deemed "offensive to public decency and...
France 24 surpasses one million subscribers on its French-language WhatsApp channel dedicated to Africa
(Press release) Launched last October, France 24's French-language WhatsApp channel dedicated to Africa has just surpassed one million subscribers in just eight months. Specially designed for African audiences and anyone who wants to follow news from the continent on the region's most widely used messaging app, this channel offers direct,...
IPTV in SENEGAL: -20.4% in the first quarter of 2025
According to IPSOS, which measures television advertising investment in Senegal, this fell by 20.4% in the first quarter of 2025 compared to 2024. This sharp decline should be viewed in relation to the exceptional level reached in 2024 due to the Africa Cup of Nations: with nearly 8.4 billion CFA...
Senegal joins Meta's Llama Impact Accelerator Program
Meta, in collaboration with national innovation agencies and local players in the tech ecosystem, is rolling out the Llama Impact Accelerator: a pan-African program designed to support AI solutions developed on the continent, by and for Africans.The program will be rolled out in four countries: Senegal, Nigeria, Kenya, and South...