After more than two years of anticipation, the national audience measurement system for audiovisual media is finally up and running: the High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HACA) published the first results this week. The Kantar study was conducted in two waves: from May 6 to 30, 2025, and from June...
GLOBO and CÔTE OUEST AUDIOVISUEL at MIP AFRICA
(press release) GLOBO will be alongside Côte Ouest Audiovisuel (Mediawan Africa) for the second consecutive year at the fourth edition of MIP Africa, which will take place from September 1 to 3, 2025, in Cape Town, South Africa. This must-attend event, which brings together producers, broadcasters, platforms, and economic operators,...
Gulli Africa celebrates its 10th anniversary
Created in 2015 in 22 French-speaking African countries by the Lagardère Active group, already publisher of Canal J and Gulli France, and sold to the M6 group in 2019, which has been its publisher ever since, Gulli Africa is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The channel is available exclusively on Canal+...
CANAL+/MULTICHOICE: APPROVAL BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN COMPETITION COURT
CANAL+ and MULTICHOICE announced in a press release published on July 23 that the South African Competition Tribunal has approved CANAL+'s mandatory takeover bid to acquire all outstanding ordinary shares of Multichoice Group not already owned by CANAL+, excluding treasury shares, from MCG shareholders for ZAR 125.00 per share. This...
The Premier League on CANAL+ until 2028
This summer, in 2025, the CANAL+ group made a major move by renewing its exclusive broadcasting rights for the English Premier League in 50 countries across Europe, Africa, and Asia for the 2025–2028 seasons. This agreement reinforces its status as the preferred broadcaster of major international sporting events in all...
Standoff between Multichoice and Ghanaian authorities
For several months, the Ghanaian government, through its Minister of Communications, Digital Technologies, and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, has been criticizing MultiChoice, the operator of the DStv television package, for charging what it considers to be excessive prices for its pay-TV services in Ghana compared to those charged in other...
Launch of the KAVA streaming platform in Nigeria
KAVA, the new streaming platform dedicated exclusively to Nollywood and African content, launched in July 2025 in Lagos, Nigeria, will be rolled out globally in August 2025 with a release in the United Kingdom also targeting the African diaspora. KAVA is the result of a collaboration between two heavyweights in...
Media royalties rise sharply in Senegal
According to Sénénews, a decree has been signed jointly by the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Aliou Sall, and the Minister of Finance and Budget, Cheikh Diba, setting out the terms and amounts of the annual fee applicable to players in the audiovisual communication value chain. According to this...
Suspension of Radio Omega in Burkina Faso
Radio Omega has been suspended in Burkina Faso for three months by the High Council for Communication following breaches of the law, ethics, and professional conduct. This sanction comes after the radio station published a report on its Facebook page about a march organized by the National Coordination of Citizen...